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Teacher arrested for ‘molesting’ autistic boy

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26: A 50-year-old teacher was arrested on Monday for allegedly molesting a 10-year-old autistic boy student, police said. The accused Santosh Kumar used to teach mathematics to the child. Kumar went absconding after the boy’s parents lodged a complaint last month about the offence, the police […]

RBI board approves Rs 1.76 lakh cr transfer to govt

Mumbai, Aug 26: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday decided to transfer Rs 1.76 lakh crore in dividend and surplus reserve to the government. This follows the RBI board accepting the recommendation of a high-level panel headed by its former Governor Bimal Jalan on transfer of […]

Livestock loss in Punjab floods pegged at Rs 91 lakh

Chandigarh, Aug 26: Over 8,000 poultry birds and 125 bovines have been reported dead in the Punjab floods, the worst the state has seen in over 30 years, officials said on Monday. The total loss in livestock has been pegged at Rs 91 lakh, they said. The Animal Husbandry […]

Navy prepared to thwart JeM’s underwater plans: Admiral Singh

Pune, Aug 26: An “underwater wing” of Pakistan- based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) is training people to carry out attacks but the Indian Navy is fully prepared to thwart any such attempt, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh said here on Monday. He said all stakeholders in coastal […]

INX Media scam: CBI seeks 5 more days of custodial interrogation of Chidambaram

New Delhi, Aug 26: Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram was Monday produced before a Delhi Court on expiry of his four-day CBI custody in the INX Media corruption case. He was produced before the court after the Supreme Court refused to entertain his plea challenging the […]

Give specific timelines for cleaning of Yamuna: NGT

New Delhi, Aug 25: The National Green Tribunal has directed stakeholders to give specific schedule for cleaning the Yamuna, while noting that repeated timelines have not been adhered to in the last 30 years and pollution of the river was still continuing. A bench headed by NGT chairperson justice […]

EC announces Assembly bypolls on four seats

New Delhi, Aug 25: The Election Commission on Sunday announced by-elections to one assembly seat each in Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Chhattisgarh and Kerala. The bypolls for Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Pala (Kerala), Badharghat (Tripura) and Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh) Assembly seats will be held on September 23. The bypoll in Hamirpur was […]

Coimbatore remains under high security alert

Coimbatore, Aug 25:  High security alert continued in the district for the third day on Sunday, with places of worship especially churches being brought under heightened vigil in the wake of intelligence inputs on infiltration of LeT terrorists into Tamil Nadu. Three people taken into custody here on […]

14-day judicial custody for Anant Singh

Patna, Aug 25: A Barh court on Sunday remanded controversial Bihar MLA Anant Singh to judicial custody for two weeks in connection with the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case lodged against him. Singh, who had surrendered on Friday in Delhi, was produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate […]

Jaitley had personal bond with J-K: MoS Jitendra Singh

New Delhi, Aug 25: Former finance minister Arun Jaitely had a personal bond with Jammu and Kashmir as his wife belongs to the state and his wedding procession in 1982, which included many top leaders of the BJP, was received by several Congress leaders from the bride’s side, Union […]

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