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DHAKA: Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus has said India will probably continue hosting former PM Sheikh Hasina if given a “free choice”, while claiming that “some external forces” want her to come back, days after New Delhi asserted that matters related to the Awami League leader are “legal” in nature and require “consultations” between both…
NEW DELHI: A mix of anticipation and anxiety has gripped Delhi with the Supreme Court hinting that it may allow the sale of green crackers in the city just a week before Diwali. The apex court is likely to deliver its verdict on Monday. While many residents welcomed the prospect of fireworks returning to the…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday once again reiterated his claim that he has played a key role in resolving several long-standing conflicts worldwide, including the dispute between India and Pakistan, as he flew to the Middle East.Trump also referred to the ongoing conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan, alluding that he would resolve the issue…
Fastest in the NHL: Connor McDavid leads the way (Image via: Getty Images) Connor McDavid continues to prove why he is widely regarded as the best hockey player in the world. On Saturday, the Edmonton Oilers superstar reached a top skating speed of 39.61 kilometers per hour, making him the fastest player in the NHL…
CHANDIGARH: Police on Sunday pressed a more stringent section of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the case related to the alleged suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, following strong objections from his wife Amneet Kumar.Amneet had accused police of “diluting” the case by invoking Section 3(1)(r) of the…
AGRA: The visit of Afghanistan’s foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to Agra on Sunday was cancelled, without any reason specified, according to the district administration. The Taliban leader was scheduled to travel by road to Agra’s Shilpgram, from where he would have proceeded to Taj Mahal. Muttaqi was slated to spend about an hour-and-a-half at…
I’m dismayed Noel didn’t back me as Tata Sons director: Mehli MUMBAI: Differences in Tata Trusts, one of India’s oldest philanthropic institutions, which opened up on September 11 during a board meeting, seem most stark on the issue of Mehli Mistry’s nomination to the Tata Sons board, as per minutes of the meeting, to which…
Azam Khan gets Y-category security back LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government Saturday restored Y-category security cover for Samajwadi Party veteran and former cabinet minister Azam Khan, who walked out of Sitapur district jail on September 23 on bail after spending nearly two years behind bars in connection with multiple criminal cases lodged against him.Khan’s Y-category security…
DEHRADUN: Supreme Court has acquitted three minors – who are now adults – sentenced to life for the 2007 strangulation murder of a 10-year-old, holding that the prosecution failed to prove their guilt beyond doubt and relied solely on circumstantial evidence and speculative claims. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma…
MEERUT: Two minor students, aged 14 and 16, of a cleric murdered his wife and two young daughters inside the mosque premises where the family lived, in revenge for beating them during religious lessons, police said on Sunday. Israna, 30, Sofia, 5, and Sumaiya, 2, were found murdered inside their living quarters within the Badi…
