4 shooters of Lawrence Bishnoi gang arrested in Punjab

Chandigarh (IANS) The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of Punjab Police has arrested four shooters of Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Monday.

The accused have been identified as Mehfooz alias…

Four dead as boat capsizes in UP's Ballia

Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) At least four people were drowned as a boat with 30 people, mostly women and children, capsized in river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district on Monday morning, officials said.

Several families had gathered…

Noida emerges as hub of hawala deals in the guise of CSR

Noida (IANS) Several hawala rackets for laundering black money have been unearthed in Noida in the last few months. The business that is thriving in Noida, has made it a hub of hawala deals.

With the increase in business in hi-tech city Noida,…

SGPC supports protesting Olympian wrestlers

Chandigarh (IANS) The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has come out to support the protest by Olympian wrestlers at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.

It said a delegation of the SGPC will meet them soon.

SGPC President Harjinder…

Dinesh Gope, supremo of banned Maoist outfit PLFI, arrested in Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) Jharkhand-based Maoist outfit People's Liberation Front of India's supremo (PLFI) Dinesh Gope, who had a reward of Rs 30 lakh on his head, was arrested in Delhi following a raid by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on…

'We don't care': BJP reacts to K'taka minister's 'probe into scams' remark

Bengaluru (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka on Sunday criticised the ruling Congress after a Cabinet minister said that all scams and scandals that surfaced during the tenure of the previous government would be probed.

Karnataka…

Happy at Centre's decision on Rs 2000 note: Chidambaram

Chennai, May 21 (IANS) Senior leader of the Congress party and former Union Minister for Finance P. Chidambaram said that he was happy at the Union government's decision to withdraw the Rs 2000 currency note from circulation.

He said that…

Move to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes 2nd surgical strike on black money: Sushil Modi

Patna (IANS) Welcoming the announcement of the Reserve Bank of India to withdraw Rs 2,000 banknotes from circulation, Rajya Sabha MP and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday termed the move a "second surgical strike on black money".

"I…

Besides Siddaramaiah & Shivakumar, 8 more ministers will take oath today

New Delhi (IANS) Besides Karnataka Chief Minister designate Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister designate D.K. Shivakumar, eight other Ministers will also take oath on Saturday in Bengaluru.

The swearing in ceremony will take place at 12.30…

Congress's balancing act: Oppressed classes given lion's share in K'taka Cabinet

Bengaluru (IANS) After denying them a Dalit Deputy Chief Minister, the Congress has given the oppressed community a lion's share in the Karnataka state Cabinet in the first list.

Among the eight ministers to be sworn in, three belong to…