Former Karnataka chief minister SM Krishna will join the BJP on Wednesday in Delhi, around seven weeks after he quit the Congress. “According to the information we have, SM Krishna will be joining the BJP tomorrow in Delhi,” party sources said at Bengaluru. Krishna would be inducted into the saffron party in the presence of its national president Amit Shah […]
» Read moreNorthern Ireland’s former Deputy First Minister and one-time IRA commander Martin McGuinness has died aged 66, his Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein said on Tuesday. Mr. McGuinness had resigned from politics in January, citing a serious illness and a breakdown in relations with the rival Democratic Unionist Party. “It is with deep regret and sadness that we have learnt of […]
» Read morePresident Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka now has an office at the White House, although she will not be a government employee, an administration official told AFP news agency on Monday. Since Trump’s inauguration on January 20, his eldest daughter, aged 35, has been seen often in the presidential mansion’s West Wing, the hub of US executive power. On Friday, she […]
» Read moreIndustrialist and sand mining baron J. Sekhar Reddy was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) late night on Monday. A senior Enforcement Directorate official said, “He has been arrested on charges of money laundering. He has been remanded in judicial custody.” More details would be available later as they were still quizzing him on the issue.
» Read moreTen Indian fishermen were on Tuesday arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy when they were fishing near Katchatheevu, a fisheries department official said. They were arrested on charges of crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line, Assistant Director of Fisheries, Kulanjinathan, said. The fishermen, belonging to Thangachimadam near here, were taken to Kankesanthurai along with their boat, he said.
» Read moreThe Enforcement Directorate on Monday attached assets worth Rs 18.37 crore of Islamic Research Foundation and others in connection with its money laundering probe against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. The agency issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) attaching mutual funds worth about Rs 9.41 crore and five bank accounts containing deposits worth Rs […]
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