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Mumbai, Oct 10: Despite summons, Republic TV's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) did not appear before the Mumbai police on Saturday to record his statement in connection with the TRP manipulation racket, saying the channel has approached the Supreme Court in the case, a senior official said. Shiva Subramaniyam Sundaram, the channel's CFO, against whom summons had been issued on Friday, also requested

New Delhi, Oct 9: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a charge-sheet against eight people, including activists Gautam Navlakha and 82-year-old Father Stan Swamy, for their alleged involvement in inciting a mob to violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune on January 1, 2018, officials said. Swamy, who said he has never been to Bhima Koregaon, was arrested from his home in Ranchi on

Hathras, Oct 9: As many as sixty security personnel have been deployed and eight close circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed at the house of the alleged gangrape victim in her village in Bulgarhi area of Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, police said. The move is to ensure the safety of victim’s family members, according to the police. However, local people believe that the move is aimed at

New Delhi, Oct 9: The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, may linger on human skin for nine hours, much longer than the flu viruses can, according to a study. The influenza A virus (IAV), in contrast, remained viable on human skin for nearly two hours, said the researchers including those from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in Japan. The study, published in the journal Clinical

New Delhi, Oct 9: Ahead of the festival season, a survey revealed on Friday that about 36 per cent of the Indians might be getting ready to socialise, sparking a fear of large-scale COVID-19 spread. The most exciting time of the year for the Indians is just around the corner. October-November, popularly known as the festive months mark the starting of festivals like Navratri, Durga Puja, Dussehra

Mumbai, Oct 9: Maintaining status quo for the second time in a row, Reserve Bank of India on Friday decided to keep benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4 per cent but maintained an accommodative stance, implying more rate cuts in the future if the need arises to support the economy hit by the COVID-19 crisis. The benchmark repurchase (repo) rate has been left unchanged at 4 per cent, Governor

Allahabad, Oct 9: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a Valmiki community organisation seeking production before of the family members of the alleged gang-rape victim of Hathras before it. A bench of justices Pritinker Diwaker and Prakash Padia dismissed the petition by Akhil Bharatiya Valmiki Mahapanchayat saying it would be against the judicial

New Delhi, Oct 8:Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today passed away at the age of 74. Paswan who recently underwent heart surgery at Delhi's Fortis hospital, passed away late on Thursday. Paswan, a veteran politician from Bihar, was the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Paswan was also the president of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP). He was an eight-time Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Oct 8: Giving a twist to the alleged 'gang-rape' and killing of an SC teen in Hathras, the main accused wrote a letter to the district police chief claiming that the victim was a friend of his and that she was killed by her brother as the latter did not approve of their relationship. In the letter, which went viral on social media, the main accused, Sandeep, said that the victim had

New Delhi, Oct 8: The Supreme Court Thursday said freedom of speech and expression is the most abused right in recent times. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, which was hearing pleas of Jamiat Ulama I Hind and others alleging that a section of media was spreading communal hatred over Tablighi Jamaat congregation during the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, pulled up the Centre for its "evasive"