Neeta Sharma

9 Arvind Kejriwal Aides Sacked By Centre, Worked For Rs 2.50, Says One

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Subrat Nanda | Wednesday April 18, 2018

Setting up a fresh round of confrontation with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi, the central government has cancelled the appointments of nine advisers and consultants, saying the posts did not have the approval of the centre.

Minister VK Singh Tweets On Kathua Rape, Says "Failed Her As Humans"

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday April 12, 2018

Union Minister VK Singh today added his voice to the spiraling outrage over the gang-rape and murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir, which has jolted India. "We have failed [her] as humans. But she will not be denied justice," said the junior foreign minister, becoming the first member of the central government to speak on the horr...

Mehbooba Mufti Meets Rajnath Singh, Accuses BJP Of Playing Politics On Kathua Rape Case

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Thursday April 12, 2018

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday and accused the BJP state leadership of creating trouble in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting came in the wake of growing demands for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI into the gang-rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua.

Amidst Cyber Threats, Government On Lookout For Experts To Safeguard Data

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Thursday April 12, 2018

Regular cyber threats to government data has pushed the Ministry of Home Affairs to go on a hiring spree. The Home Ministry is on a look out for cyber experts who can safeguard data assets of the government.

Union Cabinet Gives Lieutenant Governors A Hefty Salary Hike

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Wednesday April 11, 2018

Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories will soon get fatter pay packages. The government today cleared a proposal to raise the salary of administrators of centrally-administered cities to Rs 2.25 lakh. Lieutenant Governors are the last set of dignitaries to have been granted the hike after the centre implemented the seventh pay commission recomm...

States Brace For Bharat Bandh After Home Ministry Alert: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday April 10, 2018

The Union home ministry has advised all states to strengthen security and check any possible violence after certain groups called for a Bharat Bandh today against caste-based reservation in jobs and education. While calls for the bandh are being circulated on social media, no group has yet come forward to make it official. The Home Ministry's advis...

Pak Diplomat On India's 'Most Wanted' List For Alleged 26/11-Style Plot

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 9, 2018

A Pakistani diplomat is for the first time on the list of India's most wanted over his alleged role in a conspiracy to target vital establishments. Amir Zubair Siddiqui was visa counsellor at the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo when he planned 26/11 style attacks in India, alleges the country's top anti-terror body National Investigation Agency...

Chanda Kochhar's Brother-In-Law Arrives Early On Day 2 Of CBI Questioning

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta and Neeta Sharma, Edited by Subrat Nanda | Friday April 6, 2018

Rajiv Kochhar, the brother-in-law of ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar, is being questioned for the second day today by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with alleged improprieties in connection with loans given to the Videocon group.

Three Senior RBI Officials Questioned By The CBI in PNB Scam, Say Sources

India News | Reported By Neeta Sharma, Edited By Debjani Chatterjee | Thursday April 5, 2018

In the Nirav Modi scam, the investigators are now looking into whether officials of the Reserve Bank of India were aware of rules being broken by Punjab National Bank officers, while issuing Letters of Understanding to Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. Sources in the CBI have told NDTV that senior officials of the RBI are being questioned in connection ...

Communal Violence Goes Up In Country, Uttar Pradesh Still Tops List

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Wednesday March 14, 2018

Uttar Pradesh led the nationwide increase in communal violence in 2017, according to statistics placed by the Union Home Ministry in parliament on Wednesday. The figures indicate that incidents of communal violence have gone up to 822 and killed 111 people last year, the highest in four years.

"Want To Lose Weight? Dial CBI": Karti Chidambaram After 12-Day Custody

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Monday March 12, 2018

If anyone wants to lose weight, there is no need for gym or diet. Just stay in CBI custody and eat CBI canteen food: That's the advise of Karti Chidambaram, the son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, who spent the last 12 days in custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation after being arrested in connection with a corruption case. The 48-y...

Karti Chidambaram Sent To Tihar Jail Till March 24, Asks For Separate Cell

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday March 12, 2018

Karti Chidambaram, former Union Minister P Chidambaram's son, has been sent to Delhi's Tihar jail till March 24 in a case of corruption. A court has asked jail officials to assess whether his request for a separate cell for security reasons is justified.

"Haven't Given My Password To CBI And Will Not Give": Karti Chidambaram To NDTV

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday March 9, 2018

Karti Chidambaram, being investigated by the CBI for corruption, stressed today that he would not turn over his phone password to the CBI, speaking to NDTV as he waited for a court hearing. The son of senior Congress leader and former union minister P Chidambaram also complained about the food he was being served in custody.

P Chidambaram Could Be Questioned Soon, Son Karti's CBI Custody Extended

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Tuesday March 6, 2018

Karti Chidambaram will have to spend three more days in custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation, a Delhi Court ordered after the CBI underlined that it had "concrete credible evidence collected recently" against him. The agency had asked the court to extend Karti Chidambaram's CBI custody by nine days.

Air Force Officer Arrested In Delhi, Was Seduced By ISI Spies On Chat

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday February 9, 2018

An Indian Air Force (IAF) officer has been arrested in Delhi on charges of espionage and passing on classified information to Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI. Group Captain Arun Marwaha, 51, leaked information and documents to two Pakistani agents who chatted with him on social media pretending to be women, say inve...