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New Delhi, July 7: Security personnel rescued 25 minor girls from the Muzaffarpur-Bandra Awadh Express after a passenger tweeted to the Railways as he sensed the girls were in trouble. On 5 July, the passenger tweeted that he was travelling in the S5 coach of the train and noticed that around 25 girls, all juvenile, were 'crying and feeling insecure'. The passenger also mentioned Railway Minister

New Delhi, July 07: A Delhi Court on Saturday granted bail to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death. A Patiala House Court Judge said, "There is no requirement to file a formal bail. Anticipatory bail had been granted by the Session's Court." The public prosecutor and Tharoor's counsels opposed the applications moved by Bharatiya Janata

Kathmandu, Jul 7: Over 1,200 Indian pilgrims were moved to safety from Nepal's mountainous Simikot region on Friday, the Indian embassy here said, as efforts continued to evacuate those stranded in Hilsa while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage in Tibet amidst inclement weather. Those rescued from Simikot have been moved to Nepalgunj and Surkhet, the two towns close to the Indian

New Delhi, Jul 7: A high-level inquiry committee that was set up by the Jawaharlal Nehru University to probe the February 9, 2016 incident on campus, has upheld the rustication of student Umar Khalid and a fine of Rs 10,000 imposed on the then JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar. The JNU Student Union (JNUSU) condemned the recommendations of the high-level committee, calling it “a political conspiracy”

New Delhi, Jul 6: Indian banks are working very closely with various agencies, including in the UK, to recover maximum out of assets owned by Vijay Mallya after a British court allowed them to search and seize properties of the fugitive liquor baron, SBI MD Arijit Basu said today. "We have been able to come this far because of efforts that was taken in a very coordinated manner by all agencies

New Delhi, Jul 6: A delegation of the Delhi State Haj Committee today met Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and discussed various issues related to facilities for the pilgrims. The meeting comes just days before the first batch of pilgrims leaves for Saudi Arabia starting July 14. "Delhi Haj Committee delegation led by its Chairman Shri Haji Mohammad Ishraq Khan met me at Antyodaya

New Delhi, Jul 6: The Supreme Court on Friday referred to a larger bench the question whether religious activities can be allowed on government land or property in a secular State like India. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra framed the question and referred the petition filed by an organisation - Jyoti Jagran Mandal - to the Chief Justice of India for setting up of a larger bench

New Delhi, Jul 6: The Supreme Court on Friday maintained that the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is "the master of the roster" and has the prerogative and authority to allocate cases to different benches of the apex court. A bench comprising justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan in their separate concurring verdicts said the CJI occupies the role of "first among equals and is empowered to exercise

New Delhi, Jul 6: The Delhi Police has decided to conduct the psychological autopsy to ascertain the psyche of a Burari-based family, whose 11 members were found dead under mysterious circumstances on July 1, said a senior police officer. However, the doctor who will be doing it is yet to be decided, he said. Psychological autopsy refers to mapping the psyche of the living family members and the

Srinagar, Jul 5: On his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after the imposition of Governor's rule, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that peace and stability could be brought to the state through an honest, effective and efficient administration. Singh said this after reviewing the security situation in the state at a high-level meeting attended by Governor N N Vohra, National