NEW DELHI — The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India has issued orders to block 232 apps operated by overseas entities, including Chinese for being involved in betting, gambling and unauthorised loan service. “The order to block 138 apps that were involved in betting, gambling and money laundering were issued last […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Saturday discharged student activists Sharjeel Imam and Asif Iqbal Tanha in the Jamia violence case. Additional Sessions Judge Arul Verma discharged them in a case registered at the Jamia Nagar police station in 2019. However, Imam will continue to remain in jail as he is an accused in […]
NEW DELHI — India’s Haj quota for this year has been fixed at 1,75,025 according to the bilateral agreement with Saudi Arabia, the government said on Thursday. In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani said the ministry has had a number of interactive sessions on Haj management […]
LUCKNOW — Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan walked out of jail on Thursday, a day after the sureties required for his bail was submitted in court. Two sureties of Rs 1 lakh each were submitted on Wednesday in the special PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court here. Kappan was released from jail around 9.15 am, […]
NEW DELHI — The FM has announced adjustments in duties and taxes on several items, which are likely impact their market prices from tomorrow (2 February). Here are some of the key items that are likely to cost more from the next financial year due to higher tax incidence announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman […]
AHMEDABAD — Ahmedabad Crime Branch and the city police have detained four Kashmiri youths from the Motera area because of their suspicious movement near the Narendra Modi Stadium. Deputy Commissioner of Crime Branch, Chetainya Mandlik, told media that the CB team and the local police detained the four Kashmiri youths from the Motera area because […]
BARABANKI (UP) — A man was booked here for allegedly unfurling a green coloured ‘Islamic flag’ atop a madarsa on Republic Day, police on Thursday said. The incident happened here in Hussainabad village under Subeha Police Station area. “We received a complain that an Islamic flag was unfurled over Madrasa Ashraful Uloom Ima Imdadiya Sakeen […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said on January 26, 2023 that no backchannel talks were being held between Islamabad and New Delhi. “At this moment, there is no such thing under way,” Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar told the Senate — the upper house of parliament. She added that backchannel diplomacy was desirable […]
NEW DELHI — Several students, who gathered at the JNU students’ union office for a screening of a controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, claimed the varsity administration cut power and internet to stop the event, and staged a protest after stones were thrown on them. They claimed that they were […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is still scared of the truth of the 2002 riots coming out and the “blocking” of the BBC documentary “blaming him for the pogrom is a cowardly and undemocratic act”. The opposition party also said that no matter how much the Modi […]