New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday summoned two associates of arrested AAP MP Sanjay Singh for questioning in the Delhi excise policy linked money laundering case, officials said. Sarvesh Mishra and Vivek Tyagi are expected to be confronted with the evidence seized by the agency during the investigation and it is understood that they will…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved the release of Rs 44.8 crore as an advance amount from the central share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to Sikkim to provide relief to flash floods-affected people. Following a directive from Shah, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has formed an Inter-Ministerial Central Team…
Mumbai: Six people, including two minors, were killed and 40 injured after a fire broke out in a residential building in Mumbai’s Goregaon area in the early hours of Friday, civic officials said. The blaze started around 3 am at Jay Bhavani building, a ground-plus-seven structure, in Azad Nagar locality of Goregaon West, said an…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday said anti-terror agencies will have to adopt such ruthless approach that no new terrorist group is formed in the country. Addressing an anti-terror conference here, he also said not only terrorism, but the entire ecosystem of the terrorists has to be destroyed. The home minister said tough decisions…
New Delhi: China’s assertiveness is more evident with its rise and India will have to take this aspect into account in its overall “strategic calculus”, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said on Thursday. Delving into disruptions in global geopolitical order, he also underlined the need for India to continue maintaining “strategic autonomy” in its…
Jodhpur: India’s voice is being heard all over the world today and the Congress has a problem with this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday, accusing the grand old party of beginning to oppose Bharat in its pursuit to oppose the BJP. Addressing a rally here in the poll-bound state, he slammed the Ashok Gehlot government…
New Delhi: The US embassy on Thursday trashed reports that American Ambassador Eric Garcetti alerted his team about the possible impact of New Delhi’s diplomatic spat with Ottawa on India-US relations. American media outlet The Politico reported that Garcetti also has said the US may need to reduce its contacts with Indian officials for an undefined period…
Gangtok: At least ten people died and 80 others, including 22 army personnel, went missing on Wednesday after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta River basin, officials said. All 10 who died have been identified as civilians including 3 of the dead who were washed up in…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh in connection with the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy, officials said. The 51-year-old leader was arrested Wednesday evening after the anti-money laundering agency conducted searches at his premises. He becomes the second high-profile AAP leader to be arrested in this…
Bengaluru: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Wednesday handed over the first LCA Tejas twin seater aircraft to the Indian Air Force. The Bengaluru-headquartered company said the twin seater variant has all the capabilities to support the training requirements of the IAF and augments itself to the role of fighter as well in case of necessity. Union Minister…
