Gold smuggling: DRI cites national security concerns, global, Hawala links; says Ranya should remain in jail

Gold smuggling: DRI cites national security concerns, global, Hawala links; says Ranya should remain in jail

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, March 12 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) submitted to the court that the gold smuggling case involving actress Ranya Rao, stepdaughter of a senior IPS officer of DGP rank, has international and hawala links, making it a matter of national security. Madhu Rao, senior counsel representing the … Read more

‘Unimaginable renaissance’: Vice President extols India’s economic resurgence, cites demographic challenges

Thiruvananthapuram, March 2 (IANS) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday extolled India’s economic resurgence and also highlighted certain ‘grim demographic challenges’ that the country faces. Delivering the fourth P. Parameswaran Memorial Lecture on the theme ‘Democracy, Demography, Development, and the Future of Bharat’, the Vice President said: The theme calls upon me to first reflect … Read more

FM Sitharaman cites statistics to trash TMC’s claims of Centre ignoring Bengal

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday cited details of the large infrastructure projects in the highways, railways and airports sectors and the social welfare scheme undertaken by the Narendra Modi government in West Bengal to refute the claims of the Trinamool Congress that the Centre was discriminating against the state. … Read more

BJP cites official data on jobs to counter Congress claim

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The BJP has hit back at the Congress over its claim that the Narendra Modi government has not created enough jobs in the country. The ruling party has come out with a fact sheet for “setting the record straight on job creation” which states that during the Congress-led UPA regime, … Read more

Govt justifies deportation from US, cites diplomatic obligation

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Calling for a focus on a strong crackdown against the illegal immigration industry, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday reiterated the universal obligation for countries to repatriate their nationals found living abroad illegally. In a statement in response to an adjournment motion given by the Congress in Lok Sabha, … Read more

PM Modi cites ‘ban’ on cinestars Dev Anand, Kishore Kumar to rip into Congress

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a no-holds-barred attack on the Congress party, tearing into it over multiple issues ranging from crushing the Constitution, keeping the country backwards and also censuring many film personalities for merely expressing dissent against the then political dispensations. Replying to the debate on the … Read more

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