Kadir Ahmed, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, was on Saturday arrested in his native district Bijnore. He was nabbed after a joint operation by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad and the Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad, a police spokesperson said. Ahmed is an accused under TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act). He is alleged to have played a […]
» Read moreThe Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted searches on the premises of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti and her husband, Shailesh Kumar, in a money laundering case involving shell companies. Searches were also carried out against Mishail Packers and Printers, in which Ms. Bharti, an MP, and her husband are directors. The ED probe pertains to a chargesheet filed […]
» Read morePopulist former martial arts star and businessman Khaltmaa Battulga has won Mongolia’s Presidential run-off election, according to voter data from the General Election Commission released on Saturday. The poll was seen as a referendum on the government’s economic recovery plans and the role of southern neighbour China in the landlocked but resource-rich country known as the birthplace of Mongol emperor […]
» Read moreAjay Singh acquired SpiceJet from Kalanithi Maran for Rs 2 over two years back. According to a recent Delhi High Court judgment on a Singh-Maran dispute, a sale purchase agreement (SPA) was executed between the two in January 2015 where Singh acquired just over 35 crore shares -representing 58.5% stake in the low cost carrier (LCC) -from promoter Maran and […]
» Read moreThe arrest of a few Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) employees on Thursday night by the police left thousands of Namma Metro commuters stranded on Friday as employees went on a flash strike and refused to begin operations. Namma Metro, which normally starts at 5 AM on both lines, did not open its shutters to the public and all […]
» Read moreFour members from three generations of the same family were killed and two others injured when a fire broke out at their residence in Seemapuri, New Delhi, on Friday. The deceased include a 63-year-old man, his son and two grandchildren. The accident happened in Dilshad Colony around 3AM. Prima facie, the fire started at the ground floor of the multi-storey […]
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