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Court remands arrested youth to NIA custody till Mar 29

New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday sent alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed operative Sajjad Khan, a close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind Muddasir, to NIA custody till March 29. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had sought his custody for 10 days from Additional Sessions Judge RakeshSyal. Advocate M S Khan, appearing for Sajjad Khan, opposed the agency’s demand. […]

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India signals to boycott China’s Belt and Road Forum

India signals to boycott China’s Belt and Road Forum

Beijing: India on Wednesday signalled that it will boycott China’s second Belt and Road Forum for a second time, saying no country can participate in an initiative that ignores its core concerns on sovereignty and territorial integrity. India boycotted the first Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in 2017 after protesting to Beijing over the controversial […]

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Pak SC Chief Justice constitutes larger bench to define ‘terrorism’

Islamabad: Pakistan will soon have a definition to the word ‘terrorism’. This was decided by Supreme Court Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa on Wednesday when he constituted a seven-member bench to determine the definition of ‘terrorism’ and the cases that fall within the category, Pakistani media reported. The apex court’s decision comes amid intense pressure […]

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1 crore jobs lost while Modi was busy marketing himself: Rahul

Imphal/Khumulwng: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday lacerated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP for “destroying” one crore jobs and unleashing “politics of division and hatred”, insisting while these were happening the PM was busy “marketing” himself. Addressing election rallies in Manipur capital Imphal and Khumulwng in Tripura in the Northeast, where his party’s last […]

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Rahul urges people to wage ‘ideological battle’ against BJP

Khumulwng, (Tripura): Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday urged people to wage an “ideological battle” against what he called was “politics of division and hatred” unleashed by the BJP. Addressing a public rally at the Khumpui Academy Grounds near Agartala in Tripura, Gandhi said that unlike the BJP, the Congress follows the policy of love, unity […]

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Illegal hoardings: HC directs BJP corporator to pay Rs 24 lakh

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed a BJP corporator to pay Rs 24 lakh compensation in connection with an attack on a civic squad for removing illegal hoardings put up by him and his associates last year. A bench of Justices A S Oka and M S Sanklecha directed Murji Patel, the corporator […]

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Mayawati not to contest LS polls

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati Wednesday announced that she will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, but kept open the option of fighting a parliamentary by-election later. “In view of the present circumstances and the need of the country and the interests of the party, the movement and the public, it is the […]

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Nirav Modi arrested in UK; court remands him in custody till March 29

London: Nirav Modi, the main accused in the USD 2 billion PNB scam case, has been arrested in London where a court on Wednesday remanded the fugitive diamantaire in custody till March 29, saying there substantial grounds to believe that he would fail to surrender if granted bail. “Nirav Deepak Modi, 48, was arrested on […]

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Britain has requested Brexit delay until June 30: PM

London: Britain has asked EU leaders to delay Brexit until June 30, Prime Minister Theresa May told parliament on Wednesday, on eve of an EU summit in Brussels. May said she had written to EU President Donald Tusk “informing him that the UK seeks an extension to the Article 50 period to June 30”. “I […]

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Taliban militants kill 6 paramilitary personnel in Pakistan

Karachi: Heavily armed Taliban militants attacked a remote security check post in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province, killing at least six paramilitary personnel and wounding over a dozen others, an official said Wednesday. The Pakistani Taliban known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack which took place in the mountainous Lal Khattai area of Ziarat […]