Month: August 2019

HC gives Vadra four weeks to file rejoinder in plea to quash money laundering case

New Delhi, Aug 21: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave businessman Robert Vadra four weeks to file a rejoinder to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) reply to his petition seeking quashing of certain provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita […]

ED notice to MNS chief: Uddhav says doesn’t expect concrete outcome

Mumbai, Aug 21: A day ahead of Raj Thackeray’s scheduled appearance before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here in connection with an IL&FS probe, the MNS chief seems to have found an unexpected support from his estranged cousin and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday. Sena is the ruling […]

President Trump to discuss Kashmir with PM Modi at G7 summit in France

Washington, Aug 21: US President Donald Trump has said that he would discuss with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the situation in Kashmir and help ease the Indo-Pak tensions when they meet at the G7 Summit in France this weekend. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday while […]

SC refuses urgent listing of Chidambaram’s petition seeking protection from arrest in INX Media case

New Delhi, Aug 21: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is facing threat of arrest, failed twice Wednesday to get immediate relief from the Supreme Court which refused to grant him urgent hearing on his plea seeking protection from arrest in the INX media scam cases. Chidambaram, who was […]

Take up flood relief at war-level, Pawar tells Maha govt

Mumbai, Aug 20: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis here and asked the government to take efforts at war-level to compensate and rehabilitate those hit by unprecedented floods in parts of Maharashtra. Pawar also asked the state government to provide basic amenities at the […]

Police find body of man from Delhi pond

New Delhi, Aug 20: The body of a 22-year-old man was found from a pond in Rohini’s Kanjhawala area, hours after an SUV apparently lost control and went underwater, police said on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Pushpender, a resident of Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh, they said. Police […]

Gangster Chhota Rajan, 5 others get 8-yr RI in 2012 case

Mumbai, Aug 20: A Mumbai court on Tuesday awarded eight years’ rigorous imprisonment to gangster Chhota Rajan and five others for attempting to kill a city-based hotelier in 2012. Special court judge A T Wankhede convicted the six under various sections of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime […]

C’garh: Three IEDs planted by ultras recovered

Raipur, Aug 20: Three powerful IEDs, planted by naxals to target the security forces, were recovered on Tuesday in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, police said. The Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), packed in steel tiffins, were found planted along a road near Kondasavli village under Aranpur police station area during an […]

Groom fails NRC test, wedding called off

Guwahati, Aug 20: A family in Silchar in Assam has called off the wedding of their daughter when the groom failed to provide his citizenship credentials. Dilwar Hussain Laskar, of Nayagram village near Silchar was in love with a local girl and the two families had agreed to their […]

INX case: Chidambaram fails to get urgent audience in SC against Delhi HC order

New Delhi, Aug 20: Congress leader P Chidambaram, facing threat of arrest in the INX media scam, failed to get an audience from Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Tuesday for urgent hearing of his appeal in the Supreme Court against the Delhi high Court order dismissing his anticipatory bail […]

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