AICC leaders Abhishek Singhvi and Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: Calling ED’s National Herald case a “political hit job scripted by BJP”, Congress Wednesday said there is not a whiff of a crime of any sort as Young India is a not-for-profit company, with no money or property transfer. It said the case is a ploy … Read more
NEW DELHI: Dismissing Congress‘s charge of vendetta after Enforcement Directorate (ED) chargesheeted Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, BJP on Wednesday said no one had the “licence to loot”.Senior party functionary Ravi Shankar Prasad said the law would take its own course under the Modi govt and probe agencies would not … Read more
Colin Carroll, a Marine Corps officer, has become the third official to be placed on administrative leave from the Pentagon, amid an ongoing investigation into information leaks at the United States Department of Defense. Carroll is the chief of staff to US deputy secretary of defense Steve A Feinberg. The two officials who have already … Read more
Mamata Banerjee and Amit Shah KOLKATA: Mob violence in Bengal’s Murshidabad over the new waqf law was “a pre-planned communal riot” orchestrated by BJP with the help of central agencies, CM Mamata Banerjee said Wednesday, insinuating that home minister Amit Shah had a role to play in it.Mamata also questioned what she said was an … Read more
NEW DELHI: SG said there was no basis for the apprehension of fresh scrutiny of ‘waqf by user’ properties. It was meant to enable only those Muslims who had already created a trust for charity, by assuring that their properties would not be treated as waqf property, he said. CJI said, “Before the British came … Read more
Justice Dinesh Maheshwari (LEFT, Image Credit: X/@MLJ_GoI) NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday appointed former SC judge, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, as chairman of the 23rd Law Commission. The terms of reference of the panel includes submitting a report on UCC, a study on laws affecting poor, and identifying laws that are hindrance to India’s economic … Read more
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah rejected Wednesday former RAW chief AS Dulat’s claim that he privately supported the abrogation of Article 370, calling the assertion “misleading and inaccurate”.“His book has so many mistakes that I cannot describe them,” Abdullah told reporters. “He calls me a friend, but a friend cannot write such things.” … Read more
JAMMU: The recent encounters in J&K’s Kathua district not only exposed the route used by Pakistani terrorists to infiltrate India from across the international border but also averted a massive tragedy by scuttling the plan of terror outfits to carry out a major strike in the Union Territory, Kathua SSP Shobhit Saxena said Wednesday.The traditional … Read more
Detroit Red Wings vs New Jersey Devils (via Getty Images) Having secured their playoff or offseason course, the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils approach Wednesday night’s game with new lineups and several important absentees. The Devils head to the playoffs and potentially the return of star defenseman Dougie Hamilton, while the Red Wings … Read more
MUMBAI: Making activation of nuclear triggers superfast, a recent Pentagon directive has ordered that nuclear weapons “should be delivered with a time objective of two minutes or less” once the message is received.The order has come into force at a time when the US has accelerated its efforts to ready by 2026 the deadly 360 … Read more