ED attaches assets worth ₹29.45 crore in Alchemist group case

March 30, 2024 10:51 pm | Updated 10:51 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties worth ₹29.45 crore of the Alchemist group companies in connection with a money laundering case. The group was headed by Kanwar Deep Singh, a former Rajya Sabha member of …...Read More

Bar Council of Delhi office-bearers cite issues, urge Home Minister to not implement the new criminal laws

March 30, 2024 10:47 pm | Updated 10:48 pm IST - New Delhi Expressing serious concerns over the implementation of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, the vice chairman, secretary, and two members of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD), in a letter to …...Read More

Delhi Police file chargesheet against NewsClick in UAPA case

March 30, 2024 10:44 pm | Updated 10:44 pm IST - New Delhi The Delhi Police on March 30 filed its first chargesheet against news portal NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha, in a case lodged under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, following allegations that they …...Read More

Four women drown in lake near Gudiyatham town in Vellore

March 30, 2024 10:37 pm | Updated 10:37 pm IST - VELLORE Four women, including two teenage girls, drowned in a lake in Veppur village near Gudiyatham town in Vellore on Saturday where they had gone for a bath. Police said the deceased were identified as S. Saroja (45) and …...Read More

Bannerghatta Road to be partially closed for a year from April 1 for metro work in Bengaluru

March 30, 2024 10:37 pm | Updated 10:37 pm IST - Bengaluru Commuters may have to face traffic snarls on Bannerghatta Road, Lakkasandra and surrounding areas as the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has announced the partial closure of Bannerghatta Road near the Lakkasandra underground station to aid metro …...Read More

Odisha Police dismiss information on police protection provided to V. K. Pandian

March 30, 2024 10:36 pm | Updated 10:37 pm IST - BHUBANESWAR A day after the Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan (OSAA), a forum for the State’s Right to Information (RTI) activists, alleged that 74 police personnel were deployed for the protection of V. K. Pandian, Chairperson, 5T (Transformational Initiatives), the …...Read More

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer both praise Christians in Easter messages - but Labour leader takes chance to talk of 'new beginnings'

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has spoken of a time for "new beginnings" in his Easter message, as he looks towards the coming general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has also released a message for Easter Sunday, calling it a time to "pause and reflect". But the political rivals both …...Read More

CM hits back at Gowda with ‘Kannadiga pride’

March 30, 2024 10:30 pm | Updated 10:30 pm IST - Bengaluru Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has hit back at Janata Dal (S) supremo and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda a day after the latter said that the former should suffer “garvabhanga”(broken pride) with a victory of BJP-JD(S) alliance in …...Read More

Congress veteran Shamanur’s misogynistic comment irks many, including Saina and Shivakumar

March 30, 2024 10:28 pm | Updated 10:39 pm IST - Bengaluru A derisive comment by Shamanur Shivashankarappa, 92-yer-old Congress patriarch, about Gayathri Siddeshwara, the BJP candidate for the Davangere Lok Sabha constituency, has drawn flak from many, including badminton player Saina Nehwal as well as KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar. …...Read More

Former Union Home Minister’s daughter-in-law joins the BJP

March 30, 2024 10:27 pm | Updated 10:27 pm IST - MUMBAI Archana Patil, the daughter-in-law of former Union Home Minister and senior Congress leader Shivraj Patil, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday. The induction took place in the presence of Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the …...Read More