Qaisar Mansoor The AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam is a corruption case where it has been alleged that bribes were paid to “middlemen”, perhaps even politicians, when India agreed to buy 12 AgustaWestland helicopters built by Italian defence manufacturing giant Finmeccanica at an estimated cost of Rs
New Delhi: The CBI has filed a supplementary charge sheet in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland scam against former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma and four Indian Air Force personnel, officials said. The CBI filed the charge sheet in a special court in Delhi after getting the
Islamabad: Pakistan has rejected India's "baseless" objection to inviting Kashmiri leaders to participate in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit being held next week in Islamabad. In a statement, the Foreign Office said Pakistan strongly rejected the statement by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs
Geneva: : A United Nations human rights expert has accused the Indian government of tacitly allowing incitement to violence against Muslims in a report that documents the state-driven and tolerated hatred, discrimination and violence against minorities in India. The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion
Qaisar Mansoor Indian attempts to label the legitimate Kashmiri struggle as terrorism cannot deter the valiant people of Jammu and Kashmir from their demand of exercising their right to self-determination in accordance with the UN resolutions Hindu festival Holi, also known as the festival of colours, which
Male: The Maldivian national held at the airport was Shiyan Shafeeu, an assistant manager at WAMCO. Shiyan departed from the Maldives yesterday at 12pm, and he was scheduled to transit through Bengaluru and Raipur on his way to New Delhi. Shiyan told The Maldives Journal that he
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and vice-president of Udupi Government Pre-University College Development Committee Yashpal Suvarna called the girls who approached the Karnataka high court to challenge the hijab ban on college campuses as “anti-nationals” who are “members of a terrorist organisation”. The court dismissed the
Jaipur: A 26-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped at gunpoint in Dholpur district of Rajasthan police said on Friday. In her complaint registered with Kanchanpur police station, the woman alleged that she was returning home with her husband from the farm at around 6 pm on
Mumbai: A catholic cross on S V road, Vile Parle was allegedly vandalised on March 12, reports from RVA news stated. As per the report, the cross was locally referred to as 'Holy Cross.' The incident is the latest in a series where traditional Christian roadside
Tokyo: Tens of thousands of Japanese households remained without power on Thursday morning after a magnitude 7.4 quake struck shortly before midnight, throwing a swathe of northeastern Japan into darkness, severing key transportation links and killing four. Companies including Toyota Motor Corp and chipmaker Renesas Electronics