Intensive control operations in India and Pakistan have significantly reduced locust infestations in both countries, says UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in its latest advisory released on September 2. “In southwest Asia, extensive hatching and hopper band formation occurred in India and, on a smaller scale, in southeast Pakistan. […]
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Harbhajan Singh pulls out of IPL 2020 citing personal reasons
Veteran India spinner Harbhajan Singh, who plays for Chennai Super Kings, has pulled out of the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League citing personal reasons. The development was on expected lines as the off spinner was yet to join the team in UAE. “I have pulled out of IPL due to […]
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Ex-UP minister Prajapati gets bail in gang-rape case
After spending 41 months in Lucknow jail for allegedly gang-raping a woman and attempting to rape her minor daughter, former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati was granted an interim two months’ bail by the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Friday. A Chitrakoot-based woman had alleged that Prajapati and his […]
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Supreme Court rejects bail plea of convict Sajjan Kumar
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the bail plea filed by former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who is lodged in Tihar jail after he was convicted by the Delhi High Court in 2018 for his role in the 1984 anti-sikh riots. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI), […]
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Two Chhattisgarh men killed allegedly by Maoists on suspicion of being police informers
Two Chhattisgarh villagers from Dantewada district were killed allegedly by Maoists on the suspicion that they were police informers, while they were on a trip to attend a function in Bijapur district, police said on Friday. “The incident took place on Thursday night in a forest near the border of […]
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Court overturns ban on Assamese TV serial accused of promoting ‘love jihad’
The Gauhati High Court has overturned a ban imposed on an Assamese television serial last month and allowed its telecast as long as it doesn’t hurt religious sentiments. A single judge bench of Justice Suman Shyam on Thursday, acting on a petition by AM Television and its managing director Sanjive […]
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Sushant Singh Rajput death: Abdel Basit Parihar send to NCB custody till September 9
Abdel Basit Parihar, the 23-year-old Bandra resident arrested on Thursday as part of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)’s ongoing probe into the alleged drug angle in Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, was produced before a metropolitan magistrate on Friday and remanded in custody till September 9. Parihar’s arrest followed that of […]
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‘You can win from any situation’: The Dhoni-Yuvraj influence on youngsters
Youngster Shubman Gill hasn’t had a chance to work closely with MS Dhoni but the 20-year-old batsman cherishes the little things he took from the former India skipper. Of the two matches he’s played for India, Gill played one of them with Dhoni – the fifth ODI between India and […]
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9 dead, several injured in explosion at firecracker factory in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore
At least nine people were killed and five others injured after an explosion in a firecracker factory in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore on Friday. The injured persons have been taken to hospital, news agency Associated Press quoted police officer Pandiyan as saying. The police have also launched a probe to ascertain […]
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‘Don’t be a Singham’: PM Modi’s top quotes to young IPS officers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed the ‘Dikshant Parade’ of probationary Indian Police Service (IPS) officers graduating from the prestigious Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad. Here are some of the key quotes from the Prime Minister’s speech to the young police officers: Working under stress […]
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President Xi’s plan for Tibet fuels a pushback and a nudge to India
Gyari Dolma, the first woman contesting for the post of Sikyong, or President of the Central Tibetan Administration – Tibet’s Government-in-Exile – has asked India to abandon its cautious position on Tibet and acknowledge her homeland’s occupied status. Dolma’s nudge to India at a recent webinar came after President Xi […]
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Security along LAC enhanced, situation delicate and serious, says army chief
Army Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane on Friday said that the situation along the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) was “delicate and serious” and the army has taken some precautionary measures to enhance security in the wake of the ongoing developments. Naravane reached Leh on Thursday for a two-day security […]
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‘Never lose respect for your Khaki uniform’: PM Modi interacts with IPS probationers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers through a video conference on Friday during the ‘Dikshant Parade Event’ at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad. PM Modi said he regularly interacts with young IPS officers who have passed out from the academy, but […]
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Kangana Ranaut’s PoK remark: MNS warns against defaming Mumbai Police
Actor Kangana Ranaut’s comparison of Mumbai to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Thursday after Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut told her not to come back to Mumbai, continued to evoke mixed reactions for the second day in a row. Ranaut had criticised the Mumbai Police alleging that attempts were being […]
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Link between drug peddlers, Miranda and Rhea Chakraborty’s brother: NCB
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) investigating the drug angle in Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, arrested one more resident of Bandra, Basit Parihar, based on Zaid Vilatra’s interrogation late Thursday night. NCB sources said the two had revealed the names of Sushant Singh Rajput’s house manager Samuel Miranda and Rhea Chakraborty’s brother […]