The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized properties worth Rs 1.46 crore including an apartment here and land in Haryana belonging to Delhi Minister Kailash Gahlot's brother Harish, an official said on Tuesday.


ED seizes properties of Delhi Minister's brother


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Days after a letter by state BJP chief P.S. Sreedharan Pillai written to the Centre asking it to stall a national highway project became public, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday slammed the activities of the right wing forces for hindering the state's development.


BJP an obstacle to Kerala's progress: Vijayan


The Congress on Tuesday handed over the list of 21 lakh farmers whose loans the ruling party says it has waived off to former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.


Congress names 21 lakh farmers whose loans axed


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday quashed an FIR filed against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Somnath Bharti in a domestic violence case lodged by his wife.


Delhi HC quashes FIR against AAP's Somnath Bharti


UK Prime Minister Theresa May will meet Graham Brady, the chairman of an influential committee of backbench Tory MPs, amid calls for her to set a resignation date, the media reported on Tuesday.


UK PM to meet senior Tory amid calls to resign


Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday surrendered in a Bihar court in Begusarai district in connection with violation of model code of conduct and granted bail.


Giriraj surrenders in court, granted bail


In a set back to the Opposition, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to increase the count for the verification of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips with Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.


SC declines increase in verification of VVPAT slips with EVMs


Tony Abbott bet me $100 that the climate will not change in 10 years, says an Australian writer and author of "Here Where We Live". Cassie Flanagan Willanski says the former Australian Prime Minister is so confident "climate change is nothing to worry about" that he put his money on it.


Ex-Australian PM Abbott bets $100 on no climate change



Ex-Australian PM bets $100 climate will not change


A woman on Tuesday threw an egg at Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a campaign event for the general elections slated to be held on May 18.


Woman throws egg at Australian PM at election event


US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said that the administration will be moving forward on President Donald Trump's latest threat to escalate tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods effective from Friday.


US to move forward with Trump's tariff threat


Facebook has removed 118 accounts, Pages and Groups involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour on its platform, as well as on Instagram, as part of a network emanating from Russia that focused on Ukraine and several other countries.


Facebook removes 118 fake Russian accounts


Tej Bahadur Yadav, thedismissed Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, moved the Supreme Court on Monday challenging rejection of his nomination papers by the Election Commission to contest Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi.


Ex-BSF jawan moves SC over rejection of nomination


Voting in Jammu and Kashmir's restive Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency - which went to polls in an unprecedented three stages - ended on Monday with the heavy security ensuring a largely peaceful election, but the turnout not even reaching double figures.


Anantnag poll mostly peaceful but total turnout only 9%


The Union Home Ministry on Monday released an additional financial assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for Odisha, which has been ravaged by cyclone Fani, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted an aerial survey of the affected areas and took stock of the relief measures earlier in the day.


Home Ministry releases Rs 1,000 cr aid to Odisha


The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a bunch of review petitions in Rafale deal, saying it will club the review pleas and the contempt case against Congress President Rahul Gandhi's "chowkidar chor hai" remark attributing it to the top court on May 10.


SC to hear Rafale review pleas, contempt plea against Rahul on May 10


As many as 150 Taliban and 30 civilians were killed in airstrikes by the US and Afghan forces on the militant group's drug labs in western Afghanistan, officials said on Monday.


150 Taliban among 180 killed in Afghan airstrikes


The Sri Lankan police arrested two people after mobs attacked Muslim-owned shops and vandalized vehicles in Negombo, the site of one of the Easter Sunday bombings.


Two arrested after mob violence in Sri Lanka


A resident of Madhya Pradesh on Monday set a unique example by turning up at the polling booth in the Hoshangabad Lok Sabha constituency while mourning his son's death.


Man turns up to vote in MP despite son's death


Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday demanded Rs 17,000 crore long-term assistance from the Centre for the cyclone-ravaged state.


Odisha seeks Rs 17,000 cr cyclone assistance


The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the disqualification proceedings against three rebel AIADMK MLAs in Tamil Nadu.

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