Chandigarh, August 16A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly abducting, raping and murdering a girl child in Haryana’s Panipat, police said on Tuesday.Police said the incident took place Monday when the girl, 6, was playing in a park near her home in Panipat’s Sector 29, with her brother two…
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‘Prima facie not so improper’: SC on Talaq-e-Hasan
New Delhi, August 16Describing the Islamic practice of ‘Talaq-E-Hasan’—pronounced once a month over a period of three consecutive months—as “prima facie not so improper”, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was not akin to triple talaq that was declared unconstitutional in 2017.”Prima Facie this is not so improper. Women…
View More ‘Prima facie not so improper’: SC on Talaq-e-HasanAir service to Kullu begins from Delhi-Chandigarh; 36 passengers in first flight; Know the timings
Chandigarh, August 16 Flights on Tuesday started from New Delhi and Chandigarh to Bhuntar airport in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu. In the first flight, 32 passengers landed at Bhuntar Airport in an ATR-42 aircraft. Inaugural landing of ATR42 at Kullu Manali Airport today.@aaikmbairport welcomes #ATR42 flight with #watercanonsalute. @aaiRedNR…
View More Air service to Kullu begins from Delhi-Chandigarh; 36 passengers in first flight; Know the timingsAssam man beheads villager over football match bet of Rs 500, walks into police station with severed head
Tezpur (Assam), August 16A man allegedly beheaded his fellow villager following an altercation over a bet on a football match and walked into a local police station with the severed head in Assam’s Sonitpur district, a senior officer said on Tuesday.The incident occurred on Monday in Doyalur area under the…
View More Assam man beheads villager over football match bet of Rs 500, walks into police station with severed headBihar Cabinet expansion: Nitish Kumar retains Home portfolio; Tejashwi Yadav gets Health
Patna, August 16 Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has kept the crucial Home Department portfolio with himself and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has taken charge of the Health Department’s portfolio in the first Cabinet expansion of the newly formed Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar. JD(U) leader Vijay Kumar Chaudhary got the…
View More Bihar Cabinet expansion: Nitish Kumar retains Home portfolio; Tejashwi Yadav gets HealthTension in Amritsar’s Ranjit Avenue after two youths seen fitting ‘bomb’ in vehicle outside cop’s house
PK Jaiswar Amritsar, August 16 Panic gripped the posh locality of Ranjit Avenue in Amritsar on Tuesday after a “bomb” was allegedly kept beneath a Mohindra Bolero parked outside a park. A bomb-disposal squad reached the spot and removed the bomb and took it for defusing to a safe…
View More Tension in Amritsar’s Ranjit Avenue after two youths seen fitting ‘bomb’ in vehicle outside cop’s house31 ministers inducted into Bihar cabinet; RJD gets majority share
Vibha Sharma New Delhi, August 16 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his Cabinet today, allocating the biggest chunk of ministerial berths to Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal–the largest party in the current Assembly as also the ‘mahagathbandhan’. Aa many as 31 ministers, including Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav’s maverick brother…
View More 31 ministers inducted into Bihar cabinet; RJD gets majority shareIn first human to animal transmission, dog tests positive for monkeypox, its owner is gay
Paris, August 16 French researchers have documented the first case of a dog with confirmed monkeypox virus infection that might have been acquired through human transmission. Published in medical journal The Lancet, a team from the Sorbonne University in Paris recorded the case of monekypox virus in two men who…
View More In first human to animal transmission, dog tests positive for monkeypox, its owner is gay7 security personnel killed as bus falls into gorge in J-K’s Pahalgam
Srinagar, August 16 Six ITBP personnel and a policeman died while 32 others — who were returning from Amarnath Yatra duty — sustained injuries on Tuesday when a bus fell in deep gorge in Pahalgam area of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. Condition of six of the injured personnel…
View More 7 security personnel killed as bus falls into gorge in J-K’s PahalgamKashmiri Pandit shot dead, brother injured in militant attack in J-K
Srinagar, August 16 A Kashmiri Pandit died and his brother was injured after they were shot by militants in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. A police official identified the deceased as Sunil Kumar and the injured as Pintu Kumar. “Terrorists fired upon civilians in an…
View More Kashmiri Pandit shot dead, brother injured in militant attack in J-KPM Modi, Bhagwant Mann greet Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on his birthday
New Delhi, August 16 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on his birthday. Kejriwal turned 54 on Tuesday. Birthday greetings to Delhi Chief Minister Shri @ArvindKejriwal Ji. I pray for his long life and good health. —…
View More PM Modi, Bhagwant Mann greet Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on his birthdayRow over Savarkar poster: Man involved in stabbing shot in leg in Karnataka’s Shivamoga
Shivamogga (Karnataka), August 16 A man, who was suspected to be involved in clashes here and stabbed a person, was shot in his leg when he allegedly tried to attack the policemen who went to detain him, police said on Tuesday. Mohammed Zabi alias Charbi (30), a resident of Marnami…
View More Row over Savarkar poster: Man involved in stabbing shot in leg in Karnataka’s ShivamogaFIFA bans India for third party influence; Women’s U17 World Cup not to be held in India
New Delhi, August 16In a massive setback for the country, world football governing body FIFA on Tuesday suspended India for “undue influence from third parties” and said the U-17 Women’s World Cup “cannot currently be held in India as planned.” The country is scheduled to host the FIFA tournament from…
View More FIFA bans India for third party influence; Women’s U17 World Cup not to be held in IndiaAmid India’s concerns, Chinese ‘spy ship’ docks at Lankan port; Beijing says vessel not threat to security interests of any country
Colombo/Beijing, August 16 A high-tech Chinese research ship docked on Tuesday at the strategically important Hambantota port China leased from the Sri Lankan government, days after Colombo asked Beijing to defer the port call amidst India’s concern over the vessel’s presence in its neighbourhood. The Chinese ballistic missile and satellite…
View More Amid India’s concerns, Chinese ‘spy ship’ docks at Lankan port; Beijing says vessel not threat to security interests of any countryChinese research ship docks at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port
Colombo, August 16 A high-tech Chinese research ship docked at Sri Lanka’s southern port of Hambantota on Tuesday, days after Colombo asked Beijing to defer the port call amidst India’s concern over the vessel’s presence in its neighbourhood. Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ arrived in…
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