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AMU mourns alumnus Bashir Badr's demise

Agra, May 31 -- Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) mourned the demise of its illustrious alumnus, legendary Urdu poet, academician and Padma Shri Dr Bashir Badr, 91, who breathed his last in Bhopal on Ma... Read More


8 get life term in Jhansi court-area shootout

Jhansi, May 31 -- A local court on Saturday sentenced eight men to life imprisonment in the 2018 daylight shooting near the Jhansi district court that left a bodyguard dead. The court also imposed a f... Read More


Fatal mix-up could have led to Pune hooch deaths

Pune, May 31 -- Investigators probing Pune and neighbouring Pimpri Chinchwad's hooch tragedy suspect that a fatal mix-up between methanol and ethanol may have triggered one of the region's deadliest i... Read More


CEC Kumar defends SIR, says it led to 'purest' voter lists

New Delhi, May 31 -- Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on Saturday that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls had produced "purest" and "most accurate electoral rolls in... Read More


Abhishek attacked in Sonarpur visit

Kolkata, May 31 -- TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday sustained minor injuries after he was attacked with stones and eggs in West Bengal's Sonarpur, where he had gone to meet the fami... Read More


CBSE defers revaluation portal reopening after malware attack

New Delhi, May 31 -- The Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) revaluation portal was hit by a "malicious cyberattack" that disrupted payment processing for around 50 Class 12 students and for... Read More


Govt exempts import duty on cotton till Oct

New Delhi, May 31 -- The government on Saturday exempted customs duty on cotton imports for five months starting from Monday, to ensure adequate availability of the raw material at competitive rates f... Read More


Safety concerns flagged days before tin shed collapse at Charbagh stn

LUCKNOW, May 31 -- The collapse of a tin shed on Platform No. 5 at Charbagh railway station, which left a travelling ticket examiner (TTE) and two passengers injured on Friday, has raised questions ov... Read More


Man held for killing toddler after marriage proposal rejected

Agra, May 31 -- Firozabad Police on Saturday arrested a man accused of killing a one-and-a-half-year-old boy after allegedly becoming enraged when the child's mother rejected his marriage proposal. Th... Read More


Enforcement Directorate arrests Noida mall owner in money laundering case

LUCKNOW, May 31 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Satinder Singh Bhasin, promoter of the Grand Venice Group and owner of the Grand Venice Mall in Greater Noida, in a money laundering ca... Read More