NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant on Wednesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urging him to deline any “recognition, status, privilege or facility” to any “purported faction or breakaway group claiming to represent the party”.“…The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) continues to be recognised as a single political party represented in…
BHOPAL: A sex racket allegedly luring unsuspecting men into a maze of blackmail, extortion and false rape threats has taken a darker turn in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind, where police found that one of two women arrested in the case has been undergoing treatment for HIV the past 3 years.The racket was busted nearly 3 weeks…
MUMBAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted searches at 17 locations across Delhi, Mumbai, and Khandala linked to Suraksha Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (SARCL) promoter Sudhir Valia and other senior executives in connection with an alleged bank fraud case involving the company and Yes Bank’s former co-promoter Rana Kapoor.ED is probing a money laundering case…
MUMBAI: Amid speculation that some Lok Sabha MPs of the Shiv Sena (UBT) may be headed to the Dy CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, there were reports on Tuesday evening that 6 of the Uddhav Thackeray camp’s 9 LS MPs could reach New Delhi on Wednesday. Sena functionaries said Eknath Shinde could also reach the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday asked two Ghaziabad hospitals, accused of refusing to treat a semi-conscious minor rape survivor who died on way to a govt hospital, whether they would voluntarily compensate her parents or await the court determining the quantum of compensation.The SC-constituted special investigation team (SIT) found credence in the father’s charge…
Buying cough syrup without a doctor’s prescription may no longer be possible after the Centre withdrew a decades-old exemption that allowed certain syrup formulations to be sold under relaxed regulatory conditions.The change comes months after contaminated cough syrups linked to child deaths in MP triggered a WHO alert. The health ministry has amended the Drugs…
NEW DELHI: El Nino – a climatic phenomenon associated with weak monsoon in India – may pose a risk for farming operations this year, but what provides hope is that the country could effectively manage its impact in 2023 when India reported ‘below normal’ rainfall due to strong El Nino. The year 2015, which saw…
The world suffers from a shortage of trust, not resources, and mutual trust is the most important strategic asset today, said PM Narendra Modi addressing an outreach session at G7 in France. Seated next to US President Donald Trump in the meeting, he said it’s important that sea lanes are kept safe and seafarers are…
Representative image (ANI) JAMMU: Panic gripped a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Monday after subsidence caused large cracks in agricultural fields, roads, and residential buildings, prompting district administration to shift the occupants of two severely damaged houses to safer places.Four other houses that have developed cracks have been kept under close observation,…
Representative image (ANI) SRINAGAR: Over two months after being killed in an alleged encounter in north Kashmir’s Ganderbal and branded a “terrorist” by the Army, authorities handed over the body of a 28-year-old man to his family for final rites even as a magisterial inquiry continues into the shootout.The handover of Rashid Mughal’s remains marks…