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New Delhi, January 4The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad High Court order directing the Uttar Pradesh government to hold urban local body polls without reservation for the OBCs.A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha took note of the submissions of Solicitor General…

Ottawa, January 4 The Canadian government and lawyers for survivors have reached an agreement-in-principle to settle a class-action lawsuit over the operation of boarding homes for Indigenous students attending public schools between 1951 and 1992. Over the past four years, the government and counsel for the plaintiffs tried to resolve…

Colorado, January 3 A former Colorado funeral home owner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting 560 corpses and selling body parts without permission. Megan Hess, 46, pleaded guilty to fraud in July. She operated a funeral home,…

Mumbai, January 4 Veteran actor Satish Shah has said that he was subjected to racist remarks by a staff member at London’s Heathrow airport. “Because we are Indians” was how the actor said he responded to the racist remark by a staff member. The ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’ star on Tuesday…

Chandigarh, January 4 The junior athletics coach, who has accused former Haryana sports minister Sandeep Singh of sexual harassment, on Wednesday recorded her statement before the magistrate under Section 164 of the CrPC. Accompanied by her lawyers, the victim arrived at the District Court Complex, Sector 43, here. Meanwhile, the…

Dharamshala, January 4The first session of the 14th Himachal Pradesh Assembly started on a stormy note as opposition members disrupted the proceedings, accusing the Congress government of having a “vengeful attitude”.Protem Speaker Chander Kumar administered oath to Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, Leader of the…

New Delhi, January 4 Star India batter Rishabh Pant is all set to “undergo surgery for ligament tears”, the BCCI stated on Wednesday, effectively ruling him out of competitive cricket for an indefinite period. Pant has been airlifted from a Dehradun hospital to Mumbai where he will undergo extensive treatment…

New Delhi, January 4 The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to transfer criminal cases against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, pending in a Rampur special court, outside Uttar Pradesh on grounds of alleged “persecution”. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice SA Nazeer and Justice PS Narasimha said…

Washington, January 4 A 41-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested in the US on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse after he intentionally drove a Tesla off a cliff with his wife and two children inside, according to media reports. Dharmesh A Patel of Pasadena, California, will be booked…

ANI New Delhi, January 4 An inebriated man onboard an Air India US flight urinated on a woman co-passenger, a senior citizen, seated in a business class seat. The country’s aviation regulator the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sought a report of the incident from the airline….

Washington, January 4 In a move that is expected to help India develop a manufacturing ecosystem for high-end drones, a top US drone manufacturer has announced a partnership with a leading Indian forging company to manufacture main landing gear components, subassemblies, and assemblies of remotely piloted aircraft in the country….

Chandigarh, January 4 Delhi woman who was dragged by car had 40 external injuries, base of skull fractured, brain matter was missing, says autopsy, as per NDTV report. Anjali Singh was killed in the early hours of the New Year after her scooter was hit by a car, which dragged…

Chandigarh, January 4 Fourty three-year-old Kabaddi coach from Punjab’s Moga was shot dead in Manila, Philippines. Residents of Moga district’s Pakharwad village said that Gurpreet Singh Gindru had gone to Philippines around four years back to earn a living. The report says Gindru was allegedly shot in the head by…

Kolkata, January 3 President of the Tibetan Government-in-exile Penpa Tsering on Tuesday asserted that all incursions along the Indo-Tibetan border have been one-sided and by China. In an interview to PTI, the President also called Sikyong, said since Tibet had signed the treaty of 1914 which set the border between…