Baba Ramdev moves Supreme Court against multiple FIRs over his remarks on allopathy

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay of the proceedings in multiple FIRs lodged against him in various states over his remarks on allopathy in which he criticised doctors over the treatment method for Covid-19 cases. Baba Ramdev in his petition has sought a stay on the proceedings in FIRs…

ED transfers Rs 9,000 crore of Rs 18,000 crore assets seized from Nirav Modi, Mallya and Choksi to banks

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized assets worth Rs 18,170 crore, which is 80% of the total losses incurred by the banks, in cases related to fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. About half of the assets have been transferred to the banks and Centre. The ED said on Wednesday that not…

Blast in Lahore near Hafiz Saeed’s house kills 2, injures 16; rescue ops on

An explosion occurred in a house in Lahore’s Johar Town area, leaving two dead and at least 16 people injured, Geo News reported Wednesday, citing rescue officials. The blast site is near Hafiz Saeed’s residence in Lahore, as per reports. Rescue, police, and bomb disposal teams reached the site of the…

Here’s what happens if you don’t link your PAN and Aadhaar card by June 30

Owing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the government has extended the deadline to link the Permanent Account Number (PAN) and the Aadhaar card till June 30, 2021. According to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), if the users failed to link the two by the stipulated deadline, their PAN cards may…

23 states borrowed additional Rs 1.06 lakh crore through special reforms: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic was formulated to ensure that solutions do not follow a ‘one size fits all’ model.He asserted that “reforms by conviction and incentives” were undertaken on the back of “Centre-state bhagidari…

Kerala HC stays Lakshadweep admin orders to shut dairy farms, exclude meat from school kids’ menu

The Kerala High Court Tuesday imposed a stay on two controversial orders of the Lakshadweep UT administration headed by Praful Patel. A division bench headed by Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly ordered a stay on the administration’s decisions to close down dairy farms on the islands and…

TRP scam: Arnab Goswami named in chargesheet by Mumbai Police

The Mumbai Police on Tuesday submitted the chargesheet in the Television Rating Points (TRP) scam case naming Editor-in-chief of Republic TV Arnab Goswami as an accused. Goswami and four others from ARG Outlier Media that owns Republic TV – COO Priya Mukherjee, Shivendu Mulelkar and Shiva Sundaram –  have been…

A mega comet has entered our Solar System: Observations place it closer than Neptune

Comets, the frozen leftovers from the formation of the Solar System, have always been a matter of curiosity for scientists across the world, as they could hold clues about the formation of the universe. Astronomers have now discovered an object, bigger than a comet, on the outskirts of the Solar System, and it is…

UP: Man accused of raping toddler tries to flee, shot in leg by police

A 30-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, accused of raping a toddler, was shot in the leg by the police on Tuesday after he tried to flee custody. The man was arrested for allegedly raping a one-and-a-half-year-old girl in a village in Bahraich district on Monday night. According to the police, the…

How thousands rushed to South Africa village to mine diamonds, ended up only with quartz

Over 3,000 people flocked to a remote village of KwaHlathi in South Africa recently after word spread that a herder had discovered a ‘diamond’ in the area. However, officials said over the weekend that those unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers were not diamonds but quartz…