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Mumbai, August 1 A special court here on Monday remanded Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till August 4 in a money laundering case. The ED produced Raut before the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court judge MG Deshpande and sought his…

Mumbai, August 1 Please don’t boycott my films, please watch them, superstar Aamir Khan has said in response to hashtags calling for the boycott of his upcoming film ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ trending on Twitter. The hashtags #boycottlaalsinghchaddha and #boycottbollywood have garnered tens of thousands of posts on Twitter. There were…

New Delhi, August 1 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday revoked the suspension of four Congress members, after party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said it was not the intention of the Opposition to hurt the Chair. The Congress members were suspended last Monday for the rest of the session…

Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, August 1 Sensing an impending shortage of liquor in several parts of the National Capital, the Delhi Government on Monday announced the extension of the existing (2021-22) liquor policy by two months. The Delhi Government had on Saturday announced the withdrawal of the new liquor policy…

Vishav Bharti Chandigarh, August 1 Following a report in The Tribune, the Opposition on Monday cornered the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party Government over the alleged panchayat land-grabbing by Lovely Professional University (LPU), Phagwara. The university is owned by AAP Rajya Sabha member Ashok Mittal. In a tweet, Punjab Pradesh…

Shimla, August 1More than 150 people are stranded in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul-Spiti district due to a flash flood, the state disaster management department said on Monday.According to the Lahaul-Spiti District Emergency Operations Centre (DEOC), a rescue team comprising administration, police and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel has rushed to the…

Chandigarh, August 1 Celebrated IAS office Tina Dabi’s sister Ria Dabi too cracked IAS in her first attempt. The good news for Ria is that she has been allotted Alwar district of Rajasthan, where she has been posted as the Assistant Collector. Her sister Tina is the collector of…

Kolkata, August 1At least 10 people died and 14 others were injured in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district, after a pickup van carrying passengers en route to neighbouring Jalpaiguri got electrocuted, police said on Monday.The incident took place late on Sunday, when the vehicle carrying around 37 passengers was going…

New Delhi, August 1 A task force on monkeypox has been constituted to closely monitor the emerging situation in the country and decide on response initiatives to tackle the spread of the disease, official sources said on Monday. It will also provide guidance to the government on expansion of diagnostic…

New Delhi, August 1 A task force on monkeypox has been constituted to closely monitor the emerging situation in the country and decide on response initiatives to tackle the spread of the disease, official sources said on Monday. It will also provide guidance to the government on expansion of diagnostic…

Prayagraj, August 1 Making a bomb does not necessarily cost bomb. Minor students detained for making bombs and hurling them at educational institutions, have revealed during interrogation that it cost them between Rs 60 to 80 to make a bomb. A senior police official involved in the investigations, said: “Whenever…

Udupi, August 1T Mohandas M Pai, founder of popular Kannada daily ‘Udayavani’, died at a hospital near here following prolonged illness, according to hospital sources. He was 89.Pai passed away on Sunday, the sources said.He was the eldest son of Dr T M A Pai, the founder of the Manipal…

Brimingham, August 1Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli (73kg) lived up to his top billing as he clinched India’s third gold in the Commonwealth Games here.Favourite to win the event, debutant Sheuli heaved 313kg (143kg+170kg) to grab the gold at NEC Hall here on Sunday.Malaysia’s Erry Hidayat Muhammad, who gave Sheuli a tough…

Mumbai/New Delhi, July 31 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of a Mumbai ‘chawl’, officials said. Raut, 60, was arrested after over six hours of questioning at the ED’s zonal office in south…

Mumbai, August 1 Shiv Sena workers will stage protests against the arrest of the party MP Sanjay Raut by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), his MLA brother Sunil Raut said on Monday. He said Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena stands firmly behind the Raut family. “The Shiv Sena and Uddhav ji stand…