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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday attached six immovable properties of a top terrorist of the banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed in Jammu and Kashmir. The attached land parcels of arrested terrorist Asif Ahmed Malik are located in Mirpora and Pulwama, the NIA said in a statement. The properties were attached under Section 33 (1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967, on the orders of the NIA Special Court, Jammu. Asif Ahmed Malik was arrested on January 31, 2020, in a case related to transportation of terrorists, infiltration into Kashmir from across the border, and seizure of arms and explosives from terror operatives of JeM. The NIA charge-sheeted him on July 27, 2020, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Explosive Substances Act, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933. Asif Ahmed Malik is currently undergoing trial. NIA investigations have exposed a conspiracy by the accused to

In a setback to the ruling BJP in Haryana amid the Lok Sabha elections, three Independent MLAs today announced that they have withdrawn their support to the Nayab Singh Saini-led government in the state. The three MLAs - Sombir Sangwan, Randhir Gollen and Dharampal Gonder - also said that they have decided to extend support to the Congress during the elections. They made the announcement at a press conference held in Rohtak in presence of former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and state Congress chief Udai Bhan. "We are withdrawing support to the government. We are extending our support to the Congress," Mr Gonder said. "We have taken this decision on various issues including those related to farmers," he said. Speaking at the presser, Udai Bhan said, "The three Independent MLAs - Sombir Sangwan, Randhir Singh Gollen and Dharampal Gonder - have withdrawn their support to the BJP government and extended their support to the Congress." &qu

In a significant trend, the strike rate of turncoats in the Lok Sabha elections has witnessed a sharp decline over the years, with the 2019 polls recording the lowest figure in five decades. Turncoats are politicians who switch parties ahead of elections, and the strike rate refers to the percentage of turncoats who win. Analysis of election data reveals that the 2019 general elections had a mere 14.87 per cent strike rate for turncoats, a decline of over 34 percentage points from the 1967 polls, which had a 48.94 per cent success rate. Specifically, in 2019, only 19 turncoats won out of 195 contestants, whereas in 1967, 23 turncoats won out of 47 contestants. Declining Turncoat Strike Rates Indian politics has long grappled with the phenomenon of turncoats, politicians who switch parties ahead of elections. However, an analysis of Lok Sabha election data from 1967 to 2019 paints a clear picture of the declining success rate for these turncoat candidates over time. The strike rat

Aimee Dupre had always kept silent about the rape of her mother by two American soldiers after the Normandy landings in June 1944. But 80 years after the brutal assault, she finally felt it was time to speak out. Nearly a million US, British, Canadian and French soldiers landed on the Normandy coast in the weeks after D-Day in an operation that was to herald the end of Nazi Germany's grip on Europe. Aimee was 19, living in Montours, a village in Brittany, and delighted to see the "liberators" arrive, as was everybody around her. But then her joy evaporated. On the evening of August 10, two US soldiers -- often called GIs -- arrived at the family's farm. "They were drunk and they wanted a woman," Aimee, now 99, told AFP, producing a letter that her mother, also called Aimee, wrote "so nothing is forgotten". In her neat handwriting, Aimee Helaudais Honore described the events of that night. How the soldiers fired their guns in the direction of

Former Congress candidate from Indore Lok Sabha constituency, Akshay Kanti Bam, on Sunday, claimed non-cooperation by the party organisation for his campaign forced him to opt out of the poll race. Mr Bam's last-minute withdrawal of nomination on April 29 pushed the Congress out of the poll race in the Indore seat which the Grand Old Party was trying to win for the last 35 years. He later joined the BJP. "After I was picked as Congress nominee I worked hard myself to garner votes, but such a big election can't be fought without the cooperation of the party's organisation," Bam, a businessman by profession, told reporters at the BJP's office here. He claimed his poll programmes were put off and his publicity material did not reach the booth-level workers when he was a Congress nominee. Before he pulled out of the race, Mr Bam had talked to MP Congress president Jitu Patwari three times and flagged the issue of non-cooperation, he said. "I wrote to le

A man was arrested in Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Saturday for allegedly evading GST through bogus input tax credits worth Rs 71.38 crore, an official said. The Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) official identified the accused as Sarvesh Kumar Pandey. Sarvesh Pandey connived with one Hemant Kasera who was held last month for creating and managing a web of 13 fictitious firms to avail fake credit amounting to Rs. 62.73 crore, of which Rs. 51.42 crore was passed on to several other recipients till Feb 2024. "Sarvesh Pandey not only purchased fake bills from Hemant Kesara but also from other fraudulent firms. Pandey availed Rs 71.38 crore using bogus ITC to evade GST. He has been remanded in judicial custody," the official added.  from NDTV News Search Records Found 1000 https://ift.tt/sq4ZrzR

The administration of a private college in Greater Noida and its canteen operator were served notice by the Food Safety Department for alleged poor food quality and unhygienic conditions on Saturday, officials said. Purported pictures also surfaced on social media, showing mosquitoes and insects in certain food items. The inspection was carried out over complaints by some students who expressed dissatisfaction about cleanliness and standards of the food quality served to them by the canteen, a senior official said. Assistant Food Commissioner (II) Archana Dheeran said the inspection was carried out at the canteen of Aryan Residency of Lloyd College in the Knowledge Park area of Greater Noida. "The inspection was carried out under the leadership of Chief Food Safety Officer Akshay Goyal and items were inspected by Food Safety Officer RP Gupta. During the inspection, cleanliness arrangements and other standard compliances were not found satisfactory for which notice was given to