Month: July 2022

India Today brings you exclusive insider information ahead of Sonia Gandhi’s ED questioning. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi will be questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the National Herald case. She will be questioned by an assistant director-rank officer who is also part of the probe team in this case. India Today has accessed some inside details ahead of Sonia Gandhi’s questioning. Here are the details: – Sonia Gandhi, who was summoned by the ED in money laundering probe, will be allowed to leave if she feels unwell.…

According to details provided by the government, the three services – Army, Navy and Air Force are reeling under a shortage of 1,35,784 personnel, with the Army having the maximum vacancies at 1,16,464. The total shortage includes both officers and soldiers. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Monday, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said the average annual recruitment in Army, Navy and Air Force is 60,000, 5,332 and 5,723 respectively. The minister did not give a direct reply to a specific question on whether the…

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on July 19 assured that the murderers of DSP Surender Singh will not be spared, and that if required an additional police force could also be called to probe the matter.  “No one will be spared. Strict action will be taken against the culprits. We could call additional police forces also, and will take officers from other districts if required,” said the Haryana Home Minister.  Tauru DSP Surender Singh Bishnoi, who had gone to investigate a case of illegal mining was mowed down by a dumper driver near Nuh’s Pachgaon. The…

After having served their jail term, the release order of real estate tycoons Sushil and Gopal Ansal was given by a Delhi court on Tuesday. The brothers were jailed in a case of tampering with evidence in the related 1997 Uphaar cinema fire, which had claimed 59 lives. A magisterial court had on November 8 awarded seven-year jail terms to real estate barons and since then they were in prison. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma on Tuesday, however, upheld the fine of ₹ 2.25 crore imposed on each Sushil and Gopal Ansal by the magisterial court earlier.…

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying the latter is politically unproductive and should not dare to bring down the productivity of Lok Sabha. Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday hit out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for causing a ruckus in the Lok Sabha over various issues during the ongoing Monsoon Session, and said the latter was adamant about bringing down the productivity of the House. She also accused the Congress leader of disrespecting Parliamentary proceedings. Addressing a press conference, Irani said, “A gentleman…

DAYS AFTER a pic was circulated online of a group of men offering namaz inside the newly opened Lulu Mall in Lucknow, triggering allegations of religious bias against the establishment, the police on Tuesday arrested four persons who, they said, figured in that clip on charges of promoting enmity between groups. The arrests came a day after UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath pulled up the Lucknow administration and directed them to take “strict action against miscreants who create nuisance and try to vitiate the atmosphere”. The four arrested have been identified as…