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Supreme Court issues notice on Sajjan Kumar's plea

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the CBI on former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s appeal challenging the Delhi High Court verdict sentencing him to life imprisonment following his conviction in one of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. The bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Ashok Bhushan and Sanjay […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Five injured in clashes in Jammu & Kashmir's Shopian

Srinagar: Five civilians were injured on Sunday in clashes between security forces and demonstrators in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district following the killing of a militant commander. Stone-pelting youth clashed with the security forces in Sugan village, from which hailed Al-Badr commander Zeenatul Islam, who was killed in a gunfight with the security forces on […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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19 dead in China coal mine accident

Xi’an (China): Nineteen miners were killed while another two remained trapped underground after a roof collapse happened in a coal mine in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, according to local authorities. The accident happened around 4:30 p.m. local time on Saturday at the Lijiagou coal mine of the Baiji Mining Co., Ltd. in the city of […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Kerala tops list with 5 out of 10 destinations in India

Thiruvananthapuram: Booking.com, one of the world’s leading digital travel platforms, on Saturday revealed that Kerala toped the list with five out of 10 most welcoming tourist destinations in India. According to its 2018 Guest Review Awards survey data, the five destinations were Varkala, Kochi, Thekkady, Alleppey and Munnar. For the seventh annual edition of the […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
India dismisses Pakistan's allegation regarding Chinese mission attack

New Delhi: India has dismissed allegations by Pakistan about playing a role in the terrorist attack on the Chinese mission in Karachi last year saying Islamabad should instead take credible action against support to terrorism. “We have seen statements in Pakistani media attributed to the police chief of Karachi making false allegations against India for […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
Low intensity earthquake hits Kashmir

Srinagar: A low intensity earthquake measuring three on the Richter scale hit the Kashmir Valley on Friday, with no reports of casualties or damage. The earthquake occurred at 8.21 a.m. at a depth of 10 km. The epicentre was in the Jammu and Kashmir region, an official of the disaster management department said. “The coordinates […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Nageswara Rao again takes over CBI Director's duties

New Delhi: A day after the removal of Alok Verma, Additional Director M. Nageswara Rao on Friday again took charge of the office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director, the agency said. Rao, a 1986-batch Odisha cadre Indian Police Service officer, took charge in pursuance of an order of the Department of Personnel […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Ronaldo's DNA sought by police in US investigating rape

Las Vegas: Las Vegas police investigating a rape allegation against Cristiano Ronaldo have sent a warrant to Italian authorities for a sample of the Portuguese football superstar’s DNA, a police spokeswoman said. “The LVMPD (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department) is taking the same steps in this case as in any other sexual assault to facilitate […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Quota bill moved in Rajya Sabha amid uproar

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till afternoon following protests by opposition members amidst demands that the Constitution bill providing for upper caste reservation be sent to a Select Committee for detailed consideration even as the government sought to push ahead with its passage on the last day of the winter session on Wednesday. […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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SC order on CBI chief no setback, government will comply: Jaitley

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday said the Supreme Court verdict on CBI Director Alok Verma’s reinstatement was not a “setback” to it and it will comply with the order asking it to convene a meeting of the special committee within a week to look at the issue afresh. Talking to reporters, Finance Minister Arun […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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3 Bhutanese arrested for smuggling rhino horn, elephant tusk

Siliguri: Three Bhutanese citizens were arrested in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district with an illegal consignment of a rhino horn and an elephant tusk, an official said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, forest officials conducted a search operation in Dooars area on Saturday and arrested the accused alongwith the rhino horn and the elephant tusk, […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Mumbai Special Court declares Vijay Mallya 'fugitive'

Mumbai: In a significant victory for the investigating agencies, a Mumbai Special Court on Saturday declared absconder liquor baron Vijay Mallya a ‘fugitive’ under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018. A Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court in Mumbai gave its verdict in a case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in June […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Married at age of 10 months, Urma ends shackles of child marriage

Jodhpur: After suffering for 18 long years after being married off at a tender age of 10 months, 19-year-old Urma Bishnoi has finally ended the shackles of child marriage. Urma, who is from Kaparda village in Jodhpur, was married off to a boy from the same village in 1999 when she was just 10 month […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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No decision on phasing out Rs 2,000 note: Top official

New Delhi: Amid reports of gradual phasing out of Rs 2,000 notes, the government on Friday clarified that there had been no decision on the printing of the high denomination note “recently”, while hinting that their printing has been stopped as there is “more than adequate” stock in circulation. Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Veteran actress Moushumi Chatterjee joins BJP

New Delhi: Ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, veteran Bollywood actor Moushumi Chatterjee on Wednesday joined the BJP in the national capital. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of party’s national secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya. Chatterjee, who contested 2004 Lok Sabha unsuccessfully as Congress candidate from Kolkata North East constituency, lost to Communist […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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