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Govt cites national security to refuse Pegasus affidavit
New Delhi: The government on Monday said “it had nothing to hide” but cited national security reasons to tell the Supreme Court that it would not file a detailed affidavit in response to multiple petitions seeking a formal inquiry into the Pegasus spyware scandal. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told...
Security forces to get training modules on Taliban
New Delhi: Border forces and armed police units deployed in the counter-terrorism grid have been directed by the central security establishment to prepare and administer a new training module on the Taliban and its modus operandi to the troops in view of the “emerging” scenario following the Islamic militia...
Judge steps out of courtroom to give relief to accident victim
Korba: A district court judge in Chhattisgarh’s Korba stepped out of the four walls of a courtroom to award Rs 20 lakh compensation to a 42-year-old man, who had suffered paralysis after sustaining multiple injuries in a road accident in 2018. The accident victim, Dwarika Prasad Kanwar, was unable...
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani resigns
New Delhi: Vijay Rupani on Saturday became the fourth BJP leader to step down as Chief Minister of a party-ruled state in six months, after he quit the top post in Gujarat. Mr Rupani steps down a year ahead of elections in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state –...
Newslaundry ‘survey’: IT sleuths deny legal assistance
New Delhi: A day after Income Tax officers spent over 12 hours at the offices of news websites NewsClick and Newslaundry – calling it a “survey” linked to tax evasion allegations – Newslaundry co-founder Abhinandan Sekhri tweeted to say “… was told I cannot speak to my lawyer… the...
Air Force to acquire 6 ‘Eye In The Sky’ planes for Rs 11,000 cr
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is set to acquire six state-of-the-art airborne warning and control aircraft in a deal worth close to Rs.11,000 crore with the Cabinet Committee on Security giving a green light on Wednesday. The aircraft themselves are likely to be hand-me-down A-321 jetliners from Air...
CBI launches Covid pension fraud by EPF Organisation
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption and cheating case against three officials of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation or EPFO for allegedly siphoning off around 2.71 crore between March 2020-June 2021 when the pension fund organization had relaxed the norms for withdrawals amid job...
Biden, Xi discuss Covid origin probe
Washington: US President Joe Biden discussed the investigation into the origins of COVID-19 during a call on Thursday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, according to the White House. “They did discuss a range of trans-national issues including COVID-19, and understanding its origins is of course a primary concern...
Tax department holds ‘surveys’ at news website offices
Income Tax officers visited the offices of news sites Newsclick and Newslaundry today, calling them “surveys” and not “raids”. The Income Tax department confirmed that officers had gone to the offices of these news portals in south Delhi “to conduct surveys”. According to Press Trust of India, the officials...
Rahul Gandhi says in Jammu he is Kashmiri Pandit
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, whose party has long assailed the ruling BJP for entwining politics and religion, was on Friday seen exhorting people to chant ‘Jai Mata Di‘ from a stage in Jammu and invoking his Kashmiri Pandit lineage. “Jai Mata Di,” he was heard saying, somewhat...
