ED probes hawala links to Bengal minister Partha and aide Arpita

25 Jul 2022

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigators have started probe into possible Hawala links of West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee. Partha and Arpita were arrested by ED officials in the SSC teacher recruitment scam on Saturday, after an unaccounted cash of Rs. 21 cr was recovered from...

IMPLEMENT SCHEMES BETTER: PM TO BJP-RULED STATES

25 Jul 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday interacted with all 12 chief ministers and eight deputy chief ministers of BJP-ruled states in the Chief Ministers Council Meeting at the party office in Delhi. During the meeting, the prime minister emphasized the better implementation of some of the key schemes and initiatives...

LG orders CBI probe into Delhi government’s Excise Policy

23 Jul 2022

Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Friday ordered a CBI inquest into the alleged violations of the Delhi Excise Policy and “deliberate and gross procedural lapses” by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as in charge of the Excise Department of the Delhi government. The inquiry was recommended after a report by...

With China on mind, India will deepen cooperation with UK

23 Jul 2022

With China in mind, India and the UK will enhance security and strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. The two nations will also ramp up coordination to fight against terrorism. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his UK counterpart Stephen Lovegrove discussed various issues related to the Indo-Pacific during which Beijing’s...

ED ASKED SONIA GANDHI 28 QUESTIONS IN 2 HOURS

23 Jul 2022

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday, while interrogating Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi in the National Herald money laundering case, asked about 28 questions during her interrogation that lasted two hours. The questions, according to sources close to the investigations, ranged from her stake in the Yong Indian Ltd. (YIL)...

OPPOSITION UNITY COLLAPSES, TMC TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING

22 Jul 2022

Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday said that the party will abstain from voting in the upcoming Vice Presidential poll. “TMC will abstain in the upcoming VP polls as it was decided in the meeting. TMC will not support NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar for the Vice President...

Abortion cannot be denied merely because a woman is unmarried: SC

22 Jul 2022

The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that a woman cannot be denied the opportunity to terminate her pregnancy merely on the grounds that she is unmarried. The apex court allowed a woman to terminate her 24-week-old pregnancy subjecting to AIIMS Delhi concluding that the foetus can be aborted without risking...

DROUPADI MURMU BECOMES 15TH PRESIDENT OF INDIA, CREATES HISTORY

22 Jul 2022

India got its first tribal President in Droupadi Murmu on Thursday night, which also makes her the country’s second woman President. In just the first three rounds of counting of the votes cast by legislators on Monday, NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu secured over 50% of the total vote value, which...

CHINA CONDUCTS MILITARY EXERCISE WITH ATTACK CHOPPERS OVER PANGONG LAKE

21 Jul 2022

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carried out a military exercise with attack helicopters over Pangong Lake, a video telecast by the state media network CCTV shows.The 33-second video was released hours after the two countries concluded the 16th round of Corps Commander-level talks held at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point...

Zubair walks out of jail as SC grants bail

21 Jul 2022

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Wednesday evening walked out of Tihar jail after Supreme Court granted him interim bail in all the FIRs registered against him in Uttar Pradesh. Advocate Soutik Banerjee, his lawyer, said, “Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is released from Tihar and is now out of...