Day: August 22, 2019

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

AMU student arrested over Modi poster on Facebook

7:51 pm August 22, 2019

Aligarh (UP): An Aligarh Muslim University student was arrested after his Facebook page showed an objectionable poster on Prime Minister Narendra Modi carried recently by anti-India protesters in London, police said. Mohammad Zaid Rashid (20), admitted at the university’s off-campus centre in Bihar’s Kishanganj this year, was here when he downloaded a picture from the […]

INX Media: The case that led to Chidambaram’s downfall

7:46 pm August 22, 2019

New Delhi: The INX Media case, in which former Union minister P Chidambaram has been arrested by the CBI, pertains to allegations of bribery by the company’s promoters — Peter and Indrani Mukerjea — to get foreign investment clearances. The couple are in jail for allegedly killing Indrani’s daughter from an earlier marriage. Indrani turned […]

Budget for the rich, of the rich, by the rich: Chidambaram

Congress support for corruption on display: BJP

7:45 pm August 22, 2019

New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday dubbed the INX media case, in which the CBI has arrested former Union minister P Chidambaram, a “scam” of massive corruption and heaped scorn on the Congress for defending him, saying the party’s support for graft was on display. Law is now catching up with the Congress, senior BJP […]

Serial killer convicted in 20th murder case

Unhappy over second girl child, woman kills husband

7:42 pm August 22, 2019

Palghar: A 33-year-old woman from Nalasopara in Palghar district allegedly stabbed her husband to death as she was unhappy over the birth of their second girl child, police said on Thursday. The incident took place at their residence in Gala Nagar early on Wednesday, police said. The accused, Pranali Sunil Kadam, was arrested late Wednesday […]

Chandrayaan-2: ISRO anxious but optimistic ahead of crucial soft-landing

Chandrayaan2: Scientists to take up crucial soft landing process on Sept7

7:39 pm August 22, 2019

Chennai: The crucial process of taking up soft landing of the lander ‘Vikram’ onboard the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft that is currently in the lunar orbit will be taken up in the early hours of September 7, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said on Thursday. Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation in Bengaluru would be engaged in […]