The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted heavy to very heavy showers in parts of north, northeast and south India in the next three days, highlighting that the country recorded its highest rainfall in 44 years in the month of August. Nearly 5,000 people were shifted to safer places
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In major relief for Dr Kafeel Khan, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday ordered his immediate release and the dropping of stringent National Security Act (NSA) charges against him which was invoked earlier this year over an alleged inflammatory speech by him against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Khan was
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a member of Pinjra Tod, a women’s collective, in a case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in February. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait gave the relief to JNU student Devangana Kalita on
The Meghalaya government on Tuesday closed all the six entry and exit points to the state for one week amid the coronavirus pandemic. The entry points to Meghalaya at Byrnihat, Ratacherra, Bajengdoba, Tikrikilla, Mirjumla and Haldiagunj have been closed to ‘unburden’ health and other frontline workers, including police personnel. Only
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday informed that three sub-deputy collectors (SDCs) have been suspended for their alleged involvement in registering fake beneficiaries under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme in Bishnupur district. “Suspended three SDCs for registering fake beneficiaries under the PM Kisan Nidhi scheme in