225,000 more shell companies come under ministry lens
After taking action against 226,000 shell companies last year, the ministry of corporate affairs has now zeroed in on a fresh batch of suspected shell companies. The government is intensifying its drive against shell companies. After taking action against 226,000 shell companies last year, the ministry of corporate affairs has now zeroed in on another […]
Amir Khan returns to boxing ring against Canada’s Phil Lo Greco tonight
British-Pakistani boxer Amir Khan returns to the ring tonight to take on Canada’s Phil Lo Greco, for his first fight in the UK in five years. Khan will face Phil Lo Greco in Liverpool on Saturday, 23 months after he was beaten by Saul ´Canelo´ Alvarez in Las Vegas, having stepped up two divisions to […]
App to help donate excess food to the needy
Restaurants, caterers and others will be able to easily donate excess food to the needy through a new mobile application developed by students of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi. The app called Zero provides an interface between caterers/restaurant owners and NGOs involved in distributing excess food from eateries and will help prevent wastage, according to […]
Afghan official says Taliban kill 6 at police checkpoint
KABUL, — An Afghan official says that at least six local police were killed when a group of Taliban fighters attacked and overran their checkpoint in northern Sari Pul province. Zabi Amani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said Saturday two other policemen were wounded in the late Friday night attack. Amani said reinforcements arrived and […]
Kerala: CPI-M leader gets death, 5 lifer in Congress leader murder case
A fast track court in Alapuzha today sentenced a former local secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist to death and awarded life imprisonment to five others for the murder of a Congress worker at Chertala in 2009. The Alapuzha Fast Track Court Judge, Anil Kumar, pronounced the verdict this morning. The court found that […]
Missing Bandipora girl traced within four hours: Police
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday claimed to have recovered a missing girl within a spate of few hours in Bandipora district of north Kashmir.. A missing report was lodged by Sara Begum of Pethkote in Police Station Pethkote stating that her daughter (name withheld) had gone missing from her home. On this […]
Four Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza border protest
Gunfire from Israeli soldiers across a border fence killed four Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, and wounded more than 150 others, health officials said, as several thousand people in blockaded Gaza staged a fourth round of weekly protests on the border with Israel. The latest deaths brought to 32 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli troops […]
Yashwant Sinha quits BJP
Senior BJP leader and former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who has been trenchant in his criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, on Saturday announced that he was snapping his links with the BJP and launching a countrywide campaign to save the democracy. “I am announcing here from this stage to end […]
Death penalty to child rapist:union cabinet approves ordinance
The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved an ordinance to allow courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping children up to 12 years of age. Official sources said here that the criminal law amendment ordinance seeks to amend the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Evidence Act, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and […]
Attend classes or face the music: Bukhari to students
Minister for education, Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari on Saturday asked the students to control their emotions and attend classes or else they will be treated as “rowdies”. Speaking to reporters in Srinagar, the minister said the government closed the colleges and schools in view of the security of the students. Campuses have erupted against the […]
