Category: India News

Maha irrigation scam: ACB puts onus on Ajit Pawar

Nagpur, Nov 28: The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has informed the Bombay High Court that its probe into the alleged multi-crore irrigation scam has revealed major lapses on part of the state’s former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and other government officials. The scam, pegged at around Rs 70,000 […]

Kartarpur corridor not connected with dialogue with Pak: Sushma Swaraj

Hyderabad, Nov 28:  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Wednesday said the Kartarpur corridor initiative is not connected with the dialogue process with Pakistan and talks can start the moment Islamabad stops terror activities in India. India has been asking for a corridor, which will facilitate visa-free travel of Indian […]

Modi invokes Patel, slams KCR and Congress

Mahbubnagar (Telangana), Nov 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday Indians would have needed Pakistani visa to visit Hyderabad had Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had not liberated it from the Nizam’s rule. Recalling the role of Patel in the merger of the erstwhile Hyderabad princely state with the Indian union, […]

India removes investigative agency head amid probe of deputy

NEW DELHI  — The government of India placed the director of the federal investigative agency and his deputy on leave on Wednesday days after the agency filed a case against the deputy alleging that he took bribes to settle a money laundering case. A government appointment committee headed […]

Tens of thousands in India demand rebuilding of Hindu temple

LUCKNOW, India — Tens of thousands of Hindus gathered in northern India on Sunday renewing calls to build a Hindu temple on a site where a 16th century mosque was attacked and demolished by Hindu hard-liners in 1992, sparking deadly Hindu-Muslim violence. The demonstrators chanted slogans demanding the […]

Dates for Ram temple construction will be announced early next year, dharam sabha told

Ayodhya (UP), Nov 25:  Amidst growing demand for construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya without further delay, Ramji Das of Nirmohi Akhara told VHP’s dharam sabha Sunday that dates for the same will be announced early next year during Kumbh in Prayagraj. Addressing the sabha after the inauguration […]

Mumbai safe 10 years after 26/11 attacks: City police chief

Mumbai, Nov 25: Ten years after the 26/11 terror attack, Mumbai is safe and police are competent to handle any terror threat, says Police Commissioner Subodh Kumar Jaiswal. In one of the most horrific terrorist attacks in the country’s history, 166 people were killed and over 300 injured as […]

Lawyers who defended Kasab in HC yet to get their fees

Mumbai, Nov 25: Two lawyers who defended Ajmal Kasab in the 2008 Mumbai attack case on the directions of the Bombay High Court are yet to get their legal fees from the Maharashtra government. While the state government says they have not submitted any bills, the lawyers say that […]

Indian ministers to attend ceremony in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD  — Two Indian ministers have accepted an invitation to attend the opening of a new Pakistani border crossing for Sikh pilgrims, in a rare sign of cooperation between the two nuclear-armed rivals. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had invited his Indian counterpart, Sushma Swaraj, to attend […]

Ayodhya tense as thousands of Hindus gather near disputed religious site

AYODHYA, India – Amid heavy security, tens of thousands of monks and activists from Hindu nationalist groups began converging on the town of Ayodhya on Sunday to demand the construction of a temple on a disputed religious site. Over 200,000 people are expected near the site where a […]

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