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Srinagar, Apr 8 (PTI) A local court on Wednesday sent five operatives - two Pakistani nationals and their three local supporters - affiliated with proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit to 10 days police custody here, an official said. The five were arrested following the uncovering of a "deep-rooted" interstate LeT module headed by Pakistani terrorist Abdullah, alias Abu Hureira, who had been on the run for 16 years and successfully established bases outside the Union Territory. Hurei ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to multi-crore Saradha ponzi scam accused Sudipta Sen in the last two of the 300-odd criminal cases against him, paving the way for his release from jail after 13 years. A division bench of the high court granted bail to Sen in two cases about the Barasat police station in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Sen has already been granted bail in all the other cases registered against him, including four criminal ca ...Read More >
Addressing a press conference in Delhi, senior BJP leader and lawmaker Ravi Shankar Prasad condemned Kharge's alleged remarks comparing the BJP and RSS to "poisonous snakes," terming them "deeply objectionable" and beyond the limits of acceptable political discourse. He also demanded an apology from Kharge for his alleged remarks on the people of Gujarat and some other states, saying that the comment was "shameless, demeaning and utterly despicable". "Do they agree with this statement? If Rahul ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea moved by Christian Michel James, challenging Article 17 of the UAE-India Extradition treaty. He is an accused in the Augusta Westland Chopper deal corruption and money laundering case. Division bench of justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja dismissed the plea and said, "We find no merit in the petition." The detailed order of judgement is to be uploaded by the High Court. Also Read | EC Gives 'Ultimatum' ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition by alleged middleman Christian Michel James in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case seeking his release from jail. A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja said there was no merit in the petition by the British national, who was extradited from Dubai in December 2018. A detailed copy of the verdict is awaited. In his petition, James assailed a provision of the India-UAE extradition tr ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition by alleged middleman Christian Michel James in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case seeking his release from jail. A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja said there was no merit in the petition by the British national, who was extradited from Dubai in December 2018. A detailed copy of the verdict is awaited. In his petition, James assailed a provision of the India-UAE extradition tr ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea moved by Christian Michel James, challenging Article 17 of the UAE-India Extradition treaty. He is an accused in the Augusta Westland Chopper deal corruption and money laundering case. Division bench of justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja dismissed the plea and said, "We find no merit in the petition." The detailed order of judgement is to be uploaded by the High Court. Michel had claimed that the inve ...Read More >
Bahraich: The court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Bahraich has sentenced two foreign nationals, who infiltrated through the India-Nepal border in UP, to six months imprisonment each. Additionally, a fine of Rs 50,000 has been imposed on each of them. If the fine is not paid, they will have to serve an additional three months in prison. According to the prosecution, on November 15, 2025, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) apprehended two foreign nationals at the Rupaidiha check post on th ...Read More >
Assam votes on April 9 in a single-phase election. Voters must check booth details, carry valid ID and ensure their name is on the electoral roll. GUWAHATI: With the Assam Assembly Elections 2026 set to take place on April 9, more than 2.9 crore voters across the state are preparing to exercise their franchise in a single-phase election covering all 126 constituencies. As polling day approaches, the Election Commission has urged voters to ensure that their names are included in the electoral r ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): National Student Union of India (NSUI) workers on Tuesday staged a protest outside Assam Bhawan against the search conducted by Assam Police at the residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera. During the protest, the workers also burned an effigy of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and expressed their opposition to the police action. Also Read | Rahul Gandhi Condemns Donald Trump's 'Civilisation' Threat Against Iran, Says Nuclear Weapon Use Is Never Justi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): National Student Union of India (NSUI) workers on Tuesday staged a protest outside Assam Bhawan against the search conducted by Assam Police at the residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera. During the protest, the workers also burned an effigy of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and expressed their opposition to the police action. Earlier, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh lashed out at the BJP-led government and termed Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sa ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 8 (ANI): The war of words between the Congress and BJP over allegations levelled against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife further escalated on Tuesday with the leaders of two parties continuing to target each other. Assam Police carried searches at the Delhi residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera after Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma filed an FIR against him. Khera had made the allegations at a press conference relating to "passports" of ...Read More >
Bhopal, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Regional Passport Office in Bhopal has launched an inclusive outreach programme aimed at making passport services more accessible to differently abled applicants. The initiative introduces Braille-based materials and sign language-enabled digital resources, setting a new benchmark among Regional Passport Offices across the country. As part of the programme, the office has developed Braille booklets containing comprehensive ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: An Assam Police team searched Tuesday the New Delhi residence of Congress neta Pawan Khera in connection with a case filed by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, escalating a political clash over alleged multiple passports and foreign assets.Khera was not found at his Nizamuddin residence during the search carried out with assistance from Delhi Police, officials said. "We will trace him wherever he is," said DCP Debajit Nath.Police seized electronic devices during the ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 8 (ANI): The war of words between the Congress and BJP over allegations levelled against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife further escalated on Tuesday with the leaders of two parties continuing to target each other. Assam Police carried searches at the Delhi residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera after Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma filed an FIR against him. Khera had made the allegations at a press conference relating to "passports" of ...Read More >
Bhopal, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Regional Passport Office in Bhopal has launched an inclusive outreach programme aimed at making passport services more accessible to differently abled applicants. The initiative introduces Braille-based materials and sign language-enabled digital resources, setting a new benchmark among Regional Passport Offices across the country. As part of the programme, the office has developed Braille booklets containing comprehensive ...Read More >
GUWAHATI, 7 Apr: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday asserted that the opposition alliance will form a government in Assam by winning around 73 seats of 126 assembly constituencies in the upcoming elections. Addressing a press meet here, he described Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as the "most corrupt" in India and sought comments from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on this. "The Congress-led alliance is going to form the next government in Assam. We will win 72-73 seats," Khar ...Read More >
Guwahati, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Assam Police have registered a case against Congress leader Pawan Khera that includes multiple charges of forgery, defamation and criminal conspiracy linked to remarks targeting the family of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, officials said on Tuesday. The First Information Report (FIR), lodged on April 6 at the Crime Branch Police Station in Guwahati, was filed on the basis of a complaint by Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, the Chief Minister's wife. The complaint ac ...Read More >
Lucknow, Apr 7 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has expressed reluctance to examine records produced by the central government in connection with the alleged dual citizenship controversy involving Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. The matter was heard by the Lucknow bench of the high court in the chamber on Monday after the Centre submitted that the issue was sensitive. The next hearing has been scheduled for April 15. In its order uploaded on the court's websit ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday arrested five people, including a Pakistani terrorist who was wanted for 16 years, as it busted a "deep-rooted" interstate Lashkar-e-Taiba module.According to officials, Pakistani terrorist Abdullah alias Abu Hureira was captured on Monday along with another Pakistani national in an operation that comes six months after the dismantling of a "white-collar" terror cell centred at Faridabad's Al-Falah University.Officials said that Srinagar Police, in ...Read More >
New Delhi [india], April 7 (ANI): Congress MP and General Secretary (Organisation), KC Venugopal, on Tuesday condemned Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for insulting Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, asking Sarma to apologise. In a post on X, the Congress MP recognised Sarma's remarks as "problematic" and "deplorable." He alleged that the Assam CM is "rattled" because of the corruption allegations against him. Condemning Sarma's "language" and rejecting his mindset, Venugopal dema ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: As Assam's assembly poll campaign concluded on Tuesday, the state witnessed a high-stakes political showdown. Police reached Congress leader Pawan Khera's residence following an FIR filed by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, over his controversial "three passports" claim. Assam police said they recovered "incriminating" material from Khera's home but declined to provide further details. The Congress leader's current whereabouts remain unknown, fueling speculation an ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 7 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday asserted that the opposition alliance will form a government in Assam by winning around 73 seats of 126 assembly constituencies in the upcoming elections. Addressing a press meet here, he described Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as the "most corrupt" in India and sought comments from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on this. "The Congress-led alliance is going to form the next government in Assam. We will win 72-73 seats," ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar in an ED case related to the AIADMK's "two leaves" election symbol, noting that he had undergone detention exceeding half of the maximum seven-year sentence prescribed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Special Judge Vishal Gogne said the court's decisions cannot "preach liberty", the most sacrosanct constitutional norm, while "playing footsie with the state upon the bogey of special l ...Read More >
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday hit out at the Congress for calling Assam Police action against Pawan Khera a "witch hunt" and said the opposition party leader must face consequences for levelling "fake" allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife. An Assam Police team descended on the Delhi residence of Khera to question him after Sarma's wife filed a case over his allegations that she possesses passports of three countries and the Assam chief minister had concealed ...Read More >
Jorhat (Assam), Apr 7 (PTI) Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita on Tuesday rejected the Congress' claim that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife has passports of three nations and said that the documents shared by the party are "fake and fabricated". The Congress had alleged at a press conference on Sunday that Assam CM's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma holds passports of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Antigua-Barbuda and Egypt. "The Congress and its leader Pawan K ...Read More >
Delhi court grants bail to Sukesh Chandrasekhar in money laundering case related to the AIADMK's "two leaves" election symbol, reports PTI news agency. Chandrasekhar was accused of allegedly striking a deal of ₹50 crore to help the AIADMK faction keep the 'two leaves' poll symbol, regarding which a case was registered and the middleman arrested in 2017. The case pertained to an alleged attempt to bribe an Election Commission official by AIADMK (Amma) leader TTV Dinakaran for trying to get the ...Read More >
Jorhat (Assam) [India], April 7 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday intensified his attack on the Congress, asserting that they should have consulted with the foreign minister before levelling allegations against his wife, Rinki Bhuyan Sarma, claiming that she holds three international passports. Speaking to the media in Jorhat, CM Sarma critiqued Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge over his statement about seeking clarification from the central government and the forei ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid an ongoing political controversy where Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife was accused of allegedly possessing foreign passports by Congress leader Pawan Khera, the latter has found support from his party with leaders of the grand old party accusing CM Sarma of "narrow-mindedness" and "corruption". The charge made by Khera has been strongly denied by the Chief Minister and his family. Speaking to IANS, Uttarakhand Congress President Ganesh G ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): A Delhi court has granted bail to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar in a money laundering case, holding that continued incarceration beyond a reasonable period violates the fundamental right to personal liberty and speedy trial. Emphasising constitutional safeguards, the court observed that an accused cannot be kept in custody indefinitely when trial is unlikely to conclude soon. Allowing the plea under Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( ...Read More >
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