Retired Punjab cadre IAS officer Arun Goel appointed Election Commissioner

New Delhi, November 19Retired IAS officer Arun Goel has been appointed as an Election Commissioner ahead of the crucial assembly election in Gujarat.The third post in the three-member poll panel was vacant for nearly six months.In a communique issued by the Ministry of law amp; Justice it is said, “The…

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Veteran star Tabassum Govil passes away at 78 due to cardiac arrest

Mumbai, November 19 Veteran actor Tabassum, known for her work as a child artiste and also as host of popular Doordarshan talk show “Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan”, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, her son Hoshang Govil said on Saturday. “Few days ago, she was admitted to…

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Letter threatens blasts in Indore during Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ Khalsa Stadium halt; 2 held

Bhopal, November 19 Police have detained two persons after an anonymous letter threatened bomb blasts in Indore city of Madhya Pradesh if Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ made a scheduled halt at Khalsa Stadium on November 28. Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Saturday said while two suspects have…

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Kashi and Tamil Nadu are timeless centres of culture, civilisation: PM Modi

Varanasi (UP), November 19 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed Kashi and Tamil Nadu as timeless centres of culture and civilisation. The two regions are also the centres of the world’s oldest languages Sanskrit and Tamil, Modi said in his inaugural speech at Kashi Tamil Sangamam here. In…

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Shraddha Walker murder accused Aftab Poonawalla caught on CCTV walking with bag early morning

New Delhi, November 19 A CCTV footage has emerged of Aftab Ameen Poonawalla, who is in police custody for brutally killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, in which he can be seen walking with a bag, sources said. According to the sources, the footage is from October 18 and the…

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Former Ropar MLA Sandoa’s kin booked for pointing gun at son of minority panel chief Lalpura

Nurpur Bedi, November 19 Two youth, including the nephew of former Ropar MLA Amarjeet Singh Sandoa, allegedly chased the car of National Commission for Minorities chairman Iqbal Singh Lalpura’s son Ajayvir Singh Lalpura and pointed a gun towards him late night here yesterday. Following a complaint in this regard, the…

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35 passengers save their lives by jumping from Ludhiana-Delhi tourist bus after it catches fire near Panipat

Panipat, November 19 A tourist bus caught fire near Patti Kalyana village on the National Highway 44 in the wee hours of Saturday. The bus was on its way from Ludhiana to Delhi. Around 35 passengers saved their lives by jumping from the bus. Details are awaited. …

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BJP questions Arvind Kejriwal’s silence over Satyendar Jain video; terms AAP ‘spa massage party’

New Delhi, November 19The BJP on Saturday sharpened attack on AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal questioning his silence over videos that purportedly showed jailed minister Satyendar Jain getting massage and receiving visitors inside his prison cell.No immediate reaction from the AAP was available on BJP’s charges.The Aam…

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Satyendar Jain was advised physiotherapy after spine injury; BJP making fun of his illness, says Manish Sisodia

New Delhi, November 19 Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday accused the BJP of leaking AAP minister Satyendar Jain’s videos from the Tihar Jail here and claimed that he was undergoing physiotherapy for a spine injury. Accusing the saffron party of resorting to cheap theatrics, he said Jain,…

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Man accused of woman’s murder outside Bathinda bus stand identified; was a case of ‘personal enmity’

Bathinda, November 19 The Bathinda police on Saturday claimed that the man accused of murdering a woman outside the Bathinda bus stand on Friday had been identified. The police said teams had been dispatched to arrest him. Prima facie, it is a case of personal enmity between the accused and…

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Shraddha’s photo with bruises on face surfaces; she used to complain to her friends about Aaftab’s drug addiction and how he would beat her up

Mumbai, November 19The doctor who treated Shraddha Walker for acute shoulder and back pain in the year 2020 on Friday said that the accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala accompanied her when she was brought to the hospital.She was admitted to Ozone Multispecialty Hospital of Nalasopara area in 2020 for acute back…

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Elon Musk proposes new policy to tackle hate speech, freedom of speech at Twitter

ANI Washington, November 19 Elon Musk has been trying to revamp Twitter ever since he took control of the microblogging site. On Friday, he announced new Twitter policy. In a tweet, he said that “New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.” He also informed…

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Canadian study visa rejection rate touches 50%, Punjab students turn to UK

Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, November 18 With a high rejection rate and huge backlog for Canadian student visas, Punjabi youth is turning to the UK for student visas. As per the British High Commission, around 1.20 lakh sponsored study visas were issued to Indian students till June 2022 by the…

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Regime change in Afghanistan poses threat to South Asia: Amit Shah

New Delhi, November 18Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said the situation in India’s neighbourhood had changed after the change in regime in Afghanistan in August last year as the growing influence of Al-Qaida and ISIS was posing a significant challenge to regional security.Chairing the first session of the third…

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