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Mumbai, Jan 5: A special court in Mumbai on Saturday declared absconding liquor baron Vijay Mallya a fugitive economic offender (FEO) on a plea of the Enforcement Directorate. Mallya has become the first businessman to be declared EFO under the provisions of the new Fugitive Economic Offenders Act which came into existence in August last year. The ED had requested the Prevention of Money

New Delhi, Jan 5: Nirav Modi, a prime accused in the multi-crore PNB fraud case on Saturday said that he has done nothing wrong and that the scam was a "civil transaction" which is now being blown out of proportion. Modi, on Saturday, filed a response before the PMLA court opposing the Enforcement Directorate’s complaint to have him declared a “fugitive economic offender” under the Fugitive

Srinagar, Jan 5: Kashmir’s top separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, in a joint address at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid on January 4 asked youth “not to get swayed by the Islamic State ideology”. Addressing a large number of devotees, who had also congregated to condemn last Friday’s bid by masked youth to unfurl the IS flag inside the mosque, Mr. Geelani

New Delhi, Jan 5: Stepping up his attack on the Modi government over the Rafale deal issue, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday urged all Indians to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers the questions he posed in Parliament on the fighter jet agreement with France. "RM (Raksha Marti) spoke for 2 hrs in Parliament, but she couldn't answer the 2 simple questions I asked her,"

Nagpur, Jan 5: More than one Maharashtrian would occupy the prime minister's post by 2050, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday. The chief minister was asked whether India will see a Maharashtrian prime minister by 2050 as no Maharashtrian leader has become prime minister of the country yet. "Why not, of course we will see...If anyone has really ruled India, the entire India, in real

Chennai, Jan 4: Actor turned Politician and Makkal Needhi Miyam (MNM)President Kamal Hasan said "though Prime minister Narendra Modi has invited us for an alliance with BJP, it is for us to decide on it". It may be recalled that a couple of days ago in an interview to a news agency, Modi said that his party welcomes both Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan if they are willing to join their alliance

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4: As many as 1,369 people have been arrested so far in connection with the Thursday's dawn-to-dusk hartal related violent incidents in Kerala. About 717 people were taken into preventive custody and the police registered 801 cases in hartal related violent incidents so far, sources said here. As clashes between CPI(M) and BJP workers continue in many districts, police

New Delhi, Jan 4: Raj Babbar, the Uttar Pradesh Congress chief, said on Friday that BJP MLA Vikram Saini should be arrested and investigated for terror links for threatening to bomb people who said they feel unsafe in India. Babbar said that the BJP legislator's remarks were akin to that of a terrorist and he should, therefore, be punished. "Chief Minister (Adityanath) says 'thok do'. The MLA who

New Delhi, Jan 4: Hitting back at the Congress on the Rafale fighter jet deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday alleged that the party had stopped the deal when it was in power as it "didn't get the money" and ignored national security. Replying to a debate on the Rafale issue in Lok Sabha, Sitharaman alleged that the Congress is only shedding crocodile tears on the HAL not getting

New Delhi, Jan 4: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi be investigated for corruption and for weakening national security by giving the Rafale contract to "his friend". Gandhi cited a media report on Swedish Telecom major Ericsson filing a contempt plea in the Supreme Court against Reliance Communications chief Anil Ambani and demanding that he