Actor Jacqueline Fernandez appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday. She was asked to join the probe into the Rs 200 crore extortion case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. She is now being questioned at the ED’s office in Mumbai. Earlier, Fernandez had skipped the questioning on four…
New Delhi: In an attempt to crack down on terror networks and overground workers (OGWs) of terror outfits, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted raids in Baramulla, Srinagar and multiple other locations in Jammu and Kashmir. These raids were conducted in two villages of Fatehgarh and Audora…
Kevadia: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday virtually addressed a joint conference of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at Kevadia in Gujarat, and claimed the previous government lacked the will to tackle corruption. The PM said that after hard work in the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Kushinagar International Airport in Uttar Pradesh tomorrow. The inauguration is expected to take place around 10 am, after which the first flight will land at the airport from Colombo, carrying a delegation of over 100 Buddhist monks and dignitaries. The…
Rupa: Eastern Army Commander Lieutenant General Manoj Pande on Tuesday said the Chinese Army’s activities have increased marginally in-depth areas across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) which is under tight surveillance of the Indian Army. “The annual training exercise that the People’s…
Lakhimpur Kheri, UP: Four more people, including a BJP leader who was seen inside the SUV that mowed down protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, were arrested yesterday. “Accused Sumit Jaiswal, Shishupal, Nandan Singh Bisht and Satya Prakash Tripathi have been arrested by Lakhimpur…
Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka has deleted a tweet labelling Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an “angootha-chhaap” or illiterate, also expressing regret for what it called an “uncivil tweet” posted by a “novice social media manager”. Karnataka Congress chief DK…
India will soon have administered one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, but the milestone masks a yawning gap between the number of people who have been fully inoculated and those that have had just one shot. While it is likely to hit the billion-doses mark this week, the country has only given two shots to 20 per cent…
Former U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb called for “urgent research” into a mutation of the delta variant known as delta plus following a surge in Covid-19 cases in the U.K. “We need urgent research to figure out if this delta plus is more transmissible, has partial…
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency – India’s counter-terrorism force – will take over the probe into the targeted killing of 11 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir this month, sources said Tuesday morning. The NIA has been mandated by the Home Ministry to investigate a potential larger…