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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...
