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NEW DELHI: On June 20, after protests from lawyers representing several bar associations, ED was forced to withdraw summons issued to senior advocate Pratap Venugopal in connection with a money laundering probe against Religare’s former chairperson Rashmi Saluja.Four months later, the agency has named Venugopal as one of the accused, along with Saluja, in its…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar with his Afghani counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi during a meeting in New Delhi. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The landmark visit by Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to India Friday saw India declaring it will upgrade its technical mission in Kabul to the level of embassy, while announcing a…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court appears set to allow the sale and bursting of green firecrackers in Delhi and National Capital Region for Diwali, Gurupurav and Christmas celebrations.While reserving orders on multiple pleas of firecracker manufacturers for allowing manufacture and sale of green crackers, which was supported by Centre and Haryana government, a bench of Chief…
The health ministry recently told Parliament that the National Medical Commision (NMC) data shows there are 13,86,157 registered doctors in India, a number that is almost identical to the 13,86,136 it cited in the Lok Sabha in Aug last year. So, how could India have added just 21 doctors over the past year despite about…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over large number of deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh due to intake of contaminated cough syrups manufactured by a Tamil Nadu-based pharma company but refused to entertain a PIL seeking a court-monitored probe by an expert committee into the incident and steps for prevention of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday questioned the manner in which a single judge of the Madras High Court – principal bench in Chennai – passed an order for a probe by an SIT into Karur stampede, when the petition it was responding to was for framing a standard operating protocol for political rallies. There…
NEW DELHI: Amid efforts to halt the downward trend in bilateral ties, US ambassador-designate to India Sergio Gor is travelling to India from October 9 to 14 before officially assuming charge, according to an announcement by the state department. Accompanied by deputy secretary for management and resources Michael J Rigas, Gor will meet Indian govt…
KOLKATA: Pregnant Bengal resident Sunali Khatun, disowned as an “illegal immigrant” in India and incarcerated in Bangladesh for unlawful entry after being identified as an Indian by her Aadhaar card, could be returning soon to where she and her unborn child belong.A judicial magistrate’s court in Bangladesh has asked the Indian high commission in Dhaka…
NEW DELHI: Why should people facing trial in petty cases to heinous crimes, like murder or rape, be denied right to vote given the golden legal principle that presumes a person to be “innocent till found guilty by a court of law”.A PIL asked this question in Supreme Court on Friday and said because of…
US agencies have imposed sanctions against eight Indian nationals and 10 companies for links with Iranian oil trade. As part of the latest round of global sanctions, the US state department’s actions were against 40 individuals, entities and vessels, while the US treasury acted against 60 entities. On the US treasury’s office of foreign assets…
