India

The family of school principal Rizwan Assad Pandith has alleged that he was killed in police custody as torture marks were visible all over his body.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat issued fresh summons to the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) concerned for Saturday in the JNU sedition case.

Yashwant Chavan, the spokesperson for the corporation, said the decision was taken as commuters were misusing the minimum balance, which often led to altercations between metro staff and passengers.

The plea said there has been no probe on the identity of the guests and outsiders even though the victims made categorical statements that a large-scale prostitution racket was being run by named prime accused Brajesh Thakur.

Mohamed Mustaffa Ali also pulled his girlfriend off a mattress and then dragged the victim out of the room. The woman later gave birth to a healthy boy and married Ali last December.

While the direct impact of shooting down such defunct satellites is minimised by the sheer distance, experts argue that debris can very well hinder communication satellites.

The 'Mission Shakti' operation by the DRDO and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the PM said, involved the A-SAT destroying the live satellite, all in three minutes.

Speculations are rife that BJP may go ahead to field both Ravi Kishan and Nirahua from UP for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in an apparent attempt to cash on the celebrities’ stardom and popularity.

The decision was taken by the higher education regulator at its last meeting on the ground that a degree programme in agriculture is technical in nature as it requires practicals or laboratory courses.

On June 13, 1997, a fire broke out at the Uphaar cinema hall during the screening of Bollywood film 'Border', killing 59 people and injuring over 100.

The minister requested the Swami to pray on her behalf to Lord Krishna for the welfare of the country and return of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister.

After week eight of pregnancy, women who had worked two or more night shifts the previous week had a 32 per cent higher risk of miscarriage compared with women who had not worked any night shifts that week.

The CBI had moved the Supreme Court after its officials were thwarted by the Kolkata Police when they had gone to Rajeev Kumar’s official residence to question him on February 3.

IAF chief B S Dhanoa said induction of Chinook will be a game changer the way the Rafale is going to be in the fighter fleet.

The Income Tax Department had last month provisionally attached 29 properties and 105 bank accounts of Modi, his family members and firms as part of its probe.

Mukul Roy, Jay Prakash Majumdar,Locket Chatterjee and Shishir Bajoria comprised the four-member BJP delegation.