New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday sent NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its HR department head Amit Chakravarty to judicial custody till December 1 in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that the news portal received money to spread pro-China propaganda. Special Judge Hardeep Kaur sent both the accused to jail…
New Delhi: CERT-In has started its probe into the Apple threat notification issue raised by opposition MPs, and a notice has been sent to the company, IT Secretary S Krishnan said on Thursday. He hoped that Apple would cooperate with the investigation by CERT-In on the issue. “CERT-In has started its probe…they (Apple) will cooperate in…
New Delhi: Opposition members of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on Thursday stormed out of a meeting along with Mohua Moitra, accusing the panel’s chairperson of asking the Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP personal and unethical questions. “We found the ethics committee chairperson’s questions to Moitra undignified and unethical,” Congress MP and panel member N Uttam Kumar Reddy…
Hyderabad: Dr. Shahida, Professor, Department of Women’s Education, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, has observed that the Women’s Reservation Bill cleared by the Parliament should not pave the way for the ‘home rule’ movement of the already established politicians and power-hungry forces in society. Addressing a well-attended webinar on ‘India’s Power-Sharing Politics: The Women Reservation…
Medigada (Telangana): Women in Telangana can benefit up to Rs 4,000 if Congress is voted to power in the November 30 assembly polls, by way of social pension, savings on LPG cylinders,s and free travel in government buses, AICC former chief Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday. Addressing a women’s gathering at Ambatipalli village near Medigadda…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday demanded the Enforcement Directorate (ED) withdraw its notice, summoning him for questioning, claiming it was “illegal and politically motivated”. The ED has summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. The probe agency will record…
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday said the ED raids are an attempt by the BJP to silence opposition leaders ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The party was reacting to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the premises of Delhi Cabinet Minister and AAP leader Raaj Kumar Anand and some others as…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday did not appear for questioning before the Enforcement Directorate in the excise policy-linked money laundering case and the agency is now expected to issue fresh summons to him, official sources said. The sources said the investigating officer of the case has received a two-page letter from…
Tipa (Mizoram): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday made a fervent appeal to the warring Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur to sit together and hold a “heart-to-heart” conversation to end their “trust deficit”, in what is seen as a fresh attempt by the Centre to bring peace to the troubled state. In an address…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has attached in London, Dubai and India assets worth Rs 538 crore of Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, his family members, and companies as part of a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged bank loan fraud. The attached properties include 17 residential flats, bungalows, and…
