Expelled BJP leader Usman Ghani briefly detained in Bikaner

Usman Ghani

Jaipur: Usman Ghani, who was recently expelled from the BJP, was briefly taken into preventive custody in Bikaner for not allowing police to check his vehicle, officials said Sunday. The Bikaner police took Ghani into custody under section 151 of Code of Criminal Procedure (arrest to prevent the commission of cognisable offence) Saturday and later produced before Additional District Magistrate (ADM) for release, they said. The incident took place in front...

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Manipur: One killed, three injured as gun battle breaks out among village volunteers of rival groups

Manipur: One killed, three injured as gun battle breaks out among village volunteers of rival groups

Imphal: One person was killed and three others injured in a gunfight between village volunteers of two warring communities in ethnic strife-torn Manipur's Kangpokpi district Sunday, police said. Dozens of gunmen had attacked Koutruk in Imphal West district Sunday morning from elevated hilltops of neighbouring Kangpokpi district prompting village volunteers deployed in the fringe village to retaliate, the police said. Exchange of fire gradually spread to adjacent villages of Kadangband and...

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Siddaramaiah orders SIT probe over alleged sex scandal involving Deva Gowda’s MP grandson

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to form a Special Investigation Team to probe an alleged sex scandal involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna. Prajwal is the grandson of JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. He was the NDA candidate in the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls April 26. The JD(S) joined the NDA in September last year. "The government has decided to form a...

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft

Yemen, Houthi, MQ-9 Reaper, drone

Jerusalem: Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed shooting down another of the US military's MQ-9 Reaper drones, airing footage of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the unmanned aircraft. The Houthis said they shot down the Reaper with a surface-to-air missile, part of a renewed series of assaults this week by the rebels after a relative lull in their pressure campaign over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. US Air...

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Expelled BJP leader Usman Ghani briefly detained in Bikaner

Jaipur: Usman Ghani, who was recently expelled from the BJP, was briefly taken into preventive custody in Bikaner for not allowing police to check his vehicle, officials said Sunday. The Bikaner police took Ghani into custody under section 151 of Code of Criminal Procedure (arrest to prevent the commission of cognisable offence) Saturday and later produced before...

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GT post 200 for 3 against RCB

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Titans posted 200 for 3 in their Indian Premier League match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru here Sunday. Sai Sudharsan (84 not out) and M Shahrukh Khan (58) struck fifties to take GT to the 200-run mark after being invited to bat. For RCB, Swapnil Singh, Mohammed Siraj and Glenn Maxwell took a wicket apiece. Brief...

Shehzada insulted Indian kings, emperors but forgot Aurangzeb's atrocities: PM Modi slams Rahul Gandhi

Shehzada insulted Indian kings, emperors but forgot Aurangzeb’s atrocities: PM Modi slams Rahul Gandhi

Belagavi: Coming down heavily on Rahul Gandhi over his recent remark that Rajas and Maharajas used to be "land grabbers", Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday accused the Congress leader of playing appeasement politics and forgetting the atrocities committed by the likes of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb who destroyed hundreds of temples. "Congress' shehzada says that the kings and...

Filmmaker Karan Johar on self-isolation after two staff test COVID-19 positive

Karan Johar explains why he stays away from the ‘N’ word

Mumbai: Filmmaker Karan Johar has once again addressed the topic of nepotism, but this time he said that he stays "away from the 'N' word" on his social media. Karan shared a video on Instagram featuring Zarna Garg, an Indian-American stand-up comedian, who is currently in India for her show titled 'Practical People Win'. In the clip,...

J&K: Injured VDC guard succumbs in Udhampur

J&K: Injured VDC guard succumbs in Udhampur

Jammu: The injured Village Defence Committee (VDC) guard passed away in Jammu & Kashmir’s Udhampur district. Terrorists had fired at a VDC guard in Sang area of Basantgarh in Udhampur Sunday. Officials said that the VDC guard Mohd Shareef, a resident of Lower Ponar village in Basantgarh, who was admitted to hospital after being critically injured in...

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Elon Musk visits China, likely to promote Tesla’s driverless tech: Report

New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made an "unannounced and surprising" visit to Beijing, according to a media report Sunday. Musk's visit has raised hopes for bringing Tesla's autopilot and supervised full self-driving (FSD) technology to China, known to be the electric vehicle maker’s second-biggest market, the South China Morning Post reported. This comes as China...

 

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