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Asaduddin Owaisi slams Pragya Thakur for 'toilet' remark, says BJP MP believes in caste, class discrimination
New Delhi: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday gave a “caste” twist to BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur’s “toilet” remark and said that she believes in the caste and class discrimination happening in India. The BJP MP from Bhopal on Sunday sparked a controversy by saying that she was “not elected to
NIA searches residence of 14 TN men deported from UAE for alleged terror links
A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) got police custody of 16 persons arrested in connected to the 'Tamil Nadu Ansarulla Case', searches were conducted in the residences of 14 accused men. Teams were sent to their homes across Tamil Nadu to gather any incriminating evidence pointing t
Dogs rescue newborn from drain in Haryana's Kaithal; CCTV shows mother dumping child
Chandigarh: A disquieting incident has come to light from the Kaithal district of Haryana where efforts are underway in full swing to save the life of a newborn who was rescued from a drain by two dogs. Local police have confirmed that they have stumbled across CCTV footage showing the baby girl's m
Allahabad High Court sends notice to PM Narendra Modi on plea challenging his election to Lok Sabha
The Allahabad High Court on Friday issued a notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a petition challenging his election from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, PTI reported. The plea was filed by former Border Security Force constable Tej Bahadur Yadav, whose nomination papers to stand for the Lok S
Rs 400 cr plot linked to Mayawati’s brother seized by income tax officials
The Income-Tax Department has attached a ‘benami’ plot worth Rs 400 crore in Noida belonging to BSP supremo Mayawati’s brother and his wife, an official order said. The provisional order for the attachment of the seven-acre plot, “beneficially owned” by Anand Kumar and his wife Vichiter Lata, was
Teen seeks permission from Prez Kovind to end life over distress due to parents fighting; PMO orders probe
Patna: A 15-year-old boy from Bihar's Bhagalpur has sought permission from President Ram Nath Kovind to end his life due to 'distress' owning to strained relations between his parents, reported a news agency. The Prime Minister's Office has reportedly intervened into the matter, directing the distri
Vistara flight lands in Lucknow with just 10 minutes of fuel left, pilot grounded for issuing 'Mayday Call'
New Delhi: A Vistara flight from Mumbai to Delhi with 153 passengers narrowly escaped an aerial mishap when it was diverted to Lucknow due to lack of visibility and almost ran out of fuel on Monday. The pilot, who now has been de-rostered as per the instructions of Directorate General of Civil Av
Soon, Rs 10,000 fine for blocking an ambulance, Rs 5,000 for no licence
Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari is slated to reply in Lok Sabha on the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019, which proposes to levy heavy penalties for violation of traffic norms. The bill was tabled by Gadkari in the Lok Sabha on Monday. As per the norms of the bill, a fine of Rs 10,000 w
11 die in flood & landslides in Assam, 26.5 lakh people affected; Brahmaputra in spate
Guwahati: Eleven people have died in the second wave of floods and landslides in Assam that has affected nearly 26.5 lakh people across 28 districts. Nine deaths were reported in the last 24 hours from Dhemaji, Golaghat, Jorhat, Barpeta and Dhubri, while two persons died in landslides in Kamrup Metr
Navjot Singh Sidhu resigns from Punjab Cabinet
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has resigned from the Punjab Cabinet amid ongoing tussle with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Mr. Sidhu on July 14 released a copy of his resignation on Twitter, which he said was submitted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on June 10, 2019. In the
2 dead, 20 trapped after building collapse in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan
Two people died while 20 others were injured after a three-storey building caved in post heavy rains near Kumarhatti in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district on Sunday afternoon. More than 20 people are still trapped under the debris. There were about 30-35 Indian Army Jawans among the victims. Th
24-year-old slips and drowns in Hyderabad lake posing for TikTok video
The craze for TikTok claimed yet another life as a youth drowned while shooting for the popular video sharing platform in a lake at the outskirts of Hyderabad. The incident occurred in Dulapally lake in Medchal district on Wednesday evening. The youth, identified as 24-year-old Narasimha, had got
U.P. Law Commission pushes for life term in lynching cases
Taking cognisance of incidents of mob lynching, including those by cow vigilantes, the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission has submitted a draft Bill recommending up to life imprisonment for the crime. Commission chairman Justice (retired) A.N. Mittal submitted a report on mob lynching, along with the d
Man with fake ID arrested for trying to defraud government ministries
New Delhi: A 21-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for creating a fake identity card of a Pay and Accounts Officer (PAO officer )of the central government to siphon off money from the bank accounts of various ministries through bogus bills, police said. Noor Mohammad, who belongs to Assam, was
800 arrested in crackdown against spurious water sold in Indian train
New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday that a major crackdown against spurious drinking water being sold on Indian trains was recently launched and that more than 800 people were arrested in connection with this. The crackdown took place in more than 300 places across the coun
‘Let a Muslim woman come’: SC dismisses Hindu Mahasabha’s plea to allow women to enter mosques
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by the state president of the Kerala unit of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha to allow Muslim women to enter mosques for offering prayers, PTI reported. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose refused to ent
In CBI crackdown on corruption, nationwide raids at 110 locations in 30 cases
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting searches at 110 places across 19 states in its probe on cases of corruption and criminal misconduct/ “In a nationwide action, CBI is today conducting searches at around 110 places in 19 States/ Union Territories. CBI has registered around 30
Delhi-bound bus falls off Yamuna expressway into drain after driver dozes off, 29 killed
Lucknow: At least 29 people died and several got injured when an Awadh Depot Janrath bus, carrying 44 passengers from Lucknow to Anand Vihar (Delhi), fell off the Yamuna Expressway in Agra on early Monday morning. Primary reports suggest that the bus fell from a height of 50 feet into a nullah du