Month: April 2025

[ad_1] BENGALURU/MYSURU: A special court for elected representatives directed Lokayukta police Tuesday to continue investigations into the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) alternative site allotment scam and submit a final report.The Bengaluru court was passing its order reserved on protest petitions filed by Mysuru complainant-activist Snehamayi Krishna and ED against the closure report in the case by Lokayukta police."The Lokayukta is permitted to conduct further investigation, as requested by them, and file a conclusive final report on or before the next date of hearing (May 7, 2025). Further, ED is considered as aggrieved person for a limited extent. The question of considering the acceptance or rejection of 'B' final report filed by the investigating agency is kept pending till filing of the conclusive final report by the investigating agency," special judge Santosh Gajanana Bhat observed.In March, Lokayukta police had submitted […]

[ad_1] rahul gandhi with sonia gandhi NEW DELHI: Paving the way for framing of criminal charges against former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and their trial in the National Herald money laundering case, Enforcement Directorate on April 9 filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) in the case involving alleged proceeds of crime worth Rs 5,000 crore.The special MP/MLA court here on Tuesday fixed April 25 as the next date of hearing to decide on taking cognisance of the chargesheet, in what marks a major turn in the case against the Gandhis and people close to them. Sonia and Rahul, named as accused number one and two, respectively, in the chargesheet, unsuccessfully moved courts to get ED's proceedings quashed. Both are on bail.ED sources said five individuals and two companies have been named […]

[ad_1] GURGAON: Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday interrogated Robert Vadra, the businessman-husband of Congress general secretary and LS MP Priyanka Gandhi at its headquarters for six hours in connection with a controversial land deal his company Skylight Hospitality had made in 2008 for Rs 7.5 crore.Vadra, who had missed his first summons on April 8, walked into ED office at 11am and was quizzed over two sessions with a lunch break on his association with the land deal which gave him a handsome return of Rs 50 crore in a matter of a few months. His questioning will continue on Wednesday.This is a new case being investigated against Vadra with two other money laundering probes still in progress related to other land deals in Haryana and Rajasthan. In the present case, Vadra's firm, Skylight Hospitality, bought 3.5 acre in Shikohpur ( […]

[ad_1] RAIPUR: Police have detained a 13-year-old boy for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl in Raipur Monday. The toddler is in intensive care as her health has been worsening. She is critical and is unable to speak.The two kids were neighbours and frequent visitors to each other's homes, police said. The horror came barely a week after a six-year-old was raped, tortured and murdered in Durg, allegedly by her uncle.Cops said the boy saw the girl alone outside her home as her parents were taking an afternoon nap and asked her to come along. Since the two kids knew each other, she went with him to an isolated place where he raped her, police said.The toddler's parents woke up to find her missing and went looking for her. They saw her on the road, crying, her clothes smeared in blood. […]

[ad_1] <p>Minority affairs ministry Tuesday said 1,22,518 will travel to Saudi for Haj this year<br></p> MUMBAI: Several Muslim pilgrims and community leaders have sought PM Narendra Modi's intervention after the minority affairs ministry confirmed that 42,000 applicants won't be able to perform Haj in June this year.On Tuesday, the ministry informed on X that 1,22,518 pilgrims will travel to Saudi Arabia through Haj Committee of India. Earlier, Haj slots for 52,000 pilgrims who had booked through private tour operators (PTOs), officially called combined Haj group operators (CHGOs), were cancelled after Saudi govt shut its Haj portal - Nusuk. Saudi Arabia, following the ministry's intervention, has reopened the portal to allow only 10,000 of the 52,000 pilgrims.Congress MLA Amin Patel said several pilgrims have approached him with a request to do something about the cancellation. "I spoke to many tour operators […]

[ad_1] GUWAHATI: Assam govt made Tuesday the use of Assamese mandatory in all official communication alongside English, while Bengali and Bodo will be used in Barak Valley and the Bodo Autonomous Region, respectively.The directive comes as part of the implementation of Clause VI of the 1985 Assam Accord, aimed at safeguarding the cultural, social, and linguistic identity of the Assamese people. The order is among 52 recommendations submitted by retired Justice Biplab Kumar Sharma commission.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the move on X, saying the order took effect Tuesday as the state marked the Assamese New Year and celebrated Rongali Bihu.Under the governor's notification issued via the Assam Official Language Act of 1960, all government notifications, office memos, acts, rules, regulations, scheme guidelines, and transfer and posting orders will be published in both Assamese and English. Bengali and Bodo will […]

[ad_1] People offering namaz (File Image) RAIPUR: Several students of Guru Ghasidas Central University in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur have alleged that a programme officer forced them to offer namaz on Eid at a recent NSS camp. The varsity has formed a three-member fact-finding panel to probe the allegation.The students filed a complaint with the police, claiming they were made to perform namaz at the camp organised by the university in Shivtaraiin, 30km from Bilaspur, from March 26-April 1, 2024, in which around 159 students participated. Students blamed the camp's programme officer for the 'forced namaz', alleging that when they protested, they were threatened that their certificates wouldn't be given. "We've sought details from the varsity after which the next course of action will be taken," said Koni PS SHO Kewat. [ad_2] Source link