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NEW DELHI: The govt has lodged a strong protest with China over the recent creation of two counties in Hotan prefecture in its northwest, saying parts of these “so-called counties” fall in the Union Territory of Ladakh and India has never accepted the illegal Chinese occupation of Indian territory in this area.The creation of counties…
KOCHI/KASARAGOD: A CBI court on Friday sentenced 10 accused to life imprisonment and four others, including former CPM MLA from Uduma KV Kunhiraman, to five years in jail for the murder of two Youth Congress workers at Periya in Kerala’s Kasaragod in February 2019. The court had found them guilty on Saturday.The 10 accused were…
NEW DELHI: Only a fourth of India’s population has access to stroke-ready hospitals, claims a new study.India sees nearly 1.5 million stroke cases every year of which nearly 85 to 90% are caused by a clot in the major blood vessels of the brain.Treatment involves injecting drugs to break up the clot, also referred to…
NEW DELHI: Indicating the start of train operations between Jammu and Srinagar in the next couple of weeks, the railways has notified the timetable of one Vande Bharat and another two mail/express trains for the route. The single-trip Vande Bharat train on the route will take three hours and 10 minutes, while the other two…
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Friday stayed the arrest of Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rahman Barq in connection with the violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district during a survey of the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid.The HC, however, refused to quash the FIR registered in the case. A bench of justices Rajiv Gupta and Azahar…
NEW DELHI: Emphasising need to protect interests of senior citizens, many of whom are ignored by their children and left to fend for themselves once they hand over property by executing a gift deed, Supreme Court held that such deeds signed by parents could be quashed under Maintenance and Welfare of the Parents and Senior…
Three days after two-year-old male tiger ST-2402 strayed from Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR), forest authorities managed to tranquillise and rescue it on Friday. The young tiger was found hiding in the kitchen of a house in Chilki Ka Bas village in Alwar district while villagers shut themselves inside their homes out of fear. On being…
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two more suspects in a money laundering investigation involving fraudulent bank accounts created using innocent people’s identities for hawala and suspicious transactions at Malegaon.Mohsin Ahmed Mustakali Khilji and Sharif Miya Amirmiya Shaikh were arrested at Ahmedabad airport while attempting to escape to Dubai on Wednesday. Their arrest was…
MUMBAI: Shattering stereotypes, Isro has brought together about 12,000 talented girls from 108 countries for an all-girls flight to the lunar orbit, Mission ShakthiSAT. The mission is slated for a Sept 2026 launch by Isro’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. Some of the countries on board are Botswana, Greece, Costa Rica, UAE, and Cameroon.ShakthiSAT director Srimathy…
NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday explained the purpose of ‘lathi-training’ given to its cadres. He said that the motive was to instill bravery in the cadres and the skill was not meant for public display. The RSS does not train its cadres to use the ‘lathi’ or stick for…
