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Mumbai, November 7 The arrest of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was “illegal” and a “witch-hunt”, a special court here said on Wednesday while granting him bail in the Patra Chawl redevelopment matter. It also questioned why the main accused…

York, November 9 A man was detained on Wednesday after an egg was thrown at King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla as they carried out an engagement in northern England. The egg landed near the British monarch and his wife as they arrived for a traditional ceremony in…

New Delhi, November 9 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called on the top Army commanders on Wednesday to always maintain the force’s operational readiness at its peak level amid a lingering border row with China in eastern Ladakh. In an interaction with the commanders at their ongoing biannual conference, Singh reasserted…

London, November 9 The High Court in London on Wednesday ordered diamond merchant Nirav Modi’s extradition to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering, amounting to an estimated USD 2 billion in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan scam case. Lord Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith and Justice Robert Jay,…

New York, November 9 Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday. The job cuts come just a week after widespread layoffs at Twitter…

GS Paul Amritsar, November 9 Harjinder Singh Dhami was on Wednesday re-elected president of the SGPC. He polled 104 votes against Bibi Jagir Kaur’s 42. Baldev Singh Kaimpuri was unanimously elected senior vice president as no one contested against him. Avtar Singh Fatehgarh was unanimously elected junior vice president. Gurcharan…

Noida, November 9 A 22-year-old woman employee of an insurance company here died after she was allegedly pushed from the third floor of the office building by her colleague who was also her former boyfriend, police said. After pushing the woman on Tuesday evening, the colleague had fled with the…

Ravinder Sood Palampur, November 9 A 34-year-old Navy officer, Bibin Dev, originally hailing from Kerala, was killed when his para glider crashed near Billing here last evening. After taking off from Billing, he lost control and within few minutes his glider came down. Dev was immediately shifted to Army Hospital…

Thiruvananthapuram, November 9 Kerala Higher Education Minister R Bindu on Wednesday said the LDF government through an ordinance intends to replace the governor with expert academicians as chancellor of universities in the state. The decision to issue the ordinance was taken at a cabinet meeting, a source in the Chief…

Sydney, November 9 Pakistan will continue their rollercoaster ride at the Twenty20 World Cup into the final after beating New Zealand by seven wickets in front of a raucous crowd largely made up of their compatriots at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. Paceman Shaheen Afridi led the way with…

Ahmedabad, November 9 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, singer Anmol Gagan Maan and cricketer Harbhajan Singh are among the 20 “star” campaigners of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the Gujarat Assembly polls. These names top the list of the star campaigners submitted to the…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, November 9 It will no longer be mandatory to publish research papers published in peer-reviewed journals before the final submission of the PhD thesis. According the new regulations for doctoral programmes notified by the government, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has scrapped the mandatory requirement of…

New Delhi/Chennai, November 9 Stepping up pressure against Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, the ruling DMK has urged President Droupadi Murmu to sack him, alleging that he had violated the oath he took under the Constitution and levelled a series of allegations against him. Among others, the DMK-led Secular Progressive…

Anirudh Gupta Ferozepur, November 9 The BSF troops deployed at border outpost Jagdish spotted three drones coming from the Pakistani side in this sector on Tuesday. The BSF personnel fired several rounds and used illuminating bombs to bring down a drone spotted at around 9.50 pm. Later, at around 10.10…

Chandigarh, November 9 Polling was under way on Wednesday to elect members of zila parishads and panchayat samitis in nine districts of Haryana in the second phase of panchayat polls, said officials. Polling is being held for 1,244 panchayat samiti members and 158 zila parishad members in 57 blocks of…