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October 21, 2021

Denied Bail By Special Court, Aryan Moves HC

A special Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act court on Wednesday refused bail to Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, and two other accused in the cruise ship drugs case.

1 min

Hindu-Muslim Lakshmi Puja in Bengal village

AT a time when communal violence has overtaken Bangladesh, leading to the death of at least 11 people, a village in Bengal’s Burdwan district has set an example of communal harmony during Lakshmi Puja.

1 min

WILL PAY COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGED CROPS: CM

District magistrates asked to conduct survey for ₹50K per hectare

2 mins

Reconsider opening PDS in vicinity of poor neighbourhoods: HC to govt

IT is in the state’s interest to ensure citizens get subsidised foodgrains easily, the Delhi High Court said as it asked the state government to examine the feasibility of opening fair price shops in localities from where the nearest outlet is 2.5 km away.

1 min

After rains, it's back to bad air days again

Spike in pollution is mainly on account of northwesterly winds returning, bringing smoke from stuble burning

2 mins

ANOTHER INDEX OF DOUBTFUL AUTHENTICITY

The Global Hunger Index needs to be challenged for many reasons including reliance on outdated data, flawed methodology and declining credibility of global institutions

4 mins

PM: Kushinagar to boost global Buddhist pilgrimage circuit

WHILE inaugurating Uttar Pradesh’s third and the country’s 87th international airport in Kushinagar on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in order to give further push to air connectivity in the country, efforts are on towards building a network of over 200 airports, heliports and water domes in the next 3-4 years.

1 min

₹200 for water bottle! Greed amid U'khand rains

THE rain disaster in Uttarakhand over the last four days has laid bare the human misery and greed.

2 mins

Five cops suspended over Agra custodial death

UP politics heated up once again as a sanitation worker allegedly died in police custody in Agra on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained by the police and later allowed to go to Agra to meet the victim’s family.

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LANDSLIDE CUTS OFF HIGHWAY LINKING NORTH BENGAL & SIKKIM

TORRENTIAL rains caused landslides in north Bengal cutting off National Highway 10, the arterial thoroughfare linking the state with Gangtok in Sikkim, on Wednesday morning. Thousands of tourists, who thronged the hills in the northern part of the state and the northeastern state of Sikkim on the occasion of Durga Puja holidays got stranded in popular destinations in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts.

1 min

Jack Ma Leaves China For 1st Time Since Crackdown

Beijing’s tough stance on regulating lucrative tech industry may be softening, experts say

2 mins

Stock price dip a market phenomenon: IRCTC

Says operations are normal within company; investors lose about ₹30,000 cr as stock plunges over 30% in 2 days

2 mins

Employees May Get Average 8.8% Pay Hike In 2022

Professionals can heave a sigh of relief as it might be time to bid goodbye to salary cuts and freeze in appraisals, with pay rises seeming to be making a comeback.

1 min

Voda Idea defers spectrum payments for 4 years

VODAFONE Idea has approved the deferment of its spectrum auction instalments for four years (October 2021 to September 2025) as per the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) notification on November 14.

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