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India, Pak should engage in ‘meaningful dialogue’ to resolve their issues: UN chief

United Nations, Jan 19: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday hoped that India and Pakistan will engage in a “meaningful dialogue” to resolve their issues. The UN chief, speaking to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, also said he has been offering his “good offices […]

JNU sedition case: Court questions Delhi Police for filing chargesheet without procuring requisite sanctions

New Delhi, Jan 19: A court here questioned the Delhi police on Saturday for filing a chargesheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a 2016 sedition case without procuring requisite sanctions. Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat granted police time till February 6 to […]

Sonia, Rahul have sent good wishes for opposition rally: Kharge

Kolkata, Jan 19: Representing the Congress at a mega gathering of opposition parties here on Saturday, Mallikarjun Kharge said party chief Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi had sent their good wishes for the rally. At the rally, Kharge, the leader of the Congress party in the Lok […]

‘Delhi mein sarkar badal do’: Mamata’s war cry at opposition rally

Kolkata, Jan 19: Issuing a war cry ‘Delhi mein sarkar badal do’ (change the government at the Centre), Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Saturday asserted that the “expiry date” of the Modi government is over and a united opposition will win the coming general elections. Addressing an opposition rally […]

Lawsuits ramp up pressure on family that owns opioid company

The legal pressure on the prominent family behind the company that makes OxyContin, the prescription painkiller that helped fuel the nation’s opioid epidemic, is likely to get more intense. The Sackler family came under heavy scrutiny this week when a legal filing in a Massachusetts case asserted that […]

3 years later, no one is in jail over Flint tainted water

DETROIT — Michigan’s attorney general in 2016 promised to investigate “without fear or favor” the scandal over Flint’s lead-tainted drinking water and pledged that state regulators would be locked up for fudging data and misleading the public. Yet three years later, no one is behind bars. Instead, seven […]

Trump fires back after Mueller disputes accuracy of report

WASHINGTON  — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office has issued a rare public statement disputing the accuracy of BuzzFeed News’ report that said President Donald Trump’s former attorney told Mueller that the president directed him to lie to Congress. BuzzFeed, citing two unidentified law enforcement officials, reported that Trump […]

Court sentences two men to 20 years in jail for raping minor girl

Balasore (Odisha) :  A court here has sentenced two men to 20 years of imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2016. Awarding the jail term to Dhulia Manual and Bikas Majhi on Thursday, Additional District Judge Ajanta Sarangi also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the […]

Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Sanjiv Khanna sworn-in as SC judges

New Delhi : Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna were sworn-in as Supreme Court judges on Friday. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi administered the oath of office to justices Maheshwari and Khanna during the swearing-in ceremony held in court number 1 of the apex court. The sanctioned […]

SC directs Kerala police to grant round-the-clock security to 2 women who entered Sabarimala shrine

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court directed the Kerala police on Friday to provide round-the-clock security to two women who had entered the Sabarimala temple. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices L N Rao and Dinesh Maheshwari said it was only going into the aspect of […]

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