Days after successfully getting alleged AgustaWestland middleman, Christian Michel, extradited from Dubai and a London court clearing the extradition of fugitive loan defaulter Vijay Mallya, India is one step closer to getting the custody of another wanted criminal. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) which has been pressing for Rana’s extradition is sending a team to …
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Manish Grover, the Haryana Minister of State for Cooperatives has courted controversy after he allegedly offered guns, money and gunmen to voters while campaigning for the municipal elections. Grover who was addressing an election campaign in Rohtak’s Pahrawar village allegedly made the offer after some villagers complained that that one of the candidates in the fray was roaming with a …
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Out of a total population of 180 million Indian Muslims, only 108 had joined the terrorist outfit Islamic State informed former Intelligence Bureau Director Syed Asif Ibrahim on Friday. 108 Muslims accounted only for 0.000058% of the total Indian Muslim population. He attributed the reason behind such low numbers to Sufi and non-Salafi nature of Islam in India. Existence of …
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Civic officials were left bemused after a plastic trader from Vasai, fined Rs 5,000 for stocking banned items, walked into the civic headquarters on Thursday and handed over three plastic bags filled with coins in denominations of Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5 and Rs 10. “We were surprised on seeing the coins. But we had to accept it and …
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If the assembly elections, which just concluded was anything, it was a credibility nightmare for the Election Commision. A number of incidents, mostly related to Electronic Voting Machines. Adding to the headache of the EC is an EVM which was found lying unattended on the national highway in Shahabad area of Kishanganj constituency in Rajasthan. #WATCH: A ballot unit was …
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Thane Police have launched a probe into the death of a 20-year-old whose decapitated body was found lying on a railway track. The youth, Rohit Pardeshi allegedly ended his life by jumping before a suburban train near Kalyan railway station on Thursday. BCCL/ REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE Police said the youth, who hailed from Netivali village in the district, had left a …
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Yesterday, when SpaceX Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket lifted off the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the co-founder and CEO of Exseed Space, Kris Nair tweeted, “WE ARE IN SPACE”. The tweet was important because it was about India’s first private satellite Exseed SAT1 taken to orbit by Falcon 9. The satellite is expected to be a boon for …
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When we think of farmers we imagine them working their fingers to the bone, sowing, ploughing and harvesting crop only to reap a meagre income once the output is sold. Women agricultural labourers are also known to contribute to farming apart from doing household chores. In Pastapur village of Zaheerabad, women farmers handle heavy tripods, set frames using a viewfinder, …
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A 22-year-old transgender police constable in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram has been admitted to hospital after she tried to commit suicide alleging harassment by three of her superiors, police said on Tuesday. R Nasriya, who joined the police force in August this year, shot a selfie video of her drinking rat poison and posted it on WhatsApp Monday night, saying she …
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The six Australian youth have changed the lives of children living in slums near Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru as they have managed to brighten their lives with solar lamps. Six years back, the children in this slum would face a tough time studying in the flickering light of kerosene lamp at night while watching the CFC and LED bulbs …
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