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Nation-wide CBI raids on NGOs over foreign donations
Ten people, including five government officials, have been arrested for taking bribe on behalf of non-profits for allegedly facilitating violations of rules in receiving foreign donations, sources in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said Monday after a big nationwide crackdown across 40 locations. The Home Ministry officials, say...
RPG-like attack on Punjab Police’s Intel HQ in Mohali
A rocket-propelled grenade or RPG was fired from the street that shattered the glasses at the Punjab Police’s intelligence headquarters in Mohali, the police said on Monday. The police called it an RPG-like attack and termed the blast a minor one. “A minor explosion was reported at the Punjab...
Rupee slumps to all-time low of 77.42 against dollar
The rupee extended its losses and touched an all-time low of 77.42 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday weighed down by the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and unabated foreign fund outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 77.17...
Mumbai areas plunge into darkness in another outage
Many pockets of Mumbai plunged into darkness on Monday evening in a power outage caused by what was termed as a “technical fault”. The outage comes amid a series of disruptions in power supply faced by the financial capital over the last month amid a severe shortage of electricity...
HP to move Interpol for red corner notice against Pannu
Cracking down on Khalistani terror groups, the Himachal Police are approaching the Interpol to secure a red corner notice against banned organisation Sikhs For Justice’s Gurpatwant Singh Pannu. Pannu is the main accused in Sunday’s incident wherein Khalistani banners were tied to the Himachal Vidhan Sabha gate in Dharamsala....
Rana couple say Maharashtra in great danger
Independent legislators MP Navneet Rana and her husband, MLA Ravi Rana — arrested after they attempted to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s house — told NDTV today that that they had decided to recite the verses as “Maharashtra is in great danger”. The arrest came amid the...
Lankan PM quits amidst continuing violence
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned as his loyalists went on rampage today, injuring more than 100 anti-government protesters in Colombo. A ruling party MP was killed in the clashes, many were hospitalised. Rajapaksa, 76, had sent his letter of resignation to his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa,...
HP seals borders over ‘Khalistan’ referendum call
Following provocative vandalism of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly building this morning and a banned group’s ‘Khalistan’ referendum call, the hill state has stepped up security from tonight. Interstate borders have been sealed and police barricades placed there. Strict vigil of hotels and other “probable hideouts” has also been ordered. Bomb...
CWC meet to discuss party reforms, rejig
The working committee – the highest decision-making body of the Congress – will meet tomorrow ahead of the brainstorming session in Udaipur. The meeting is meant to provide an in-principle approval to the various panel’s reports on organisational reforms, sources said. Also on agenda are strategies to take on...
Ranas to visit Delhi to complain against mistreatment
MP Navneet Rana and her husband Ravi Rana will visit Delhi today and inform Home Ministry officials about the sedition charges against them, ‘vendetta politics’ through BMC action and their mistreatment in custody. And back home, the civic body officials are likely to visit the Ranas’ residence for a...
MNS, Shiv Sena in new feud over Ayodhya visit
After the loudspeaker controversy, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena have now locked horns over destination Ayodhya. After MNS chief Raj Thackeray announced his June 5 visit to Ayodhya, Maharashtra’s tourism and environment minister Aaditya Thackeray said at a press conference that he along with Shiv Sena...
Cops hurt in clashes at Maharashtra steel factory
Nineteen policemen were injured and 12 of their vehicles damaged when they tried to control attack on employees of a steel company by over 100 members of a labour union here in Maharashtra, an official said on Sunday. The police have so far arrested 27 people in connection with...
BJP leader files HC plea to open 20 rooms of Taj Mahal
The Allahabad high court has received a petition before its Lucknow bench seeking it to issue directives to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to open 20 rooms inside the world’s wonder — Taj Mahal in Agra to find if Hindu idols and inscriptions are hidden there. The plea...
‘Khalistan’ flags draped over Himachal Assembly gates
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur has ordered an investigation after flags of ‘Khalistan’ were found draped over the gates and boundary wall of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Dharamshala this morning. Pro-Khalistan graffiti was also painted the walls. The state police said they suspect the involvement of...
CBI searches Punjab AAP MLA’s properties in fraud case
The Central Bureau of Investigation today carried out searches at the premises of Punjab Aam Aadmi Party MLA Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra in an alleged Rs 40 crore bank fraud case. Three premises in Sangrur, including his residence, were searched in Punjab’s Sangrur. During the searches, conducted after an FIR...
Cyclone rain forecast in Odisha, Bengal, Andhra
Cyclone Asani could bring light to moderate rain with heavy rain in isolated areas in Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh from Tuesday, the weather office announced today. Deep depression in the Bay of Bengal intensified in to the cyclonic storm which is moving at 16kmph in northwest direction. The...
Bagga gets relief from HC hours after court warrant
Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Singh Bagga got relief from the Punjab and Haryana High Court at a latenight hearing on Saturday. The court ordered that no coercive action should be taken against the BJYM leader till the next hearing on May 10. This order came hours after a Mohali...
Domestic cooking gas price raised again
The price of domestic cooking gas was hiked by ₹ 50 per cylinder on Saturday, the second increase in its prices in two months. Now, a 14.2-kg non-subsidised cooking gas cylinder, also known as LPG cylinder, will now cost Rs 999.50 in Delhi. Earlier, on March 22, the price...
