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HC grants anticipatory bail to suspended Air India pilot

New Delhi, Jul 1: The Delhi High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to an Air India pilot who was suspended for allegedly violating aircraft rules, including evading a breath-analyser test and forgery. Justice Mukta Gupta granted relief to Arvind Kathpalia on his plea apprehending arrest in a case […]

Nagaland to prepare register of indigenous inhabitants

Kohima, Jul 1: The Nagaland government will soon prepare a register of all the indigenous inhabitants of the state, an official said on Monday. The exercise to prepare the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) will start from July 10 and will be completed in 60 days, according […]

Wall collapses on huts in western India, killing 16

NEW DELHI — A 4.5-meter (15-foot) high wall collapsed on a cluster of tin-roofed huts housing migrant workers and their families in western India early Saturday following heavy rains, killing at least 16 people, an official said. The wall dividing the car parking area of a multi-story residential […]

Rajnath Singh visits naval ships, reviews infra projects with AP CM

Visakhapatnam, Jun 30:  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday visited the Indian Navy’s indigenously designed stealth frigate, INS ‘Shivalik’ andSubmarine ‘Sindhukirti’ here. On the second day of his two-day visit of Eastern Naval Command (ENC) here he was apprised on the operational readiness of the Command and other relevant […]

PM reminds people of Emergency; says don’t take democracy for granted

New Delhi, Jun 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday reminded people of the Emergency and urged them not to take democracy “for granted”, saying in day-to-day life, it is difficult to savour the joy of democratic rights, unless they are snatched away. In his first ‘Mann ki Baat’ monthly […]

Coal supply by CIL to power sector drops 3 pc in Apr-May

New Delhi, Jun 30: Supply of coal to the power sector by state-owned CIL declined by 2.6 per cent to 80.9 million tonnes in the first two months of the ongoing fiscal, government data showed. This comes amid coal imports rising 12.9 per cent to 235.2 million tonnes (MT) […]

Assault case: BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya released on bail

Indore, Jun 30: BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, who was arrested four days ago for assaulting a civic official here with a cricket bat, was released from a local jail on Sunday morning. He was released after his bail order from a court in Bhopal reached jail authorities in Indore. […]

Man, his son held for raping and killing two sisters

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jun 30: A man and his son, who were absconding since 2014, were arrested for allegedly raping and killing two sisters in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Sunday. Inam and his son Isar were hiding at a village in Ambala in Haryana and were arrested […]

Bhupendra Singh new DGP of Rajasthan Police

Jaipur, Jun 30: The Rajasthan government Sunday appointed DG ATS and SOG Dr Bhupendra Singh as the new DGP of Rajasthan Police. Singh replaces Kapil Garg, who is retiring today. An IPS officer of the 1986-batch, Singh is a recipient of the President’s police medal (2016) and police medal […]

Today there are few stars and more artistes: Diljit

Mumbai, Jun 30: Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh says with new talents emerging everyday across platforms, the mechanics of the industry has completely changed, with star system giving way to artistes.  Diljit says today the definition of a “star” has changed.  “Back home, no one looks at me as a […]

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