The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday registered a case against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Senior ED officials said the case was registered by the Mumbai unit of the Directorate on Friday. “The offence has been registered based on the information shared by the National Investigation Agency regarding the funding and monetary transactions […]
» Read moreA day after a Madras High Court judge expressed doubts over the circumstances leading to the demise of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, DMK on Friday sought a comprehensive probe by a sitting HC judge into the death. “A comprehensive probe must be done by a sitting judge of the High Court and people should be told the […]
» Read moreEight miners were killed and some are feared trapped in a cave-in at the Lalmatia opencast coal mine at Rajmahal area of Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) in Godda district of Jharkhand on Thursdayt night. The National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) has been pressed into service. “So far, bodies of eight miners have been recovered from the mine. Rescue work is […]
» Read moreA fire broke out at State Bank of India building on Pycrofts Garden Road in Chennai today. The top floor of the four-storey building caught fire and the probable cause is said to be a short circuit. Three fire tenders and four water tankers were rushed to the spot.
» Read moreSix workers were suffocated to death when a fire broke out in a bakery shop whose only exit was locked from outside in Kondhwa area here in the wee hours on Friday. The victims, all hailing from Uttar Pradesh, used to sleep on the loft inside the bakery shop, ‘Bakes and Cakes’, which is owned by three partners. “We received […]
» Read moreAfter Pakistani cyber attackers hacked Thiruvananthapuram airport’s website yesterday, a group of cyber experts from Kerala – the ‘Mallu Cyber Soldiers’ – decided to respond in kind: by hacking the website of a Pakistani airport. But the ‘soldiers’ weren’t content just to hack the site. They invited others to log in and “nail the site,” too. The hackers, who’re from […]
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