Guwahati, Jan 30 (UNI) Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said if the BJP government came to power in Assam for a third time, it would not only stop infiltration but also throw out all illegal infiltrators from the state. Shah was addressing a rally at the Mising Youth Festival in Kareng Chapori in Dhemaji,…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (UNI) Tobacco farmers across India are staring at an unprecedented crisis following a more than 70 per cent hike in taxes on cigarette products. The abrupt and disproportionate tax measures have destabilised the entire tobacco ecosystem, bringing auctions to a halt, forcing traders out of the market, and pushing lakhs of…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced on Friday that it has arrested one Tanmoy Mirdha, an accused in a Rs 2 crore chit fund scam case, who was absconding . The CBI registered had the case in 2020 following directions from the Supreme Court to investigate chit fund-related cases…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, announced on Friday that it has successfully completed the restitution process of five attached immovable properties, valued at Rs 2.55 crore (as per the FIR date of 19.10.2011), to the Punjab National Bank (PNB). The properties were attached during a PMLA investigation into…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (UNI) A 12-year-old boy was found dead in northeast Delhi’s Shastri Park area, bearing injuries that suggest he was brutally assaulted. Police have identified his mother’s live-in partner as the prime suspect, an official said on Friday. Police received information about the boy at about 9:50 am and rushed to the…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Bhopal Zonal Office said on Friday that it has attached immovable properties worth Rs 5 crore in a case involving the late Arvind Joshi, a former IAS officer and Principal Secretary to the Madhya Pradesh Government, among others. The ED initiated investigation under the Prevention of…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (UNI) After years of being on the run from trial, a man impersonating an Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer and declared a proclaimed offender by a Delhi court was arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police, an officer said on Friday. According to the police, the accused, Vimal Bhat, alias Sonu,…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday highlighted a write-up by union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, describing it as a must-read for understanding the significance of the India–European union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and its role in India’s long-term development goals. Sharing the article on X, the Prime…
Pankaj Jain New Delhi, Jan 30 (UNI) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Friday expressed serious concern over what he termed the Punjab government’s continued silence in a matter related to the honour and dignity of the Gurus, saying the lack of transparency has raised several unanswered questions. Gupta said despite repeated requests, neither a…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (UNI) The capital goods sector is expected to witness continuity in the government’s infrastructure-led growth strategy in the union Budget 2026, with emphasis on sustaining public capital expenditure, improving project execution and supporting domestic manufacturing, rather than on fresh structural reforms. Government data show public capital expenditure rose nearly 28 per…
