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NEW DELHI: In a setback to Congress’s Pawan Khera, Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Telangana high court order granting him transit anticipatory bail, making him vulnerable to arrest by Assam police which have been looking for him in a case registered on a complaint by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife.Expressing surprise at Telangana...

NEW DELHI: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday called for a stringent nationwide law to curb illegal religious conversions, alleging that such activities pose a threat to national security.VHP joint general secretary Surendra Jain expressed concern over what he described as “continuous reports” of conversion-related activities, including allegations linked to corporate workplaces. Referring to an...

NEW DELHI: ED’s headquarters investigation unit in Delhi on Wednesday conducted searches at ten premises in Jalandhar and Gurgaon associated with AAP’s deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Ashok Mittal and Lovely Professional University, in a suspected case of Foreign Exchange Management Act violations.Mittal is chancellor of Lovely Professional University while his son, Pratham, runs associated...

The blaze, which broke out around 5:30 pm, spread rapidly through the densely packed settlement, triggering a series of explosions as more than 50 LPG cylinders, kept in different shanties by residents, went off in succession LUCKNOW: Over 1,000 people, most of them migrant workers from nearby districts and other states, were rendered homeless after...

File photo SRINAGAR: Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) rejected a proposal for a territorial or regional council for Ladakh and reiterated its demand for statehood and Sixth Schedule safeguards after meeting lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena during his recent visit to Kargil.KDA, an amalgam of political and religious groups, said it remains open to fresh proposals...

LONDON: A shady network of immigration advisers in the UK is charging migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh thousands of pounds to pretend they are gay in order to get asylum.BBC undercover reporters posed as students from Pakistan and Bangladesh whose visas were expiring but had no genuine basis to claim asylum. They unearthed how immigration...

Nirav Modi (ANI image) LONDON: Fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi has applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in France for an injunction to prevent his removal to India.A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman told TOI: “Nirav Modi is due to be removed but he has lodged a rule 39 application to stay his removal...

A Russian liquefied natural gas cargo from the Portovaya plant on the Baltic Sea is currently en route to India, with the vessel Kunpeng expected to arrive at the Dahej LNG terminal. This is according to LSEG shipping data on Wednesday.If delivered, it would mark the first such shipment to India from a US-sanctioned Russian...

Virat Kohli leads RCB run chase in Bengaluru. (Pic credit: IPL) BENGALURU: The early phase of IPL has largely belonged to emerging talent and young turks. But the midweek fixture at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here was different. It turned out to be a vintage Wednesday. Two experienced exponents of the sport from Royal Challengers...

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