A special court constituted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on Friday. It rejected the bail applications of Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik and four other persons arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for their alleged involvement in a drugs case allegedly linked to Rajput’s death. […]
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Urgent need for Pakistan to take immediate, irreversible action against terror groups: Indo-US joint statement
India and the US have called on Pakistan to take “immediate, sustained and irreversible action” to ensure that Pakistani territory isn’t used for terror attacks and to speedily bring to justice the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai and 2016 Pathankot attacks. The two countries also underscored the need for concerted action […]
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Virtual courts can aid in distributive justice by ensuring accessibility and affordability: Bhupender Yadav
A department-related standing committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice headed by Bhupender Yadav, a member of the Rajya Sabha (RS) and the national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Friday suggested that virtual court proceedings should be allowed to continue beyond the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) […]
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India, China Agree On 5-Point Plan For Resolving Border Standoff In Ladakh
India and China have agreed on a five-point plan for resolving the prolonged border face-off in eastern Ladakh that included abiding by all existing agreements and protocol on management of the frontier, maintaining peace and tranquility and avoiding any action that could escalate matters. The two countries agreed to the […]
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BJP MLA writes to Amit Shah over Kangana Ranaut, alleges Dawood angle in case
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Uttar Pradesh, Nand Kishore Gurjar, has written to home minister Amit Shah requesting him to upgrade actor Kangna Ranaut’s security to Z plus and to dismiss Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray-led coalition government for allegedly ‘illegally’ demolishing Ranaut’s office in Mumbai. Ranaut was provided […]
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ICMR publishes first sero survey results; 6.4 million were likely Covid-19 infected around May
India had 6.4 million coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patients by early May when samples were collected for the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) first national sero-survey to detect prevalence of the viral disease, according to the findings that were published three months after the results were first made public in June. In […]
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Covid-19 vaccine updates: Brazil to conduct Sputnik V’s Phase III trials
The race to find a vaccine to coronavirus continues but it has been a mixed week so far in that pursuit. AstraZeneca had to pause their vaccine trials as a woman developed severe neurological symptoms, the drugmaker told news agencies on Thursday. The Drug Controller General of India asked Serum […]
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‘When will you get our land back’: Rahul again questions govt on Ladakh
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has been repeatedly questioning the Centre on the issue of Chinese aggression across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, on Friday took to Twitter and once again asked the government when it plans to get back ‘the land taken by the Chinese.’ […]
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat seeks focus on jobs for migrants, urban labourers
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has expressed concern at the plight of migrant labourers and said much has to be done to get them employment during his three-day visit to Uttar Pradesh’s industrial city of Kanpur. Bhagwat arrived in the city late on Wednesday night before meeting Sangh leaders on […]
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Huge fire breaks out at Beirut port a month after explosion
A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, triggering panic among residents a month after the massive explosion. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire at the facility, which was decimated by the August 4 explosion when nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrates detonated. A […]
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Top Hindu body of sadhus back Kangana Ranaut in political row with Shiv Sena
Amid a bitter face-off with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has received support from the Akhil Bhartiya Akhada Parishad (ABAP)— the apex decision-making body of the 13 recognised Hindu monastic orders of the country. Describing Kangana as a “brave and courageous” daughter of the country, Akhara Parishad president Mahant […]
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Paresh Rawal appointed as chief of National School of Drama
Paresh Rawal has been appointed as the chief of the National School of Drama by President Ram Nath Kovind. Union tourism and culture minister Prahlad Singh Patel confirmed the news. Congratulating the actor on his new position, the minister said that artists and students will benefit from his talent. Rawal has […]
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Pakistan main force behind drive to create ‘so-called Khalistan’: Canadian think tank
Pakistan is the main force nurturing the drive to create a ‘so-called Khalistan’ or independent homeland for Sikhs and the extremists backed by Islamabad pose serious threats to India and Canada, according to a report by a leading Canadian think tank. The report ‘Khalistan—A project of Pakistan’ from Macdonald-Laurier Institute […]
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Kangana Ranaut calls Shiv Sena ‘Sonia Sena’, Uddhav Thackeray ‘a dynast’
Actor Kangana Ranaut continued her attack on the Shiv Sena on Thursday, accusing it of diluting its ideology to be in power and even called it “Sonia Sena”. In an indirect reference to Sena chief and Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, the actor called him an “example of dynast”. However, so […]
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Dhoni congratulates IAF on induction of Rafale fighter jets
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday took to Twitter to write about the induction of the Rafale fighter jets into the Indian Air Force. Dhoni lavished praise on IAF pilots calling them the ‘world’s best fighter pilots’. “With the Final Induction Ceremony the world’s best combat proven 4.5Gen fighter plane […]