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Thiruvananthapuram: Government Railway Police has launched a drive to screen drunk passengers at railway stations and on trains in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Palakkad and Kozhikode zones, days after a drunk man allegedly pushed a teen girl off a moving train near Varkala town in Kerala. The authorities hope the exercise may act as a deterrent to…

Attorney general R Venkataramani NEW DELHI: Attorney general R Venkataramani apologised on Friday to Supreme Court following CJI B R Gavai deploring the Centre’s plea for referring to a five-judge bench midway through hearing on challenges to the validity of the Tribunal Reforms Act and two days later excoriating a request for adjourning a scheduled…

PATNA: RJD‘s Tejashwi Yadav, who is opposition alliance’s CM face in Bihar polls, said on Friday BJP is “scared of a 37-year-old youth” and has deployed 30 helicopters to counter him.The star campaigner of Mahagathbandhan, who addressed 18 election rallies during the day, described himself “unstoppable” and declared that neither PM Modi nor any NDA…

The hospital will serve as a lifeline for five southern talukas of Gadchiroli where patients earlier had to travel long distances to Chandrapur or Nagpur for advanced maternity care NAGPUR: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis will inaugurate Saturday a 100-bed women’s and child hospital at Aheri in southern Gadchiroli, marking a major milestone in public health…

Muskan (R) and Sahil allegedly killed the former’s husband and hid his dismembered remains in a blue drum at his Meerut house BAREILLY: After facing months of social boycott, the family of Muskan Rastogi, the prime accused in Meerut’s ‘blue drum murder case’ that hit national headlines in March, has purportedly pasted a ‘for sale’…

JUMMU: The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court will hear the habeas corpus petition of detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mehraj Malik on November 20.Malik, who is AAP’s Jammu & Kashmir unit president, was detained on Sept 8 under the stringent Public Safety Act for allegedly disturbing public order. Ever since, he has…

BENGALURU: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said society cannot be sustained merely through laws but through empathy, cultural rootedness and a shared sense of belonging that strengthens social harmony.Speaking at the valedictory ceremony of silver jubilee celebrations of Nele foundation (a caring home for destitute children) here, he stressed the need…

NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old man sustained over 70 per cent burn injuries after he was allegedly tied to an electric pole and set on fire by three minors in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district on Friday, police said. The three juveniles named by the victim have been detained for questioning, officials added. According to police, the…

LUCKNOW: In a major revelation during the three-day intensive interrogation of terror suspect Bilal Khan (34) by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), investigators uncovered that the accused was in touch with nearly 4,000 Pakistani phone numbers and maintained regular communication with Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) handlers based in Pakistan. Bilal was allegedly receiving direct…

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said that a land deal involving his son Parth Pawar has been cancelled amid allegations of irregularities in the transaction. Addressing reporters after meeting chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Pawar said his son and his business partner were unaware that the land in Pune, which their…