Mumbai, June 16 : Key mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai blasts case Mustafa Dossa and extradited gangster Abu Salem were on Friday convicted by a special TADA court here. While Dossa was convicted on charges of conspiracy and murder under various Sections of the IPC besides offences under the TADA Act, the Arms Act and the […]
Chandigarh, June 16 : Abuses flew thick and fast in the Punjab Assembly on Friday as SAD and Congress MLAs exchanged words over the alleged use of unparliamentary language against Tourism and Culture Minister Navjot Sidhu after he blamed SAD chief Sukhbir Badal for the failed tourism project at Harike. As Sidhu struggled to match […]
New Delhi, June 16 : The government has made quoting of biometric identity number Aadhaar mandatory for opening of bank accounts as well as for any financial transaction of Rs 50,000 and above.Existing bank account holders have been asked to furnish the Aadhaar number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) by December […]
New Delhi, June 16 : With Pakistan welcoming Russia’s intervention in solving the impasse between New Delhi and Islamabad, Moscow has made it clear that it will not intervene or attempt to mediate between the hostile neighbours. “In connection with reports appearing in the Pakistani media regarding the statement of the Official Spokesperson of the […]
New Delhi : As the number of farmers’ suicide rises in Madhya Pradesh and their counterparts from other states take to streets demanding loan waiver on the lines of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, experts say loan waiver can be a short-term solution but not a real answer to the country’s agrarian crisis. Several bankers and […]