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Mumbai, January 31 A 45-year-old Italian woman passenger allegedly punched a crew member, spat on another staffer and stripped on board a Vistara flight to Mumbai from Abu Dhabi after she was stopped from entering the business class, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday and after…

Aditi TandonNew Delhi, January 30The Budget session of Parliament appears set for a stormy start with the Opposition on Monday demanding a debate on the role of Governors and Lieutenant Governors, Adani stock crash and the BBC documentary on Gujarat riots. It also wants a discussion on the nationwide caste-based…

Peshawar, January 30 A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with worshippers during afternoon prayers on Monday in the high-security zone in Pakistan’s restive Peshawar city, killing 61 persons and wounding nearly 150 others, mostly policemen, officials said. The blast occurred inside the mosque in the…

New Delhi, January 30The share prices of most of the Adani Group’s firms, barring those of the flagship Adani Enterprises, continued to fall on Monday despite several measures to bolster investor confidence, including a 413-page response to the allegations of wrongdoing by US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research and an announcement by…

New Delhi, January 30 The share prices of most of the Adani Group’s firms, barring those of the flagship Adani Enterprises, continued to fall on Monday despite several measures to bolster investor confidence, including a 413-page response to the allegations of wrongdoing by US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research and an…

Chennai, January 30Out-of-favour India player Murali Vijay on Monday announced he was retiring from international cricket.The right-handed batter who featured in 61 Tests, 17 ODIs and nine T20 Internationals last played for the country in the Perth Test against Australia in December 2018.His Test debut was against Australia in the…

Amritsar, January 30Punjab Vigilance Bureau has started assessing the properties of former Deputy Chief Minister O P Soni acting on a complaint of disproportionate assets lodged against him, a senior police officer said on Monday.”All properties in the name of O P Soni are being assessed by the team of…

New Delhi, January 30 Rising tensions within Australia’s Indian Diaspora exploded in Melbourne on Sunday leaving two people injured and many detained in two separate brawls between Khalistani activists and pro-India demonstrators during the so-called ‘Punjab independence referendum’. Indian High Commissioner to Australia Manpreet Vohra visited two of the…

New Delhi, January 30 The Punjab Regiment has been adjudged as the ‘best’ marching contingent among the three services at the Republic day Parade while the Central Armed Police Force (CRPF) was named as best among CAPF and other auxiliary forces. The Ministry of Defence today announced the awards…

Chandigarh, January 30 No suspicious item was found post a thorough check at a lounge-cum-nightclub in Sector 26 here on Monday after the manager received an anonymous call claiming a bomb was placed there. The manager informed the police control room following which police teams including Operations Cell, bomb…

Ravneet Singh Patiala, January 30 Despite opposition by students associated with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), students of Punjabi University, Patiala, on Monday successfully screened BBC’s controversial documentary ‘India: the Modi question’ which is based on the Gujarat riots. The documentary was screened peacefully in presence of over 300…

Gandhinagar, January 30 A court in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar on Monday convicted self-styled godman Asaram Bapu in a woman disciple rape case registered against him in 2013. Sessions court judge DK Soni reserved its order on the quantum of sentence for Tuesday (January 31). The court acquitted six other accused,…

IANS San Francisco, January 30 After sacking 11,000 employees in November last year, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now reportedly put middle managers at the company on notice. According to the newsletter Command Line by The Verge’s Alex Heath, Zuckerberg warned managers at a recent all-hands meeting….

New Delhi, January 30 The “dysfunctional” system of the UN Security Council has been reflected in the “absurd” situation arising out of one of its permanent members attacking Ukraine and the global body’s failure to address it, UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi said on Monday. In an address at…

New Delhi, January 30The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday demanded immediate release of Sikh political prisoners who had served more than their time as party MP and former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said there were different laws for Sikhs.Speaking at the all-party meeting called by the government today…