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39 people fall ill after consuming buckwheat flour in Baghpat, Bijnor

MEERUT, March 21 -- A total of 39 people, including an additional district magistrate, fell ill after consuming 'kuttu ka atta' (buckwheat flour)-commonly eaten during fasting-in Baghpat and Bijnor di... Read More


Agra sub-inspector gets 10-year jail

AGRA, March 21 -- A court in Agra has sentenced a police sub-inspector to 10 years' imprisonment in a custodial death case from 2018. The court found sub-inspector Anuj Sirohi guilty of culpable homic... Read More


Rupee slips past 93 for first time on oil shock

MUMBAI, March 21 -- The rupee plummeted below 93 to a dollar on Friday as importers jostled for dollars, breaching a psychologically crucial level. The local currency, which has lost 3% since the outb... Read More


Vodafone Idea, BSNL begin talks to share telecom infra

NEW DELHI, March 21 -- Vodafone Idea and state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) have started talks on sharing towers, fibre and even spectrum, in a push to cut costs, improve network reach for bo... Read More


Delhi HC raps official over casual affidavit on NCM posts timeline

New Delhi, March 21 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday criticised a deputy secretary in the Centre's ministry of minority affairs for adopting a casual approach in filing an affidavit regarding the tim... Read More


HC pulls up Centre for inaction on '24 order on 'unnatural' sex

New Delhi, March 21 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday expressed displeasure over the Centre's delay in taking a holistic view on the exclusion of penalties for "unnatural sex" and "sodomy" under the B... Read More


Rally driver missing, Singhania injured in Maldives boat mishap

Mumbai, March 21 -- Industrialist Gautam Singhania was airlifted to Mumbai after suffering minor injuries in a speedboat accident in the Maldives, while ace Indian rally driver Hari Singh, 59, remains... Read More


ED attaches Rs.5k-cr assets in PACL probe

New Delhi, March 21 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), in one of its largest single attachment orders, has attached assets worth Rs.5,046 crore in connection with its money laundering probe against ... Read More


Joyce in Raigarh, Bibiji in Rangoon

India, March 21 -- "We may not have read two books - but at least our underarms are fair and fragrant." Thus goes one of the many wayward remarks of Avtar Kaur, also known as Bibiji. She lives in her ... Read More


Tales from the Indian zombie tradition

India, March 21 -- Young King Vikramaditya is tasked with transporting a Vetala that hangs from a tree in an abandoned cemetery. Vikramaditya cuts down the corpse, throws it over his shoulder and star... Read More