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Mumbai: Sculptor Jaideep Apte, the prime accused in the demolition of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue at Rajkot Fort in Malvan, Sindhudurg, and structural consultant Chetan Patil, who were arrested earlier, have been remanded to police custody till September 10. Sindhudurg police told the court that cut material was used to …

Mumbai: The tussle between the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) management and employees has started intensifying. About 200 SEBI employees protested at the SEBI headquarters in Mumbai today-Thursday. The employees protested against the claims made in a SEBI press release that a letter written earlier to the Finance …

Shaheed Bishan Singh Buttar was the leader of those brave patriots who challenged the British Empire by rebelling in the army during the Second World War. For this courageous act, he was martyred by hanging by the government. Shaheed Bishan Singh Buttar was born in 1915 in village Buttar Kalan …

Chandigarh: The leaders of the farmers and labourers, who were on a dharna demanding that the Punjab government should make the agriculture policy public from September 1, held a meeting with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh on Thursday. In the meeting that lasted for about three and a half …

Chohla Sahib: On Thursday, in Sangatpura village of Tarn Taran district, the lintel of the Diwan Hall of a gurdwara collapsed shortly after it was completed. More than a dozen people were buried under the debris of the lintel. After getting information from the people present on the spot and …

Khalda: A young man died after being shot with a 12 bore gun during a party organised by his brother to celebrate the arrival of a person from Khalda town. The police have taken the body into custody and registered a case of murder against a couple and their two …

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he wants to create many Singapores in India. He said this during a bilateral meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Thursday. The two leaders decided to upgrade the existing strategic partnership between India and Singapore to a comprehensive strategic …

Jalandhar: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Thursday arrested Rajdeep Nagra, an agent close to former Congress minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, from his native village Ekolahi in Khanna near Ludhiana. The ED was conducting raids since Wednesday. Rajdeep Nagra was brought to the ED office Jalandhar and taken to the Civil …

Maghavi weather was observed in the state of Gujarat yesterday i.e. on 5th September. In which light to heavy rain was seen in 207 talukas. The highest rainfall was recorded in Bijapur of Mehsana at 141 mm, Talod of Sabarkantha at 127 mm, Mansa of Gandhinagar at 115 mm. See …

Chandigarh: Social Justice, Empowerment and Minority Affairs Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur issued orders to various departments to fill the backlog posts related to Scheduled Castes on priority basis. Cabinet Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur said that it has come to her notice that there are vacancies related to Scheduled Castes in …