Former Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday. In a letter addressed to PDP President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Drabu said he had not been associating with party affairs for some time now. He said since he had won elections on PDP ticket, he […]
China on Thursday demanded the immediate release of Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of tech giant Huawei, whose arrest could escalate into a major diplomatic incident. Calling Meng’s detention a “rights abuse”, Beijing urged both Ottawa and Washington to clarify their reasons for the action. She was arrested in Vancouver on Saturday and […]
Security agencies have been put on high alert in Bathinda and Ferozepur districts of Punjab on Thursday following intelligence reports that Kashmiri terrorist Zakir Musa could be hiding in the area. The intelligence reports have suggested that Musa could be disguised as a Sikh and wearing a turban. He is the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind chief and […]
Relentless humiliation and rebuke from her science teacher over the last few months forced a Class 7 student here to commit suicide by hanging herself, police said on Thursday. Daisy Rathore, 12, who hanged herself from a ceiling fan at her home on December 1, wrote the teacher’s name on her palms and hands and […]
The British High Commission on Thursday sought consular access to Christian Michel, who was extradited from the United Arab Emirates. The CBI said it had received the request. The agency said Michel was being questioned “round the clock”. “The CBI has a lot of material to confront him (Michel),” an official source said. Michel is […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea filed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Alok Verma and NGO Common Cause challenging the government’s decision to divest him of his charges. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi reserved the order on the conclusion of arguments by the Centre, Central […]
Heavy security deployment has been made in this temple town in Uttar Pradesh on the 26th anniversary of the razing of the 16th century Babri mosque by a Hindu mob. Major roads have been barricaded and vigil has been stepped up around the disputed site. People visiting the temple of Ram Lalla, that was set […]
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday said that the main conspirator behind the mob violence in Bulandshahr which left a police officer and a young man dead was a Yogesh Raj, who is on the run. Although the police refused to identity who Yogesh Raj was, informed sources said he was a Bajrang Dal activist […]
President Ram Nath Kovind will pay a five-day visit to Myanmar from December 10 where he will interact with his Myanmar counterpart U Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, it was announced on Tuesday. “Through this visit, the President will reaffirm India’s commitment to developing its important partnership with Myanmar,” the External […]
In a major relief to Akali Dal leader and former SGPC President Jagir Kaur, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday acquitted her in a case involving the mysterious death of her daughter Harpreet Kaur. The high court set aside the order of a CBI special court which convicted Kaur and sentenced her to […]