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Akal Takht gives AAP govt 30 days ultimatum to amend sacrilege law

AMRITSAR, June 30 -- Akal Takht, Sikhism's highest temporal seat, on Monday issued a one-month ultimatum to all Sikh MLAs of Punjab to remove objectionable clauses from the recently enacted Jaagat Jot... Read More


Oil import cost below $70, but price cut unlikely

New Delhi, June 30 -- India's average import price for crude oil has fallen below $70 a barrel for the first time since the West Asia conflict began, but consumers are unlikely to see an immediate cut... Read More


Gen Seth to assume charge as army chief

NEW DELHI, June 30 -- General Dhiraj Seth will assume charge as India's new Chief of the Army Staff on Tuesday, succeeding General Upendra Dwivedi, who retires after more than four decades of military... Read More


SIT probe flags lax donation handling, violations at temple

LUCKNOW/VARANASI/AGRA, June 30 -- Alleged irregularities in donation collections at the Ram temple in Ayodhya has brought the management of one of India's largest religious cash collection exercises i... Read More


SBI branch in focus, officials quizzed

Ayodhya, June 30 -- The main branch of the State Bank of India (SBI) in Ayodhya's Naya Ghat became the focal point of the investigation into alleged irregularities in Ram Temple donation collections a... Read More


WB clears bills to oust Muslims from OBC list

Kolkata, June 30 -- The West Bengal assembly on Monday passed two bills to formally change Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation laws and remove various Muslim communities from the backward classes... Read More


65-yr-old sentenced to death for raping, killing 3-year-old

Pune, June 30 -- A Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court on Monday sentenced a 65-year-old man to death for the rape and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in N... Read More


Aarogya Setu 2.0 launched as personal health record app

New Delhi, June 30 -- Union health minister JP Nadda on Monday launched a revamped Aarogya Setu app that transforms the Covid-19 contact-tracing platform into a personal health record application, alo... Read More


honeymoon murder case: HC upholds bail granted to Sonam

Shillong, June 30 -- The Meghalaya High Court on Monday upheld a Shillong court order granting bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, during their ... Read More


Curbs on retail sales of petrol, diesel removed

New Delhi, June 30 -- The Centre has withdrawn the temporary restrictions on the sale and distribution of petrol and diesel through retail outlets of state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs), with the... Read More