The Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Meenakshi Lekhi denies decalring Hamas a terrorist organisation. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Meenakshi Lekhi has denied signing any document that deems Hamas, a military organisation governing the Gaza Strip, a terrorist organisation in India or if … Read more
Two persons from a family of six, on their way home from a Chhath puja celebration, died on Monday morning after a man fired at them in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district. According to the police, the firing took place because he had been “refused permission” to marry a woman from the family. Four other family members … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with the U.K.’s National Security Adviser Tim Barrow in London. | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to London included discussions on Khalistani separatist activity in the U.K., with the newly appointed Home Secretary James Cleverly and the National Security Adviser Tim Barrow. Specifically, Mr Jaishankar has … Read more
The FM says ministers “past and present” must co-operate fully with Scottish and UK Covid inquiries. Source link
Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar The last remaining Chinese reporter in India has been effectively expelled after having been denied a visa extension earlier this month. The reporter, from China’s official Xinhua news agency, left New Delhi around one week ago, according to people familiar with the development. … Read more
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in Karnataka. | Photo Credit: ANI An assassination plot has been hatched to ‘wipe out’ Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge, his wife and his entire family by a BJP candidate, the party general secretary and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala alleged on May 6. Mr. Surjewala also shared an alleged audio … Read more
Kallakurichi District Collector Sravan Kumar Jatavath courted controversy after a video of him reportedly asking the Daffedar to pick up his shoes went viral. The incident occurred at the Koothandavar temple in Koovagam village near Ulundurpet in the district on Tuesday. The Collector had gone to the temple to review the arrangements for the 18-day … Read more
Amruta Fadnavis, wife of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A sessions court in Mumbai on April 1 rejected the bail application of suspected bookie Anil Jaisinghani in a case of alleged attempt to blackmail and bribe Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta Fadnavis, Jaisinghani was … Read more
File photo of Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. The Rouse Avenue Court on March 31 denied bail to Manish Sisodia in a CBI case related to the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy scam. | Photo Credit: PTI The Rouse Avenue Court on March 31 dismissed the bail plea of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish … Read more
Opposing the bail application, the government counsel Ratnendu Kumar Singh said the accused could influence witnesses and secure acquittal in the present case. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Allahabad High Court has denied bail to a member of the Mukhtar Ansari gang in a 2010 murder case in Mau district in which the … Read more