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New Delhi, Jul 19: Former president Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday that India would become a $5 trillion economy by 2024 because of the strong foundation laid by previous governments. Delivering a lecture on 'Furthering India's Promise', Mukherjee said various economic and social sectors are performing well because of the efforts of Indians since Independence. He rued the fact that the Modi

Islamabad, Jul 19: Pakistan will grant consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav according to the Pakistani laws, for which modalities are being worked out, the Foreign Ministry said in a late night statement. The ministry also said that Kulbhushan Jadhav had been informed of his rights under the Vienna Convention on consular relations. "Pursuant to the decision of the ICJ, Kulbhushan

Thane, Jul 19: Senior inspector Pradeep Sharma, one of the famous `encounter specialists' of Mumbai Police, has resigned, sources said Thursday evening. Sharma, who heads the Anti-Extortion Cell of Thane police at present, was not available for comments. However, sources in the police department said he had tendered resignation earlier this month as he wanted to join politics, and the resignation

New Delhi, Jul 18: India on Thursday said the verdict of the International Court of Justice(ICJ) in the Kulbhushan Jadhavcase is a complete vindication of its stand and it is incumbent on Pakistan to implement the ruling. In a major victory for India, the ICJ on Wednesday ruled that Pakistan must review the death sentence awarded to Jadhav and asked it to provide consular access to him. The ICJ

New Delhi, Jul 18: Calling Nelson Mandela her inspiration and guide, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Thursday said the anti-apartheid icon told her that she ought to be in politics long before anyone else did. Remembering the former South African president on his 101st birth anniversary, she said the world misses men like Mandela more than ever today. His life was a testament to

New Delhi, Jul 18: As many as 8,189 Indian prisoners, including undertrials, are lodged in various jails around the world, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday. Saudi Arabia has the highest 1811 Indian prisoners, followed by the UAE with 1,392 and Nepal 1,160 jail inmates, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha. "As

Mumbai Jul 18: Mumbai Police has arrested terrorist Dawood Ibrahim's nephew Rizwan Kaskar in connection with an extortion case, an official said today. Rizwan, the son of Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar, was arrested on Wednesday night from the international airport in Mumbai when he was trying to flee the country, the official said. Iqbal Kaskar was also earlier arrested in an extortion

New Delhi, Jul 18: A day after the World Court ordered Pakistan to review death penalty to Kulbhushan Jadhav, India Thursday asked Pakistan to release the former Navy officer forthwith and vowed to vigorously continue efforts to bring him back. Making a statement in both houses of Parliament on the judgment by the International Court of Justice, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said,

New Delhi, Jul 18: The Income-Tax Department has attached a ‘benami’ plot worth Rs 400 crore in Noida belonging to BSP supremo Mayawati’s brother and his wife, an official order said. The provisional order for the attachment of the seven-acre plot, “beneficially owned” by Anand Kumar and his wife Vichiter Lata, was issued on July 16 by the Delhi-based Benami Prohibition Unit (BPU) of the

Bengaluru, Jul 18: P Rajagopal, owner of the Saravana Bhawan chain of restaurants, died on Thursday after suffering from a heart attack at a hospital in Chennai, days after he surrendered to serve a life sentence in a murder case. Rajagopal, who suffered a cardiac arrest at Government Stanley Medical College Hospital last week, was shifted to a private hospital on Wednesday. Passing an interim