ED may quiz govt officials in connection with Vivo case

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) may question a bureaucrat and few government officials on whose address a Chinese national and an ex-director of Vivo, had incorporated a firm.

The Chinese national had intentionally provided…

10 dead, many missing after cloudburst, flash floods at Amarnath shrine

Srinagar (IANS) At least 10 yatris were killed, five others injured and many missing after a cloudburst near the Amarnath cave shrine on Friday evening caused flash floods, officials said.

The cloudburst occurred at around 5.30 p.m. near the…

Hyderabad boy loses Rs 36 lakh playing mobile games

Hyderabad (IANS) 16-year-old boy lost a whopping Rs 36 lakh by playing online games on mobile phone.

The boy, a resident of Amberpet area in Hyderabad, used the bank accounts of his mother to make the payments for the online games.

According…

K'taka violence: Bagalkot tense after 3 stabbed; 18 arrested

Bagalkot (Karnataka) (IANS) Police have arrested 18 people in connection with the stabbing of three men and the violence that followed in Kerur town of the district.

Bagalkot SP Jayaprakash, who is stationed in the town to monitor the situation,…

PFI members arrested in Telangana for training youth

Hyderabad (IANS) Police in Telangana's Nizamabad town have arrested three alleged members of Popular Front of India (PFI) for allegedly training youth to create religious animosity.

Police booked Shaik Sadullah, 40, Mohammed Imran, 22,…

Samajwadi Party ally skips Yashwant Sinha's meeting

Lucknow (IANS) The Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), an ally of the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh, stayed away from a meeting addressed by joint opposition Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha, here on Thursday.

Sinha, who is on…

Udaipur killing: NIA picks up man in Hyderabad

Hyderabad (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has conducted a raid in Hyderabad and detained a person for his alleged links with the accused in the Udaipur killing.

The man, said to be hailing from Bihar, was picked up by a team…

SC agrees to examine news anchor's plea against multiple FIRs over Rahul Gandhi's video

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a plea by news anchor Rohit Ranjan challenging multiple FIRs registered against him over an alleged doctored video of Rahul Gandhi's speech.

Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra…

Nupur Sharma case: Retired judges, bureaucrats term SC observations 'unfortunate, unprecedented'

New Delhi (IANS) A group consisting of 15 retired judges of various high courts, 77 retired bureaucrats and 25 retired armed forces officers have issued an open statement saying that 'unfortunate and unprecedented comments' were made by a…

ED raids 40 locations linked to Vivo, other Chinese firms in money laundering case

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was conducting raids at 40 locations in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and in southern states, in connection with a prevention of money laundering case linked to Vivo and other Chinese firms.