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New Delhi: Riaz Akhtari and Ghaus Mohammad, the two prime accused who killed Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, will be brought to Delhi by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The central probe agency has taken over the investigation of the gruesome murder. They will be produced before Delhi court. The NIA sources said […]
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New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, who is currently in police custody in connection with a 2018 contentious tweet, on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court challenging the remand. On Tuesday, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria at Patiala House Courts had allowed four days’ custody of Zubair to Delhi police in connection with one of […]
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New Delhi: Edtech major Byju’s on Thursday said that less than 500 people have been laid off at Whitehat Jr and Toppr, but sacked employees have claimed that 1,100 staff had been retrenched at Toppr alone. The layoff at Toppr comes alongside Byju’s group firm Whitehat Jr retrenching 300 employees in addition to the resignation […]
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Noida: The Noida Police on Thursday arrested a man for sharing and liking a video and allegedly supporting the killing of Kanhaiya Lal, the tailor who was brutally murdered by two men in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. A senior police official said the arrested accused was identified as Ashif Khan, a resident of village Chhaprauli of Noida […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday assured the MSME sector that the centre is ready to make necessary policy changes to encourage small entrepreneurs as they are playing a key role in the ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant) initiative of the government. Addressing the ‘Udyami Bharat’ programme, the Prime Minister exhorted small entrepreneurs to register […]
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Amroha (UP): In what can be termed as one of the fastest trials in a rape case, a court in Amroha sentenced a 40-year-old man to life imprisonment for the rape of his minor daughter after proceedings that ended in just six days. The man had sexually abused his teenage daughter for seven months and […]
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Kolar: A 32-year-old man allegedly smothered his 12-year-old son and dumped the body in a water tank here, police said on Thursday. The boy had revealed about his father’s IPL betting addiction to his mother. The accused has been identified as Manikanta, a barber. According to police, Nikhil Kumar had told about his father’s addiction of […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: Following the detection of anthrax in wild pigs, which were found dead in Athirapally in Kerala’s Trissur district, the authorities have decided to ensure that all proper protocols are observed in the area. It was the local legislator Sanish Kumar Joseph who brought this to the notice of the higher authorities and thereafter it has […]
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Mumbai: Recovering from its record low, the rupee appreciated 13 paise to 78.90 against the US dollar on Thursday. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 78.92 against the American dollar. In initial trade, the local currency witnessed a high of 78.90 and a low of 78.94 against the US dollar. In the […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the ‘Udyami Bharat’ programme at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi today. During the event, Prime Minister will launch the ‘Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance’ (RAMP) scheme, ‘Capacity Building of First-Time MSME Exporters’ (CBFTE) scheme and new features of the ‘Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme’ (PMEGP). PM […]
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New Delhi: India reported 18,819 new Covid cases in a span of 24 hours, which is a considerable rise from the previous day’s count of 14,506, taking the caseload to over one lakh-mark after a gap of four months, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs. In the same period, the country reported […]
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Jaipur: Rajasthan Police on Wednesday said that the main accused involved in the killing of the tailor in Udaipur were in touch with Pakistan-based organisation Dawat-e-Islami and one of them also went to Karachi in Pakistan in 2014 to meet the organisation. Rajasthan Director General of Police (DGP) ML Lather said that besides the main […]
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has upheld the order imposing compulsory retirement imposed on a civil judge, who was caught red-handed while signing order sheets of the previous day during a surprise visit of the Principal District Judge. The bench headed by Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar observed that maintaining a high degree of probity and […]
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New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Thursday flew Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to Bengaluru to recover his laptop which he used for uploading various contents on social media sites. According to police, he has allegedly formatted his electronic devices and is refusing to hand them over to police despite being repeatedly asked. […]
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Varanasi: Varanasi will receive 13 new projects worth Rs 1,200 crore when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits his parliamentary constituency in July. Modi will also inaugurate around 33 ready projects worth Rs 600 crore during his visit. Divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal and district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said that the final date for the Prime […]
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Udaipur: The two men, who beheaded a tailor on camera in Rajasthan’s Udaipur and which rocked the nation, had tried to flee the city on a motorcycle. Two men entered Kanhaiya Lal’s shop at a crowded market in Udaipur this afternoon, stabbed him multiple times and slit his throat with a cleaver. Video shows cops […]
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Lakhimpur Kheri: In a shocking revelation, it has been found that a 19-year-old sister was responsible for the gang rape and murder of her 12-year-old sibling in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district. The elder sister was in a relationship with a youth and the victim came to know about the affair. The elder sister asked […]
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said he is quitting the post. “I am also quitting as member of Legislative Council,” Thackeray said in a webcast. His announcement came minutes after the Supreme Court refused to stay Maharashtra Governor’s direction to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government to take a floor test […]
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Mumbai: As the fate of the Maharashtra government hangs in balance, the state cabinet on Wednesday approved the renaming of Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar, and that of Osmanabad city as Dharashiv. The decision on the emotive issue of renaming of the historical central Maharashtra city of Aurangabad came even as the Shiv Sena, which heads […]
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New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has transferred the probe in the murder of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to explore if there is any terror angle. “The MHA has directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the investigation of the brutal murder of Shri Kanhaiya […]
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New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the Vice Presidential election to be held on August 6 (Saturday). The date on which counting, if required, shall be taken on the same day, said the EC in an official statement. The term of the office of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu is ending on August […]
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Udaipur: Kanhaiya Lal, whose brutal murder triggered communal tension here, was cremated in the presence of a large number of people even as curfew remained clamped in parts of the city. A large number of police personnel were deployed during the funeral procession to maintain law and order, officials said. The funeral procession was taken […]
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Hyderabad: Andrew Formica, the chief executive officer of Jupiter Fund Management Plc, took everyone by surprise after he announced he was leaving the £55.3 billion ($67.9 billion) asset management company. The 51-year-old had joined Jupiter in 2019. According to a report on ‘Bloomberg’, he will leave his post on October 1 and will step down […]
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Guwahati: Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said they are ready for the floor test. He said this after visiting the famous Kamakhya Temple here, along with other four MLAs. The temple management committee welcomed Shinde and other MLAs in the temple. Shinde and other rebel Shiv Sen MLAs have been camping in […]
