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Nupur Sharma moves SC again for clubbing of FIRs for her remarks on Prophet

New Delhi: Suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma has once again moved the Supreme Court, seeking stay on her arrest in the nine FIRs against her for her remarks on Prophet Mohammed during…
Bon Fiction: Homegrown chocolate from Andhra’s cacao fields

Hyderabad: As a child, one of the many things I’d be excited about were foreign chocolates. A steady stream of relatives and friends living abroad meant that imported chocolates were never short…

Allahabad HC rejects revision petition in Babri demolition case

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has said that the revision petition filed against the acquittal of all 32 accused persons, including former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, the then…
SC directs states to pay compensation to Covid-19 victims’ families

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed state governments and Union Territories to ensure family members of Covid-19 victims receive compensation without any delay, and the grievance redressal committee to decide…
Karnataka reports 1,108 new COVID-19 cases, zero deaths

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday clocked 1,108 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatalities, taking the total caseload to 39,87,428, the health department said. The day also saw 997 people being discharged, taking the…
Monkeypox: Indian govt reviews health actions at airports, ports

New Delhi: After India reported two monkeypox cases, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday reviewed the functioning of health screening of international travellers arriving in India at airports…
Dera Sacha Sauda chief claims his blood group changed

Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is undergoing a 20-year sentence for raping two of his two disciples, told his followers that his blood group changed from O…

146 Odisha MLAs cast vote in 16th Presidential Poll

Bhubaneswar: As many as 146 members of the 147-seat Odisha Assembly have cast their vote in the 16th Presidential election held on Monday. While 145 MLAs including Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Congress…
Educational institutions should treat every child as their own: Stalin

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday said that educational institutions should treat every child as their own as they impart education to them, and those institutions that act otherwise…
Prez Poll: Ailing ex-PM Manmohan Singh came on a wheelchair to cast vote

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday arrived on a wheelchair to cast his vote in the election of the country’s 15th President. The visuals of the 89-year-old senior Congress…
US govt ‘tracking’ millions of people with cell phone location data

Washington: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used huge volumes of people’s cell phone location information quietly extracted from smartphone apps to track their movements on a scale not previously known, the…
Sanjay Raut junks claims of Sena MPs joining Shinde camp

New Delhi: The Shiv Sena on Monday refuted reports claiming that around a dozen party MPs were planning to join the group led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and dismissed it as…
Santhali Trinamool MLA questions Draupadi Murmu’s tribal status

Kolkata: When the BJP announced Draupadi Murmu’s candidature as the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) presidential candidate, people said that fielding a woman candidate and that too with a tribal background was a…
Oman: Expatriates banned from working 207 professions

Muscat: The Omani Minister of Labor, Mahad Baween, has issued a decision to ban the non-Omani workforce from practicing 207 professions, as part of the authorities’ plans to localize many jobs, local…
16 Palestinians arrested in West Bank raids by Israeli forces

The Israeli occupation forces at dawn on Monday launched a large-scale campaign of raids, during which they arrested 16 Palestinian citizens from the governorates of Ramallah, Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus in the West Bank. According to Palestinian News…