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Chief Secretary Case: Kejriwal to face conspiracy charge, AAP slams conspiracy
Delhi Police is likely to charge Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia with conspiracy in the alleged assault of Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by two AAP MLAs, said police sources. The ruling AAP slammed the case as…
Goel meets Manmohan, seeks cooperation for Parliament’s running
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Vijay Goel on Thursday called on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought his party Congress' cooperation in smooth functioning of Parliament in the coming monsoon session beginning July…
Indian-origin lawyer appointed to Singapore Supreme Court
An top Indian-origin intellectual property litigator in Singapore has been appointed as a judicial commissioner of the country's Supreme Court by President Halimah Yacob, according to an official statement.
Dedar Singh Gill, 59, is a…
Rupee touches all time low, crosses 69 per Dollar mark
The Indian rupee touched an all-time low and breached the 69 per dollar mark on Thursday due to high crude oil prices and weak macro-economic fundamentals.
At 2.44 p.m., rupee was at 68.92 against the previous closing level of 68.61 per…
Five killed as chartered Plane crashes in Mumbai suburb
At least five persons including a pedestrian were killed when a small chartered plane crashed in the thickly populated suburb of Ghatkopar in north-east Mumbai, officials said.
Eyewitnesses said the plane was seen hurtling down and…
Modi visits Maghar, pays tributes to Kabir Das
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday offered floral tributes at the 'samadhi' and 'mazaar' of the 15th-century saint Kabir Das at Maghar in Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.
Modi became the first Prime Minister to visit…
Ensure best outcome of Gram Swaraj Abhiyan by Aug 15: Modi tells officers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, noting that the second phase of Gram Swaraj Abhiyan is now underway in over 40,000 villages in the inspirational districts, called upon officers to work towards achieving the best possible outcomes…
US-India 2+2 Dialogue postponed for ‘unavoidable reasons’
The first India-US strategic 2+2 Dialogue involving External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and their US counterparts that was scheduled to have been held in Washington on July 6 has been postponed,…
Bad weather halts Amarnath Yatra
Bad weather along both the north and south Kashmir routes of Baltal and Pahalgam on Thursday halted the Amarnath Yatra that officially started earlier in the day.
"It has been raining along both Baltal and Pahalgam treks to the Cave…
LeT’s Naveed Jatt, 2 others killed Bukhari: Police
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Naveed Jatt along with two local terrorists murdered senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari here on June 14, police sources said on Wednesday.
Naveed Jatt is a Pakistani who escaped from police custody from a…