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Jaipur: The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday raided the premises of Rajasthan Congress leader and former minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas along with a few others as part of a Rs 48,000-crore PACL Ponzi "fraud"-linked money laundering probe, official sources said. About 15 premises -- including the politician's...

New Delhi: India will experience above-normal cumulative rainfall this monsoon, the India Meteorological Department said Tuesday, ruling out the possibility of El Nino conditions during the entire season. "India is likely to see above-normal rainfall in the four-month monsoon season (June to September) with cumulative...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday took exception to the Allahabad High Court's recent remarks in a rape case as reportedly saying the complainant herself invited trouble, and wondered why it made such observations while deciding a bail plea. The high court recently granted bail...

New Delhi: In a major crackdown on syndicates running digital arrest scams, the Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested four people following searches at 12 locations, officials said Tuesday. Terming it "Operation Chakra-V", they said the CBI carried out searches in connection with a digital...

Srinagar: Registration of Yatris for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra began Tuesday, with pilgrims registering themselves online through the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) website. Offline registrations have also started at over 540 authorized bank branches across the country. The dates for the yatra were announced...

New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation eased to 2.05 per cent in March, as against 2.38 per cent in February, government data showed Tuesday. The wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation, however, rose year-on-year. It was 0.26 per cent in March 2024. "Positive rate of inflation...

Kolkata: Life was limping back to normal in riot-hit parts of West Bengal's Murshidabad district Tuesday, as security forces kept a strict vigil to prevent any fresh episode of violence over the Waqf (Amendment) Act, officials said. Personnel of the BSF, CRPF, State Armed Police...

With the Waqf Bill receiving support from across party lines in Parliament, the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has moved to the top of the central government’s legislative agenda, government sources said. Although the BJP did not secure a full majority in the most recent Lok...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has directed Google India and three of its senior executives to deposit 50 per cent of the penalties imposed for alleged Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violations, as bank guarantees. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had earlier levied a penalty of...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday extended till April 21 the protection from arrest granted to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination. A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and...