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Malik did business with Mumbai blast convicts: Fadnavis

10 Nov 2021

Leader of opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday accused Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik and his family of purchasing a 2.80 acre plot from Mohammad Salim Patel, a “front man” of Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parker, and from Badshah Khan, a 1993 blast convict, in 2005. Addressing a press conference, the...

FRESH ROW OVER ‘UPA ERA RAFALE DEAL SCAM’ REPORT

10 Nov 2021

A massive political fight was reignited on Tuesday by French portal Mediapart’s new report on alleged kickbacks paid between 2007 and 2012 to a middleman involved in the Rafale deal, and on the CBI allegedly failing to investigate these allegations despite receiving documents. Seizing on a French media report that...

Uphaar fire tragedy: Ansal brothers get 7 years in jail

09 Nov 2021

Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Monday sentenced convict businessmen Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal and others to seven years’ jail term in the case related to tampering with crucial evidence in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case. The court also ordered to take them into custody. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate...

MEA summons Pak diplomat, lodges protest over firing at Indian fishermen

09 Nov 2021

India on Monday summoned a senior diplomat from the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest on the incident of unprovoked firing at Indian fishermen by the Pakistan side, sources said. They said that the senior diplomat from Pakistan High Commission was summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs....

FERNANDES, JAITLEY, SWARAJ GIVEN PADMA VIBHUSHAN POSTHUMOUSLY

09 Nov 2021

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday posthumously honoured former Union Ministers George Fernandes, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj with Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second-highest civilian award. About the former Finance Minister, the late Arun Jaitley, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a tweet: “An outstanding parliamentarian and a distinguished lawyer, he...

‘PM Modi most popular leader in the world, with 70% approval ratings’

08 Nov 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has yet again topped the global approval rating and emerged as the most popular leader worldwide with 70% approval rating among 13 world leaders, surpassing US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others. Morning Consult Political Intelligence, a global enterprise technology, which currently tracks...

Yogi shines at BJP’s National Executive

08 Nov 2021

The political resolution in BJP’s National Executive, held on Sunday for the first time after January 2019, was moved by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, confirming the perception that the saffron clad leader is now among the top five-six leaders of the party in a hierarchy that starts with...

AT NATIONAL EXECUTIVE, PM URGES PARTY TO BE A BRIDGE OF FAITH FOR COMMON MAN

08 Nov 2021

The BJP’s national executive, which was held after more than two years, ended with a 45-minute speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where he focused on establishing an interpersonal relationship with party workers and asked party leaders to become a “bridge of faith for the common man”. PM Modi’s speech,...

India’s success no longer bound by old ways: PM

06 Nov 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the country’s success is no longer bound by old ways and a “new India” has a new vision to be one of the leading economies in the future. While addressing a meeting at Kedarnath in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, the Prime Minister...

India set to host NSA-level meet on Afghanistan; Pak won’t attend

06 Nov 2021

India will host the regional security dialogue on Afghanistan next week on 10 November, a meeting that will be conducted at the national security advisor (NSA) level, sources said on Friday. NSA Ajit Doval will chair the meeting on Wednesday. India has invited the NSAs of Russia, Iran, China, Pakistan,...

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