Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
The police in Uttar Pradesh have arrested an Indian national working at the country's embassy in Moscow for allegedly spying for Pakistan's ISI, an official statement on said. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is working with investigative authorities in the case official sources said.
A team of Delhi Police Crime Branch visited Finance Minister Atishi’s residence and served her a notice in connection with allegations that the BJP was attempting to 'poach' Aam Aadmi Party MLAs. Delhi Minister Atishi said the notice served to her by the city police in connection with the MLA poaching allegation made by her does not have any mention of an FIR or include penal provisions.
US and the UK have conducted joint strikes on 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen, in another wave of assaults intended to degrade the capabilities of the Iran-backed militia that has targeted international shipping vessels in the Red Sea in response to the Israel-Hamas war. The latest strikes, executed with fighter jets and ships, come after the US launched strikes on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq on February 2 in response to a deadly drone attack on a US military base in Jordan that killed three of its service members.
Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has supported the concept of simultaneous polls, saying frequent elections are not good for the economy and hamper growth. In his January 24 letter, he said "everyone from the PM to ministers to CMs to MPs, MLAs and all leaders get involved with these elections. This causes virtual paralysis of administration at various levels".
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' resumed from Dhanbad, the third day of his yatra in Jharkhand. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that his party stood for 'Jal-Jungle-Jamin' (water, forest and land) of tribal people and employment of youths.
At least seven Manipur Police trainees, who were undergoing training at Lachit Borphukan Police Academy in Golaghat district of Assam, were injured when a clash broke out between cadets of two groups, a senior official said. The scuffle started when two trainees indulged in verbal abuse after one of them brought liquor from a local market into the academy in Dergaon around dinner time.
Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have injected over Rs 19,800 crore in the country's debt market in January, making it the highest monthly inflow in more than six years, on the back of inclusion of Indian government bonds in the JP Morgan Index. According to the data with the depositories, FPIs made a net investment of Rs 19,836 crore in the debt markets in January.
Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who has accused the state government of facilitating 'backdoor entry' of the Maratha community into the OBC quota, has disclosed that he tendered his resignation from the state cabinet last November. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said the resignation of senior OBC leader and state cabinet minister Bhujbal has not been accepted.
Pakistan's election commission has disqualified Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a close aide of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan, from contesting elections for five years after the former foreign minister was sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets. The announcement comes days after a special court, established under the Official Secrets Act, awarded Qureshi 10 years imprisonment in the high-profile cypher case along with Imran Khan.
Traders' body CAIT issued a cautionary advisory to traders to switch from Paytm to other payment options for business-related transactions following RBI curbs on Paytm wallet and bank operations. Money laundering concerns and questionable dealings of hundreds of crores of rupees between popular wallet Paytm and its lesser-known banking arm had led Reserve Bank of India to clamp down on tech poster boy Vijay Shekhar Sharma-run entities, according to sources.
