Religious Conversion: Shia cleric raises questions over arrests

Lucknow (IANS) Renowned Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad has raised questions over the working of the ATS and has asked for a fair investigation into religious conversions case slapped on two men in Uttar Pradesh.

Following the arrest of Mufti…

Twitter blocks IT Min's a/c: Ravi Shankar says 'gross violation'

New Delhi (IANS) Amid the tussle between Twitter and the union government over the new IT rules, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was denied access to his Twitter account for almost an hour over alleged violation of the US'…

CBI raids premises of Crompton Greaves in bank fraud case

New Delhi (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said that it is carrying out searches at several locations in Delhi and Mumbai on the premises linked to Crompton Greaves in connection with a bank fraud case.

A CBI official…

Notify assessment scheme for Class 12 in 10 days: SC to state boards

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the state boards to notify their respective assessment schemes for Class 12 students within 10 days, after the cancellation of physical examination, and also declare results before July 31.

Calcutta HC judge reserves verdict on Mamata's plea for recusal

Kolkata (IANS) The Calcutta High Court single judge bench of Justice Kaushik Chanda, whose recusal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sought from hearing her election petition, on Thursday reserved judgement on her plea, asking her lawyer Abhishek…

Special Cell arrests 4 Kashmiri students in Israel Embassy blast case

New Delhi (IANS) The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Thursday arrested four students hailing from Jammu and Kashmir in connection with its probe into the blast near the Israel Embassy here on January 29.

According to sources, they were brought…

Nitish Kumar in Delhi, sets off speculation of Union Cabinet expansion

New Delhi (IANS) As soon as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar reached the national capital on Tuesday, speculation started doing rounds about possible expansion of the Narendra Modi cabinet and his Janata Dal-United joining the government.

There…

For peace in Afghanistan, hold terrorism supporters accountable: Jaishankar

United Nations (IANS) As Afghanistan prepares for the pullout of the US troops, peace there requires zero tolerance for terrorism and those supporting terrorists must be held accountable, according to India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

India, G4 allies force amendment to UNGA decision on Security Council reforms

United Nations (IANS) India and its G4 allies have forced General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir to accept an amendment to the decision on rolling Security Council reform negotiations to the next Assembly session during a meeting at which he and…

Rs 9,371 cr seized assets of Mallya-Choksi-Nirav Modi transferred to banks: ED

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has handed over assets worth Rs 9,371 crore belonging to fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi to state-run banks to realise the losses on account of the…