Govt bans PFI, associates for alleged terror activities
New Delhi: The Centre has imposed a ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and several of its associates for their alleged terror activities. The organisations which were also declared banned under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA include Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CF), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Confederation […]
Will have own platform to live-stream proceedings: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will have its own “platform” to live-stream its proceedings and the use of YouTube for the purpose is temporary. A bench headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit said this when former BJP leader K N Govindacharya’s counsel argued that the copyright of apex court proceedings […]
Fake News- Govt blocks 45 videos on 10 YouTube channels: Union Minister
New Delhi: Government has ordered the blocking of 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels that contained fake news and morphed content with the intent to spread hatred amongst religious communities, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Monday. The blocked videos had a cumulative viewership of over 1.30 crore and claimed that the government […]
Two youth from JK detained near Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan
Jaisalmer: Two youths from Jammu and Kashmir were apprehended from near the India-Pakistan international border in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, police said on Saturday. The two were collecting donations in the prohibited area without permission, they said. After questioning, the youths were handed over to the Joint Investigation Committee. They be interrogated by security and intelligence […]
Committing terror acts- Three leaders of criminal syndicates arrested for conspiracies: NIA
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Saturday that three leaders of criminal syndicates were arrested for hatching conspiracies to commit terrorist acts in Delhi and other parts of the country. Neeraj Sehrawat alias ‘Neeraj Bawana’ of Delhi, Kaushal alias ‘Naresh Chaoudhary’ of Gurugram, Haryana, and Bhupinder Singh alias ‘Bhupi Rana’ of Sahibzada […]
Terror funding charges: Massive crackdown on PFI, 106 functionaries arrested in NIA’s raids
New Delhi: Multi-agency teams spearheaded by the NIA arrested 106 functionaries of the radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) on Thursday in near simultaneous raids at 93 locations in 15 states for allegedly supporting terror activities in the country, officials said. Officials described the mega crackdown as the “largest-ever investigation process till date” […]
SC rejects plea for probing Kashmiri Pandit’s murder in 1989
Asks petitioner to move HC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it is not inclined to admit a petition seeking a probe into the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit in 1989, suggesting the petitioner can seek relief from the high court. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and C T Ravikumar noted it had recently refused to […]
China blocks proposal by US and India to blacklist Pak-based 26/11 LeT handler
United Nations: China has blocked a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist top Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Sajid Mir, one of India’s most wanted terrorists and the main handler of the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, in the third such move by Beijing within four months. It is learnt that […]
69 pc people in India seeing severe effects of climate change: Survey
New Delhi: Around two-thirds of people in India say climate change has already had a severe effect in the areas where they live and it is likely that their families will be displaced from their homes in the next 25 years, according to a new survey conducted for the World Economic Forum. The survey was […]
