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Gurugram, February 22Scared of losing her son to Covid a Gurugram woman locked herself and her 10-year-old son in her house for three years.The woman suffering from psychological issues was rescued late last evening from her Chakkarpur house by a joint team of Gurugram police, Health officials and local NGO.The…

New Delhi, February 22 India and China on Wednesday held diplomatic talks in Beijing and discussed proposals for disengagement in the remaining friction points along the LAC in eastern Ladakh in an “open and constructive manner”, but there was no indication of any breakthrough. During the meeting held under the…

Saurabh Malik Chandigarh, February 22 More than seven years after the Punjab government came out with a notification providing fixed monthly emoluments to its employees during the probation period without grade pay, annual increment or other allowance, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed…

New Delhi, February 22Though South Block is pushing at the UN the need to recognise Hinduphobia as a crime, facts on the ground in the US indicate that it is the Sikh community which is facing the increasing brunt of hate crimes.From around 60 incidents of hate crimes against Sikhs…

New Delhi, February 22 Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission secretary-cum-scientific director Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi was on Wednesday appointed the new Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), according to an official order. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) had last month recommended his name for the post of DCGI. “The Appointments Committee of…

ANI New Delhi, February 22 Delhi’s Dwarka court on Wednesday remanded Sahil Gahlot to 12 days of judicial custody after his police custody ended. He was produced before the court after his police custody ended today. He was arrested on February 14 in the Nikki Yadav murder case. Later on…

Sumedha SharmaGurugram, February 22Rajasthan police have identified and released pictures of 8 absconding accused in Bhiwani immolation case.Other than the arrested accused, 8 others have been identified as Anil Multhan, Shrikant Marora, Kaithal resident Kaalu, Karnal resident Kishore, Bhiwani resident Monu Rana, Jind resident Vikas, Karnal resident Shashikant Sharma and…

New Delhi, February 22 The Ministry of Education has directed all states and Union Territories to fix the minimum age for admission in Class 1 as six years, officials said on Wednesday. According to the new National Education Policy (NEP), the foundational stage consists of five years of learning opportunities…

Satya Prakash New Delhi, February 22 In a setback to the Uddhav Thackeray faction, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Election Commission’s decision to recognise the Eknath Shinde faction as the real Shiv Sena and hand over the party symbol ‘bow and arrow’ to it. “The…

Lucknow, February 22 The Uttar Pradesh Police has sent a notice to Bhojpuri folk singer Neha Singh Rathore, known for her video “UP Me Ka Ba”, over her latest song which created “disharmony and tension”. In the 1.09-minute video shared by Rathore on Twitter on February 16, she criticised…

New Delhi, February 22 The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would “take a call” on listing a plea to allow girls to sit for exams in Karnataka government schools while wearing the hijab. Following the apex court’s split verdict on the issue of the ban on wearing the headscarf,…

New Delhi, February 22 Voting began on Wednesday to elect the new mayor of Delhi as the municipal House met after three previous failed attempts to hold the election to the top post. BJP MPs Meenakashi Lekhi and Hans Raj Hans were among the first to cast their vote. Other…

Karam Prakash New Delhi, February 22 The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday won the Delhi mayoral election and Shelly Oberoi was elected the mayor. Of the total polled votes, 266, the AAP received 150 and the BJP 116. Earlier, voting began on Wednesday to elect the new mayor of Delhi…

New Delhi, February 22 Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said the more AAP will grow, the more cases will be filed against its leaders, following the MHA’s sanction to the CBI to prosecute him in a case of alleged collection of “political intelligence”. In a communication…

New Delhi, February 22After much delay since the high-stakes civic polls in Delhi, the stage is set for the election of a new mayor on Wednesday following a Supreme Court order.The municipal House is slated to begin at 11 am during which the election to the posts of mayor, deputy…