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CRPF jawan kills 3 colleagues in Jammu and Kashmir

CRPF jawan kills 3 colleagues in Jammu and Kashmir

Three CRPF personnel were killed Wednesday after a colleague allegedly fired at them after an altercation at their camp in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The alleged fratricide incident happened at around 10 pm when constable Ajit Kumar shot three of his colleagues from his service rifle at the 187th

Nirav Modi denied bail in London court, to stay in jail till March 29

Nirav Modi denied bail in London court, to stay in jail till March 29

Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi was arrested and denied bail at the Westminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday, setting off another high-profile extradition trial involving large-scale financial irregularities in India, three months after that of businessman Vijay Mallya. Modi, 48, was arrested by Scotland Yard in the central London area of Holborn

Gauhati HC bans blockades, agitators to pay for losses

Gauhati HC bans blockades, agitators to pay for losses

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday ruled against bandhs and blockades declaring them illegal and unconstitutional and ordered the creation of a fund to recover losses during such agitations from the organisers. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order while delivering the judgment on a petition filed by Lower Assam Inter-district

Arun Jaitley slams experts who alleged interference in data

Arun Jaitley slams experts who alleged interference in data

Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday slammed the 108 economists who alleged political interference in publication of statistical data as “purported economists” and said the “compulsive contrarians” are running “fake campaigns” against the government. Last week, 108 economists and social scientists alleged in a statement that the government has been

Former SC judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose appointed India’s first Lokpal

Former SC judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose appointed India’s first Lokpal

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose was Tuesday appointed as the country’s first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman, according to an official communique. Former Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) chief Archana Ramasundaram, ex-Maharashtra Chief Secretary Dinesh Kumar Jain, Mahender Singh and Indrajeet Prasad Gautam have been appointed as non-judicial members