Never met Peter or Indrani Mukherjea, says Karti Chidambaram, claims “political vendetta”

Tags： , , , ,

Karti Chidambaram on Thursday termed the arrest of his father P Chidambaram as a political vendetta and vehemently denied any association with either Peter Mukherjea or his wife Indrani Mukherjea, the promoters of INX Media. Karti arrived here this morning from Chennai, hours after his father was arrested on Wednesday night after high drama at […]

Read More

All India Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind demands law against mob lynching

Tags： , , , ,

The All India Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Friday expressed concern over the growing incidents of mob lynching targeting religious minorities and sought a special law to curb them. In a meeting of its working committee, the organisation stressed that mere cosmetic attempts to tackle the menace would not suffice as it was the duty of Prime Minister […]

Read More

Amrapali Group CFO, auditor sent to 5-day police custody

Tags： , , , ,

A Delhi court on Tuesday sent two officials of Amrapali Group to five-day police custody after the probe agency sought their custodial interrogation. The court sent Amrapali Groups chief financial officer Chander Wadhwa and statutory auditor Anil Mittal to police custody after the Economic Offence Wing (EoW) of Delhi Police claimed they were instrumental in […]

Read More

ED summons P Chidambaram in aviation scam PMLA case

Tags： , , , ,

The ED has summoned former finance minister They said the senior Congress leader has been asked to depose on August 23 before the investigating officer of the case at an Enforcement Directorate office here to record his statement. The case pertains to losses suffered by Air India due to an alleged multi-crore aviation scam and […]

Read More

BJP leaders hail PM Narendra Modi’s speech, applaud him for advocating population control

Tags： , , , ,

BJP leaders on Thursday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modis speech on the occasion of Independence Day, saying it was inspiring and reflected his resolve to build a new India Some Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and Union ministers described Modis suggestion of keeping families small as an act of patriotism. BJP working president J P Nadda […]

Read More

War of words in Lok Sabha as bill to amend Jallianwala Trust law moved for consideration

Tags： , , , ,

Lok Sabha on Friday passed The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (amendment) Bill, which seeks to remove the Congress president as a trustee, amid vociferous protests from the party members who later walked out. Piloting the bill, Culture Minister Prahlad Patel asserted that national memorials cannot be political memorials and they should be kept away from […]

Read More

Pehlu Khan case: Mayawati slams Rajasthan government for acquittal of accused

Tags： , , , ,

BSP President Mayawati on Friday charged the Congress government in Rajasthan with laxity, saying the accused in the Pehlu Khan mob lynching case were acquitted due to its gross negligence. An Alwar court on Wednesday acquitted all the six accused in the lynching case of Pehlu Khan. Due to gross negligence and inaction of the […]

Read More

Arvind Kejriwal announces Delhi government will give free safety kits to sanitation workers in national capital

Tags： , , , ,

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said his government will give free safety kits to sanitation workers in the national capital. Speaking at a workshop organised by the Delhi Jal Board at Talkatora Stadium, he said it feels dejected to hear about the deaths of sanitation workers. We are concerned about the lives of sanitation […]

Read More

Stopped from marrying second time, 75-yr-old commits suicide

Tags： , , , ,

A 75-year-old man committed suicide miffed after his children stopped him from getting married for the second time, police said on Saturday. Arshad was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his home in Kanshiram Colony on Friday morning, a police officer said, adding that his first wife had passed away. According to police, when […]

Read More

Pakistan foreign minister softens tone, says war not option to deal with Kashmir issue

Tags： , , , ,

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that war is not an option to deal with the Kashmir issue amidst fresh Indo-Pak tensions over New Delhi revoking Jammu and Kashmirs special status. His remarks came at a time when Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been repeatedly threatening the possibility of a nuclear war with […]

Read More