VBA goes solo, Ambedkar names 8 LS candidates, allies with Jarange-Patil
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Rattling the Opposition, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar has virtually snapped ties with the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and named 8 out of 9 Lok Sabha candidates, while forming a new front with the Maratha community with the Shivba Sanghatana leader Manoj Jarange-Patil, here on Wednesday. Simultaneously, Ambedkar […]
BCI Chairman cautions lawyers against protest calls by AAP legal cell
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Hours after the Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a stern warning against organising protests within the precincts of any courts in the national capital, the Chairman of Bar Council of India (BCI) appealed Delhi’s legal fraternity to “resist the temptation of engaging in unwarranted agitation or succumbing to divisive […]
Dilip Ghosh is a habitual offender against women: Trinamool tells Bengal CEO
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress delegation on Wednesday met the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and complained that the BJP’s National Vice President and party candidate from Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency Dilip Ghosh is a habitual offender against women. On Tuesday, Trinamool accused Ghosh of using derogatory remarks against the family lineage of Chief […]
ED issues third summons to Mahua Moitra in FEMA violation case
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a third summons to Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra for questioning in connection with a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violation case, a source said on Wednesday. Moitra, who was expelled from Lok Sabha last year in December, has been asked to appear before […]
Newspaper delivery-boy to Mumbai 26/11 hero, IPS officer Sadanand V Date to helm elite NIA (Ld)
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Sadanand V. Date, an IPS officer decorated with the President’s Medals and one of the heroes of the deadly 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes (2008), has been named as the new Director General of the much-feared National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Wednesday. Presently, Date is the DG, Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), and […]
Thousands receive food aid from Saudi Arabia’s Ramadan project
RIYADH, March 27 : Saudi Arabia’s aid agency KSrelief has distributed 2,575 food aid parcels around the world, benefitting 15,275 people. The aid was sent to Sudan, Bangladesh, Benin, Montenegro and Pakistan, as a part of the Kingdom’s Ramadan food project Etaam, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.
Saudi crown prince receives credentials of new ambassadors to Riyadh
RIYADH, March 27 :Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, on behalf of King Salman, received on Tuesday in Jeddah the credentials of foreign ambassadors-designate to the Kingdom. The crown prince conveyed his and King Salman’s greetings to the heads of state and wished the ambassador luck in carrying out their duties. The ambassadors expressed thanks […]
Saudi crown prince receives credentials of new ambassadors to Riyadh
RIYADH, March 27 : Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, on behalf of King Salman, received on Tuesday in Jeddah the credentials of foreign ambassadors-designate to the Kingdom. The crown prince conveyed his and King Salman’s greetings to the heads of state and wished the ambassador luck in carrying out their duties. The ambassadors expressed thanks […]
Saudi Arabia condemns Israel’s seizing of 800 hectares of Palestinian land
RIYADH, March 27 :Saudi Arabia has condemned Israel’s seizing of 800 hectares of Palestinian land in the West Bank, the Saudi Press Agency said early Wednesday. The Kingdom said that the move is a blatant violation of relevant international laws and is an extension of the brutal practices of the Israeli occupation’s forced settlement operations, a […]
Saudi Cabinet welcomes UN’s ceasefire resolution on Gaza
RIYADH, March 27 :Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday reiterated the Kingdom’s backing of the UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. On Monday, and for the first time in 170 days of the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, the UN Security Council demanded […]
