New Delhi: India received over USD 111 billion in remittances in 2022, the largest in the world, becoming the first country to reach and even surpass the USD 100 billion mark, the United Nations migration agency has said. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), in its World Migration Report 2024 launched this week, said that...
New Delhi: The Rouse Avenue Court extended the judicial custody of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case being probed by the ED till May 21. On May 7, Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Court extended Manish Sisodia's judicial custody in the same case being probed...
Jammu: Three terrorists, including a wanted terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba Basit Dar, have been killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, the Indian Army said, adding that the gunfight that began on May 6 night concluded after almost 40 hours on May 9 morning. The army officials also recovered several arms...
New Delhi: The highest court of the Czech Republic has stayed the lower courts’ decisions permitting the extradition of Indian national Nikhil Gupta — indicted by the United States for plotting to kill Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun — citing no significant harm to the public interest if this action is delayed, according to...
New Delhi: Millions of Indian voters across 93 constituencies were casting ballots on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign targeting congress. In recent campaign rallies, PM Modi has called Muslims “infiltrators” and said they “have too many children,” referring to a Hindu nationalist trope that Muslims produce more children...
New Delhi: Ten states and two Union territories, with 94 constituencies, will be voting in the phase three of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on May 7. The states in the fray are Goa, Gujarat, Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh. Gujarat, Karnataka and Goa will be under the spotlight as...
Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Karnataka government has issued a lookout circular against Prajwal Revanna, an 'absconding' MP from Hassan, who is accused of sexual harassment by multiple women. Revanna, the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, is believed to be in Germany, will face detention upon arrival...
New Delhi: Days after vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca admitted that its Covid-19 vaccine can cause a rare side-effect TTS (Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome), parents of a woman, who was administered Covishield, the vaccine's Indian variant, have decided to move court against Serum Institute of India (SII), the Pune-based firm that developed and manufactured Covishield in...
Toronto: US police authorities have dismissed rumors of the death of Satwinder Singh, alias Satinderjit Singh, or Goldy Brar, an India-designated terrorist and prime suspect in Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala's murder case. Social media posts circulated on May 1 had claimed that Goldy Brar, an associate of the Lawerence Bishnoi gang, was shot in...
