New Delhi’ ‘2-1-2024:  Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with an alleged money laundering case linked to the issuance of Chinese visas. Speaking to reporters after appearing before the central agency, Karti called it a ‘futile exercise’, referring to his previous rounds …

New Delhi’2-1-2024:A record eight crore 18 lakh Income Tax Returns, ITRs were filed in the current financial year till Sunday. This is nine per cent more than the total ITRs filed in the last fiscal. According to Central Board of Direct Taxes, around 7.5 crore ITRs were filed last year …

New Delhi’2-1-2024:Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting will be held in New Delhi this evening. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh recently visited Jammu and Kashmir to take stock of the situation in the wake the terrorist attack last …

Tiruchirappalli,2’Jan ‘2024:Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated, dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone of multipledevelopment projects worth over 20,000 crore rupees in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu today. These projects belong to aviation, rail, road, oil and gas, shipping and higher education sectors. Mr Modi also inaugurated the New Terminal …

02-01-2024 TOKYO: Eight people have been killed in a powerful earthquake in Japan which caused homes to collapse and triggered tsunami warnings. Thousands of people living in coastal areas have spent the night in evacuation centres after being told to head to higher ground. There are no longer any tsunami …

02-01-2024 RAFAH: As they turn from a year that could barely have brought more bitter hardship after 12 weeks of a pulverising Israeli assault, people in Gaza have little hope that 2024 will bring much relief. In Rafah on Gaza’s border with Egypt, which has become the biggest focal point …

02-01-2024 WASHINGTON: Artificial intelligence represents a mixed blessing for the legal field, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said in a year-end report published on Sunday, urging “caution and humility” as the evolving technology transforms how judges and lawyers go about their work. Roberts struck an ambivalent tone in …

02-01-2024 LONDON: British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Sunday he had made clear in a call with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian that Iran shared responsibility for preventing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. “I made clear that Iran shares responsibility for preventing these attacks, given their long-standing support …

02-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ AYODHYA: Less than a month before a grand Hindu temple opens, India’s northern town of Ayodhya is buzzing with activity as finishing touches are put on a project seen as the centrepiece of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election campaign. Once a sleepy temple …

02-01-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ BAMAKO: The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, is poised to complete its withdrawal from the country on Sunday, the United Nations said in a statement. Security experts warn the area could now become the focus of a struggle in the north as rebel groups and the …