SRINAGAR: Top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander Abu Dujana, a Pakistani national wanted in connection with many attacks on security forces, and his aide were killed in an encounter in Pulwama district of Kashmir. As the security forces were engaged in the counter- militancy operation, over 100 protesters pelted stones on them. Giving details of the operation, […]
NEW DELHI: The Income Tax Department extended the last date to file Income Tax Returns (ITR) to August 5, owing to difficulties faced by those filing their returns online. The earlier deadline was July 31. “In view of the difficulties faced by taxpayers, date for filing of Income Tax Returns for FY 2016-17 has been […]
NEW DELHI: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) rejected the Athletics Federation of India’s (AFI) request to include PU Chitra in the Indian squad for the upcoming World Athletics Championships, ending drama around her participation in the prestigious event. The AFI had on Saturday requested the IAAF to consider Chitra’s case after Sports minister […]
NEW DELHI: Sports Minister Vijay Goel comes in support of P U Chithra and advised the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to honour the Kerala High Court directive to ensure her participation in the upcoming IAAF World Championships. The Kerala High Court directed the central government to ensure participation of Chitra in the World Athletics […]
AHMEDABAD: The Congress has sent 44 of its legislators to a resort outside Bengaluru to fend off poaching attempts by the BJP ahead of the August 8 Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat. Of the 57 Congress MLAs in the state, from where senior party leader Ahmed Patel is contesting, six resigned from the party in […]
PATNA: The Nitish Kumar government today won the crucial confidence vote in the Bihar Assembly with the ruling coalition of the JD(U), BJP and others getting 131 votes while the opposition got 108 votes. The trust vote was taken through lobby division. The NDA had earlier submitted a list of 132 MLAs to the governor. […]
KOCHI: Singer cum anchor Rimi Tomy was questioned by the police probing the Malayalam actress abduction and assault case. It is reported that Rimi Tomy is a close friend of Dileep and his wife Kavya Madhavan. She was under scanner after the attack on the actress. After the news broke out of the questioning the […]
KOCHI: Actress Kavya Madhavan, wife of arrested Malayalam actor Dileep was questioned in connection with the abduction and assault case of a Malayalam actress. Additional Director General of Police B Sandhya-led special investigation team, which is probing the case, quizzed Madhavan at Aluva on Tuesday. The investigators did not divulge much details about the interrogation. […]
NEW DELHI: Congress members in the Lok Sabha raised anti-government slogans on various issues, accusing it of adopting a dictatorial attitude but the proceedings continued amid disturbances. As soon as the House took up the Question Hour, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge raised the issue of cow vigilantism. But Speaker Sumitra Mahajan […]
KOCHI: The remand of actor Dileep, who was arrested in connection with the abduction and assault of Malayalam actress, was extended till August 8 by the Angamaly court. Following security reasons, Dileep was produced before the court through video conferencing. Earlier, when Dileep was produced before the Angamaly magistrate court, the police had a hard […]