Syed Shahid Yousuf, son of the globally wanted terrorist Syed Salahuddin, received ₹4.5 lakh through international wire transfers between 2011 and 2014, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found. The agency has written to the J&K government informing it of the arrest of Yousuf, 42, who landed a job in the State Agriculture Department three years ago. Asked if this […]
» Read morePolice on Monday arrested a Tamil Nadu-cadre trainee IPS officer after Intelligence Bureau officers caught him cheating in the Union Public Service Commission (Main) Examination at a test centre in Egmore, Chennai. Investigators said Safeer Karim, an assistant superintendent of police in Nanguneri, Tirunelveli, took a cellphone, a Bluetooth-enabled miniature camera in a shirt button and wireless earpieces into the […]
» Read moreIndian students have been assaulted in a string of incidents in northern Italy, the Indian Consulate in Milan has said. The Consulate General of India (CGI) in Milan yesterday issued an advisory to Indian students and asked them not to panic. “The Consulate has received reports of unfortunate incidents of attacks on Indian students in Milan. All Indian students are […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 33rd death anniversary. “Tributes to former PM Mrs Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary,” he tweeted. Tributes to former PM Mrs. Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 31, 2017
» Read moreTwo cases of grave violence against women were reported from Meerut and Shamli districts of western Uttar Pradesh on Monday. In one incident, four people tried to rape a woman in Shamli and killed her when she resisted; in another incident, a 100-year-old woman died after she was allegedly raped by a drunk youth in Meerut. The incident of attempted […]
» Read moreCivil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Monday asked all airlines to ban the hoax caller who disrupted a Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight by giving a hijack theat. “I am informed that person responsible for Jet flight 339 (Mum-Del) incident causing the landing at Ahmedabad today morning has been identified. I am advising the airlines to put him on the […]
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