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- India
Delhi excise policy case: AAP leader Sisodia moves SC for bail
New Delhi: AAP leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday moved Supreme Court against Delhi High Court order denying him bail in connection with corruption and money laundering…
- India
MP: `Unauthorised’ property of accused in Dalit assault case demolished, NSA invoked
Shivpuri: The administration in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district on Thursday demolished `illegal structures’ of some persons accused of beating up two Dalit men at Varkhadi village last week, an official said. Action…
- India
‘I will rebuild NCP, no matter if I’m 83 or 92’: Sharad Pawar
New Delhi: Unfazed by his party’s split, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said that rebels will have to pay the price after he expelled his trusted aide Praful Patel and nine…
- India
Approach HC, SC tells petitioners challenging Internet shutdown in Manipur
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a petition challenging internet shutdown in Manipur, after noting that the state high court is already hearing a similar petition. A bench,…
- India
Excise scam: Court bar Sisodia’s supporters, AAP members from entering courtroom
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday barred AAP activists and supporters of party leader Manish Sisodia from entering the gallery, the passage or the courtroom during his production in matters related…
- World
With India-China ties hitting low, PM Modi wishing Dalai Lama on b’day since ’21
Dharamsala: With India’s ties with China having been hit the lowest ebb, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been consecutively wishing the Dalai Lama since 2021 on his birthday, using a soft power…
- India
Congress appoints Kanhaiya Kumar as AICC in-charge of NSUI
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday appointed former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar as the AICC in-charge of its students’ wing. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed Kanhaiya Kumar as AICC in-charge of…
- Middle East
Top Muslim World League official to visit India next week
New Delhi: Noted Saudi scholar and secretary general of the influential Muslim World League, Mohammad Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa will visit India between July 10-15. According to sources, Issa would arrive in New…
- India
Caste discrimination on campuses ‘very serious issue’, says SC; questions UGC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to specify steps it has taken and proposed to take, to provide non-discriminatory, enabling environment for the students belonging…
- Middle East
Israel-Palestine conflict: India reiterates need for direct peace talks
New Delhi: India has reiterated the need for an early resumption of direct peace negotiations between Palestine and Israel. The absence of such negotiations and the lack of a clear political horizon…
- India
Sharad Pawar leaves for Delhi to attend NCP National Executive meeting
Mumbai: Amid Maharashtra political crisis, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar on Thursday left for Delhi where he has called a National Executive meeting. Meanwhile, posters saying “In the fight of…
- India
Trans woman accuses ‘partner’ of dumping him after gender changed
Kaushambhi: A 22-year ‘man’ has accused his partner of forcing him to undergo a sex change to solemnise their marriage and then abandoning him after living for a couple of months as…
- India
Police complaint filed in Mumbai against makers of Hindi film ’72 Hoorain’
Mumbai: A Mumbai-based social activist has submitted a written complaint to the police against the makers of Hindi film “72 Hoorain”, accusing them of hurting religious sentiments of a community and attempting…
- India
Uniform civil code a difficult issue: Amartya Sen
Santiniketan: Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Wednesday claimed that the Uniform Civil Code is a “difficult” issue and efforts are on to make it easy. The 90-year-old economist also said the UCC…
- Bangalore
ED attaches assets worth Rs 17.24 cr in Bengaluru illegal mining case
Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said that they have attached immovable properties worth Rs 17.24 crore in a PMLA case related to Bengaluru illegal mining. In this case, the ED…