Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subramanian Swamy had last year written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing NDTV of money laundering. He had urged the PM to direct the CBI to file a case against NDTV under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
In April last year, the income-tax department had served a tax notice to RRPR Holding, a promoter group company of listed broadcaster New Delhi Television on two transactions dating back to 2009-10, totalling a sum of nearly Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion).
According to the I-T notice, served earlier this year, the first of the two transactions was a Rs 403.85-crore (Rs 4.03 billion) "interest-free loan" granted by Vishvapradhan Commercial Pvt Ltd (VCPL) in July 2009. Read more on that here.
The recognition comes barely a month after he tied a supposed stone-pelter to his jeep, using him as a human shield to prevent violent protesters from attacking his vehicle.
Major Gogoi was responding to a call from an officer who had informed him that around 1,200 people had cornered his polling booth and were trying to burn it with petrol bombs during a by-election in Budgam on April 9.
Defence and strategic affairs expert Maroof Raza -- a former military officer himself -- speaks to Dhruv Munjal about the army's decision to award Major Gogoi amid a public outcry, and if the force has let itself down with the handling of this situation. Read the full interview here.
10:11 Siddaramaiah issued enough ads* last week to fill up my 120 sq ft balcony: The 180 degree metamorphosis of Narendra Modi's image -- from the monster of 2002 to the messiah of 2014 -- was largely achieved through the undisguised co-option of mainstream media using standard mercantile methods. Now other parties are following in his lead. Read more
"America sends our thoughts and prayers and our deepest sympathies to the victims of this evil slaughter and we renew our resolve, stronger than ever before, to protect the United States and its allies from a vile enemy that has waged war on innocent life, and it's gone on too long," Trump said yesterday, a day after three knife-wielding men unleashed a grisly terror rampage in London, killing seven people and injuring 48 others. It was his first public comments on the London attacks. He previously had commented via a series of Twitter posts.
IMAGE: Counter terrorism officers at the scene of Saturday night's terror attack in London.
"In order to ensure clean Ganga, the industrial units which are located on the banks of Ganga will be shifted to other places.
"The framework of this plan has been drawn. The Uttar Pradesh government is making efforts to shift the tanneries located in Kanpur to other places," said Bharti, minister for water resources, river development & Ganga rejuvenation, who was here to participate in Ganga Dashera celebrations.
She also said once the Ganga is cleaned, mass awareness will be needed to maintain its cleanliness, for which she will herself undertake a 'padyatra' from Gangotri to Ganga Sagar.
This is exactly the timeline Uma Bharti had given to clean the Ganga in an interview to Rediff.com shortly after she became a minister. Read the interview here.
At the Manchester Benefit Concert, the 'Side to Side' singer, who opened her performance with her hit song 'Be Alright,' followed by 'Break Free', also recalled meeting the mother of victim Olivia Campbell, 15, who died in the deadly explosion.
"As soon as I met her I started crying and I gave her a big hug and she said I should stop crying because Olivia would have wanted me to stop crying," she said as she fought back tears. "And she said Olivia would have wanted to hear the hits," she said as reported by E! Online.
Grande also said that meeting Campbell's mother made her change the set list at the last minute to include more of her chart-topping songs. "She said Olivia would have wanted to hear the hits."
During the star-studded concert Grande was joined by Marcus Mumford, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, the Black Eyed Peas, Chris Martin, Oasis, Pharrell, Little Mix and others to celebrate and honor the 22 victims of the bombing that occurred after Grande's concert on May 22.
The bus was on its way to Gonda.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Jogendra Kumar said, "The accident involving a bus of the Uttar Pradesh State Transport Corporation and a truck took place between 1.00 am and 1.30 am."
Twenty-two passengers of the bus were killed while 15 sustained injuries. One of the passengers is critically injured and has been hospitalised, the police said.
On Sunday, Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal faced this problem, and that too in his own parliamentary area.
Meghwal was on a tour to Dholia village, about 12 km from Rajasthan's Bikaner district. During his visit, the villagers talked about their problems in the area and alleged that the officers did not listen to them.
When Meghwal phoned the officers from the spot, there was no network so he could not reach to them.
The villagers told him that this was a major issue faced on a daily basis. They also said if he climbed a tree the network will be found. Immediately a ladder was brought for the minister.
When Meghwal climbed the ladder kept against a tree, his cell phone came into the network area and he could talk to the officers.
09:04 Cops accidentally shoot civilian during London terror attack: The British police accidentally shot a civilian during response during the response to Saturday night's terror attack in London that left seven people dead and several others wounded.
However, he was not critically injured.
Assistant Commission of the Metropolitan Police Mark Rowley said that a civilian was hit by a bullet as the police officers confronted the terrorists.
"As the officers confronted the terrorists -- and were shot -- a member of the public also suffered gunshot wounds. Although we do not believe the injuries to critical in nature, they are in hospital receiving medical attention. We will of course keep you updated on that," he said.
Rowley said the investigation was progressing at pace and officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, the National Counter Terrorism Policing network are working relentlessly with UK intelligence partners to piece together exactly what had occurred the place.
"We have already made significant progress, but of course, there remains much more to do. We are making significant progress in identifying the three attackers, and that there were no other suspects at the scene, when the attack was carried out," he added.
Four terrorists were killed on Monday in a retaliatory fire by security forces when they attempted to attack a CRPF camp at Sumbal in Bandipora district, Jammu and Kashmir.
The heavily armed terrorists tried to enter the CRPF's 45 Battalion camp at around 4:10 am, opening fire at the sentry post.
"Four militants were killed in the retaliatory firing and the suicide attack was foiled," a police official said.
Lalit K Jha/PTI reports: A day after the London terror attack President Donald Trump declared: "I will do what is necessary to prevent
this threat from spreading to our shores and work every single day to protect the safety and security of our country, our communities and our people."
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Trump said he has spoken to British Prime Minister Theresa May on the horrific attack. </p><p>
During the conversation, he "pledged that the US will do everything in our power to assist the United Kingdom and its
citizens as they work to protect their country and to bring those that are guilty to justice".
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"America sends our thoughts, our prayers and our deepest sympathies to the victims of this evil slaughter and we renew
our resolve -- stronger than ever before -- to protect the United States and its allies from a vile enemy that has waged
war on innocent life. And it's gone on too long. This bloodshed must end. This bloodshed will end," Trump said.