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Ivorian Men Held From Bengaluru For Duping Bengal Couple Of Rs 82 Lakh
West Bengal Police on Thursday arrested two Ivorian nationals from Bengaluru on the charge of duping Rs 82 lakh from a couple living in North 24 Parganas district, an official said here. A team of cyber crime sleuths of Bidhannagar Police arrested the t...
2 Haryana BJP Leaders Term Farm Bills 'Anti-fArmer'
Haryana BJP leaders Parminder Singh Dhull and Rampal Majra on Thursday dubbed the Centre's farm bills "anti-farmer", claiming that the apprehensions about the minimum support price were not unfounded. The two former legislators said many farmer outfits...
Onion Shipments Handed Over to Customs Before Export Ban Could Be Released: MEA
Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the MEA is aware many neighbouring nations import onion from India and "we are in close consultation with other stakeholders" in the government.
Nawaz Sharif Bans PML-N Members From Holding Meetings With Military Leadership
Pakistan's former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Thursday banned his party members from holding any private meetings with the country's military leadership. The move came a day after the Pakistan's main opposition party found itself in...
357 Members of Minority Communities in Afghanistan Arrived in India Since Lockdown: MEA
The MEA has been receiving requests from Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan for permission to settle down in India and such pleas have gone up since the attack on a gurdwara in Kabul in March.
Punjab: Four Killed In Mohali Building Collapse
Four people, including three labourers, were killed after a double-storey building collapsed in Punjab's Mohali on Thursday morning. Four persons died in the incident which took place in Mohali's Dera Bassi, said officials. Earlier, three bodies...
Centre Allows Airlines to Set their Own Baggage Limits Relaxing Covid-19 Limits
The development comes months after the Centre had fixed a limit of only one check-in and one hand-baggage per passenger since the resumption of domestic operations from May 25.
Ready To Lead Fight Against Farm Bills: Amarinder
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said he is ready to lead the political fight against the three anti-farmer bills passed in Parliament. I will do what it takes to save my farmers and my state from these dangerous new laws, whose implem...
Why Not Put up Posters of Those Supporting Sengar, Chinmayanand? SP on Yogi Govt's 'Name & Shame Order'
SP leader Sunil Singh Sajan also said the administration has failed to curb crimes against women and its ‘anti-Romeo Squads’ have not managed to perform adequately.
Driving Over Modi's 'Speed Breaker' Jibe: Mamata Banerjee to OK Central Schemes if Funds Routed through State
According to political experts, Mamata knows that there are nearly 3.7 crore eligible beneficiaries of the PM Kisan and Ayushman Bharat schemes in Bengal and she does not want to spoil her political campaign ahead of the 2021 assembly polls with a ‘speed...
Delhi Police Prepares to Seal Border With Haryana as Farmers Call for 'Chakka Jam' Against Agri Bills
Even though many protesters have said that they will protest in their own areas and not aim to head to Delhi, Delhi Police are on high alert and have made preparations to seal the border with Haryana, in a bid to forestall any such attempt.
Maha: Banned Tobacco Products Worth Lakhs Seized In Parbhani
Banned tobacco products worth nearly Rs 16 lakh were seized from a tempo in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, police said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted a tempo, which was heading towards Parbhani city via Pathri road, an offici...
Wipro GE Healthcare, IISc Set Up Healthcare Collaborative Lab In Bengaluru
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Wipro GE Healthcare on Thursday announced the inauguration of a collaborative lab in the space of artificial intelligence in healthcare. "Wipro GE Healthcare - Computational and Data Sciences Collaborative Laborato...
K'taka CM Lays Foundation Stone For Rs 200 Cr Pilgrims Complexes At Tirumala
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday laid the foundation stone for two massive pilgrims' complexes to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 200 crore at nearby Tirumala, the hill abode of Lord Venkateswara. The foundations were laid in the...
Delhi Riots: Court Sends Umar Khalid to Judicial Custody Till Oct 22 in UAPA Case
In the FIR, police has claimed that the communal violence was a "premeditated conspiracy” which was allegedly hatched by Khalid and two others.
Scientists Develop Ultra-low-cost Device For Age-related Hearing Loss
Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have designed an ultra-low-cost hearing aid that could be built with cheaply available open-source parts, an innovation that can help hundreds of millions of older people worldwide who can't afford existing form...