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New Delhi: In a major crackdown on bank loan defaulters, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday searched more than 50 locations in 12 states and Union Territories and registered 17 cases of bank fraud amounting to the tune of Rs 1,114 crore. A CBI official said that several teams of the probe agency […]

Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat, made some startling revelations recently on The Kapil Sharma Show about how some filmmakers crossed limits to add raunchiness to their movies. The actress claimed that a producer once asked if he could fry egg on her belly. “Once I was shooting a song for a film. And the producer seemed […]

Chennai: Dismissing media reports as rumours, telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Tamil Nadu Circle on Tuesday said there is no proposal to close down the company. In a statement issued here, the company said: “There is no proposal to close down BSNL as wrongly reported in a section of the press. Due to […]

Seoul: Samsung will introduce more Internet of Things (IOT) or connected appliances that can be controlled through devices such as smartphones in India when the market is ready and has 5G connectivity, a top company executive said on Tuesday. In India the company has already introduced IOT devices in the form of smart washing machines […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to all the 24 high courts to amend their guidelines in terms of the apex court’s judgement on procedures to be adopted for designating lawyers as seniors so that an advocate with ten years of experience at the bar may also […]

Jhansi: In order to consolidate its footprints on a pan-India basis, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has decided to set up more ‘shakhas in the southern states and, most importantly, in Jammu and Kashmir. The ongoing meeting of the RSS in Jhansi has decided to penetrate into the territories where it does not have a […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Centre to constitute within two weeks a high-level committee of experts to ascertain whether spraying insecticides or fumigation to ward off mosquitoes in aircraft was harmful for passengers. The court, which was hearing pleas against the National Green Tribunal’s ban on spraying of disinfectants and pesticides in […]

Ranchi: Five improvised explosive devices (IED) which were hidden by Maoists were recovered in Jharkhand’s Palamau district, police said on Tuesday, adding that the search is ongoing to find more explosives. The five IEDs, each weighing five kilograms, were recovered from Jamundih village after the villagers informed the police. The search operation was launched on […]

Riyadh: An Indian national was among nine people injured in an attack by Yemeni rebels on Abha international airport in southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, a spokesperson of the Saudi-led military coalition said. “A terrorist attack at Abha International Airport…led to the injury of 9 civilians – eight Saudis and one Indian national,” Coalition for […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday termed the vandalisation of a temple and violence in Old Delhi area as “condemnable”, while underlining that the national capital’s law and order is the responsibility of the Modi government. Tensions prevailed Monday in old Delhi’s Chawri Bazaar area after a fight over parking a scooter took a communal […]

New Delhi: Over 170 monuments and sites in the national capital have been declared as ‘monuments of national importance’, Culture Minister Prahlad Patel informed Parliament Tuesday. In a reply to a query in Rajya Sabha, he said the expenditure incurred on conservation, preservation and environmental development of centrally protected monuments and sites in Delhi during […]

New Delhi: Banned terrorist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh has been using some madrasas in West Bengal’s Burdwan and Murshidabad districts in West Bengal for radicalization and recruitment activities, Parliament was told on Tuesday. “Relevant inputs in this regard are regularly shared with the state governments and agencies concerned with the advice to take appropriate action,” Minister […]

London: Historical Indian objects including two intact Mughal ‘jamas’, a pair of gem-set bracelets and a full ‘thewa’ jewellery set will be auctioned by Sotheby’s London on July 9. The upcoming auction, “Recollections of Places Past: Property from the Estate of Sir John and Lady Smith”, will offer a private collection featuring paintings from the […]

Pithoragarh (U’khand): ITBP climbers have brought down all seven bodies of mountaineers recovered from the western ridge of the Nanda Devi East peak to a lower camp at a height of 15,600-feet from where they will be airlifted to Munsiyari on Wednesday. Four of the bodies were carried down on Monday and the rest of […]

New Delhi: Showering praise on young stumper Rishabh Pant, former India batsman Yuvraj Singh feels Pant is India’s No. 4 batsman for the future. Yuvraj also said that the wicketkeeper-batsman needs to be groomed properly for the slot. Pant was included in India’s World Cup squad after opener Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out due to […]