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Aditi TandonNew Delhi, October 18A day after the Gujarat Government told the Supreme Court that it had obtained the Centre’s concurrence before granting remission to 11 life convicts in the March 2002 Bilkis Bano case which the CBI had investigated, the Congress equated the move to a stain on the…

New Delhi, October 18Calling for the international community to work faster for “eliminating safe heavens” for terrorists and criminals, PM Narendra Modi today said there was a need for a global response to present-day crime, as threats had transnational dimensions.High time world came togetherWhen forces of good cooperate, forces of…

New Delhi, October 18The Congress will get its first non-Gandhi president in 24 years on Wednesday after more than 9,500 votes cast to choose between senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are counted to cap the election contest, the sixth in its 137-year-old history.The counting of the votes cast…

Aditi TandonNew Delhi, October 18A group of international experts convened by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in the first evaluation of oral cancer prevention strategies worldwide, has found that tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption were the main drivers of oral cancer in most countries but the use…

New Delhi, October 18India’s internet freedom score improved by two points to 51 in the global ranking following efforts to bridge the digital divide in the country, the US government-funded NGO Freedom House said on Tuesday.The improvement in the score is also based on reduced frequency and intensity of internet…

Chandigarh, October 18The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) made their presence felt in the Panjab University Campus Students’ Council (PUCSC) elections as their students’ wing Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) candidate Aayush Khatkar won the presidential poll.Khatkar got 2712 votes, while his nearest rival Harish Gujjar of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad…

Mumbai/Karachi, October 18 The Indian and Pakistan cricket boards put themselves on a collision course on Tuesday after BCCI secretary Jay Shah said the 2023 Asia Cup will be played at a neutral venue, prompting the neighbours to threaten a boycott of next year’s ODI World Cup. The hosting rights…

Shimla, October 18 The Congress on Tuesday announced the names of 46 candidates for the November 12 assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh. Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri will contest from Haroli. Asha Kumari will be Congress candidate from Dalhousie and Sukhwinder Sukhu from Nadaun. There are 68 Assembly segments…

Parvesh Sharma Bhuttal Kalan (Sangrur), October 18 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann along with Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated India’s largest bio energy plant at Bhuttal Kalan in Sangrur district today. It has been constructed by Verbio AG, one of Germany’s leading bio-energy companies, at a cost of Rs…

New Delhi, October 18 Chief of Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency Mohsin Butt chose to remain silent when confronted with questions from the media here on Tuesday about fugitive terrorists Dawood Ibrahim and Hafiz Saeed – suspected to be safely cocooned in his country. Butt, who is in the national capital…

Washington, October 18 The World Bank has appointed a “neutral expert” and a chairman of the Court of Arbitration regarding the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric power plants, in view of disagreements and differences between India and Pakistan over the 1960 Indus Water Treaty. Announcing the appointments, the World Bank said…

New Delhi, October 18 Calling the global community to work faster to “eliminate safe havens” for terrorists, criminals and the corrupt, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said when the “forces of good cooperate, the forces of crime cannot operate”. Inaugurating the 90th General Assembly of Interpol, the prime minister…

Ludhiana, October 18 Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Tuesday asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to remove Satbir Singh Gosal from the post of Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) in Ludhiana. Terming Gosal’s appointment as “totally illegal”, the Governor, who is also the Chancellor of the PAU, said Gosal…

New Delhi, October 18 The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked the Gujarat government’s reply to pleas challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case is very bulky wherein a series of judgments have been quoted but factual statements are missing. The top court granted time…

Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand), October 18 A helicopter ferrying pilgrims from Kedarnath temple to Guptkashi here crashed into a hill due to poor visibility on Tuesday, killing all six pilgrims and the pilot on the spot. The chopper—Bell 407 (VT-RPN) and operated by Aryan Aviation—burst into flames at around 11.45 am at…