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New Delhi, Aug 21: The CBI has booked NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy, and others in connection with an alleged violation of foreign direct investment rules, officials said on Wednesday. The agency has also booked the media outlet's former CEO Vikramaditya Chandra under charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and corruption, they said. It is alleged that the company floated 32

New Delhi, Aug 21: Newly-appointed US defense secretary Mark T. Esper told defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday that Kashmir was an internal matter of India and that all India-Pakistan issues need to be settled bilaterally. Rajnath Singh held a telephonic conversation with Esper on Tuesday to congratulate him on his appointment. Esper appreciated India's position that the recent developments

Jaipur, Aug 21: Rajasthan Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Tuesday alleged that RSS has been a strong opponent of both the national flag as well as the national anthem. His remarks came at a programme organised to celebrate late former Prime Minister and Congress chief's Rajiv Gandhi'S 75th birth anniversary in Jaipur. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot were also present

Aug 21: An activist of the MNS allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra's Thane district, with a party leader on August 21 claiming he was "depressed" over the Enforcement Directorate's notice to MNS chief Raj Thackeray. However, the police said no suicide was found and a probe was underway to ascertain why he took the extreme step. The deceased, Pravin Chowgule (27), was an alcoholic and used

New Delhi, Aug 21: Congress on Wednesday sought to project the legal troubles faced by senior leader P Chidambaram as a "shameful hunt" by the Modi government for "speaking truth to power". Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asserted that the Congress will stand by Chidambaram and continue to fight for truth irrespective of the consequences. "He unhesitatingly speaks truth to power

New Delhi, Aug 21: The legal team of P Chidambaram has asked the CBI not to take any coercive action against the former Union finance minister as his petition is to be heard in the Supreme Court Wednesday morning. Hours after the Delhi High Court refused to grant any protection from arrest to Chidambaram in the INX media case, the CBI issued a notice to him on Tuesday, asking him to appear before

New Delhi, Aug 21: Sunanda Pushkar, who was allegedly driven to commit suicide, was suffering from mental agony due to a strained relationship with her husband and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor with whom she had a scuffle resulting in various injury marks few days before her death, the Delhi Police on Tuesday told a court here. Police accused Tharoor of torturing his wife which abetted her to

New Delhi, Aug 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday the government is considering suggestions to build a new Parliament building or to improve and modernise facilities at the existing complex. After inaugurating 36 duplex flats for members of Parliament at North Avenue here, Modi made the remark and referred to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, who

Nizamabad, Aug 20: Arvind, who defeated ruling TRS nominee and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha in the April Lok Sabha polls in Nizamabad, said people of the constituency wanted the name change. It was needed as both the city and the district named after erstwhile ruler "Nizam" of Hyderabad has 'failed' to fare well in all aspects, the MP told PTI, a day after raising the

New Delhi, Aug 20: Ahead of the Delhi University students' union polls, the RSS-affiliated ABVP on Tuesday installed statues of Veer Savarkar, Subhash Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh 'without due permission' outside the gate of the varsity's Arts Faculty in north campus. The move has been criticised by the Congress-affiliated NSUI and Left-backed AISA which said Savarkar cannot be kept on the same