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Satya PrakashNew Delhi, February 5As thousands of undertrial prisoners continue to languish in jail despite having been granted bail, the Supreme Court has directed trial courts to suo motu consider relaxing bail conditions in cases where accused persons are unable to furnish bail bonds for over a month.The order came…

New Delhi, February 5Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf, who died on Sunday, was “once an implacable foe of India” but became a “real force for peace” later on, drawing the BJP’s ire which accused his party of “eulogising” the architect of the…

New Delhi, February 5 The Congress on Sunday stepped up its attack on the Centre over allegations against the Adani group, alleging that the Modi government’s “loud silence” over the issue “smacks of collusion”. Adani group stocks have taken a beating on the bourses after US-based activist short-seller Hindenburg Research…

New Delhi, February 5 The Congress on Sunday stepped up its attack on the Centre over allegations against the Adani group, alleging that the Modi government’s “loud silence” over the issue “smacks of collusion”. Adani group stocks have taken a beating on the bourses after US-based activist short-seller Hindenburg Research…

IANS Ludhiana, February 5 In a historic initiative aimed at ensuring supply of cheap sand and gravel, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday dedicated 16 mines to the people, thereby ensuring pit-head price of sand to Rs 5.50 per cubic feet. In a historic initiative aimed at ensuring…

ANI New Delhi, February 5 A female cancer patient, who recently underwent a surgery, was allegedly offloaded from a New York-bound flight of American Airlines at Delhi airport after she sought assistance from a flight attendant to keep her hand-bag in overhead cabin. The incident was reported on January 30,…

IANS Mumbai, February 5 It’s raining superstar collaborations in Bollywood. After the ‘wow’ inducing collaboration between Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan in ‘Pathaan’, another collaboration has left the audience in joy and shell-shocked. However, this time the collaboration landed on smaller screens of phone and laptop with Akshay Kumar…

Rewa, February 5 A 16-year-old boy allegedly raped a 58-year-old woman and murdered her by gagging and hitting her brutally in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district, a crime suspected to the fallout of a mobile phone theft two years ago, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on the night…

Toronto, February 5 A portion of a road in Abbotsford, British Columbia, will be named Komagata Maru Way in the memory of 376 Indians who sailed to Canada from India in 1914, but were turned away by the country. Abbotsford City Council voted unanimously last week to rename a portion…

New Delhi, February 5The Central Government is likely to increase dearness allowance (DA) for its over one crore employees and pensioners by four percentage points to 42 per cent from existing 38 per cent as per the agreed formula for the purpose.The dearness allowance for employees and pensioners are worked…

Sandeep Dikshit It was rather unusual for a former Pakistan President and army chief to have stayed abroad for a decade and to have died in a foreign land. Pervez Musharraf’s life contained numerous upheavals, especially after his military career entered the fast lane, courtesy at first Benazir Bhutto…

Islamabad, February 5 Pakistan’s former military ruler General (retd.) Pervez Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in 1999, died on Sunday in Dubai after a prolonged illness. Musharraf, 79, was suffering from amyloidosis, a rare disease caused by a build-up of an abnormal protein called amyloid in organs and…

IANS Jaipur, February 5 Similar to what was witnessed during the wedding ceremony of actors Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif, Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani have also announced a no phone policy in their wedding functions scheduled from February 6-7. Rajasthan is set to witness another star wedding of Sidharth…

Bhopal, February 5The Madhya Pradesh Police have arrested three members of the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) on charges of conspiring against the government and indulging in unlawful activities, an official said on Sunday.With this, the police have taken into custody four members of the banned outfit in…

Mumbai, February 5Mumbai Police have registered an FIR against former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli for allegedly assaulting and abusing his wife in an inebriated state at his home in suburban Bandra, an official said on Sunday.No arrest has been made so far in connection with the alleged incident which took…