Day: July 5, 2019

HC dismisses Rajiv case convict Nalini's petition for premature release

HC grants one month parole to Rajiv case convict Nalini

11:03 pm July 5, 2019

Chennai: The Madras High Court Friday granted one-month parole to Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, after she argued in person that she needed the time to make arrangements for her daughter’s wedding. A division bench of justices M M Sundaresh and M Nirmal Kumar directed Nalini to furnish sureties […]

BJP's 'Aar Noi Annay' campaign marred by sporadic violence, party demands President's Rule

Haren Pandya murder case: BJP welcomes SC order

10:55 pm July 5, 2019

Ahmedabad: The BJP Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order convicting 12 people in the 2003 murder case of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya. The apex court set aside a Gujarat High Court verdict, delivered on August 29, 2011, which had absolved the accused of the murder charge. The ruling BJP said the verdict was […]

After petrol, CNG price up in Delhi, adjoining cities

Petrol price to rise by Rs 2.5, diesel by Rs 2.3 after FM raises tax

10:48 pm July 5, 2019

New Delhi: Petrol price will be hiked by over Rs 2.5 per litre and diesel by more than Rs 2.3 after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday raised taxes on the fuels to part-fund her Budget for 2019-20. Sitharaman raised excise duty and road and infrastructure cess on the auto fuels by Rs 2 per litre […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Man arrested for trying to encash forged banker’s cheque

10:21 pm July 5, 2019

Thane: A man has been arrested here for allegedly trying to encash a forged banker’s cheque for Rs 20 crore. Samar Mahapatro (39), resident of Bhubaneswar in Odisha, was arrested Thursday on the charge of forgery. Mahapatro had visited the Manpada branch of a leading private bank here on June 24 and got his name […]

In fillip to traditional medicine, AYUSH ministry gets Rs 1,939.76 crore

10:19 pm July 5, 2019

New Delhi: The Modi government’s aim to provide a fillip to traditional alternative medicine reflected in the Union Budget 2019-20 Friday as the AYUSH Ministry saw around 15 per cent hike in budgetary allocation from the last fiscal. An outlay of Rs 1,939.76 crore has been earmarked for the Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha […]