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IMD predicts cooler temps in north-west India, rain likely

Image: PTI NEW DELHI: Two western disturbances in quick succession are likely to affect north-west India this week with peak activity on April 7-8, resulting in below normal to near normal day temperatures over the region and a wet Read More

Malda siege of judicial officers proof of jungle raj, says Modi in Bengal

Image: PTI Kolkata: PM Modi cited Sunday the confinement of seven judicial officers on SIR duty in Malda district as proof of a collapsing law-and-order situation in Bengal, sharpening his attack on Trinamool Congress at a BJP elec Read More

Mumbai seafarer’s remains brought home, family seeks DNA proof

Image: IANS MUMBAI: The charred remains of Kandivli seafarer Dixit Solanki (32), who was killed in an alleged missile strike on his tanker off the Oman coast on March 1, were transported to Mumbai from Sharjah early on Sunday. Read More

No Brahmin fielded by major parties in TN

Image: PTI, ANI CHENNAI: For the first time in 35 years, AIADMK has not fielded any Brahmin candidate in the Tamil Nadu assembly polls, indicating the waning influence of the community that hasn’t found place this time in the Read More

HC lets married teen live with man of her choice

Image: IANS BHOPAL: A 19-year-old married woman has received legal sanction to live “independently” with a man of her choice after she told Madhya Pradesh high court’s Gwalior bench that her husband – at 40, Read More

Women’s rights & religion: CJI-led 9-J bench includes all faiths, and a woman

Image: IANS NEW DELHI: Inspired by the thumb rule that “justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to be done”, CJI Surya Kant has constituted a nine-judge bench, including judges from all faiths, and a woman, Read More

Petition filed in SC challenging amended ‘transgender persons’ law

PTI file photo NEW DELHI: In less than a week since the controversial amendments involving definition of transgender persons, omission of “self-perceived identity” as the basis for approval for getting a TG certificate from a distri Read More

Punjab ‘my soul’, says Chadha in response to AAP Punjab unit charges

PTI file photo NEW DELHI: “Punjab is not a talking point for me. It is my commitment. Read More

Three arrested after 3 men die from consuming ‘poisonous’ liquor in UP’s Bahraich

Meerut (UP), Apr 5 (PTI): Police have arrested three people, including a woman, after three men drank alcohol from the same bottle and died, officials said on Sunday, adding that they suspected foul play. Read More

Bengal SIR: Tribunal orders Cong candidate’s name to be reinstated in supplementary roll

Kolkata, April 5 (PTI): Congress candidate Mohtab Sheikh, whose name was earlier put under the adjudication cases column of the final electoral roll on February 28, was a happy man Sunday evening after a tribunal ordered that his name be reinstated. Read More

West Asia crisis: Iranian foreign minister dials EAM Jaishankar

New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Sunday and discussed the West Asia conflict amid US Pres Read More

BJP plotted Malda unrest, PM should stop peddling falsehood: TMC

Kolkata, Apr 5 (PTI): The TMC on Sunday accused the BJP of being involved in the unrest in West Bengal’s Malda district, where several judicial officers engaged in scrutiny of under-adjudication voters were gheraoed recently, and charged Prime Read More