Former Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for a second day of questioning in connection with the agency's probe into the irregular seat-sharing on Air India's profitable routes.


Praful Patel appears before ED in AI seat-sharing case


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Around the same time when Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was holding high level meeting in Lucknow on Monday evening to discuss means to stop crime against child and women in the state, a cleric was arrested in Meerut for raping a 12-year-old girl in a madrasa.


More child rape cases in UP even as Yogi cracks the whip


US President Donald Trump has said that tariffs on Mexican goods "will be reinstated" if Mexico's Congress does not approve an immigration deal between the US and Mexico.


Trump renews tariff threat against Mexico


US President Donald Trump said that he will move forward with proposed tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese imports if China's President Xi Jinping does not meet with him at the G20 summit later this month in Japan.


Trump to slap more tariffs on China if Xi skips G20 summit


Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have bilateral meetings with leaders of Russia and China during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit later this month but not with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.


Modi to meet Xi, Putin at SCO but not Imran Khan


The fight against terrorism is at the heart of France's priorities and the country will stay alongside India in this battle, French Minister of State for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean Baptiste Lemoyne said on Monday.


Fight against terrorism at heart of our priorities: French minister


About six months into his tenure, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has called for an integrated strategy that blends judicious industrialisation with sustainable development sensitive to the lifestyles of the tribals, who form over a third of the central Indian state's 26 million population. The plan may well be referred to as the 'Chhattisgarh Model of Development'.


Chhattisgarh CM propounds new model of development


The Government has compulsorily retired almost a dozen senior tax officers on charges ranging from extortion, bribe and sexual harassment.


Government compulsorily retires tax officers on extortion, bribe, sexual harassment charges


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) here on Monday questioned for over eight hours former Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel in connection with a money laundering probe into the losses suffered by Air India under the alleged multi-crore aviation scam.


Aviation scam: ED quizzes Praful Patel for 8 hours


Facing a severe drop in reservoir water levels, with the water in two reservoirs in the state down to less than 20 days of consumption, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said that he would write to the Union Mines Ministry seeking permission to convert some of the unused mining pits for rainwater harvesting purposes.


Goa wants to use abandoned mining pits for rain water harvesting


Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was on Monday arrested by the country's anti-corruption watchdog in a fake bank accounts case.


Zardari arrested by NAB in fake accounts case (2nd Lead)


Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Monday rubbished the opposition Congress' charge that formalin, a carcinogenic cadaver preservative, was still being used to preserve fish sold in the state.


Formalin-laced fish: Goa Health Minister junks Congress charge


Arunachal Pradesh Governor B.D. Mishra met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his office in the North Block, here on Monday, and briefed him about the security scenario in the state.


Arunachal Governor apprises Shah of security scene


The BJP government in Tripura has asked the Centre to expedite the probe into all the 74 chit fund cases in connection with the unlawful collection of money from people by illegal chit fund organisations, an official said on Monday.


Tripura asks Centre to expedite chit fund cases probe


Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was on Monday arrested by the country's anti-corruption body in a fake bank accounts case.


Zardari arrested by NAB in fake accounts case


A Special Court in Pathankot on Monday convicted six people for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year. It pronounced a life imprisonment of 25 years to three -- temple priest and mastermind Sanji Ram, Deepak Khajuria and Parvesh Kumar.


Life term for mastermind, 2 others in Kathua rape-murder case (2nd Lead)


Five days after an infant got was trapped in a 150-foot-deep abandoned borewell in a Punjab village, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has asked the officials to ensure that no open borewell existed in any district and sought a report in 24 hours.


Punjab CM orders closure of all open borewells


External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Monday said no meeting has been organised between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to be held later in June.


Modi to meet Xi, Putin at SCO but not Imran Khan: MEA


Former Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia may have lost the parliamentary elections but there is no shortage of enthusiasm among his fans. In a bizarre incident, a fan not only got the Congress leader's image tattooed on his chest but has also stopped wearing a shirt or footwear.


Man gets Scindia's image tattooed on chest


Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said here on Monday he had assured India of expediting the delayed Indo-Lanka projects, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the island country.


Colombo to expedite delayed Indo-Lanka projects


Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Monday reaffirmed her backing for a new bill allowing extradition to mainland China that has prompted massive protests, although she said the region's government would ensure the protection of suspects' human rights.

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