CBI books ex-UCO bank CMD in Rs 621-crore cheating case
The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked former UCO Bank CMD Arun Kaul and others for allegedly cheating the bank to the tune of Rs 621 crore, officials said today. The agency is carrying out searches at 10 locations– eight of them in Delhi and two in Mumbai — in this connection, they said. It […]
There should be a national uprising: Hema Malini on Kathua rape
New Delhi : veteran actress and politician Hema Malini says there should be a strong support from media and a national uprisibng to bring justice for the 8-year-old girl who was gang-raped and killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district. Hema took to the social media on Saturday to express her concern. “There should be […]
Facing flak over Kathua, Unnao, BJP leaders assure ‘justice will be done’
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the family of the Kathua rape victim should get justice. New Delhi Facing flak over Kathua and Unnao rape cases, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said those found guilty should be given a stringent punishment and claimed that the police acted quickly in both the matters. Union Home Minister […]
Justice for Asifa: If we don’t rise now, then when?
Mumbai: Last night was not comfortable. Many of us haven’t slept, uncomfortable and squirming all night, thinking of the pain eight-year-old Asifa had to withstand. By Friday morning, in urban metropolitan India, Asifa’s name is everywhere. In varying degrees, there are posts of sympathy, horror, anger plastered across social media. Our opposition leaders are walking candle […]
SC asked to act against Kathua lawyers for obstructing justice in Asifa case
New Delhi:-The Supreme Court on Friday was urged to take suo motu cognisance of the conduct of lawyers who created ruckus and tried to obstruct the filing of a charge-sheet in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua area of Jammu and Kashmir. As lawyer P.V. Dinesh urged the bench headed […]
Arrest BJP MLA Sengar, not just detain: Allahabad HC orders CBI in Unnao case
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Friday said that BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, accused of raping 17-year-old Unnao girl, should be arrested and not just be detained. The court directed the CBI to carry out investigation strictly in accordance with law and to consider filing an application for cancellation of bail granted to other accused […]
2019 LS polls will see ‘Islam vs Bhagwan’, ‘Pak vs India’: BJP MLA
Ballia (UP): The 2019 Lok Sabha elections would be fought on the lines of “Islam versus Bhagwan” and “Pakistan versus India”, BJP UP MLA Surendra Singh has said, days after he defended his colleague accused of raping a teenage girl. The saffron party legislator from Bairia had stirred a row on April 11 when he […]
Retail inflation slows to 4.28 per cent in March
New Delhi: Retail inflation slowed to 4.28 per cent in March, the third consecutive month of decline, mainly on account of easing food prices including vegetables, government data showed on Thursday. The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key data factored in by the RBI to arrive at interest rate, was 4.44 per cent […]
Kathua case: Meerut student went to J&K to rape 8-yr-old, says chargesheet
New Delhi: In a shocking incident, an eight-year-old girl, Asifa, who had gone to graze her horses in the nearby forests to her home on January 10, was reportedly gangraped repeatedly inside a village temple premises, kept sedated for hours and then raped again before being killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua by six men. One […]
Kathua and Unnao rape cases: ‘Betiyaan chuppao’ or ‘Betiyaan padhao?’: Kapil Sibal asks PM Modi
New Delhi: Congress’ Kapil Sibal, on Thursday, asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he is trying to give the message ‘Betiyaan chuppao’ instead of ‘Betiyaan padhao’, in context of the Kathua and Unnao rape cases. “Prime Minister, do you want to give the message of ‘Betiyaan chuppao’ or Beti Bachao’?” asked Sibal.The statement came a […]
