The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday issued provisional attachment orders for a Panchkula plot, which was allotted to the National Herald publisher Associated Journals Limited (AJL) by the then Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The ED confirmed the move that came under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act ...
Maintaining cleanliness should be a part of culture and people should work towards making Goa the cleanest state in India, Governor Mridula Sinha said on Wednesday on the eve of Goa Statehood Day. "We have to continuously renew and accelerate our efforts to keep our state ...
A special CBI court here on Wednesday convicted 16 accused in a multi-million-rupee fodder scam and jailed them for three to four years. According to a government lawyer, the Special CBI court of S.N. Mishra convicted the 16 persons for fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37 crore from Chaib...
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday launched the online registration of pilgrims for this year's annual Amarnath Yatra beginning on July 1. Malik is the Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) that manages the affairs of the annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shine of Amarnath in ...
Hundreds of Delhi Congress workers along with former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit will assemble outside Congress President Rahul Gandhi's residence on Wednesday to appeal him to withdraw his offer to step down from the party's top post. A senior Congress leader told IANS that they will assemble at 4 p.m....
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the central government to file a response on a plea seeking implementation of a proposal by the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC) on population control and a 'two-child norm' as a criteria for government jobs, aid and subsidies....
Five inmates were hospitalised after being rescued from a major fire that engulfed a girls hostel in Janakpuri area here on Tuesday, officials said. More than 50 other hostellers were evacuated safely. "The fire was reported at 3.05 a.m. Over 50 girls have been evacuated and five...
With a gargantuan majority at his disposal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a huge gene pool to choose from and reward as he goes about appointing members to his new Camelot. However, with PM Modi, no one can second-guess him. At the same time, speculation is rife in Delhi's political circles on the composition of the new Cabinet....
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Odisha for a fifth consecutive term on Wednesday after he was re-elected with a decisive majority in the Assembly elections....
A mood of despair prevails in the Congress headquarters at 24 Akbar Road. More than anything else, it is Rahul Gandhi's inner circle, an elite coterie of outsiders, which is being silently opposed by the rank and file of the party. ...
