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New Delhi, October 31The Army has sent in nearly 800 troops, including infantry, the engineer task force and doctors, for relief operations at Morbi.Of them, nearly 300 personnel were deployed in the search and rescue operations at the site. Equipped with engineering equipment, Army columns are assisting the NDRF, the…

Saurabh MalikChandigarh, October 31Just about three months after mining in the border districts of Punjab came under the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s scanner, the state has decided that legal mining would not be allowed within a kilometre of the International Border (IB).In an affidavit, the advance copy of which…

Vibha SharmaNew Delhi, October 31The ruling BJP on Monday cancelled its political programmes, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s road show in poll-bound Gujarat, in the wake of the Morbi bridge tragedy. The PM will be visiting the tragedy-struck Morbi on Tuesday to take stock of the situation.Reports that the “newly-renovated…

New Delhi, October 31 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday night chaired a high-level meeting to review situation in Gujarat’s Morbi. The Prime Minister was briefed on rescue and relief operations. A PMO statement said the Prime Minister stressed ensuring that those affected get all possible assistance. “Prime Minister Narendra…

New York, October 31 Instagram said it was working on an issue that left a seemingly large number of users locked out of their accounts Monday morning. Some users reported seeing a message that they were locked out but were still able to scroll through their feeds. Others posting on…

New Delhi, October 31 The Delhi Police on Monday said a team of their officials searched the houses of news portal The Wire’s founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan and deputy editor M K Venu in connection with an FIR registered against them following a complaint filed by BJP’s IT department head…

Johannesburg, October 31A 24-year-old Indian businessman has been shot dead allegedly by a police constable in Kisoro town of Uganda, according to a media report.The deceased was identified as Kuntaj Patel.Police constable Elioda Gumizamu, 21, from the Field Force Unit (FFU) has been charged with murder after he was apprehended…

Sukhmeet BhasinMansa, October 31The Delhi court on Monday granted daylong transit remand of Deepak Tinu to the Punjab police.Mansa police is bringing gangster Deepak Tinu to Mansa from Delhi after getting his transit remand. Tinu, an accused in Sidhu Moosewala murder case, had escaped from the Mansa police custody on…

Mumbai, October 31The Reserve Bank said the first pilot of the Central Bank Digital Currency—Digital Rupee (Wholesale segment) will be launched on Tuesday for transactions in government securities.The use case for the pilot is settlement of secondary market transactions in government securities, the RBI said in a statement on Monday.Nine…

IANS Perth, October 31 Crown Perth hotel has reportedly apologised to charismatic India batter Virat Kohli for the alleged breach of the player’s privacy by a fan, who took a video of the cricketer’s room while he was playing the ICC T20 World Cup Super-12 game against South Africa here…

Srinagar, October 31 Security forces on Monday foiled an infiltration bid by killing a Pakistani terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir’s Keran sector, police said. “One Pakistani terrorist/infiltrator got neutralised by army in Keran Sector (Jumagind area) in Kupwara district,” the Kashmir Zone Police tweeted. Search operations are under way in…

Morbi, October 31 Lok Sabha member from Rajkot Mohan Kundariya on Monday said 12 of his relatives were among those killed in the suspension bridge collapse in Gujarat’s Morbi town. They had gone to visit the picnic spot on Sunday when the tragedy took place, the BJP MP told PTI….

Chandigarh, October 31 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday asserted that there was no laxity on his government’s part in ensuring the delivery of justice in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case, a day after the slain singer’s father threatened to withdraw the FIR. Mann was responding to a question…

Chandigarh, October 31 Actress Anushka Sharma was visibly shaken as an intruder walked into Virat Kohli’s hotel room in Perth filming all of his accessories and wardrobe while the cricketer was not there. The Bollywood actress reacted strongly to the fan allegedly breaching their hotel privacy in Perth and taking…

New Delhi, October 31 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the tragedy-struck Morbi in Gujarat on Tuesday to take stock of the mishap that has so far killed 134 people, and counting. A Gujarat CMO statement said PM Modi will visit Morbi on the afternoon of November 1. The PM…