IT unearths siphoning of foreign exchange of approx Rs 1,000 crore
New Delhi:The Income Tax Department on Friday unearthed siphoning of foreign exchange of approximately Rs 1,000 crore. Sources said, they recently searched a family in Visakhapatnam and Kolkata and found them engaged in money laundering at massive level. During the investigation, the...
Hack into EVMs used in recent polls, challenges CEC
New Delhi: The Election Commission today said it will offer political parties an opportunity to prove that electronic voting machines used in the recent assembly polls were tampered with. A "challenge" is on the cards, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi told...
Can’t deny right to non-veg food: HC tells Yogi govt
File Pic Allahabad: Allahabad High Court today said government can't deny an individual his rights to have non-veg food. The court made the statement while hearing nearly 27 pleas filed against the Uttar Pradesh government after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's crackdown...
National Herald case: Huge setback for Sonia, Rahul Gandhi, HC orders Income-Tax probe
File Pic New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today refused to stop an income tax investigation into Young Indian, a company which has Congress bosses Sonia and Rahul Gandhi as its main stakeholders, asking it to first approach tax authorities. While...
Triple Talaq: One-sided termination of marriage abhorrent, says Ram Jethamalani
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said the practice of triple talaq was the "worst" and "not desirable" form of dissolution of marriages among Muslims, even though there were schools of thought which termed it as "legal". There are "school of...
Axed AAP minister on hunger strike should be hospitalised, warns docs
New Delhi: Axed Delhi minister Kapil Mishra, whose hunger strike entered day three today, has been advised hospitalisation by a team of doctors who examined him. Mishra, who is on an indefinite hunger strike, is demanding that the Aam Aadmi Party...
Will they succeed in forcing GM Mustard on us?
The GEAC has done it again! Given approval to another GM seed even after the virulent reactions environmentalists gave to GM Mustard. India's central biotech regulator, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, (GEAC), yesterday cleared the genetically modified (GM) Mustard for commercial cultivation...
Delhi HC hears domestic abuse case against AAP’s Somnath Bharti
New Delhi: AAP MLA Somnath Bharti used to harass and beat his wife, say the Delhi police to the High Court which is hearing a domestic violence case against him. The former Delhi law minister was chargesheeted for alleged offences of...
These are the terrorists who killed Lt Ummer Fayaz
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have identified three suspected Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists believed to be involved in the killing of young Indian Army officer Ummer Fayaz. The Police on Friday pasted posters of three terrorists in Shopian...
Justice Karnan, sentenced to jail, asks for recall of Supreme Court order
Chennai: Justice CS Karnan, who has been missing for two days amid attempts to arrest him, has asked the Supreme Court to recall its order sentencing him to six months in jail for contempt. The Calcutta High Court judge has...
Justice CS Karnan ‘missing’, police of 3 states can’t find him
Chennai: He has switched off his phone and is being chased by the police of three states even as unconfirmed reports suggest he has left the country. The hunt for high court judge CS Karnan has gone from uncharted to...
Rajasthan: Wall of marriage hall collapse, 24 killed; owner booked
Bharatpur: In a tragic incident, 24 people, including four children, were killed and 30 injured when a wall of a marriage hall collapsed during a heavy storm in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan on Wednesday night. The dead included eight women and...
I-T dept launches new facility to link Aadhaar with PAN
New Delhi: The Income Tax department has launched a new e-facility to link a person's Aadhaar with the Permanent Account Number (PAN), a mandatory procedure for filing IT returns now. The department's e-filing website-- https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/-- has created a new link on...
Fugitive Justice Karnan may have crossed Indian border today
New Delhi: Controversial Calcutta high court judge C S Karnan who was found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to jail for six months has seemingly gone missing. A five-member team of Kolkata Police is in search Justice Karnans close aide...
Youth hacked to death, severed head thrown inside police station in Puducherry
Representational Pic Puducherry: In a gruesome incident, a 17-year-old youth was decapitated and his head thrown into the premises of a police station here, the police said today. After going through the CCTV footage of cameras near the police station, three...
SC to examine if triple talaq is fundamental to Islam, if it is we would not interfere
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India JS Khehar asks if triple talaq is an enforceable right or a sacrosanct part of Islam. The CJI asked whether triple talaq is in fact a fundamental part of Islam and if so...
Ensure Mallya’s presence on July 10, SC tells Govt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the home ministry to “secure and ensure” the presence of embattled businessman Vijay Mallya, who is currently in the United Kingdom, before it on July 10 for the hearing on the quantum of...
Narendra Modi’s foreign trips air travel expense amounts to Rs 275 crore
File Photo New Delhi: The expenses incurred on chartered flights during foreign trips of PM Narendra Modi, from June 15, 2014 till September 8, 2016, amount to nearly Rs 275 crore, according to government data. PM Modi's nine-day trip to France,...
Triple talaq case to be heard at 10:30 am tomorrow
New Delhi: The Supreme Court to hear the triple talaq case at 10:30 am tomorrow. A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice of India J S Khehar and Justices Kurian Joseph, R.F Nariman, UU Lalit and Abdul Nazeer...
Stone-pelters target Lt Umer Fayaz’s funeral procession
Pulwama: Reports say that stone-pelters on Wednesday targeted the funeral procession of slain Lieutenant Umer Fayaz, who was abducted and shot dead by militants in the Shopian district of Kashmir. Lt Fayaz was later laid to rest at his hometown...
MEA hails Swaraj’s ‘legal’ precision for Jadhav’s execution stay
New Delhi: With the International Court of Justice putting a stay on Kulbhushan Jadhav's execution, the Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday hailed the precision and the legal action taken by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the matter. MoS (External...
