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Former Telecom GM, Nalanda Telecom Service proprietor sentenced to 5 years’ jail for corruption

New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) A Special Court in Patna has sentenced former GM (Telecom) B B Rai, former Telecom Divisional Engineer Rampati Chikhaiyar, and Nalanda Telecom Service proprietor Perwez Ahmad to five years rigorous imprisonment for corruption in a 27-year-old contract for repair of faulty EPBT cards, officials said Wednesday. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 6 lakh each on Rai and Chikhaiyar, and Rs 16 lakh on Ahmad, they said. The CBI had taken over the probe in the case on January 29, 1996, to investigate the allegations that Rai, while working as Director (Officiating) in

India asks citizens to be careful if traveling to Canada as rift widens over Sikh leader’s death

NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Wednesday advised its citizens to be careful when traveling to Canada as a rift between the two nations widens further in the wake of Ottawa’s allegations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban Vancouver. The foreign ministry in New Delhi issued an updated travel advisory, urging its nationals and especially those studying in the North American country to be cautious because of “growing anti-India activities and politically condoned hate-crimes.” Indians should also avoid going to venues in Canada where “threats have particularly targeted Indian diplomats

Second wife of deceased government employee claims family pension, though first wife is alive

Ahmedabadi, Sep 20: The Gujarat High Court is hearing a case on the issue of whether the second wife of a deceased government employee can claim a family pension. The court has directed the applicant’s lawyer to present rules and documents supporting the claim that the second wife is entitled to 50% of the family pension, even with the first wife still alive. The deceased government employee joined the revenue department in 1971 and opted for voluntary retirement as Deputy Mamlatdar in 2006, after 33 years of service. He was first married and had a child who tragically died in

Canada, US worked closely on possible India link to Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing

OTTAWA, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Canada worked “very closely” with the United States on intelligence that Indian agents had been potentially involved in the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia earlier this year, a senior Canadian government source said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that domestic intelligence agencies were actively pursuing credible allegations tying New Delhi’s agents to the shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, in June. “We’ve been working with the U.S. very closely, including on the public disclosure yesterday,” the source said. The evidence in Canada’s possession would be shared “in due

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