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Jamiat chief flags Muslim discrimination, cites Al Falah case; draws flak

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Maulana Arshad Madani's remarks alleging discrimination against Muslims while citing the example of the Al Falah University, which is under scanner in the Delhi blast......

'It Is A Tug Of War For Trump'

'Will he be on Europe and Ukraine's side? Or will he decide that Russia is more important for America?' IMAGE: Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building which was hit by Russian missile......

Compensation Assured for Crash Victims

The only case where there could be a change in insurance payout is if Air India's management were found to be aware of the accident and the accident was deliberate. IMAGE: The tail of the......

Modi presents 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' to King Charles

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented a tree sapling as part of his 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' environmental initiative to King Charles III during his audience with the monarch at his Sandringham Estate......

PNB fraud: Nirav Modi's brother Nehal held soon after 3-year US jail term

Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's younger brother, Nehal Modi, walked out of a US prison on Friday after serving a nearly-three-year sentence in a cheating case and was taken into custody soon......

Antwerp court clears fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi's extradition

A court in Antwerp on Friday cleared the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, noting that his arrest by the Belgian authorities on India's request was valid, officials in the know of......

Mehul Choksi's bail plea rejected by Belgian court

The bail plea of fugitive diamonds trader Mehul Choksi, wanted in India in connection with over Rs 6300-crore fraud in the Punjab National Bank (PNB), has again been turned down by a court of......

AI 171 Crash: Insurance Cost: $475 Million

'$125 million for the hull and the remaining of over $350 million for liability.' IMAGE: AI 171 was seen in flames after it crashed into a medical college complex in Ahmedabad minutes after......

Mehul Choksi detained in Belgium on India's extradition request

Absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Belgium following an extradition request by Indian probe agencies for his involvement in the Rs 13,000 crore PNB bank loan "fraud" case,......

Meet India's first private reinsurer

In Debasish Panda’s last board meeting as chairperson of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai), the regulator approved the “R2” licence for Kamlesh......

Leicester owner's family files $2.7b claim over 2018 helicopter crash

IMAGE: Tributes for Leicester City's owner Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, and four other people, who died when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed as it left the ground......

Champions League hosts tighten security after Islamic State threat

IMAGE: Police is seen outside the stadium ahead of the Champions League quarter-final first leg between Real Madrid and Manchester City, at the Santiago Bernabeu, in Madrid, Spain, on Tuesday,......

Events That Changed Indian Cricket Forever

Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......

IPL franchises luring England players to quit international cricket

IMAGE: Six England players have been approached by IPL franchises with multi-million pound deals. Photograph: BCCI Owners of top IPL franchises are trying to convince as many as six premier......

2000 match-fixing scandal: Bookie Sanjeev Chawla extradited from UK

IMAGE: Sanjiv Chawla (masked) a key accused in the match-fixing scandal involving former South African cricket team captain Hansie Cronje in 2000, at crime branch office, in New Delhi.......