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₹25 crore to the government exchequer. The IAF also told the court that the incident had the "effect of affecting the relations" between India and Pakistan.

T Raja Singh for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of communities with his hate speech during a rally on Mira Road on February 25, said MIRA Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) police on Wednesday. The BJP leader was booked under sections 153(A) and 295(A) of the Indian Penal Code which deals with dividing communities by hurting their religious sentiments, Indian Express reported. In addition, event organizer Naresh Nile had also been booked in the case, said the police officer, adding that both accused will soon receive notices regarding this.

Indian Air Force (IAF) has for the first time disclosed reasons behind the accidental firing of a BrahMos combat missile which landed in Pakistan in March 2022. In a reply filed before the Delhi High Court, the IAF has said that combat connectors of the Brahmos missile «remained connected to the junction box» which led to the accidental firing of the missile. Sharing relevant findings of the Court of Inquiry held in March 2022 to probe the incident, the IAF has further submitted that the convoy commander of a road convoy, which was to move to location as part of inspection «failed to ensure safe transit of convoy by not ensuring disconnection of combat connectors of all missiles loaded» on the mobile autonomous launcher prior to the movement.

served a fresh notice of over ₹1,700 crore to the Congress for discrepancies in tax returns for previous years. The fresh notice was received earlier this week, sources told news agency PTI. In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi hit out at the BJP, accusing it of indulging in "tax terrorism".

Congress lost income tax exemption in 2018-19 due to extensive use of cash in the electoral process, sources said, justifying that Rs 135 crore tax recovery from the party was consistent with the provisions of the Income Tax Act. Based on incriminating material seized by the Income Tax Department during search operations, specifically in April 2019, reflecting extensive use of cash in the electoral process, assessments of the party were reopened for seven years (AY 2014-15 to AY 2020-21), sources said. Following the assessment, demand was raised in 2021, and communications to pay demand were sent many times, they said, adding that stay applications filed by the assessee were rejected during the proceedings. Subsequently, even after 33 months of the assessment order and 10 months of the Commissioner Income Tax (Appeal) order, when the assessee had not complied with the demand raised, recovery proceedings under Section 226(3) of the Act were undertaken, sources said.

Tihar prison authorities on a plea by BRS leader K Kavitha alleging that despite court orders, she was not provided access to certain items, including home-cooked food and mattress, in jail. Earlier on Tuesday, Kavitha had moved a plea seeking access to some items because of her medical condition. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja had then passed an order directing the concerned superintendent of Tihar Jail to permit Kavitha to have home-cooked food, mattress, slippers, clothes, bed- sheet, books, blanket, pen, paper, jewellery and medicines «in accordance with rules». Kavitha, however, filed a fresh plea on Thursday, saying the court order allowing her access to these items was not followed.

Arvind Kejriwal from the post of Delhi chief minister. The petition was filed a day after a similar plea was dismissed by the Delhi High Court. On Thursday, the Delhi High Court rejected the PIL seeking the removal of Kejriwal from the post of Delhi chief minister, saying the petitioner did not show any legal provision prohibiting the Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader from running the government after arrest to warrant any judicial interference.

Lok Sabha MPs analysed, 225(44%) MPs declared criminal cases against themselves. As many as 149 (29%) sitting MPs declared serious criminal cases against them. Some of these serious cases are related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, kidnapping and crimes against women.

Jamia Millia Islamia and also the post of Chancellor at the university. ALSO READ: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies: A look at the life and times of the 'Bahubali’ of eastern UP "He (Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari) had a long association with the Congress, as its president (1927), its secretary for several years, and as a member of the Congress Working Committee throughout his life," his profile on Jamia's website read. ALSO READ: Judicial inquiry ordered in Mukhtar Ansari's death amid ‘slow poison’ claims Meanwhile, Mukhtar Ansari's maternal grandfather Mohammad Usman was a brigadier in the Indian Army.

Detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan has sued two Nigerian agencies, accusing them of infringing his basic human rights.

court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, a senior official said. Banda Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Bhagwan Das Gupta appointed Garima Singh, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA Court Banda) as the investigating officer in the case, the official said. The CJM has sought the probe report within a month.

Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday compared Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife to former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, and said she is perhaps preparing to hold the post of her husband. «The madam your are naming is perhaps preparing to hold the post like Rabri Devi did in Bihar,» the senior BJP leader told reporters here at the inauguration of the Delhi BJP's election office. The Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs was responding to a question about AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita. Earlier in the day, Sunita Kejriwal launched a WhatsApp campaign, urging people to support her husband, who is in ED custody in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case.

CBI court in Lucknow on Friday convicted seven people in the killing of former BSP MLA Raju Pal in 2005, a case in which murdered gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad was also an accused, officials said. The proceedings against Atiq Ahmad, his brother and prime accused Khalid Azim alias Ashraf, and Gulbul alias Rafiq were abated after their death, they said. Raju Pal, a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, was gunned down on January 25, 2005, as a result of political rivalry with Atiq Ahmad's brother Ashraf, whom he had defeated in the 2004 bypoll to the Prayagraj West seat. The BSP leader had lost the election to the seat to Atiq Ahmad in 2002 but when the latter vacated it after being elected to the Lok Sabha, Pal defeated Ashraf in the bypoll.

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), continued on the eighth day amid heightened security arrangements. The security has been stepped up in view of the Friday prayers to be offered by the Muslim community members at the site, a police official said. Members of the ASI team reached the controversial complex around 6 am, carrying gadgets, bags and files with them. «In addition to the existing force, 35 additional policemen were deployed at the Bhojshala complex on Friday. In the past, around 1,600 people used to offer namaz at the site. But after the ASI launched its survey, around 2,400 people offered prayers there between 1 pm and 3 pm last Friday,» Superintendent of Police Manoj Singh told PTI over phone.

Inmates can make ceramics or crochet at a federal prison in Lompoc, Calif. At a federal prison in Mendota, a few hours away, inmates can have a harmonica or play basketball on one of five facility courts. Those prisons represent possible landing places for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who will in coming months report to begin serving his 25-year sentence, imposed Thursday by U.S.

Income Tax Department's notice of ₹1,700 crore to the grand old party, saying the officials are being used as the ‘gundas’ of the ruling party. AICC general secretary in-charge KC Venugopal accused the Narendra Modi-led government of trying to “financially strangulate" the opposition parties during the election time. “The Narendra Modi government is doing this with the specific purpose of bankrupting the Congress party at a time when we are facing elections," the Congress leader told media persons as quoted by PTI. He pointed out that the political parties are usually exempted from paying taxes, but this penalty is in the name of delay in filing returns.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita launched a WhatsApp campaign on Friday, urging people to support her husband, who is in the ED's custody in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case. In a digital media briefing, Sunita Kejriwal said her husband has challenged the «most corrupt and dictatorial forces» in the country and asked people to support him through their blessings and prayers.

CJI) Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, expressing serious concerns against the actions of a specific interest group aiming to undermine the judiciary's integrity, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that some people, including those who are close to the Congress establishment, have always taken a very grim view at times about the judiciary. Prasad said that the Indian judiciary is an extraordinary institution and has got every right to decide any issue in the way it wants. "...It is indeed saddening that some people, including those who are close to the Congress establishment, have always taken a very grim view at times about judiciary, depending upon what kind of judgments have come. These are the people who at one time talked of committed judiciary. These are people who at one time hailed the supersession of judges by the Congress government in the 1970s...Indian judiciary is an extraordinary institution. We are very proud of it," the BJP MP said.

Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the war-ravaged enclave. The International Court of Justice issued two new so-called provisional measures in a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of acts of genocide in its military campaign launched after the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas. Israel denies it is committing genocide and accused South Africa of trying to «undermine Israel's inherent right and obligation to defend its citizens.»

Tata Trusts and Tata Sons are said to be closely monitoring the Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group's bid to raise ₹20,000 crore from state-run institutions to refinance debt taken against stakes in the Tata Group holding company. The Mistry family-promoted SP Group holds an 18.37% stake in Tata Sons, all of which is pledged against loans. The Tata Trusts own a controlling 66% of the holding company. The Tata Trusts and Tata Sons have been discussing the question of whether the institutions are aware that the Tata Sons Articles of Association, 57-61, regulate the transfer of shares in the event of a shareholder default, said people with knowledge of the matter. There can be no transfer of shares without board approvals, they said.

Harvard College dropped 5% from a year ago, a symbolic blow to the school after a period of turmoil that included the resignation of its president and a defeat at the Supreme Court. The school said 54,008 students sought admission for next fall’s freshman class. That marked the second consecutive year that Harvard’s undergraduate applications declined. They’re down from 61,220 two years ago, when numbers soared during the pandemic after colleges scrapped requirements for standardized testing. By contrast, rival Yale University reported 57,465 applicants, the largest in the college’s history and 10% more from than the previous year.