New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal on Tuesday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) should apologise to the people of the national capital after a court convicted former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain in the 2020 Delhi riots case involving the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma.
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi has revealed a startling conversation with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his new book "India and I: A Hundred Memories, Not a Memoir", recounting how he had told him he would “commit suicide” after mistakenly believing the then CEC Quraishi had questioned his commitment to the poll panel during a controversy over the censure of then Union Minister Salman Khurshid for violating the Model Code of Conduct during the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The brother of late Intelligence Bureau (IB) official, Ankit Sharma, on Tuesday said the court’s verdict convicting former AAP Councillor, Tahir Hussain, and four others for the murder during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, is a significant step towards justice, but added that the loss suffered by the family can never be eased as his brother is no longer with them.
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The naming of Hafiz Saeed in the Pahalgam attack chargesheet was a big move by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The in-absentia trial of Hafiz Saeed, who is the head of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, would be a test case, and the NIA will not only call out Pakistan’s bluff, but will also use this against Pakistan at international forums.
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) India on Tuesday strongly condemned the attacks and acts of violence targeting seafarers and disrupting free and safe navigation through international waterways like the Strait of Hormuz.
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) In a major development in its ongoing probe into large-scale homebuyer fraud, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its 16th chargesheet against M/s Saha Infratech Pvt Ltd, its director, and officials of HDFC Bank Ltd and ICICI Bank Ltd for their alleged involvement in fraudulent activities linked to a housing project in Noida, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday.
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) India is in the midst of one of its biggest crackdowns on narcotic smuggling. However, the ISI, which relies on narcotic money to fund terror operations in India has ensured that poppy cultivation in Balochistan has gone up multi-fold so that it can push drugs into the country.
Bengaluru, July 14 (IANS) The Hebbagodi Police in Bengaluru on Tuesday registered an FIR against an unidentified person for allegedly creating a fake Facebook account in the name of M. Narayana, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Electronic City Division, and using it to fraudulently collect money from the officer's friends and members of the public.
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Adani Electricity’s anti-theft drive has succeeded in significantly reducing its Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses to 4.46 per cent in FY 2025-26 from 4.7 per cent in the previous year, which positions it among the Discoms with the lowest AT&C losses nationwide, according to a company statement issued on Tuesday.
Amaravati, July 14 (IANS) In a tragic incident, a woman poisoned her two minor sons to death before committing suicide in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district.
