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  • Friday, April, 2024| Today's Market | Current Time: 05:55:02
  • Kanimozhi controls Kalaignar TV from behind the scenes: CBI

    Opposing the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi in the 2G spectrum case, the CBI has told a special court that she controls the affairs of Kalaignar TV which received Rs 200 crore bribe from Dynamix Balwa group, a beneficiary in the scam. “Controlling mind of Kalaignar TV is Sharad Kumar but behind the scene […]

    Cong downplays US drawing a line between 9/11-26/11 attacks

    The Congress has downplayed the distinction made by the US between 9/11 and 26/11 attacks and its apparent unwillingness to back any “hot pursuit” by India of Mumbai terror attack perpetrators similar to the operation in Pakistan to eliminate Osama bin Laden. “We are not bound in any manner by the view of any other […]

    Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Pali scholars get awards

    51 scholars of Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian and Pali/Prakrit were conferred ‘Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman’ and ‘certificate of honour’ for 2008 and 2009 by President Pratibha Patil at a function in New Delhi on Friday. While the Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman award is given to scholars in the age group of 30 to 40, the certificate […]

    MLA, 9 others sentenced to life in engineer murder case

    BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari and nine others were sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court in Lucknow for murdering PWD engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta after he refused to pay donations for CM Mayawati’s birthday celebrations in 2008. Special Additional District Judge Virendra Kumar on Friday also sentenced the MLA’s wife, Vibha Tiwari, to two-and-a-half […]

    SC forms joint team to survey ‘illegal mining’ areas in K’taka

    The Supreme Court on Friday set up a team to conduct survey and demarcation of 99 iron ore mines in Bellary-Hospet forest region of Karnataka to identify sites of alleged illegal mining and directed that violators will have to stop work in their entire lease area. A special forest bench headed by Chief Justice S. […]

    ED charge sheets Hasan Ali, Tapuriah for money laundering

    The Enforcement Directorate has chargesheeted Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan and his associate Kashinath Tapuriah in a case of alleged money laundering. Khan (53), is alleged to have stashed huge amount of black money abroad including over USD 8 billion in the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) in Zurich. Khan was arrested in […]

    Courts orders status quo on Kanimozhi custody

    DMK MP Kanimozhi has moved a Delhi court for bail against arrest in the 2G case as her lawyer Ram Jethmalani sought to pass the blame on the scandal to the former Telecom Minister A Raja, who is also a party leader. After day-long arguments on the bail applications for her and Kalaignar TV MD […]

    SC upholds attachment of Harshad Mehta’s 1000 crore properties

    The Supreme Court today upheld the attachment of over 1000 crore rupees worth of property belonging to stock broker and scamster Harshad Mehta in Mumbai and elsewhere in Maharashtra. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan upheld the contention of the government that the properties needed to be attached as they were […]

    Kanimozhi appears before CBI court,likely to be arrested

    New Delhi: Rajya Sabha member and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s high profile daughter Kanimozhi, co-accused in the Rs 1.76 lakh crores 2G spectrum scam  appear before CBI special court in New Delhi  . It is speculated Argument in Court, Kanimozhi’s counsel Ram Jethmalani blamed the former Telecom Minister A Raja for the entire […]

    Khandu’s last rites to be performed with full state honours today

    Dorji Khandu’s last rites will be performed at his native place Tawang today with full state honours. All Central Government offices in the State will remain closed today. The Arunachal Government has announced 7-days State mourning as a mark of respect to the late Chief Minister. Assam Government has also announced a 3-day state mourning […]