Mumbai: The ED carried out searches against two former auditor firms of IL&FS — BSR and Associates and Deloitte Haskins and Sells — on Wednesday in connection with its money-laundering probe into alleged financial irregularities at the infrastructure development and finance company, official sources said. The premises linked to the two auditors in Mumbai were…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday alleged that DRDO official Pradeep Kurulkar, arrested on charges of providing confidential information to a Pakistani agent, was an “active RSS volunteer”. The DRDO official was arrested last week by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). The Congress’ attack came a day after a special court in Pune extended till May…
Amethi (UP): Ahead of the second phase of the civic polls, the Samajwadi Party’s Gauriganj MLA Rakesh Singh and his supporters allegedly thrashed Deepak Singh, the husband of BJP candidate for the post of Nagar Palika chairman Rashmi Singh, in the police station premises here on Wednesday. A video of the purported incident has surfaced…
New Delhi: The government is yet to accept a report of the energy transition committee that recommended banning the use of diesel-powered four-wheelers in cities with over 10 lakh population and switch to electric and gas-fuelled vehicles by 2027, the oil ministry said. The report of the committee headed by former oil secretary Tarun Kapoor…
Srinagar: Decks have been cleared for commencement of trial of Shubam Sangra, accused in the Kathua gangrape and murder case of 2018, at a court in Punjab after he was declared an adult by the Supreme Court last November. Sangra was among eight accused arrested in connection with the sensational gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old…
Shimla: Changing weather patterns of dry winters and rainy summers have created double trouble for Himachal Pradesh’s farmers who have suffered huge losses in seasonal crops and plants. The overall loss in agriculture crops and horticulture plants until May 9 this year was estimated at around Rs 104 crore — 40.60 crore for agriculture crops and…
Bengaluru: First time voters and the elderly stole the show as they were seen participating in the voting process enthusiastically in the Karnataka Assembly elections on Wednesday. And they were not small in numbers. According to Election Commission (EC) officials, as many as 11.71 lakh were eligible to exercise their franchise for the first time…..
Cape Town: An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020, with 45 per cent of them being born in just five countries, including India, China and Pakistan, according to a report released by the United Nations agencies and partners on Wednesday. The report titled ‘Born Too Soon: Decade of Action on Preterm Birth’ is…
Islamabad: In a major relief for Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza, the National Accountability Bureau has declared the father-son duo were “innocent” in a money laundering case after it conducted a re-investigation, a media report said on Wednesday. The case was filed by the anti-corruption agency in 2020, which alleged that…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s anti-corruption watchdog on Wednesday sought a 14-day physical remand of former prime minister Imran Khan as he was produced before a special court inside a high security police facility here for the hearing in a corruption case in which he has been arrested. The 70-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician was taken into custody by the…
