New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has proposed the draft amendment to the Drugs and magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements Act, 1954), with a stringent punishment of a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to Rs 50 lakh for advertisements[Read More…]
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Six cops suspended over lynching in MP, SIT probe ordered
Indore, Feb 7 (IANS) Director General of Police VK Singh has suspended six police personnel including Town Inspector Yuvraj Singh, ASI Nandlal Salone for negligence in Wednesday’s lynching of a 35-year-old man in Baroli village of Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, about 60 km from here. The mob instigated by labourers[Read More…]
CBI arrests OSD to Delhi Deputy CM in graft case
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The CBI on Thursday arrested a Delhi government officer, said to be the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in an alleged bribery case of Rs 2 lakh, officials said. A senior CBI official said that it has arrested Gopal[Read More…]
Taliban terrorist behind attack on Malala, escapes Pak Army custody (3rd Lead)
Aarti Tikoo Singh New Delhi/Islamabad, Feb 7 (IANS) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, who was responsible for the terror attacks on Malala Yousafzai and at the Peshawar Army School, has escaped from the custody of military in Pakistan. In an audio recording released on Thursday and shared via an[Read More…]
Gangarampur women’s assault: Main accused Trinamool leader arrested
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader and the main accused in the alleged brutal torture of two women in Gangarampur in West Bengal’s South Dinajpur district was arrested on Thursday. Amal Sarkar, panchayat upapradhan (deputy chief of the gram panchayat), was taken into custody by the police from near[Read More…]
RSS alarmed at shrinking SC/ST, minority base
Bhopal, Feb 7 (IANS) The RSS leadership is alarmed at the rapid disillusionment of the tribal supporters of the Sangh Parivar in recent times and has asked its cadre to take early remedial steps in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. On Thursday, the RSS leadership asked its workers to spread out[Read More…]
J&K Lt Governor for integrated development of Srinagar
Srinagar, Feb 6 (IANS) Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu here on Thursday stressed perspective planning and integrated development of the city and called for coordinated measures to complete projects within date. The Lt Governor, while reviewing Smart City projects, asked for time-bound completion of schemes for beautification, efficient service delivery[Read More…]
Two remanded to judicial custody for raping Thai lady in Kochi
Kochi, Feb 6 ( IANS) Two youth, who were arrested for raping a lady from Thailand in Kochi, have been remanded to judicial custody, the police said on Thursday. The youth have been identified as Ansari and Insaf, both aged 33. Speaking to IANS, a police officer on condition of[Read More…]
Bengaluru civic body razing down tilted building
Bengaluru, Feb 7 (IANS) The city civic body ordered the destruction of a tilted building in the city after evacuating about 150 people from 35 families in the vicinity, an official said on Thursday. “The top portion of the building has been destroyed 70 per cent today. Later, the destruction[Read More…]
US preparing to battle coronavirus as if it’s a ‘pandemic’, 12 cases confirmed
The novel coronavirus, which initially broke out in China, has infected more than 28,200 people globally. The term ‘pandemic’ itself does not speak of the severity of the coronavirus in the US.
Lt Governor for preservation, beautification of Dal Lake
Srinagar, Feb 6 (IANS) J&K Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu here on Thursday called for comprehensive and scientific planning for the preservation of Dal Lake and asked officials to take steps for its beautification and conservation. Murmu said this after inspecting the Dal Lake’s bank. He was accompanied by Advisor[Read More…]
Mamata govt rejects Dhankhar’s suggestions on Assembly speech
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) The stand-off between the Raj Bhavan and the West Bengal government over the Governor’s address in the state Assembly intensified on Thursday — on the eve of the scheduled event — with the Mamata Banerjee regime turning down the Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar’s suggestions on replacements and[Read More…]
Bookie Chawla set to be extradited to India in 2-3 days
By Sanjeev Kumar Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Cricket bookie Sanjeev Chawla is set to be extradited to India as his application at a European human rights court to block extradition was rejected on Thursday. Chawla could be brought to India in 2-3 days, said a Delhi Police[Read More…]
Delhi Police had planned to keep anti-CAA protesters in ‘detention centre’
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) In a hush hush operation, the Delhi Police had planned to arrest anti-CAA protesters, at a very large scale, in the national capital. Such protesters were supposed to be kept at a temporary detention centre in Rohini area of Delhi. In a letter written to[Read More…]
Loco pilot saves life of passenger who fell from train
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Presenting his human side, the loco pilot of a passenger train on Thursday rolled back a train for over a half a kilometre to pick up a person, who fell from the running train in Maharashtra. According to the railway ministry officials, a traveller fell down[Read More…]
Play both Kuldeep & Chahal in second ODI: Harbhajan
Auckland, Feb 6 (IANS) Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh said on Thursday that India should ensure that the wrist spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal play together in the second ODI against New Zealand here on Saturday. India are currently trailing the three-match series 0-1 with Ross Taylor’s[Read More…]
J&K LG chairs security review meeting in Srinagar
Srinagar, Feb 6 (IANS) J&K Lieutenant Governor Girish Chander Murmu on Thursday chaired a joint security review meeting here in which he took a detailed review of the existing security arrangements in the Valley. The meeting was attended by Advisors R.R Bhatnagar and Farooq Ahmad Khan, Chief Secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam,[Read More…]
Telangana man sentenced to death for rape, murder (Lead)
Hyderabad, Feb 6 (IANS) A fast-track court in Nalgonda district of Telangana on Thursday sentenced to death a 29-year man for rape and murder of three minor girls. After 42-day continuous hearing, the court held Marri Srinivas Reddy guilty of kidnapping and killing the girls, aged 11, 17 and 14[Read More…]
Taliban terrorist behind attack on Malala escapes jail in Pakistan (2nd Lead)
Aarti Tikoo Singh New Delhi/Islamabad, Feb 6 (IANS) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, who was responsible for the terror attacks on Malala Yousafzai and at the Peshawar Army School, has escaped from the custody of military in Pakistan. In an audio recording released on Thursday and shared via an[Read More…]
Ex-CMs Omar, Mehbooba likely to be booked under PSA (Lead)
Srinagar, Feb 6 (IANS) Confirming that a Public Saftey Act (PSA) has been slapped on former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, her daughter Iltija Mufti on Thursday said that her mother received a PSA order sometime back. “Slapping the draconian PSA on 2 ex J&K CMs is expected from an autocratic[Read More…]
US C-G visits RSS headquarters in Nagpur
Nagpur (Maharashtra), Feb 6 (IANS) US Consul General in Mumbai, David J. Ranz, on Thursday visited the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh headquarters in Nagpur for various engagements, official sources said. Ranz visited and paid homage at the memorial of RSS founder K.B. Hedgewar besides paying tributes to B.R. Ambedkar at the[Read More…]
AIIB ready to give $3 billion loan to Andhra Pradesh
Amaravati, Feb 6 (IANS) The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is ready to give a loan of $3 billion to Andhra Pradesh for taking up development projects, the state government said. AIIB representatives conveyed this to Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy during a meeting here on Thursday. The loan[Read More…]
ED points to AAP, Cong leaders’ links with PFI (Lead)
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) On Thursday, the last day of campaigning for the 70-member Delhi Assembly polls, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said protests against the new citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) had been funded by the Popular Front of India and even the Aam Aadmi[Read More…]
ISL: Mumbai City pick up vital injury-time win
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Mumbai City FC gave their hunt for an Indian Super League (ISL) play-off spot a massive boost after a dramatic 2-1 win over Jamshedpur FC at the Mumbai Football Arena here on Thursday. Noe Acosta’s (7′) early penalty handed Jamshedpur the lead. But Mumbai City pegged[Read More…]
Manoj Das to receive Mystic Kalinga Literary Award 2020
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Noted writer Manoj Das will receive the Mystic Kalinga Literary Award-Indian and Global Languages during the fourth edition of the two-day Mystic Kalinga Festival (MKF), an amalgamation of literary and cultural deliberations, poetry recitation and performances, which commences in Bhubaneswar on February 8. Das will[Read More…]