The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two persons in connection with its crackdown on 500 shell companies suspected to be generating huge amounts of black money. The agency identified the two as G.D. Reddy and K. Liakath Ali and said they have been arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in separate cases during follow-up […]
» Read moreA cargo ship with 11 Indian crew members on board has been hijacked by pirates off the Somalian coast, officials from the Directorate General of Shipping said on Monday. “It is not a big ship but a dhow. It was hijacked yesterday and is now sailing towards the shore of Somalia,” DGS Malini Shankar said. The Indian-flagged ship was on […]
» Read moreTen people were killed in an explosion at a metro station in St. Petersburg on Monday, the authorities said. The blast happened in a train in between two stations, a source in Russia’s emergency services said. “There was one blast in one site in between [stations] as the train arrived at the Technology Institute station from the Sennaya [loshchad] station,” […]
» Read morePV Sindhu defeated Saina Nehwal in a fiercely contested women singles quarter-final of the 2017 India Open Super Series. India’s two leading shuttlers up against each other at an international event – only the second time at this level. However, Sindhu engaged Saina in engaging dribble game to chalk out a 21-16, 22-20 win in straight games and enter the […]
» Read moreThe price of petrol has been cut by Rs 3.77 per litre and that of diesel by Rs 2.91 a litre, the first change in rates in two-and-a-half months. State-owned oil firms cut rates with effect from midnight tonight. Petrol currently costs Rs 71.14 a litre in Delhi and Diesel is priced at Rs 59.02 per litre. Petrol price will […]
» Read moreAt least 22 people were killed and 50 others injured on Friday in a suicide blast outside a Shia imambargah at a busy market in Pakistan’s restive northwest tribal region. The bomber driving a car blew himself up near the main gate of the imambargah in the central bazar of Parachinar, Kurram Agency. At least 22 people were killed and […]
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