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Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) Tulu Mondal a.k.a. Mohammad Nazibuddin, the absconding stone quarry owner from Birbhum district of West Bengal, on Wednesday approached a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court through his counsel, seeking protection from coercive police action,...
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) A fake call from a person posing as an HDFC Bank executive proved costly for a Delhi resident, leading to the fraudulent use of his credit card and a loss of more than Rs 1...
Patna, Aug 5 (IANS) The Bihar Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Wednesday arrested Panchayat Secretary Shankar Prasad red-handed while allegedly accepting a Rs 15,000 bribe in connection with payment under the Nal-Jal (Tap-Water) scheme in Maldahiya Panchayat of Narkatiaganj block...
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Centre's High-Powered Committee constituted to examine issues concerning same-sex couples has met only twice since its formation more than two years ago and is yet to submit any recommendation or report, according to the...
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) BJP Member of Parliament Bansuri Swaraj on Wednesday slammed Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks targeting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), alleging that the Congress leader "lacks the vision...
Bengaluru, Aug 5 (IANS) BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Karnataka government over the recent Cabinet expansion, alleging that it was driven by "money power, factional politics and the Congress high command"...
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued summons to the Delhi Police Commissioner for failing to submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) within the stipulated time in a case concerning allegations that paid...
Bengaluru, Aug 5 (IANS) The Karnataka Cabinet expansion has triggered widespread resentment in the ruling Congress over the allocation of ministerial berths, with the issue snowballing into resignations, protests, bandh calls and threats of defection across the state on Wednesday.Several...
Hyderabad, Aug 5 (IANS) A Hyderabad court has permitted Telangana Chief Minister, A. Revanth Reddy, main accused in the cash-for-vote case, to travel abroad.The Principal Special Judge for Trial of SPE & ACB Cases, ordered release of the Chief Minister’s...
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, Aug 5 (IANS) The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has deployed a National Joint Outbreak Response Team (NJORT) to Gujarat and Rajasthan to strengthen the response to the ongoing Chandipura Virus Disease (CHPV) outbreak, as Gujarat continues...
Chennai, Aug 5 (IANS) The Madras High Court has relaxed the anticipatory bail conditions requiring former Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthil Balaji and his brother Ashok Kumar to appear twice daily before the investigating officer in a case relating to...
Mangaluru, Aug 5 (IANS) A suspected ragging incident at a reputed private college in Mangaluru left a first-year student with serious neck injuries, following an alleged assault by a group of senior students, police said on Wednesday.The incident reportedly took...