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Section 144 lifted in Jammu, Kashmir coming back to normalcy: Governor Satya Pal Malik

The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is peaceful and the newly formed union territory is gradually coming back to normalcy, said Governor Satya Pal Malik after taking stock of the situation. The BJP-led Narendra Modi government earlier this week scrapped Article 370, Article 35A and bifurcated Jammu a

‘It’s inhuman’, says lawyer on 5-day hearing in Ayodhya land case

A senior advocate in the Ramjanmabhoomi Babri Masjid land dispute case on Friday opposed daily hearing saying, “it is inhuman, hearing can’t be rushed through”. Friday was the fourth day of day-to-day proceeding in the case, as ordered by the top court after mediation efforts failed. Rajeev Dhawa

Phone services, internet partially restored in Kashmir ahead of Eid

New Delhi: After five days of security lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir, phone services and internet were partly restored this morning and restrictions in movement were eased to facilitate Friday prayers. Thousands of security personnel remain positioned across the Kashmir Valley to watch out for any t

Abhinandan Varthaman, Balakot pilots to get top military honours

  The government will, as it was expected to, announce military decorations for Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman for shooting down a Pakistani F-16 during a dogfight over the Line of Control on February 27 and the Mirage-2000 pilots involved in the operation a day before that to precision

Nine dead after rescue boat capsizes in flood-hit Maharashtra

Nine people were killed after a rescue boat overturned in flood-hit Sangli district of Maharashtra on Thursday. Pune divisional commissioner Deepak Mhaisekar said the mishap took place near Brahmanal village in Palus tehsil when the private rescue boat was carrying around 30 to 32 people. “Nine b

'Come and collect your Re 1 fee': Swaraj told Harish Salve moments before she was rushed to AIIMS

New Delhi:Less than an hour before she was rushed to Delhi’s AIIMS in a critical condition, former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had asked Harish Salve, the lawyer who represented India at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case pertaining to Kulbhushan Jadhav, to meet her on

14-year-old student held for murder of 8-yr-old in Andhra govt hostel

The Andhra Pradesh police have detained a 14-year-old minor in conflict with the law, for allegedly murdering an 8-year-old student at a government-run hostel in the state's Krishna district. Dasari Aditya, a Class 3 student, was found in a pool of blood in a washroom of the hostel, which is mean

6 dead in fire at building in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal visits site

New Delhi: Six people, including two children, have died and 11 injured in a fire that broke out at a residential building in southeast Delhi late last night. The blaze in the four-storey building in Zakir Nagar, a densely-populated neighborhood near Jamia Millia Islamia University, broke out at ar

Removal of Kashmir's special status completely undemocratic: Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Javed

Iltija Javed, daughter of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti, has described the government’s decision to remove the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir and to reorganise the State into two Union Territories as “completely undemocratic,” reducing Kashmiris to being “second

UP woman, her daughter crushed to death by train while chasing thief

A woman and her daughter were crushed to death on rail tracks in Mathura on Saturday after they fell from the Trivandrum Express while chasing a thief who stole one of their bags, the police said. Meena Devi, 45, and Manisha, 21, who are from Durgapur in West Bengal, were jolted out of sleep arou

ISRO releases first set of Earth pictures captured by Chandrayaan-2

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the first set of pictures of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander. The images were released on Sunday by ISRO on microblogging site Twitter. Earth has been beautifully captured in the pictures by Chandrayaan-2 LI4 camera. They pi

Class 7 student allegedly stabbed to death in Muzaffarpur school

Muzaffarpur: A class 7 student was stabbed to death inside a school in Muzaffarpur allegedly by a man against whom the victim's mother had registered a complaint for stealing her purse on Thursday. The victim has been identified as Suraj Kumar. "Suraj Kumar was stabbed to death in his school

Rajya Sabha passes UAPA bill that gives govt power to declare individuals as terrorist

New Delhi: Parliament on Friday approved an amendment to the anti-terror law to give powers to the central government to designate an individual as terrorist and seize his properties, even as the Opposition warned that the law may be misused. While the Lok Sabha had passed the Unlawful Activities

Electricity free in Delhi for usage up to 200 units: Arvind Kejriwal

In what is seen as a pre-election sop, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Thursday that electricity usage up to 200 units will be free. “Every family deserves a life of dignity. Just like good education & healthcare, a basic quantum of electricity to run lights/fans at home is

IMA strike: Resident doctors in Delhi to withdraw all kind of services

Healthcare services at government hospitals, including All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Safdarjung and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML) in Delhi, are likely to be severely hit with resident doctors deciding to withdraw all kind of services, including that of emergency department

Bill to guarantee minimum wage to workers passed by Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Wages Code Bill that will enable introduction of minimum wage for workers besides addressing issues like delay in payment to employees. The Code on Wages Bill, 2019, which seeks to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages and bonus and matters connected

Zomato’s epic reply to man who cancelled order over ‘non Hindu’ delivery boy

Food delivery service Zomato is winning over Twitter thanks to their epic reply to a customer who shared a bizarre reason for cancelling his order. In a post shared last evening, Twitter user Amit Shukla tagged Zomato in a tweet saying he had cancelled his order as “they allocated a non Hindu rider”

Andhra passes bills to form committees to regulate fees in schools, private institutions

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Monday passed two bills to regulate school and higher educational institutions in the state. The bills aim to regulate fee structure in private institutions and monitor education standards. The Andhra Pradesh School Education and Higher Education Regula