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Zubeen Garg death case: 3 more Assamese expats from Singapore join probe

Guwahati: Three more Assamese expats, who witnessed cultural icon Zubeen Garg’s dying moments in Singapore, on Monday appeared before the police here in response to the second notice against them, a top…
India

Kerala HC dismisses PIL against Arundhati Roy’s book cover showing her smoking

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking a stay on the sale of author Arundhati Roy’s newly released book over its cover photo showing her smoking. A division…

India

Ex-IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan joins Congress, slams Modi govt

New Delhi: Former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who quit the services in 2019 over “denial of freedom of expression” to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, joined the Congress on Monday and…
India

SC junks plea alleging grave irregularities in electoral rolls

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging grave irregularities in electoral rolls across states. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi…
India

ECI issues notification for bypolls to five Assembly seats

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday issued notifications for the bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies across the country. The polling is scheduled for November 11, and the counting…
India

SC to deliver verdict on independent probe into Karur stampede

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on Monday on petitions demanding a CBI probe into the Karur stampede during actor and TVK founder Vijay’s political rally in Tamil Nadu,…
India

Opposition seat-sharing, joint manifesto in Bihar likely this week

New Delhi: The opposition ‘Mahagathbandhan’ alliance in Bihar is likely to finalise its seat-sharing in the next few days and may announce its candidates along with a joint manifesto this week. Top…

Technology

AI could add USD 1.7 trillion to India’s economy by 2035: Govt

New Delhi: India is stepping into a new era powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), with the government estimating that AI could add up to $1.7 trillion to the country’s economy by 2035,…
Telangana

Bhatti to visit Telugu Dalit IPS officer’s kin who died by ‘suicide’

Hyderabad: Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka will leave for Chandigarh on Sunday evening to meet and offer condolences to the family of Haryana’s senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who…
India

Chidambaram calls Operation Blue Star ‘a mistake’, Congress unhappy

Shimla: Congress leader P Chidambaram said Operation Blue Star was not the right way to capture militants holed up in the Golden Temple in 1984, due to which the then prime minister,…
India

Minister Suresh Gopi offers to step down, wants Sadanandan Master to replace him

Kannur: Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Sunday expressed his desire to step down from his ministerial post and recommended BJP’s newly elected Rajya Sabha member C Sadanandan Master as his replacement in…
India

Bengal ‘gang rape’: Three accused sent to 10-day police custody

Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: A student from Odisha, studying at a private medical college in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, was raped allegedly by some men on Friday, October 10. The incident occurred outside the…
India

SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea to ensure life support facilities in ambulances

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and others on a petition seeking directions to enact and implement a framework to ensure that adequate life support facilities are…
India

Zubeen Garg’s close associate Arun appears before CID

Guwahati: Zubeen Garg’s close associate Arun on Sunday appeared before CID’s Special Investigating Team (SIT) which is probing the singer-composer’s death in Singapore last month, officials said. They, however, did not divulge…
India

Minor boys held for cleric’s family’s murder in UP mosque

Baghpat (UP): Police on Sunday detained two minor students of a cleric in connection with the murder of his wife and two daughters in the Doghat area of Baghpat district, an official…