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On August 14, a businessman from Odisha‘s Balangir town went missing. Suspecting that it could be a case of kidnapping, his family approached the police. Technical surveillance took police 337 kilometres away…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
India
The 48-hour general strike called by the Campaign for Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD) demanding implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Manipur before the commencement of the 2027 Census,…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
India
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By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
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A Special Court in Odisha on Tuesday acquitted Maoist leader D Kesaba Rao alias Azad, who was accused by the police of being a conspirator and the main accused in the killing…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
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The bodies of two missing workers were recovered from the under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Tuesday—five days after a landslide left 22 workers trapped in it—taking the number of lives…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
India
A former additional secretary in the Department of Space who was chargesheeted in March this year, in connection with the failed deal between the ISRO’s Antrix Corp and Devas Multimedia Pvt Ltd,…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
India
Police in Chhattisgarh, investigating the death of 24-year-old Mumbai biker Riddhi Thakkar, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Balod district on August 12 while participating in a women bikers’ rally…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
India
The Bihar government on Tuesday transferred 17 senior IPS officers, including the police chiefs of Siwan and Bhojpur districts, where recent police actions had sparked controversies. According to a circular issued by…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
India
BJP workers, led by party MPs and MLAs, on Monday marched to the Civil Secretariat from different parts of Jammu city on Monday, accusing the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) government of…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
India
For years, Vijay Gupta rubbed shoulders with Jammu and Kashmir’s political and administrative elite. As the founder-editor of a local English daily, the 49-year-old was often spotted in the Civil Secretariat, meeting…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug