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Mumbai: Businessman dies after hair transplant, life-threatening allergic reaction behind death, say doctors

Mumbai: In a bizarre turn of events, a businessman from Mumbai’s Saki Naka died nearly two days after a hair transplant, as reported by a leading daily. The exact reason behind the death still remains a mystery as the autopsy findings are inconclusive. However, doctors at the hospital where the h

ED files fresh charge sheet against Nirav Modi in PNB scam

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a fresh charge sheet against PNB scam accused Nirav Modi under the anti-money laundering law, officials said on Monday. They said the charge sheet or the prosecution complaint has been filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PM

Stop using photos of armed forces in election campaigning, EC tells political parties

New Delhi:Political parties and candidates cannot use photographs of any defence personnel or functions of the defence forces in their poll advertisements for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission said on Saturday, reiterating its instructions issued in 2013 against such propagan

AK 203 rifle will bolster combat capabilities of soldiers, will be 100% 'Made in India': Sitharaman

The most advanced AK 203 rifles produced in Amethi will have remarkably improved performance parameters as compared to the INSAS rifle, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman wrote on Saturday in a Facebook post. Pointing out the features of the advanced rifle, she said: "With an effective range of

'I suppose thief returned Rafale files', Congress' P Chidambaram takes dig on AG KK Venugopal's volte-face

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday took a dig the Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal's changed stance over the 'leaked Rafale files.' Chidambaram said that it was "stolen" on Wednesday and "photocopied document" on Friday and therefore, the "thief"

Jagdish Mukhi sworn in as Governor of Mizoram

Jagdish Mukhi was on Saturday sworn-in as the Governor of Mizoram at a simple function at the Raj Bhavan in Aizawl. Gauhati High Court judge, Justice Nelson Sailo administered the oath of office to Jagdish Mukhi. Mr Mukhi is also the Governor of Assam. He succeeded Kummanam Rajasekharan as

Nirav Modi’s beachside bungalow demolished through controlled blasting

Diamantaire Nirav Modi's bungalow, Roopanya, at Kihim in Raigad district of Maharashtra, was demolished through controlled blasting at 11.15 a.m. on Friday. At least 110 holes were drilled into the pillars using excavators, and close to 30 kg explosives were fixed inside the holes over the last two

MiG-21 crashes near Bikaner, pilot ejects safely

A MiG-21 fighter aircraft on a routine mission crashed on Friday after it was airborne from the Nal Air Force station near Bikaner in Rajasthan. The pilot ejected safely, the Air Force said. Initial inputs indicated the likely cause as a bird strike after the take-off, an IAF spokesperson said, a

Indian judiciary took 25 years to free 11 innocent Muslims, whereas man who killed 97 Muslims granted bail 14 times in 7 years

The Supreme Court Thursday granted bail to 2002 Gujarat riots convict Babu Bajrangi on medical grounds. The Bajrang Dal leader was convicted in the Naroda Patiya case in which 97 people were killed, and had been sentenced to undergo life imprisonment. In 2007, the investigative journal Tehelka pu

Teenager killed, over 30 injured in grenade attack at Jammu bus stand; suspect with Hizbul links held

Jammu: A teenager was killed and 32 others were injured Thursday in a grenade attack by suspected terrorists in the crowded SRTC bus stand area in the heart of the city. Police said one suspect named Yasir Bhatt, from Kulgam area of Kashmir, has been arrested for lobbing the grenade. He was nabbe

Hardik Patel will join Congress on March 12, to contest from Gujarat's Jamnagar

New Delhi: Patidar leader Hardik Patel is set to join the Congress on March 12 and will contest the Lok Sabha election from Jamnagar constituency in Gujarat. "Patel, who led the agitation demanding reservation for the Patidar community, will join the Congress in the presence of party chief Rahul

Board exam 2019: CBSE files FIR against miscreants spreading fake news about paper leaks

NEW DELHI: After the Central Board of Secondary Education or CBSE has located a number of uploads on Youtube, a video sharing and hosting website, falsely claiming to have access to the original question papers of upcoming annual exams, it has filed an FIR in this connection, said a statement from t

Rafale contract documents stolen from Defence Ministry, Attorney General Venugopal tells SC

The Union government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the documents related to Rafale fighter aircraft deal have been stolen from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), and the petitioners seeking a review of the verdict dismissing all pleas against the purchase of the jets relied upon those papers.

‘Can’t change what Babur did’: SC reserves order on mediation on Ayodhya

Hindu Mahasabha, one of the parties to the Ayodhya land title case, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it is not ready for any kind of mediation to resolve the dispute. “For us, it is a sentimental issue,” the Mahasabha told the top court, asking the five-judge constitution bench to decide the

22 trains cancelled, 24 diverted as thousands of Punjab farmers lay siege to railway tracks

Thousands of farmers, labourers and women under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) on Monday blocked Amritsar-Delhi rail line at Jandiala town, 20 kms from the district headquarters, continuing their protest of ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ on fourth day. The protesters sat on the trac

BJP website defaced by hackers, goes offline

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s official website was taken offline Tuesday after hackers reportedly defaced the site. No hacker group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. An official response from the party is awaited. Screenshots of the homepage of the party site doing rounds on social

Kumbh Mela enters Guinness book of world records

NEW DELHI: The Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 has secured place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest crowd management, largest sanitation drive and largest painting exercise of public sites, the government said in New Delhi on Sunday. | "A three-member team from the Guinness World Reco

‘Rafale to join IAF inventory in September,’ says IAF chief Dhanoa

Air chief Marshal B S Dhanoa on Monday said the country would get the French fighter jet Rafale by September. “Rafale jet fighter should come into India’s inventory by September,” the Indian Air Force chief said a press conference. India has ordered 36 Rafale fighter planes from Dassault Aviat