New Delhi : Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was on Wednesday questioned by the CBI in connection with its ongoing probe into the INX Media corruption case. According to the agency, Chidambaram appeared at the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) headquarters around 11 a.m. A special CBI Economic Offences Wing team started questioning Chidambaram about […]
New Delhi : Two men were arrested in Delhi on charge of trying to sell a teenage girl into the flesh trade after one of them had raped her, police said on Tuesday. The two have been booked on charges of kidnapping and human trafficking under the stringent POCSO Act at the Kamla Market police […]
New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday questioned former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for “over five hours” here in the Rs 3,500 crore Aircel-Maxis deal. Chidambaram appeared at the ED’s office around 11 a.m. – within an hour after a city court extended the interim protection to him from arrest till July 10 […]
New Delhi : A PIL filed in the Supreme Court has sought a minimum punishment of two years for electoral offences involving bribery, undue influence, impersonation, false statement, illegal payments and non-filing of election accounts by candidates and political parties. Referring to a February 1992 Election Commission proposal, the petitioner, Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, has […]
New Delhi : After he was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday regarding the FIPB nod to Airtel-Maxis deal, former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram reiterated that “there is no FIR, no offence alleged, yet an investigation”. “Appeared before the ED. The questions were about what is already recorded in the file. Hence, answers […]
Thane (Maharashtra) : After Bollywood actor-producer Arbaaz Khan, Bollywood director, comedian and TV personality Sajid K. Khan is likely to be questioned in the IPL betting case being probed by police here, an official said on Tuesday. In a related development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is keeping close tabs on the investigations being […]
New Delhi : With just two days to go before Delhi University (DU) admission portal closes, more than three lakh students have registered for about 55,000 seats in undergraduate courses — merit and entrance-based both. A total of 3,38,893 aspirants had registered on the portal till Tuesday afternoon on the online portal which will close […]
Bengaluru : A driver of ride-sharing firm Ola was arrested for allegedly molesting and forcing a woman passenger to strip in the cab on the way to the airport from home early on June 1, police said on Tuesday. “The cab driver, V. Arun, has been arrested and his car (KA 53 C 6607) seized […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the Centre to go ahead with reservation in promotions to certain categories of staff in accordance with law but did not stay a Delhi High Court judgment that quashed an office memorandum on such reservation. “It is made clear that the Union of India is not […]
New Delhi : Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who has been summoned as an accused in his wifes suicide case by a Delhi court, on Tuesday termed the police charges against him as “preposterous and baseless” and said he will continue to vigorously contest these so that truth will prevail. In a statement, Tharoor said he […]
