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2 Punjab girls write letter with blood to President Kovind seeking help

Moga : Two girls from Punjab's Moga city have written a letter with their blood to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking his help in the cases they claim have been falsely filed against them. In the letter, the girls have claimed that they have been trapped in cheating cases and have been living in f

TCS, Wipro may have to sell shares worth billions of dollars

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. are among at least 100 Indian companies that may need to sell shares worth billions of dollars after the government proposed to raise the minimum public shareholding. Companies must increase shares held by the public to a minimum 35 per c

Aadhaar for NRIs on arrival without waiting: Nirmala Sitharaman in Budget

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Union Budget that non-resident Indians (NRIs) may get Aadhaar cards on arrival, without the mandatory waiting period. NRIs currently need to have spent 180 days to be eligible for an Aadhaar card. The government plans to enable them to a

SC convicts 12 for murder of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003, awards life term

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday convicted 12 accused in the March 2003 murder of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya, setting aside their acquittal. All have been sentenced to life term. Pandya, who was a minister in the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat, was shot dead on March 26,

Congress's Nitesh Rane arrested for leading 'Mud' attack on Engineer

New Delhi: Congress lawmaker Nitesh Rane was caught on camera attacking a government official with mud and slime on a highway near Mumbai on Thursday in an egregious display of political arrogance. Pummeled on social media, Nitesh Rane later drove to a police station and turned himself in. He was a

Retirement age should be raised due to higher life expectancy, dipping fertility rates: economic survey

New Delhi: With India’s population likely to grow at under 0.5 percent during 2031-41 as a result of dipping fertility rate and increased life expectancy, the Economic Survey of 2019 has pointed out that “an increase in retirement age is perhaps inevitable”. “Since an increase in the retirement a

Supreme Court slaps ₹100 cr. fine on Meghalaya govt. for failing to curb illegal coal mining

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Meghalaya government to deposit the ₹100 crore fine imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal for failing to curb illegal coal mining with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and K.M.Joseph directed the state

Dam breach in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district; death toll rises to six

Six people were killed and 19 went missing after a dam in Maharashtra’s coastal Konkan region breached following incessant rain, leading to flood-like situation in downstream villages, officials said on Wednesday. The incident happened around 9.30 p.m. on July 2, when the Tiware Dam, which had st

AIADMK, DMK slam Kiran Bedi for allegedly calling TN people ‘selfish and cowards’

Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK and the main opposition DMK on Monday condemned Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi allegedly terming the state's people as "selfish and cowards". Condemning Bedi's statement about the people of Tamil Nadu, AIADMK spokesperson P Valarmathi said Bedi does not know

50 raids, 18 cities, 14 cases: CBI "Special Drive" against banking fraud

New Delhi:  The CBI Tuesday launched a special drive in connection with banking scams across the country and registered 14 cases, officials said. The agency teams swooped down at 50 locations in 18 different cities in a coordinated action against the promoters and directors of the companies made

Activate "Anti-Romeo Squads" as school, colleges re-open: Yogi Adityanath

Moradabad: Every police station must prepare a list of 10 most notorious criminals in its area and police officials should work pro-actively to prosecute them, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday. "It is only when a criminal is prosecuted, public will start trusting the po

35 killed as vehicle rolls down gorge in Jammu's Kishtwar

Thirty-five people were killed and many injured in a road accident in Chenab Valley’s Kishtwar. Three injured were airlifted to Jammu. Two helicopters have been pressed into service to shift the bodies and the injured. An official said the vehicle on the way to Kishtwar from Keshwan skidded off t

Uttar Pradesh: Authorities suspend 3 police officers in connection with minor's assault in custody

Lucknow: Taking cognisance of a case of torture of a 14-year-old boy in the police custody, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kalanidhi Naithani had suspended three police officers. The incident happened in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow district. Following the release of the medical reports of

Telangana officer went to plant trees. She was thrashed by TRS workers

Hyderabad: A forest officer who was leading preparations for a tree plantation drive in Telangana was left bleeding and injured after she was attacked violently on Sunday morning by a ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti party leader, his followers and some local villagers. She has been hospitalised afte

2.51 lakh more houses sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban

Construction of 2.51 lakh more houses in 10 States under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) (Urban) was sanctioned on Friday, taking the total number of houses approved under the scheme since it started in 2015 to 83.62 lakh, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said in a statement. At a m

15 dead after heavy rain collapses apartment wall in Pune's Kondhwa; Devendra Fadnavis orders inquiry

Pune: At least 15 people died while three others sustained injuries after a portion of a wall collapsed near Talab Masjid in Kondhwa area of Pune on Saturday. Speaking to ANI, an official from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said the wall collapsed due to heavy downpour in the city.

Trump says Saudi Crown Prince doing "spectacular job"

Osaka: US President Donald Trump Saturday praised Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, saying he was doing a "spectacular job" as the pair met on the sidelines of the G20 summit. "You have done a spectacular job," Trump told the powerful crown prince, referring to him as "a friend of mi

Yogi Adityanath tells officials to clock in by 9 am. They aren’t used to it

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s latest diktat, asking all government officers to reach their offices by 9 a.m. is causing considerable resentment in the bureaucracy, particularly among officers posted in the districts. The Chief Minister, in his order, has said that all officers sh