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Colombo, July 15 Sri Lanka’s top court on Friday barred former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country without permission until July 28, anti-corruption group Transparency International Sri Lanka said. Three other former officials, including two former central bank governors, also cannot travel…

Toronto, July 15 Ripudaman Singh Malik was an “extremist warrior” with many enemies and personal disputes and played with violence in his life which likely came back to haunt him, recalled the people who knew the Sikh man, who has been shot dead in Canada. Malik, 75, who was acquitted…

Colombo, July 15 Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Friday barred former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country till July 28. The order was passed by the apex court during the hearing of a petition filed by global civil society organisation Transparency International…

Chandigarh, July 15Comedian-actor Kapil Sharma and his team have been busy with their ongoing international tour. Having performed in Toronto and Vancouver, the team was scheduled to wrap up their USA tour by the end of July and later perform in Australia on the first weekend of September. Going by…

Chandigarh, July 15 Punjab Police on Friday said they had seized 73 kg of heroin at the Nhava Sheva port in Maharashtra following a joint operation with the state’s police. In a statement, Punjab Police said 148 kg of heroin had been seized by it in the last one week…

Jupinderjit Singh Chandigarh, July 15 Sidhu Moosewala murder mastermind Goldy Brar, who is said to be in Canada, released a video on Friday to claim that they had spurned a Rs 2 crore compromise offer made by the singer to them following the Vicky Middukhera case. The video shot in…

New Delhi, July 15 People aged 18 and above will get free precaution doses of the covid vaccine at government vaccination centres from Friday under a 75-day special drive initiated by the Union Health Ministry. The drive, aimed at boosting the administration of covid precaution doses among the eligible population,…

New Delhi, July 15 Virgin Atlantic cancelled its Delhi-London flight on Thursday and other airlines might follow suit with Heathrow airport’s decision this week to limit the number of passengers to0 one lakh a day to cope with a staff crunch. There are 102 direct flights a week between India…

New Delhi, July 15 *IIT Madras best educational institute, IISc Bengaluru best university: Ministry of Education’s national rankings. *IIM Ahmedabad best B-school in India, followed by IIM Bangalore amp; IIM Calcutta: Ministry of Education’s national ranking. *Miranda House best college, Hindu college ranks second, followed by Presidency college: Ministry of…

New Delhi, July 15 The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, bagged the top spot among educational institutes in the country for the fourth consecutive year while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, is the best university, according to the Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework. The 2022…

New Delhi, July 15 Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s visit to Ladakh is “completely religious”, and no one should have any objection to it, a top government functionary said on Friday. The Dalai Lama will reach the Union Territory, bordering China, on Friday and is scheduled to stay there…

Colombo, July 15 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned, Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena officially announced on Friday, after a week of dramatic developments and massive protests against the government for “mishandling the economy” that bankrupted the country. The 73-year-old leader on Thursday emailed his resignation letter to the…

Chandigarh, July 15 Ripudaman Singh Malik, a Canadian Sikh businessman acquitted in connection with the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people, was shot dead in British Columbia on Thursday. Canadian authorities said that Malik’s killing was a “possible targeted shooting”. Police had not initially released his identity, but…

Chandigarh, July 15 Ripudaman Singh Malik, a Canadian Sikh businessman acquitted in connection with the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people, was shot dead in British Columbia on Thursday. Canadian authorities said that Malik’s killing was a “possible targeted shooting”. Police had not initially released his identity, but…

New Delhi, July 15 One-time supporter of the Sikh separatist movement and Canada-based businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik was killed outside his garment store in Surrey in Canada on Thursday morning. Malik and his Babbar Khalsa associate Ajaib Singh Bagri were in 2005 acquitted in the 1985 Air India Kanishka…