India, Germany to cooperate on high technology for military use
India and Germany have resolved to closely collaborate on high-technology for military use in line with a broader aim to develop defence cooperation as a key pillar of the bilateral strategic partnership. Besides this issue, ways to further bolster strategic cooperation figured prominently at a meeting of the India-Germany high defence...
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Authorities to comply with guidelines on not requisitioning forest staff for election duty: NGT
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Heed WHO warning, Mothers against vaping group urges nations to act
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India, Nepal foreign secretaries hold talks, review bilateral ties
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Reliance Industries shares climb nearly 2 pc
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DGCA slaps Rs 30 lakh fine on Air India for wheelchair incident involvingelderly passenger
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Apply to all, else it won't get results: Irfan questions denial of contracts to Iyer, Kishan
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Even Rohit, Kohli should play domestic cricket when free: Kirti Azad
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TMC says Bengal police arrested Shajahan after court cleared the decks; BJP dubs it scripted
The ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday hailed the arrest of absconding party leader Shajahan Sheikh, accused of torturing villagers in trouble-torn Sandeshkhali area, and said it was possible only after the court cleared the decks and accused the opposition of exploiting the earlier "embargo" on his arrest. The BJP dubbed the...
Himachal Pradesh: Six Congress MLAs disqualified by assembly speaker
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Thursday disqualified six Congress MLAs who had cross-voted in the recent Rajya Sabha polls for the lone seat in the state. They had also abstained from voting on the Budget in the assembly, defying a party whip to vote in favour of the...
Criminals calling shots in parts of Bengal, this has to end: Guv Bose on arrest of Shajahan Sheikh
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday welcomed the arrest of TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali case and asserted that the time has come to put criminals, who are ruling the roost in parts of Bengal, behind bars. Absconding TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh was arrested on the early...
14 people killed, 20 injured as pick-up vehicle overturns in MP's Dindori district
At least 14 people were killed and 20 others injured when a pick-up vehicle overturned and fell into a deep valley in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori district in the wee hours of Thursday, a police official said. The accident took place near Badjhar Ghat at around 1.30 am when the vehicle's driver...
There can't be automatic vacation of stay orders of trial courts, HCs: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday held that there cannot be an automatic vacation of stay orders granted by a lower court or high court in civil and criminal cases after six months. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud did not agree with its 2018 judgement which...
Akhilesh Yadav unlikely to appear before CBI for questioning in illegal mining case, say SP sources
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is unlikely to appear before the CBI on Thursday for questioning in an illegal mining case registered five years ago in which he is a witness, party sources said. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister is scheduled to attend a meeting of PDA "Picchda (backward classes),...
Sandeshkhali unrest: TMC strongman Shajahan arrested, sent to 10-day police custody by court
Absconding TMC strongman Shajahan Sheikh, the main accused of sexual abuse and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday after being on the run for 55 days that witnessed violent protests led by local women and a fierce political slugfest. Additional Director-General of Police (South Bengal)...