Jaganmohan Reddy declares assets worth Rs 375
Amaravati, March 23 (IANS) YSR Congress president Y. S. Jagamohan Reddy owns assets of more than Rs 375 crore but does not own a vehicle. He declared his assets on Friday while filing nomination for…
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ED arrests Zakir Naik’s financier Sathak
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested jeweller Abdul Kadir Najmudin Sathak here for assisting fugitive Islamic preacher Zakir Naik by transferring funds of dubious origins from the UAE to him….
JeM terrorist Sajjad Khan held in Delhi
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Sajjad Khan, said to be a close associate of Pulwama suicide attack mastermind Mudassir Ahmed Khan, was arrested near the Red Fort while disguised as a shawl…
Pulwama attack mastermind aide in NIA custody
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday sent Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Sajjad Khan, a close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind Muddasir Ahmed Khan, to NIA custody till March 29. The National Investigation Agency…
Madras High Court declares Bose’s election invalid
Chennai, March 22 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Friday declared as invalid the election in 2016 of the AIAMDK’s A.K. Bose — who died last year — in a by-election from the Tiruparankundram Assembly…
Yeddyurappa paid Rs 1,800 cr to BJP leaders: Report
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa made payouts of Rs 1,800 crore to senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, judges and lawyers, reported The Caravan on Friday. The report…
HC seeks EaseMyTrip response on MakeMyTrip plea
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has asked EaseMyTrip (EMT) to file a response to a MakeMyTrip (MMT) plea alleging that EaseMyTrip has bought ad-word from Google for a keyword ‘makemytrip’ on…
JeM terrorist Sajjad Khan remanded to NIA custody
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday send Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Sajjad Khan, arrested near Red Fort earlier, to NIA custody till March 29. Khan is believed to be a close associate…
Brazil ex-President arrested on corruption charges
Rio De Janeiro, March 22 (IANS) Brazil’s former President Michel Temer was arrested on corruption charges, the media reported on Friday. The arrest on Thursday was ordered by Judge Marcelo Bretas, who is in charge…
EU agrees to UK request for Brexit delay
Brussels, March 22 (IANS) European Council President Donald Tusk on Thursday said that the leaders of the 27 remaining European Union member-states have offered the UK an extension on the implementation of the UK’s exit…
Death toll from Iraq ferry sinking rises to 71
Mosul (Iraq), March 22 (IANS) At least 71 people died, including 12 children, when an overcrowded ferry capsized in Iraq’s Tigris river in Mosul during Nowruz and Mother’s Day celebrations. Nearly 150 people were on…
Trump backs Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights
Washington, March 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that it is time for the US to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, which it seized from Syria in 1967. “After…
Mizoram House passes Bill, to go dry from April 1
Aizawl, March 21 (IANS) Mizoram is going to be a dry state, once again, from April 1 this year. The Mizoram Legislative Assembly has passed the Mizoram Liquor Prohibition Bill 2019, which seeks to ban…
Saudia told to compensate passenger for flight delay
Jeddah, March 21 (IANS) A court has ordered Saudi Arabian Airlines or Saudia to compenstate a passenger and his family with about $16,430 because their flight from Jeddah to New York was delayed by 21…
Two sentenced to life over Pakistani student’s lynching
Islamabad, March 21 (IANS) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Thursday sentenced two more people to life imprisonment over the 2017 lynching of a university student accused of posting blasphemous content on Facebook. Mashal Khan, a…
9 sentenced to life in Dinakaran arson attack case
Chennai, March 21 (IANS) The Madras High Court’s Madurai bench on Thursday sentenced, to life imprisonment, nine people convicted in the 2007 Dinakaran newspaper burning case which left three persons dead. The court also sentenced…
New Zealand bans assault rifles after terror attack
Wellington, March 21 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced a ban on all military-style semi-automatics and assault rifles, six days after a terror attack on two mosques in Christchurch left 50…
New Zealand outlaws assault rifles
Wellington, March 21 (IANS) Military style semi-automatic weapons (MSSA) and assault rifles are to be banned in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday, a week after 50 people were massacred in two…
New Zealand bans assault, military style rifles
Sydney, March 21 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced new gun laws banning all military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles. The announcement follows the terror attack on two mosques in the southern…
New Zealand bans semi-automatic, assault rifles
Wellington, March 21 (IANS) Military-style semi-automatics and assault rifles will be banned under stronger new gun laws announced by the New Zealand government on Thursday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the gun law reforms at…