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June 17 Cosmetics maker Revlon Inc has filed for bankruptcy, falling victim to global supply chain disruptions that pushed up raw material costs and prompted vendors to demand upfront payments. Known for its nail polishes and lipsticks, the 90-year-old company in recent years has lost shelf space and sales to…

New Delhi, June 17The Enforcement Directorate is conducting raids at multiple locations in the National Capital region in connection with a money-laundering case against Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain and his associates, officials said Friday morning.At least 10 residential and business locations are being covered by the officials of the federal…

Amritsar, June 16 British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis termed the Jallianwala Bagh massacre a “shameful event” and expressed “regret” during a visit to the site on Wednesday. Accompanied by Deputy High Commissioner Caroline Rowett, he also paid obeisance at the Golden Temple. Paying homage to the martyrs, Ellis…

New Delhi, June 16As protests against the new recruitment plan “Agnipath” spread across multiple states today, turning violent at many places, the government asserted that the new model would not only bring in new capabilities to the armed forces but will also open up avenues for youth.While the Opposition demanded…

Bathinda, June 16 After taking gangster Lawrence Bishnoi into seven-day custody, the Mansa police have taken three others — Monu Dagar, Pawan Bishnoi and Naseeb Khan — on seven-day remand in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case and are conducting their joint cross-examination. While Bishnoi has been kept at Kharar, the…

Chandigarh, June 16 A fuel receipt found in one of the vehicles used in the Sidhu Moosewala killing led the police to identify four of the shooters involved in the crime. This is the only breakthrough the Punjab Police have claimed so far, after nearly two days of intense…

New Delhi, June 16In an attempt to contain the adverse fallout from the “Agnipath” scheme, the government on Thursday summoned representatives of public sector financial sector behemoths to explore employment prospects after they quit active service.After an official of the Department of Military Affairs, which spearheaded the now-controversial proposal, had…

Dipender Manta Mandi, June 16 A mountaineer slipped into a deep gorge in tribal district of Lahaul and Spiti on Thursday during an expedition to CB-13 peak (5,300 metre). According to sources, a group of four people was on mountaineering expedition to CB-13 peak in Lahaul and Spiti. During…

Islamabad, June 16Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday made a strong pitch for re-engaging with India, saying cutting ties with New Delhi would not serve the country’s interests as Islamabad was already “internationally isolated and disengaged.”Addressing the Founding Day ceremony at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad, Bilawal…

New Delhi, June 16 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will appear before the Enforcement Directorate on Monday and not on Friday. Sources said Gandhi has verbally sought more time from the ED to appear. Yesterday, the agency had asked him to rejoin the alleged money laundering probe in the National…

Vibha SharmaNew Delhi, June 16As protests rage through various parts of the country, including Haryana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, by job aspirants against the BJP-led Centre’s short-term recruitment scheme ‘Agnipath’, seeking its withdrawal/roll-back, sources said the Government is keeping a “close watch on the agitation”.The government “does not want…

Colombo, June 16A demonstration was held here in the Sri Lankan capital on Thursday against the proposed wind mill project to be undertaken by India’s Adani group in the northeastern region of Mannar.The protesters from the Gotagogama (President Gotabaya go home) gathered at the busy Bambalapitiya sector south of Colombo.They…

New Delhi, June 16 India’s apex vaccine strategy recommending body, the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation in its meeting on Thursday recommended reducing the gap between the second dose of the Covid vaccine and the booster dose from the current nine to six months. The precaution dose uptake has…

Lahore, June 16Two teenage Hindu sisters were allegedly raped by two men in Pakistan’s Punjab province, police said on Thursday.The two sisters, aged 16 and 17, left their house in Bahawalnagar, Fort Abbas, some 300 km from Lahore on the morning of June 5 to attend the nature’s call in…

Chandigarh, June 16 Punjab police on Thursday announced they have identified four shooters in singer Sidhu Moosewala’s killing case. The culprits have been identified as Priyawarat of Sonepat, his associate Ankit, Manu Kusa of Moga and Jagroop Roopa of Amritsar. However, the alleged assailants are yet to be arrested….