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George Floyd’s murderer cop sentenced to 22 years in jail
Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America’s biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. The white, 45-year-old Chauvin gave his “condolences” to the Floyd family in a...
Mehbooba says she will not contest polls until Article 370 restored
A day after a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti stressed today that before elections, the government needs to reach out to people and restore their shattered confidence. She also declared she would not contest polls until Article 370 was...
ED raids ex-Maharashtra minister Deshmukh’s home
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted a search operation at the house of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, who is facing allegations of corruption and misconduct. The raids took place at Mr Deshmukh’s home in Nagpur, officials said. The senior NCP leader had quit his post after former Mumbai Police...
Indian businessman only passenger on Air India flight to Dubai
An Indian businessman based in the UAE had a once-in-a-lifetime experience when he got the chance to travel on an Air India flight as the only passenger, certainly feeling like a “Maharaja” (King). SP Singh Oberoi, who holds a 10-year golden visa of UAE, flew from Amritsar in Punjab...
Shabana Azmi cheated by alcohol delivery ‘platform’
Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Thursday said she was cheated by scammers who pretended to be from an alcohol delivery platform. In a tweet, the 70-year-old actor claimed that she was conned by ‘Living Liquidz’ after she placed an order at the platform but didn’t receive it. “BEWARE I...
PM calls for early delimitation in J&K
The meeting with political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir was an important step towards development and progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, urging them to get on board with the process of redrawing assembly constituencies known as delimitation. “Our priority is to strengthen grassroots democracy in J&K....
Rs 9,371 crore fugitive assets transferred to banks
Assets totalling Rs 9,371 crore belonging to fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi have been transferred to state-run banks to realise the losses on account of the fraud committed against them. “ED not only attached/seized assets worth of ₹18,170.02 crore (80.45% of the total loss to banks) in...
Akhilesh says BJP will lose in UP as people want change
IPA Webdesk The BJP will lose next year’s Uttar Pradesh election as people want change, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav said today. In an exclusive interview, he also said his party would contest elections in alliance with like-minded smaller parties instead of major parties. “My experience with big parties...
Chidambaram tears into Modi govt’s vaccination policy
Hoard on Sunday, vaccinate on Monday and go back limping on Tuesday is how Congress leader P Chidambaram today explained the working order behind the centre’s “record” vaccinations in a day, in what was a three-step deconstruction and a searing takedown of the centre’s vaccination policy. Vaccination figures across...
Over 40 Delta Plus cases reported in India
There are over 40 cases in the country of the new Delta Plus strain, which has been tagged as a “Variant of Concern” by the government. Yesterday, the government sent a warning to three states, Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh, on Delta Plus cases found there. Sources say that...
Online flash sales to be banned in major e-com policy tweaks
The government of India today proposed several tweaks to the country’s e-commerce rules to curb widespread cheating and unfair trade practices in the ecosystem. Among the changes proposed are a ban on certain kinds of flash sales and punitive action against the platform if sellers don’t deliver, according to...
Another 8-year-old girl raped and killed in UP village
An eight-year-old girl was strangled to death in a village in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. Her body was found in a sugarcane field late at night in the Kheri district, about 130 km from Lucknow, hours after she went missing. In the murder case, the police have now also...
Prashant Kishor distances himself from Third Front
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor has ruled out any association with an opposition front to take on the BJP in the next general election. “I don’t believe a Third or Fourth Front could emerge as a successfully challenge to the current dispensation,” he told NDTV. Kishor believes that the ‘tried...
Thieves drill hole in Delhi bank’s wall, decamp with Rs 55 lakh
An incident of theft was reported at a branch of Union Bank of India in Delhi’s Shahdara area on Sunday when a few men decamped with Rs 55 lakh in cash, the police said Monday. The thieves entered the bank by breaking through the walls of an under-construction building...
Scribe booked for raising Ram temple land scam
The Uttar Pradesh police have invoked a massive 15 sections of the Indian Penal Code and three sections of the IT Act against a journalist and two others in Bijnor district over an alleged land grab case. The case was filed on a complaint by the brother of Champat...
Modi govt blames UPA oil bonds for fuel woes
A “financial fraud” played by the UPA government (2004-2014) using the instrument of oil bonds is responsible for India’s consumers suffering today, government have sources. They also accused “non-politicians” of that day’s administration of dereliction of duty by not stopping the politicians in this matter. The Congress, however, brushed...
Move to sell public sector oil companies to foreign investors
IPA Webdesk The government has initiated a move to sell state-owned oil companies to foreign investors. The Commerce and Industry Ministry has floated a draft cabinet note seeking inter-ministerial views on a proposal to allow up to 100 per cent foreign investment under automatic route in oil and...
Sarbananda in Delhi ahead of cabinet rejig
Former Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal headed for Delhi amid speculation that he might get a ministerial berth in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet expansion. Sonowal had served as a Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs from 2014 to 2016 during the first term of the Narendra...
