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UP: 5 killed in road accident

Bijnor (UP), Aug 8: Five persons were killed and three others seriously injured in a crash involving three trucks near Kali temple crossing here, police said on Thursday. The brakes of a tanker truck failed and it collided with two other trucks on Wednesday night, they said. Raghuveer (35), […]

Minor gang-raped, killed in Kotdwar

Pauri (UKD), Aug 8: A ten-year-old girl from Nepal was raped and killed allegedly by two Nepalese nationals at Kotdwar in the district sparking tension in the area, police said on Thursday. The partially mutilated body of the girl, who had been missing since Monday evening, was recovered from […]

ACB arrests Raj CMO for accepting bribe

Jaipur, Aug 8: A chief medical officer in Sriganganagar district was on Thursday arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4000. Ramesh Kumar, the block medical officer of Ghadsana, had demanded the money to clear the bills of a taxi owner whose car was […]

India’s first night racing session held at MMRT track

Chennai, Aug 8: The Madras Motor Sports Club conducted the country’s first floodlit test session in a bid to host night racing competitions at the MMRT track in Sriperumbudur. The four-hour hour test session held on Wednesday night, attracted over 100 participants, a clutch of “super cars” and professional […]

Punjab CM’s wife duped of Rs 23 lakh, scamster arrested

Chandigarh, Aug 7: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s wife Preneet Kaur fell prey to a cyber fraud, losing Rs 23 lakh to a scamster who duped her through a mobile phone call, posing as a bank manager, said police. Also a Congress MP from Patiala, Kaur was duped a […]

1.32 lakh shifted to safer places in flood-hit Western

Pune, Aug 7: Over 1.32 lakh people have been shifted to safer places in Western Maharashtra with the flood situation remaining especially grim in Kolhapur and Sangli districts on Wednesday following incessant rains. Sixteen deaths in rain- and flood-related incidents have been reported from western Maharashtra so far in […]

NPF urges Nagaland govt to maintain status quo on RIIN

Kohima, Aug 7: The opposition Naga People’s Front (NPF) on Wednesday urged the state government to maintain the status quo on the preparation of the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) till a consensus in this regard is drawn from all stakeholders. The RIIN, a register of all […]

Doval visits south Kashmir; meets locals, policemen

Jammu, Aug 7: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Wednesday undertook a whirlwind visit to the militancy-infested south Kashmir and assured the locals that their security is the government’s responsibility. Doval arrived in Kashmir on Tuesday, a day after the Centre revoked the provisions of Article 370, which […]

Governor Das says 35 bps rate cut balanced, based on data

Mumbai, Aug 7: Governor Shaktikanta Das Wednesday termed the steeper 0.35 percent repo rate cut as a “balanced” call given the domestic and global developments. He explained that a 0.25 percentage points reduction, as it has done thrice this year since February, would have been “inadequate”, while a 0.50 […]

Manmohan condoles Swaraj’s demise

New Delhi, Aug 7: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday expressed shock at the demise of senior BJP leader and former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, describing her as a great parliamentarian and exceptionally-talented Union minister. “I was shocked to hear about the sudden demise of Smt Sushma […]

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