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‘Ulterior motive’ — tribunal order quashing ED attachment of NCP MP Praful Patel’s Rs 180 cr properties

Properties in Mumbai were attached by ED in 2022 as part of probe into a money laundering case arising out of a 1994 FIR against now-slain Dawood aide Iqbal Memon, alias Iqbal Mirchi.

CBI closes Air India corruption case against Praful Patel, Ajit Pawar-led NCP MP

An NGO had filed Special Leave Petition in 2012, alleging that Patel, Air India & private parties caused loss to exchequer. NCP leader was civil aviation minister at that time.

Ajit camp meets Sharad Pawar 2 days in a row, NCP chief’s silence keeps both factions on tenterhooks

The 'impromptu' meetings took place at YB Chavan Centre where Sharad Pawar had gone for work, say MLAs from NCP chief's camp. Praful Patel says they requested him to keep party together.

Supreme Court scraps CoA to monitor Indian football body, hopes FIFA ban will be lifted

The apex court set up the 3-member CoA to manage the AIFF, after ousting Praful Patel as the football body’s president for not holding elections on time.

FIFA’s warning to Indian football: Suspension, loss of U-17 Women’s World Cup hosting rights

FIFA warned All India Football Federation over 'deviations' from agreed governance roadmap after Supreme Court ordered body to hold elections & implement reforms.

When a write-off is a triumph: Why Air India sale has both Tata & govt in buoyant mood

Govt could see deal as win considering airline’s dire debt spiral. Meanwhile, Tata should see scale of losses reducing quickly, & no more political attacks from ministers.

Never met patient who got cancer from beedi — MPs back ‘Indian cigar’ at RSS-linked event

RSS affiliates Swadeshi Jagran Manch and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, and All India Beedi Industry Federation, organise event to protest proposed changes to tobacco law.

‘Want to develop Lakshadweep like Maldives’ — Administrator Praful Patel defends draft land law

Lakshadweep officials said public outcry that the administration will grab people’s land under new regulations and undertake rampant commercial development is 'ill-founded'.

‘He is destroying the island’: Administrator Praful Khoda Patel now faces a row in Lakshadweep

While local residents and politicians are opposing policies introduced by the Lakshadweep Administrator since his appointment in Dec 2020, Patel said his only agenda is 'development'.

Who is Praful Khoda Patel? Minister in CM Modi’s Gujarat cabinet now booked for MP ‘suicide’

Dadra & Nagar Haveli Administrator Praful Khoda Patel was named, among others, in the ‘suicide note’ of 7-term MP Mohan Delkar.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.