Senior IPS officer Y.C Modi, who was part of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team that probed the 2002 Gujarat riot cases, was on Monday named chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The federal probe agency is tasked with probing terrorism and terror-financing related cases. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved Mr. Modi’s appointment as Director General […]
» Read moreMumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jammat-ud-Dawah will foray into Pakistan’s political scene by contesting the 2018 general elections, a senior member of the outfit said, a day after its candidate finished third in a crucial by-poll. Last month, Jamaat-ud-Dawah, a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group that carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai attack, announced that it was launching […]
» Read moreThe Railways is trying to put an end to those tiresome quarrels that break out due to oversleeping passengers on the middle and lower berths by reducing official sleeping hours. According to a circular issued by the railway board, the passengers in the reserved coaches can only sleep between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. to allow others to sit on […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated to the nation the Sardar Sarovar Dam, almost 56 years after its foundation stone was laid. Mr. Modi, who turned 67 on Sunday, unveiled the plaque dedicating the dam to the nation, after performing a puja at the site in Kevadia in the Narmada district. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay […]
» Read moreMarshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh passed away at 7.47pm on Saturday at the Army Hospital (R&R), New Delhi, according to a Press Information Bureau statement. He was 98. Mr. Singh was admitted to the hospital on Saturday morning following a cardiac arrest, following which he was treated at the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Sciences Centre of the hospital, […]
» Read moreThe Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday dismissed the review petition filed by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his disqualification. A five-member bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa rejected the arguments of the lawyers for Mr. Sharif and his children — Hussain, Hassan and Maryam Nawaz — that the earlier judgment of July 28 by the apex court […]
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