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ANI New Delhi, January 21 Multiple YouTube videos sharing the first episode of the BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question” have been blocked as per the directions issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, sources said on Saturday. Along with YouTube videos, the Centre has also directed Twitter to…

Jammu, January 21 Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday condemned the twin blasts at Narwal in Jammu. Senior police officials briefed the Lt Governor about the blasts and on the investigation. He called for taking urgent steps to identify and act against those responsible. “Such dastardly acts highlight the desperation…

Raipur, January 21 India’s relentless pace attack ran through a fragile New Zealand batting line-up as the hosts cantered to an eight-wicket win in the second ODI to seal the three-match series here on Saturday. The Mohammed Shami-led attack produced an incisive effort to bowl out New Zealand for a…

Poonch/Jammu, January 21An explosion was reported at the house of a former legislator in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said on Saturday.Former Surankote MLA and prominent Gujjar leader Choudhary Mohammad Akram said the incident occurred around 7.30 pm on Friday and his family had a narrow escape as splinters…

Jammu, January 21 Just two days before Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to reach Jammu, two back-to-back explosions rocked a busy locality on the outskirts of the city on Saturday, leaving nine people injured, officials said. Police suspect that IEDs were used to carry out the…

Jammu, January 21 Seven people were injured in two explosions within a span of 15 minutes here on Saturday, sources said. The additional director general of police (Jammu zone) confirmed the explosions and injuries to six people. Hospital sources, however, said seven people were admitted with splinter injuries and all…

New Delhi, January 21 The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday said there was prompt response from Scoot with regard to many passengers missing its Amritsar-Singapore flight due to rescheduling of the departure timing on January 18. The timing of the flight was changed on account of the…

Kolkata, January 21 The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested Trinamool Congress youth leader Kuntal Ghosh for his alleged involvement in teachers recruitment scam, a senior official said. Ghosh was first detained on Saturday morning by ED sleuths following overnight search operations at his Chinar Park apartment and then arrested, he…

Panaji, January 21 A Goa-bound chartered flight from Moscow with 240 passengers on board was diverted to Uzbekistan in the wee hours of Saturday after the authorities at the Dabolim airport in the state received an email, which claimed that there was a bomb on the plane, police said. This…

Panaji, January 21 A Goa-bound chartered flight from Russian capital Moscow with 240 passengers on board was diverted to Uzbekistan in the wee hours of Saturday following a bomb threat, police said. The flight was scheduled to land at the Dabolim airport in South Goa at 4.15am, a senior police…

Wellington, January 21 Chris Hipkins, who played a significant role in New Zealand’s response to the covid-19 pandemic, is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after emerging on Saturday as the only candidate to lead the ruling Labour Party. Hipkins, 44, is expected to be confirmed as the…

Jammu, January 21 Five people were killed and 15 others injured on Friday night in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police said. The police said the driver of a minibus lost control on the wheel at Sila village of Billawar area in Kathua. “The minibus plunged…

Satya PrakashNew Delhi, January 20The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to set up a fresh five-judge Constitution Bench to hear petitions seeking to declare Islamic practices of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ unconstitutional.”There are very important matters which are pending before a five-judge Bench. We will constitute one and bear this…

New Delhi, January 20Chinese President Xi Jinping held a rare video conversation with soldiers deployed along the India-China border in eastern Ladakh and inspected their combat readiness, reported the Chinese official media on Friday.The conversation between the Chinese President and the troops took place on Wednesday. Xi spoke to the…

New Delhi, January 20Holding that a chargesheet filed by an investigating agency was not a public document, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to all states to enable free public access to chargesheets and final reports filed by investigation agencies on their websites.Not a public…