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New Delhi, Jul 15: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a detailed response from the Uttar Pradesh Government with regard to the trial judge in the Babri Masjid disputed site demolition case as the judge is retiring on Sep 30. The trial court judge, in a letter written to the SC had said that he needed at least 6 months more to conclude the trial. The apex court bench, headed by Justice Rohinton

Jammu, Jul 15: A suspected Pakistani intruder was shot dead by BSF personnel while he was trying to cross the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district on Monday, officials said. The incident took place around 3 am when a man in his 60's was trying to sneak into the Indian territory near the S M Pura border post, they said. The officials said the intruder was gunned down by the

Prayagraj, Jul 15: In a sensational turn of events, the couple from Bareilly, who have been making headlines since last week claiming to be under threat from a BJP MLA over their inter-caste marriage, was on Monday kidnapped at gunpoint by armed men from outside the Allahabad High Court, where they had gone to seek protection. The incident took place at 8.30 am, hours before the case of BJP MLA

Jakarta, Jul 14: An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck off the Maluku islands in Eastern Indonesia on Sunday, United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at around 9:10 (UTC), was registered at a depth of 10 kilometres, about 102 kilometres off the coastal town of Laiwui. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to the

Lucknow, Jul 14: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday batted for a dialogue between the doctors and the patients, saying it will help them to improve their relationship. "There should be an emotional dialogue between the patients and the doctors. We have lost it in this commercial age. The respect for the doctors has diminished due to priority being given to commercial interests

Dhaka, Jul 14: Bangladesh's former military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad died on Sunday due to complications from old age at a hospital in Dhaka, officials said here. He was 91 and is survived by his wife Raushan Ershad, a teenage son from his now severed second marriage and two other adopted children. Ershad, the Jatiya Party chief and also the leader of the opposition in Parliament, was

Washington, Jul 14: The first four days of Apollo 11's journey to the Moon had gone according to plan, but just twenty minutes before landing, the atmosphere grew tense as the crew encountered a series of problems. It was July 20, 1969, and as the world followed the spacecraft's progress, it briefly lost radio contact with mission control in Houston. Then, as the lunar module Eagle was in the

Haridwar, Jul 13: Three arms licenses of Uttarakhand MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion, seen dancing with two pistols and a carbine in a viral video, have been suspended, officials said on Saturday. Suspended from the party for an indefinite period after the video came out, the BJP MLA has also got a notice from the party why he should not be expelled. "After getting reports from the Haridwar

New Delhi, Jul 13: India's macro-economic data presented a slightly grim picture as food prices pushed India's retail inflation higher in June, and lower manufacturing output slowed down the country's industrial production in May. The two key economic macro-data points -- Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for May and Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June -- were released by the Ministry of

Lucknow, Jul 13: Welcoming the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission-drafted Bill against lynching, BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday pitched for stringent, pan-India legislation to arrest the spread of this "dreadful disease". In a statement issued by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) here, Mayawati said, "Mob lynching has emerged as a dreadful disease (bhayanak bimari) across the country, and the loss of