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JAMMU: A court in J&K’s Reasi district dismissed a plea seeking an FIR against Vaishno Devi shrine board officials for the death of 35 pilgrims in a landslide on the tracks to the site on Aug 26, ruling that a natural disaster was responsible for the tragedy.The PIL urged the registration of a police case…

Kerala government on Sunday strongly condemned reports that some private school managements imposed restrictions on Christmas celebrations and refunded money collected from students for the event.The government also warned that schools would not be allowed to be turned into “communal laboratories”.Such actions are unheard of in a state like Kerala, which has a high level…

Ankit Dewan, after he was allegedly assaulted NEW DELHI: Air India Express Captain Virender Sejwal, who got into a brawl with a passenger, Ankit Dewan, at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 1 last Friday, has accused the latter of making “casteist remarks” and issuing “absolutely unfathomable threats to female members of his family including a child.” Issuing…

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “silence” on late singer Zubeen Garg during the PM’s recent two-day visit to Assam.Garg, who hailed from the state, died on September 19 while swimming in the sea in Singapore, where he was scheduled to attend the North East India…

NEW DELHI: Leaders of Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) met on Sunday to hold alliance talks for the upcoming municipal corporation polls, with Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut later saying the alliance could be officially announced in “two-three days.”Also Read | ‘Sena (UBT) and MNS to ally’: Sanjay Raut on Maharashtra…

NEW DELHI: BJP Minority Morcha National President Jamal Siddiqui on Sunday condemned the lynching of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh, alleging growing radicalisation in the country. He also claimed that under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership, West Bengal could head down a similar path.Dipu Chandra Das was killed in a mob lynching in Mymensingh district on December…

Indian visa application centre in Chittagong; Shivraj Shingh Chouhan Visa operations at the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) in Bangladesh’s Chittagong have been suspended indefinitely amid heightened tensions in the neighbouring country and a protest near the Indian High Commission in capital Dhaka earlier this week. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan defended the VB-G RAM…

Shivraj Singh Chouhan (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Amid mounting attack from opposition parties, rural development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday in a video message alleged that “once again, a conspiracy is underway to mislead the country in the name of MGNREGA” and said that that “Viksit Bharat – G Ram G scheme is…

Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday defended the government’s decision to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, insisting that the new law strengthens, rather than weakens, the legal right to rural employment.Responding to sharp opposition criticism, Chouhan…

File photo (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Isro’s upcoming LVM3-M6 mission will place the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into orbit on December 24 as part of a commercial agreement with US-based AST SpaceMobile. The mission marks a significant step in global efforts to deliver high-speed mobile connectivity directly to smartphones using satellite technology.The BlueBird Block-2 satellite…