Sandeep Singh alias Deep, 23, from Moonak town in Sangrur district, had left for America from New Delhi on June 13 this year to make a better life for himself. Little did the Punjabi youngster know that his American dream would soon lay shattered, as Mexican immigration authorities deported him, […]
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Local BJP leader, wife shot dead in front of their kids in Jharkhand
A local BJP leader who was a deputy village headman was shot dead along with his wife in front their children by unknown assailants in Jharkhand’s Maoist dominated Khunti district, around 50 km from the state capital, police said on Sunday. The man was identified as Sheetal Munda, who was […]
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DU teacher found dead on railway lines, mom found hanging 30 minutes later
A 27-year-old adhoc assistant professor of Delhi University’s St Stephen’s College was found dead at the railway tracks near Sarai Rohilla station on Saturday afternoon. Around half-an-hour later, the man’s 55-year-old mother was found hanging at their flat in northwest Delhi’s Pitampura, the police said. Police said the mother-son duo […]
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Air quality back in ‘moderate’, Gurugram least polluted in NCR
A day after Gurugram’s pollution levels exceeded that of neighbouring Delhi, its air quality on Sunday improved to ‘moderate’ category, making it the least polluted among major cities in the national capital region (NCR). On Sunday, Gurugram scored 185 (‘moderate’) on the Central Pollution Control Board’s daily air quality index (AQI) bulletin, down from […]
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Law students ragged at Allahabad University hostel, inquiry begins
A complaint of ragging with students of BA-LLB course of Allahabad University (AU) residing in Shatabdi (boys) hostel has been lodged by students and their parents with varsity officials, albeit anonymously, on Friday. Based on the complaint, AU proctor Prof Ram Sevak Dubey has begun an inquiry, inform AU officials. […]
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DMK MLA wants CBI to probe Sasikala and poll officials in Jayalalithaa’s fake thumb impression case
A DMK MLA sought a CBI probe in the case of late AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa’s fake thumb impression on the 2016 election affidavit of AIADMK candidate AK Bose– filed for Thirupparankundram assembly seat by-polls that year. DMK MLA Dr P Saravanan demanded that Jayalalithaa’s close aide VK Sasikala, AIADMK’s […]
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Campaign trail of Abhay Chautala: Eyeing CM’s post, Devi Lal’s grandson banks on personal connect
He may be facing the toughest electoral battle of his career but the confident-looking Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhay Chautala says he is a serious contender for the post of chief minister. “Mera dada Ch Devi Lal aur pita Ch Om Prakash Chautala kabhi mantri nahin rahe and […]
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Delhi’s Achilles heel: Eight spots with foulest air in national capital
The national capital, which is looking to its neighbouring states to control crop stubble burning, is not faring so well in its fight against local sources of pollution that foul the air every day. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has identified 13 ‘hot spots’ where unchecked violations cause pollution to spike. […]
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‘Poor power supply no excuse to run gensets’: NGT to Haryana discom
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday dismissed a petition by the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) seeking relief from the ban on diesel generators that was announced by the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (Epca) as part of emegency action under the Graded Response Action […]
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Delhi man, with Rs1.33 crore in his car, held in Gurugram
The police on Thursday detained a man for questioning, after Rs1.33 lakh cash was allegedly found in the boot space of his car. Income tax officials were questioning the suspect about the source of the cash. This was the biggest seizure of currency notes after the model code of conduct […]
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Ex-Rajasthan minister summoned by court for allegedly slapping IAS 22 years ago
Twenty-two years after a former minister in the Rajasthan government allegedly slapped an IAS officer, the CID-CB has presented it’s chargesheet in a Jaipur court. The additional chief judicial metropolitan magistrate court 11 has summoned former BJP leader and ex-minister Devi Singh Bhati on October 21. Bhati has denied the […]
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Bihar govt employees get Diwali gift with 5% hike in DA
The Bihar government employees will have a Diwali gift this time in terms of enhanced dearness allowance ( DA) in their salary this month. The government has already made preparations for implementing the enhanced dearness allowance and the proposal will be approved by the Cabinet in next few days. The […]
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Mumbai cops book six people for stealing water worth Rs 73 crore over 11 years
In probably a first for Maharashtra, police have booked six people for theft of groundwater over a period of 11 years from two illegal wells at Kalbadevi in south Mumbai, officials said on Wednesday. Mumbai’s Azad Maidan police registered an FIR against 6 persons for theft of groundwater valued around […]
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Post-monsoon showers likely in Mumbai from over the weekend: IMD
Even as the south-west monsoon has withdrawn from Mumbai and other parts of north Konkan, post-monsoon rain or thundershowers have been predicted for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar from Friday, continuing over the weekend. Rain may even continue on polling day (Monday) in different parts of the state, including Mumbai. Rain […]
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UP government employees get 30 days bonus as Diwali gift
The Yogi Adityanath government on Tuesday announced 30 days bonus as Diwali gift for its employees, besides directing release of their salary before the festival. Additional chief secretary Sanjiv Mittal released a government order, dated October 15, 2019, that said government employees, work charge employees and those working with aided […]