NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested 11 more accused in the conspiracy relating to the communal violence that took place during Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal in March 2023. These arrests have come less than a month after 16 persons were arrested by NIA in the six cases, which were transferred … Read more
Mumbai, The Bombay High Court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced former policeman Pradeep Sharma to life imprisonment in connection with the fake encounter of Ramnarayan Gupta, an alleged close aide of gangster Chhota Rajan in 2006, in Mumbai. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Gauri Godse quashed the sessions court’s 2013 judgment … Read more
2023 was a busy year in science. Here are 10 stories worth revisiting as we wind up the year. 1. Canadian Jeremy Hansen chosen to fly to the moon A Canadian astronaut was selected as part of the crew for NASA’s Artemis II mission to the moon. Jeremy Hansen and three crew mates will fly … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes India’s relations with Canada may have undergone “a tonal shift” in the days since the unsealing of a U.S. indictment alleging a conspiracy to murder a Sikh activist on American soil. The prime minister made the remarks in an end-of-year interview with the CBC’s Rosemary Barton. Indian Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
The bread supplier that admitted to price-fixing earlier this year says any anti-competitive behaviour it participated in was at the direction and to the benefit of its then-majority owner Maple Leaf Foods. In a statement of defence for a class-action lawsuit alleging a bread price-fixing scheme, Canada Bread denies participating in a “lengthy, wide-ranging conspiracy” … Read more
