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Hafiz Saeed’s financier owns 23-storey building in London, luxury flat in Delhi: NIA

NIA, probing the J&K terror funding case, has zeroed in on properties suspected to have been bought by Lashkar chief Hafiz Saeed's alleged financier Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali.

CBI probe into Bofors case to continue, to follow new evidence

A trial court observed that the CBI could further investigate the matter based on its own wisdom given that it has independent right and power to do so then.

Only elected bodies should run cricket, says Supreme Court-appointed mediator Narsimha

Former Additional Solicitor General PS Narsimha is confident that the BCCI will soon form a democratically elected body which will run cricket in India.

Modi govt extends ban on LTTE for another five years

A home ministry notification stated that LTTE's continued violent and disruptive activities remained prejudicial to the sovereignty of India.

Why BJP worker Priyanka Sharma’s arrest over Mamata meme is unlikely to hold up in court

West Bengal’s BJP youth wing worker Priyanka Sharma was arrested on 10 May for allegedly sharing on Facebook a morphed image of CM Mamata Banerjee.

Centre to assess impact of Cyclone Fani in Odisha

An inter-ministerial team is in Odisha 10 days after Cyclone Fani battered the coast, in which 64 people were killed.

Chanda Kochhar appears before ED in ICICI-Videocon loan fraud case

Former ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar is required to assist the investigating officer and her statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)

I&B ministry internal note blames senior IIS official for 2018 national film awards mess

Note says IIS official Chaitanya Prasad didn't inform winners on time that President Kovind would only stay for an hour, which led to many of them boycotting event.

Telangana excise official lands in a soup after seeking 300 tickets for IPL final

K Pradeep Rao, an Excise and Prohibition Department official, has been issued a memo by his seniors and further action is likely to follow soon.

Only stranded civilian vehicles allowed on Jammu-Srinagar highway

Normal traffic on the 270-km Srinagar highway has been affected due to multiple landslides.

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?