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New Delhi, Feb 9: An Indian Air Force officer, who was taken into custody by the counter intelligence wing of the force for alleged involvement in espionage and leaking classified documents, has been charged under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) and handed over to the police, sources said. They said, the Group Captain, posted at the IAF headquarters here, was handed over to Delhi Police on

Dhaka, Feb 8: A court in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, has sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to jail in a corruption case. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Special Court-5 on Thursday sentenced the two-time former prime minister to five years rigorous imprisonment. He read out selected parts of the 632-page verdict. "The verdict proves no one is above the law," Law and Parliamentary

Dhaka, Feb 8: A court in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, has sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to jail in a corruption case. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Special Court-5 on Thursday sentenced the two-time former prime minister to five years rigorous imprisonment. He read out selected parts of the 632-page verdict. "The verdict proves no one is above the law," Law and Parliamentary

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah led Karnataka government is waiting for a detailed report by the State Temperance Board before taking a call on whether impose a complete ban on sale of liquor. As per the suggestion by Siddaramaiah, the Board members visited Bihar and had studied the ban on sale of liquor there. Board’s chairman H V Rudrappa told reporters on Thursday that he would submit the report to

New Delhi, Feb 8: The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up both the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh Government in connection with the Taj Mahal environment protection case. The Apex Court has expressed its unhappiness over the procedures of the Centre and the state government to deal the with the situtation. The Uttar Pradesh Government was asked to submit a protection and preservation plan for the

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 8: The inflow of NRI deposits to Kerala increased by 12 percent during 2016-17 and stood at Rs 1,52,348 crore as of March 2017. Total NRI deposits in public sector banks as of March 2017 was Rs 83,855 crore and Rs 68,493 crore in private sector banks, according to the Economic review 2017 tabled in the state assembly recently. As of March 2016, the NRI deposit was Rs 1,35

New Delhi, Feb 8: Declaring that Congress president Rahul Gandhi was her boss too, Sonia Gandhi today said the process to revive the party's fortunes had begun and she would work with "like-minded parties" to ensure the BJP's defeat in the next elections. The Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson launched an all-out attack on the BJP and the Modi government and alleged that the government

New Delhi, Feb 8: Declaring that Congress president Rahul Gandhi was her boss too, Sonia Gandhi today said the process to revive the party's fortunes had begun and she would work with "like-minded parties" to ensure the BJP's defeat in the next elections. The Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson launched an all-out attack on the BJP and the Modi government and alleged that the government

Dubai, Feb 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India's energy security and infrastructural investments from the UAE will be the key topics of his discussions with the Gulf nation's top leadership this week. In an interview to Gulf News' XPRESS ahead of his two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates from Saturday, Modi said that he will meet Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice

New Delhi, Feb 8: "Rahul Gandhi (Congress chief) now my boss too, let there be no doubt about that," Sonia Gandhi today told Congress parliamentarians. Rahul Gandhi took over as party president in December. Sonia Gandhi, 71, was Congress president for 19 years before she handed over the party's reins to Rahul Gandhi. "He is now my boss too-let there be no doubt about that - and I know that all of