India

Babasaheb’s birth anniversary is a public holiday across the country, where schools, banks and some public sector organisations remain closed. On this day, people pay their respects to Ambedkar by offering flowers, lighting candles and organising cultural events. President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tribute to Dr BR Ambedkar on his […]

The Indian authorities have long pursued Choksi, who has been officially declared a Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO). However, Choksi is not the only one on that notorious list, as several other high-profile people also face similar charges and are under the radar of Indian enforcement agencies. Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Belgium, […]

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has urged the Muslim community to hold peaceful and lawful protests against the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025. The Board condemned the killing of three Muslim youths during protests in West Bengal and demanded Rs 25 lakh compensation for each victim’s family. New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal […]

NEW DELHI: Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi made arrested in Belgium had made headlines four years ago when he had claimed abduction from the Caribbean island in May 2021. Later a detailed police report from Antigua supported his statement, identifying Hungarian national Barbara Jarabik and Gurdip Bath as prime conspirators in the plot. The report, accessed […]

NEW DELHI: Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary on Monday hailed the arrest of fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi in Belgium, calling it a “very big achievement” in India’s ongoing crackdown on economic offenders.Choksi, wanted in connection with the over Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, was arrested by Belgian authorities […]

A man accused of raping and murdering a minor girl in Kalyan town here, a case that had hit national headlines, allegedly died by suicide at Taloja Central Jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai early on Sunday, police said. The accused, Vishal Gawli (35), was found hanging in the prison toilet at around 3.30 am, an […]

Congress MPs, MLAs and senior leaders today extended support to the state’s Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, accusing the Aam Aadmi Party government of attempting to intimidate him. The leaders said Mr Bajwa has not said anything new and urged the government to focus on the threat to the peace and harmony in […]

A BJP leader’s move to purify the Ram temple in Alwar after Congress’s Dalit leader Tika Ram Jully visited it, has sparked a massive political row. Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is expected to be in Alwar on Monday. The Alwar district administration is bracing for protests by Dalit groups on Ambedkar Jayanti. They are […]

The Delhi Police have busted a human trafficking network that sold newborns to rich families in the national capital and nearby cities. Three members of the gang were arrested in Delhi’s Dwarka, the police said. The gang was active in Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). A four-day-old newborn was also rescued, the police […]

AMMK founder T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Sunday urged the Central and Tamil Nadu governments to stop the establishment of a bio medical waste treatment unit at Manamadurai in Sivaganga district, citing public opinion against the project over concerns on public health. Mr. Dhinakaran, in a social media post, urged authorities to withdraw the permission granted to […]

Police have formed five teams to investigate the murder of a five-year-old girl in Hubballi on Sunday (April 12, 2025). Investigators found the body in a toilet in a house in one of the areas in the city. It was shifted to the Karnataka Medical College and Research Centre Hospital. The girl’s parents told the […]

A bull owner was gored to death by a bull and 24 others were injured during a jallikattu organised at Meenampatti village in the district on Sunday. The nearly six-hour-long event saw the release of 571 bulls with the number of participating tamers being 300. Police sources said R. Marimuthu, 23, of Porpanaikottai near Pudukottai, […]