The CBI has registered a case against former Aircel promoter C. Sivasankaran's companies Axcel Sunshine Ltd and Finland-based WinWinD Oy for defaulting a loan of Rs 600 crore sanctioned by IDBI bank, an official said on Thursday. The agency on Thursday also carried out searches at 50 locations across 10 cities, including the residences...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will review Sino-Indian relationship from a strategic and long-term perspective when they meet at Wuhan on April 27-28....
A seven-year-old schoolgirl was killed and 16 others were injured when a speeding tanker hit their van in north Delhi on Thursday, police said. The dead student was identified as Sakshi, Deputy Commissioner of Police Aslam Khan said, adding that the condition of four others was critical. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has ordered a ma...
Sharjah, April 26 The body of a 36-year-old Indian woman was found buried in a room of her house here, police said. The neighbours notified the police after noticing bad odour coming from the house occupied by an Indian family, comprising a couple and their two children, the Khaleej Times reported on Thursday. Police along with the forensic experts d...
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday disqualified Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif from Parliament for holding a work permit of the United Arab Emirates. The court announced its verdict on a petition stating that Asif did not mention his foreign employment in his nomination papers, the Pakistani media reported. A three-member special bench rul...
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will shift the Kathua gang-rape and murder trial out of Jammu and Kashmir at the "slightest possibility of lack of a fair trial". A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said its "real concern" was to see that a fair trial was conduct...
The Centre on Thursday asked the top court collegium to reconsider its recommendation for the elevation of the Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K.M. Joseph as a judge of the Supreme Court. "The proposal for the reconsideration of the case of K.M. Joseph has the approval of President and Prime Minister," said the letter sent t...
The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into the multi-crore gutka scam in which a minister and top state police officers and government officials are alleged to be involved. The court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe following a petition filed by DMK legislator J. Anbazhagan. The case is related to an Inc...
Indian and Pakistani troops on Thursday traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district. Defence sources said the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked shelling and firing, using mortars, small arms and automatic weapons. Indian positions were targeted. "Pakistan shelling and firing started at 8.30 a.m. and c...
Railway Board Chairman Ashwahi Lohani on Thursday said that the Indian Railways is committed to "eliminate unmanned level crossings" after 13 school children were killed and six seriously injured when a train hit their van at an unmanned railway crossing in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar. "We are trying to ...
