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An SC bench said the primary responsibility to clear the illegal occupants is on the municipal corporation and the Delhi government should assist it in the exercise.

The restrictions, which were imposed till Monday evening, have been extended till 5 am on August 3, he said addressing a virtual press conference. The state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Pema Khandu took the decision on Friday after reviewing the scen...

cops have found evidence that at least 180 kilograms of gold has been smuggled through this diplomatic channel in the past, starting July 2019 onwards.

Facebook has submitted before the high court that it cannot remove any allegedly illegal group from its platform as removal of such accounts or blocking access to them came under the purview of the discretionary powers of the government according to the I...

Three members of a family were killed when Pakistani troops shelled various forward areas and civilian places along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Friday.

Municipal Commissioner Dr Vipin Sharma said in a late evening order that the latest lockdown, imposed on June 10, was being withdrawn from areas where the coronavirus spread is not very serious.

The incident took place in Athani Taluk after the family allegedly received no help from anyone after suspicion that the deceased was COVID-19 positive.

Officials had said about Rs 12 crore cash and jewellery worth Rs 1.5 crore were seized after the searches.

The government has also demanded information of vulnerability exploited by attackers and modus operandi of the attack and sought details of remedial actions taken by Twitter to mitigate the impact of the hacking incident.

In his plea, former MLC Mitesh Bangadia demanded that a case be registered against the minister in this connection and his passport be confiscated.

On Friday, the flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim, as five more deaths were reported, taking the death toll due to the monsoon deluge to 76.

According to the ministry's data updated at 8 am on Saturday, 6,53,750 people have recovered from the disease so far. There are currently 3,58,692 active cases in the country.

The widespread impact of the pandemic has spurred governments, pharmaceutical companies and global alliances to fund vaccine research more liberally, thus contributing to a speedy development in a big way.

Acting on specific information about the presence of militants in the Amshipora area of Shopian in south Kashmir, security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation there, a police official said.

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