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New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) President Alok Kumar on Tuesday welcomed Assam government's plans of imposing restrictions on the salaries of government staffers over two counts - neglect of the ageing parents and second marriage without...
Jaipur, Aug 18 (IANS) Ahead of Raksha Bandhan, the Rajasthan Cyber Crime Police on Tuesday issued an advisory, warning the public about a rise in festival-themed cyber fraud. Fraudsters are reportedly exploiting the emotions and excitement surrounding the festival by...
Chennai, Aug 18 (IANS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday urged the Tamil Nadu government to withdraw its reported decision to close 10 Co-optex showrooms, warning that the move would adversely affect the livelihood of handloom weavers....
Pune, Aug 18 (IANS) Two men were apprehended after police found stolen liquor from a shop in Pune's Kalyani Nagar on Tuesday, officials said. Six bottles of foreign liquor, valued at Rs 27,200, were recovered from the accused.According to the...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Newly appointed Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Punjab In-charge and Rajya Sabha MP, Satish Poonia, on Tuesday likened the party's position in the state to the time when the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had been voted...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Income Tax Department on Tuesday launched a nationwide verification exercise into suspicious foreign remittances, following data analysis and ground intelligence indicating large amounts of overseas remittances over the last three years by entities with...
Hyderabad, Aug 18 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three accused, including a Deputy Director (Mining), Directorate General of Mining Safety (DGMS), in a bribery case. The Central agency said on Tuesday that it arrested Deputy Director...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday strongly reacted to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) giving a clean chit to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust's former General Secretary Champat Rai and former member Anil Mishra...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre, sates and intermediaries to respond to a plea aimed at preventing police officials from uploading photos and videos of an accused on social media to safeguard the...
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging a verbal directive from the West Bengal Police regarding the removal of loudspeakers and microphones from mosques in the state. Dismissing the...
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) Bidhannagar Police have arrested an Assistant Sub‑Inspector (ASI) of West Bengal Police accused of raping a woman at a guest house in the Salt Lake area of Kolkata, officials said on Tuesday. The accused officer, identified...
Gandhinagar, Aug 18 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Tuesday held a series of round-table and one-to-one meetings with more than 100 leaders from the semiconductor and technology sectors in the US, pitching the state as a long-term strategic...