330 Pak, 1,770 B’deshi nationals deported in 3 yrs: govt
New Delhi, Mar 20: As many as 330 Pakistani and 1,770 Bangladeshi nationals, who were illegally staying in India, have been repatriated in the last three years, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju said the central government is vested with powers to deport a foreign national under […]
Peace, unity, harmony at core of India’s philosophies: PM
Jaipur, Mar 19: Peace, unity and harmony are at the core of various philosophies in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a message today as a ‘chadar’ was offered on his behalf at Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s (RA) shrine at Ajmer Sharif. Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi visited […]
Pak disappointed at India for not issuing visas to pilgrims
Islamabad/New Delhi, Mar 19 : Pakistan today expressed disappointment at India for not issuing visas to more than 500 Pakistani pilgrims for visiting the famed shrine of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti (RA) in Ajmer, which New Delhi said could not take place in view of the prevailing circumstances and absence of requisite security clearances. The […]
SC admits plea for CBI probe in Haryana mob lynching case
New Delhi, Mar 19 : The Supreme Court today stayed the trial of the Haryana mob lynching case in which 17-year-old Junaid Khan was stabbed to death on a train in June last year and agreed to examine his father’s plea seeking a CBI probe into the incident. The father of victim said that investigation […]
Court acquits Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in 2 defamation cases
New Delhi, Mar 19:Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was today acquitted in two separate defamation cases lodged against him by union minister Nitin Gadkari and advocate Amit Sibal after he tendered apology to both of them. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal also acquitted Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, a co-accused with Kejriwal in the […]
KCR meets Mamata, says this is beginning of federal front
Kolkata, Mar 19 :Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao met his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee here today and discussed the formation of a federal front to take on the BJP and the Congress in the 2019 general election. Talking to reporters after the meeting at the State Secretariat, Rao, the chief of Telangana […]
Pak Anti-Terrorism Court orders arrest of TLP chief Khadim Rizvi, others
Islamabad, Mar 19: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad on Monday ordered the arrests of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Pir Afzal Qadri and other absconding suspects in a case pertaining to the Faizabad sit-in held last year. The ATC ordered their arrests after they failed to appear before the court despite being issued […]
Those facilitating Rao Anwar will have to answer to apex court: CJP
Islamabad, Mar 19: The Supreme Court said on Monday that absconding police officer Rao Anwar “still” has a chance to surrender himself and become part of the investigation into the alleged extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud. Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, who was heading a three-member bench hearing a suo motu case on Mehsud’s […]
JNU professors demand separate FIRs in all complaints against Johri
New Delhi, March 19: Accusing the police of disregarding procedures, 54 JNU professors today demanded registration of separate FIRs in all eight complaints of sexual harassment filed against professor Atul Johri. They petitioned Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-West) Milind Dumbere’s office two days after the Delhi Police registered an FIR against professor Johri following allegations […]
Lalu convicted in 4th fodder scam case, Jagannath Mishra acquitted
Ranchi, Mar 19 : Jailed former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad was today convicted by a special CBI court in the fourth fodder scam case while another ex-chief minister Jagannath Mishra was acquitted. CBI judge Shiv Pal Singh held guilty the 69-year-old RJD chief along with 18 others while Mishra was among 12 acquitted in […]
