A 35-year-old man has been arrested on the charge of attempting to sexually assault a teenager in Arunachal Pradesh’s capital Itanagar at knifepoint, the police said on Thursday. The accused allegedly tried to molest the 16-year-old girl near Sangey Laden area on Tuesday. The girl’s uncle on Wednesday caught the accused […]
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Ajit Pawar seeks Centre’s intervention after Bommai’s remark on Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute
Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar on Thursday condemned Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s remarks on the border dispute between the two states and asked Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Deputy Devendra Fadnavis to “give a strong answer”. He further sought the Centre’s intervention on the issue. This comes […]
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Delhi HC dismisses PIL alleging theft of Environment Compensation Charge amount by toll contractor
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging that officials of the municipal corporation along with the previous and present toll tax contractor of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (now MCD) have cheated and committed theft of the government exchequer to the tune of over Rs 5,000 […]
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Accused Aaftab undergoing psychological analysis test in Shraddha murder case
Aaftab Amin Poonawalla, accused in the macabre Shraddha Walkar murder case, is undergoing Perceptual Ability Test (PAT), that is a psychological analysis test, said Delhi Police sources on Thursday. The process for the test on Aaftab is being done at the Rohini Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), informed Delhi Police sources […]
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SC agrees to form constitution bench on issues related to polygamy, nikah-halala
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to form a constitution bench to conduct proceedings on pleas related to polygamy and nikah-halala, practised among Muslims. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that it will form a new bench to deal with the issues. The court direction came when advocate Ashwini […]
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Uttarakhand govt to modernise madrassas, implement dress code, NCERT books: Waqf Board Chairman
The Uttarakhand government is planning to rejuvenate the madrassas and various steps are being taken for their modernisation in the state, Waqf Board Chairman Shadab Shams said on Thursday. Shams said that the government will modernise the madrassas phase-wise under which seven such institutions will be made modern. “There is […]
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Punjab: Income Tax raids premises of two jewellers in Ludhiana
The Income Tax Department on Thursday conducted raids on the premises of two jewellers in Punjab’s Ludhiana. Meanwhile, the Income Tax is also conducting raids in Dehradun and Rishikesh. Raids are being done simultaneously at 11 places in Dehradun and 6 places in Rishikesh. Premises of a few property businessmen and those related […]
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J-K: Suspicious packet had cache of arms, confirm officials, looks like a case of a drone dropping
The officials on Thursday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, cash and detonators from the suspicious packet which was found in Samba in the morning hours today, said police. “We called Bomb Disposal Squad at the spot. When the packet was opened, around Rs. 5 lakhs cash in Indian currency, 2 […]
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Delhi Court defers arguments in Jacqueline Fernandes case related to money laundering
A Delhi Court on Thursday deferred the arguments in a money laundering case allegedly involving actor Jacqueline Fernandez. She is on bail in the matter. The alleged conman Sukesh Chandra Shekar is also an accused in this case. This matter pertains to Rs 200 crore money laundering case. Special Judge Shailendra Malik on […]
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Telangana: Minister booked for snatching laptop, mobile phone, evidences from IT officers
The Minister of Labour and Employment in the Telangana government, Malla Reddy, has been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly harassing an Income Tax (IT) Officer on Duty, as per the police officials. Bhadra Reddy, the son of Malla Reddy, has registered a case against […]
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PM Modi lauds Goa govt’s steps towards development at state’s Rozgar Mela
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lauded the Goa government in its step towards providing jobs to the youth via the distribution of appointment letters to the new recruits and said that several departments of the state including the police will further hire in the upcoming months. The Prime Minister […]
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Jharkhand BJP President asks state govt to withdraw Excise Amendment Bill returned by Governor
Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President and Rajya Sabha MP Deepak Prakash on Thursday welcomed the decision of the Jharkhand Governor to return the Excise Amendment Bill on November 22 after three months of deliberation and asked the Hemant Soren-led government to immediately withdraw the Bill in the interest of […]
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Uttarakhand govt to launch intergrated portal for film-makers and investors
Uttarakhand government has announced plans of launching an integrated portal for filmmakers and investors coming to the state for film shooting and investments. Abhinav Kumar, Special Principal Secretary to Uttarakhand Chief Minister on Thursday said the government is going to launch an integrated portal for film shooting and related works. “An integrated portal […]
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Smuggling of areca nuts from Myanmar to India continues, 12,800 kg more areca nuts seized in Mizoram
In yet another seizure of areca nuts being smuggled from Myanmar, the police in India’s northeast Mizoram state on Wednesday confiscated two trucks and seized over 12,000 kilograms smuggled areca nuts in Khawzawl district, the police said on Thursday. Earlier on Tuesday, Mizoram police seized had 3500 kg of smuggled dry […]
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Lieutenant General Asim Munir named Pakistan’s new army chief
Lieutenant General Asim Munir was on Thursday appointed as the new chief of army staff (COAS) of Pakistan, ending weeks of intense speculation and political tussle in the country. “The Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has decided to appoint Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza as the Chairman of […]