The Enforcement Directorate has refused to downgrade the Lookout Circular (LOC) issued against Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in connection with Rs 200 crore extortion case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, as per sources. Jacqueline Fernandez had put in a request before the agency to remove the LoC issued…
Fishermen from Rameswaram and Pudukottai who are on a strike demanding the release of Tamil fishermen and boats seized by the Lankan Navy took strong objection to Sri Lankan Minister Douglas Devananda’s comments that the captured boats would be sold off. 69 fishermen from Pudukottai and Ramanathapuram were arrested…
IT raids are underway at the Foxconn manufacturing unit in Sunguvarchatram near Sriperumbudur. Foxconn produces cell phone components for some of the leading brands, like Apple, Blackberry and Redmi etc. The raid began yesterday and is still ongoing. The IT sleuths, based on a tip off, have been conducting a raid at…
A24-year-old Bangladeshi national was killed on Wednesday when BSF personnel fired to thwart a narcotics smuggling bid along the International Border in West Bengal, a senior officer of the force said. The incident took place about 200 metres inside the Indian territory at around 1:40 am near border post Nawada in…
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has taken cognisance of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s allegation that the ‘government had hacked the Instagram accounts of her children’, a ministry official said on Wednesday. It has now ordered a probe into the allegation.…
Actor Nora Fatehi will be the prosecution witness in the money laundering case against conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, sources said on Wednesday. Actors Nora Fatehi and Jacqueline Fernandez are under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Rs 200-crore extortion case in which Sukesh Chandrasekhar…
PT Thomas, a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly MLA representing Thrikkakkara constituency passed away on December 22, Wednesday. He was under treatment for cancer at Vellore Christian Medical College where he passed away by 10.10 am. He was also the working committee president of Kerala Pradesh Congress…
The word ‘anti-national’ has not been defined in statutes but was first inserted in the Constitution during the Emergency in 1976 and subsequently removed a year later, Union minister Nityanand Rai informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Rai said this while replying to a question of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi,…
Acold wave is likely to sweep the Vidarbha region in the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. The average temperature is expected to be around 8 degrees Celsius in the region, according to the weather agency. On Tuesday, Nagpur recorded a minimum temperature of 7.6 degrees Celsius.…
What went on behind the scenes in the murder of Sudheesh in Pothencode, Kerala can rival cinematic embellishment of crime stories. Small-time drug dealing groups, who primarily supply in rural areas, are also aides in assaults and murders. Sudheesh’s gruesome murder and his chopped off leg being flung on the road…