New Delhi: In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key conspirator in Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe blast case, according to an official statement issued on Thursday.Muzammil Shareef was picked up on Wednesday and placed in custody as a co-conspirator after NIA teams cracked down at 18 locations, including 12 in Karnataka, […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that, according to the Reserve Bank of India, Kerala is one of the top five financially-stressed states in India, and alleged that this was due to the poor governance of successive UDF and LDF governments in the state. The union finance minister claimed that there has […]
Chennai: At least three persons, including two from Manipur, were killed when the ceiling of a pub collapsed here, a senior police official said.The incident took place at the popular bar Sekhmet on Chamiers Road in the upmarket locality of Alwarpet in the city. The victims were employees of the pub, the official said. The […]
KOCHI: The High Court on Thursday directed the Vaikom Tahsildar to issue a certificate of Pulaya(Dalit)community membership to a girl born to a Pulaya community mother and a Christian father, for educational purposes of the child. Justice Devan Ramachandran ordered that the certificate be issued within a month as the court discerned that all factors […]
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested in the excise policy scam case, will remain in ED custody till April 1. After six days of questioning, Kejriwal was produced in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court at 2 pm yesterday. Although the ED sought his custody for seven more days, Judge Kaveri Baveja issued […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has announced a judicial inquiry into the death of JS Siddharth, a second-year student of the Pookode Veterinary University. Former High Court Judge A Hariprasad is in charge of the investigation. The Governor announced the judicial inquiry using the powers of the Chancellor. Former Wayanad DySP VG Kunjan has also […]
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday denied interim relief to Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal in a plea challenging his arrest. Kejriwal filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking his immediate release from ED custody. But the court adjourned the case to April 3 and allowed ED till […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: LDF candidate from Vadakara KK Shailaja has filed a complaint against UDF for spreading sexually morphed images through social media with the intention of defamation. The complaint was filed with the Election Commission, the Chief Minister and the Kozhikode City Police Commissioner. In the complaint, it has been alleged that the morphed pictures of […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The records of the Pookode Veterinary College student Siddharth’s death case have been handed over to the Union Ministry of Personnel to be handed over to the CBI. The documents were submitted along with the government’s notification 18 days before the CBI probe. Special Cell DySP Srikanth reached Delhi and handed over the documents. […]
NEW DELHI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has rejected the party leadership’s request to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party’s national president JP Nadda had earlier demanded the present union finance minister to choose any seat from Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu which she deemed winnable. However, Nirmala Sitharaman curtly denied the request […]