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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sanctioned a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry against Satyendar Jain, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi prisons minister. The investigation pertains to allegations under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Jain, currently incarcerated in relation to a money laundering case, stands accused of purportedly extorting Rs 10 crore from an inmate named Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The alleged extortion was purportedly in exchange for ensuring Chandrashekhar's safety while in jail, PTI reports, citing sources.
Several tourists stranded as avalanche hits near Hung, Sonamarg in Jammu and Kashmir. Watch visuals:
Breaking News LIVE: 'Sunita Kejriwal preparing to hold CM's post like Rabri Devi did in Bihar'
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita is perhaps preparing to hold the post of her husband like former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi did.
A three-member team will conduct a magisterial investigation into the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed chargesheets against 20 Institutions and 105 persons, including several officials allegedly involved in multi-crore scam in grant of scholarships to schedule caste (SC), schedule tribe (ST) and other backward class (OBC) students of Himachal Pradesh, the agency said in a statement on Friday.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued an advisory to citizens on Friday about calls impersonating DoT and threatening people to disconnect their mobile numbers for being involved in illegal activities.
A day after the custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was extended till April 1 by the local court, his wife Sunita Kejriwal, issuing a video statement, launched a WhatsApp campaign titled 'Kejriwal ko Aashirwaad'. (READ MORE)
Income Tax Department has issued demand notice of Rs 1700 crores to Indian National Congress. The fresh demand notice is for assessment years 2017-18 to 2020-21 and includes penalty and interest: Sources
BSP president Mayawati on Friday demanded a high-level inquiry into the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, saying the truth of the case needs to come before the public. Ansari, 63, died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.
A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) arrived at Bhojshala Complex located in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar on Friday morning to continue the survey which began on March 22 following the direction of the High Court.
United States President Joe Biden's administration has approved USD 60 million in emergency funds to support cleanup and reconstruction efforts in the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster in Maryland's Baltimore, reported Al-Jazeera
The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes early Friday near the northern city of Aleppo have killed and wounded several people and caused material damage.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) nabbed a person and seized 16 kg of cannabis from his possession on the Janmabhoomi Express on Thursday, according to the police.
At least 45 people were killed and one seriously injured after a bus headed to an Easter conference plunged off a cliff in South Africa's Limpopo province on Thursday, CNN reported.
Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday informed that the Change of Guard Ceremony would not take place on March 30 due to the Bharat Ratna presentation ceremony.
An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude struck Afghanistan in the wee hours of Friday, the National Centre for Seismology stated.
Heavy rain lashed parts of Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi in the wee hours of Friday. According to the bulletin of the India Meteorological Department, Regional Centre Chennai, rainfall occurred at one or two places over Tamil Nadu on Thursday, and dryness prevailed over the Puducherry and Karaikal areas.