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New Delhi, December 3 A 35-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her live-in partner in west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar, police said on Friday. Rekha Rani’s body had stab wounds and was recovered from her rented house in Ganesh Nagar where she was living with her 16-year-old daughter for…

Washington, December 3 The Group of Seven nations and Australia agreed Friday to adopt a US$ 60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil, acting shortly after the European Union reached unanimous agreement on the same price earlier in the day. The move is a key step as Western sanctions aim to…

New Delhi, December 2Maintaining that India shared an important relationship with Moscow, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said the country was not passive on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and was speaking to both sides.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar were “speaking to both…

New Delhi, December 2 Maintaining that India shared an important relationship with Moscow, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said the country was not passive on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and was speaking to both sides. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar were “speaking…

New Delhi, December 2The US has declared three members of the Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and one senior official of militant outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as “global terrorists”.A statement on Thursday named AQIS “emir” Osama Mehmood, deputy emir Atif Yahya Ghouri, and Muhammad Maruf, who looks after the…

New Delhi, December 2 The anti-graft central probe agency CBI on Friday issued summons to K Kavitha, the Telangana MLC and the daughter of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, to appear before it on December 6 for questioning in connection with the agency’s probe into alleged irregularities in formulating and…

ANI New Delhi, December 2 The Delhi government schools will be closed on Saturday in view of preparations for the December 4 MCD elections, according to an official notification on Friday. The notification, issued by the Directorate of Education, School Branch on Friday, said that the schools would remain open…

Washington, December 2The US has designated four top leaders of al-Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban groups as global terrorists, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said as he emphasised that the Biden administration will ensure that terrorists do not operate with impunity in Afghanistan.The terrorists who were designated on Thursday…

Malwa (MP), December 2Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said people like Kapil Sibal who maintained a “dignified silence” after leaving the party could be allowed to return, but not the ones like Jyotiraditya Scindia or Himanta Biswa Sarma.Ramesh, who is the Congress’s media head, also termed Union Minister Scindia…

Kochi, December 2 A SpiceJet flight from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) bound for Kozhikode with 197 passengers, including six crew, onboard had an emergency landing at the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) on Friday evening following hydraulic failure, an airport spokesperson said here. An emergency was declared in the airport at…

Mohali, December 2 In a joint operation with Mohali Police, Punjab Police’s Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) on Friday arrested a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang from the Old Ambala Road in Dhakoli and recovered 20 pistols and an Innova car from his possession. The accused, an inter-state…

PTI Raipur, December 2 The ED on Friday arrested Saumya Chaurasia, a deputy secretary rank officer posted in Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s office, in connection with a money laundering investigation into an alleged coal levy scam in the state, official sources said. Chaurasia, considered a powerful bureaucrat of…

New Delhi, December 2The US is undertaking “tremendous efforts” to solve the problem of long wait time in issuance of visas in India, US Charge d’Affaires Ambassador Elizabeth Jones said on Friday, acknowledging that the situation in the country is particularly “bad” because of the high demand.The newly-appointed diplomat also…

New Delhi, December 2 The BJP on Friday appointed former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Sunil Jakhar as well as its former Uttar Pradesh president Swatantra Dev Singh as members of its national executive. It also appointed former Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill its national spokesperson, the party said…

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, December 2 With an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the BJP on Friday named former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and ex chief of state Congress Sunil Jakhar as the party’s national executive members. Former Congress minister in Punjab Rana Gurmit Sodhi was appointed…