Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh, the main accused in sexual atrocities on women and land grabbing at Sandeshkhali, can be arrested by the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) or the West Bengal Police. On a prayer by the state’s advocate general, the court clarified its order…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and her daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav in the Railways’ land-for-job case. Misa Bharti, the eldest of RJD president Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi’s children, is a Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar. Special Judge Vishal Gogne granted relief…
Amethi (UP): Attacking the Nehru-Gandhi family, Union Minister and local MP Smriti Irani on Wednesday alleged that they have kept Amethi deprived of development for over 50 years so that the people here remain poor and helpless and continue pleading with them with folded hands. Addressing a programme here in Pandeyganj village, she said, “Amethi…
New Delhi: The CBI has summoned Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav as a witness for questioning on Friday in illegal mining cases, five years after registering the case. In a notice issued under section 160 of CrPC, the agency asked him to appear before it on February 29 in…
Kolkata: West Bengal Congress leader Kaustav Bagchi resigned from the party on Wednesday, claiming “lack of respect” within the organisation. Bagchi, who had his head tonsured after being released on bail following his arrest over comments against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last year, sent his resignation letter to Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge,…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress Party will contest 16 seats in Kerala in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan said here on Wednesday. The allocation of seats within the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) for the Lok Sabha elections has been finalised, he said. Like in the previous…
Porbandar: Indian agencies have seized 3,300 kg of narcotics in the highest ever offshore capture and arrested five foreigners from an Iranian boat off the Gujarat coast, the NCB said on Wednesday. The operation was undertaken in the Arabian Sea along the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) jointly by the Navy, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad…
Chandigarh: In a fresh development after the RS polls on Wednesday, Himachal Pradesh assembly Speaker expelled 15 BJP MLAs including leader of the opposition Jai Ram Thakur. PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh, son of late chief minister Virbhadra Singh, resigned from the state cabinet citing that “the Congress MLAs were humiliated several times.” The expelled MLAs…
Washington: A jeweller, based out of both Mumbai and New Jersey, has been indicted for illegally evading customs duties for millions of dollars of jewellery imports into the US and operating unlicensed money transmitting businesses, a US attorney has said. Monishkumar Kirankumar Doshi Shah (39) was arrested over the weekend and appeared on February 26…
Bengaluru/Lucknow: The Congress suffered a major upset in Himachal Pradesh at the hands of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections which were marred by cross-voting in all three states though it won three seats in Karnataka while the saffron party is set to win big in Uttar Pradesh. Polling was held for 10 seats…
