Sasikala moves SC seeking review of DA case judgment
V.K. Sasikala and two co-accused in the Jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case on Wednesday moved a review petition in the Supreme Court against their conviction.
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Bengal couple who hosted BJP chief join Trinamool
Days after hosting BJP president Amit Shah for lunch, a couple — Raju and Geeta Mahali — joined West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday. Trinamool’s Darjeeling district president and State Tourism Minister Gautam Deb said they joined the party of their own “will,” but BJP State president Dilip Ghosh alleged that the couple was forced to do so. […]
» Read more₹21,000 fine on women using mobile phones in public in U.P. village
A village in Uttar Pradesh has banned women from using mobile phones in public in an attempt to restrict their contacts with men, and plans hefty fines for violators, police said on Wednesday. Village elders ruled that women found using a mobile phone outside their homes would be fined ₹21,000 — a sum it would take several months for rural […]
» Read moreCBI arrests Mumbai I-T Commissioner on graft charges
The CBI has arrested an income tax commissioner and five others in connection with an alleged bribe of over Rs 19 lakh taken to favour a major corporate group. CBI sources said the commissioner B B Rajendra Prasad and one other person have been arrested from Vishakhapatnam while four others have been taken into custody from Mumbai. The sources said […]
» Read moreNine soldiers killed in central Mali attack
Nine Malian soldiers were killed and five wounded in an area regularly targeted by Jihadist groups, as the commander of France’s counter-terrorism force for the region said an operation on the Burkina Faso border was ongoing. “A supply mission for the national armed forces fell into an ambush between Dogofri and Nampala. The initial toll is nine dead and five […]
» Read moreLarge blast near U.S. embassy in Kabul
A large explosion hit the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, Reuters witnesses said, but there was no immediate word on any casualties or damage. The cause of the blast was also not immediately clear, although a security official said it hit an area not far from the U.S. embassy and a compound used by the NATO-led Resolute […]
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