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New Delhi, Jul 8: United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in New Delhi on July 7 night and will hold talks with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar to boost cooperation in key sectors such as trade and energy. The UAE minister will also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and participate in a business roundtable on July 8. The visit would provide the two

Agra, Jul 8: At least 29 people were killed on Monday when a passenger bus fell into a gorge on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. The bus, after hitting the divider, fell into the 40-feet-deep gap between two flyovers on the Yamuna Expressway near Milestone 161 (Jharna nallah) under Etmadpur police jurisdiction of Agra district at around 4.15 a.m. The double-decker bus with about 50 passengers on board

New Delhi, Jul 7: The spate of resignations within the Congress continued on Sunday with Rahul Gandhi loyalists Jyotiraditya Scindia and Milind Deora resigning their posts in the party, weeks after the Lok Sabha poll debacle. While Scindia resigned as AICC general secretary for Western Uttar Pradesh, Deora resigned as Mumbai Congress chief; both took moral responsibility for the party's poor

Mumbai, Jul 7: The Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Saturday said it had reported a borrowing fraud of Rs 3,805 crore (USD 556 million) in Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd's account to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The fraud, "alleging diversion of funds from the banking system" was being reported to the RBI on the basis of the findings of forensic audit and the police filing a first information report

Lucknow, Jul 7: In a shocking incident of police brutality, a man was allegedly given third-degree torture by the Uttar Pradesh police personnel after he approached them to file a complaint against kidnapping and rape of his wife. According to reports, the incident took place under Bichhwan police station in Mainpuri district when the victim and his wife were travelling towards Mainpuri on a two

New Delhi, Jul 7: Congress on Saturday accused the BJP of "denigrating democracy by engineering defections" in Karnataka and attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the culture of "Aaya Ram Gaya Ram" has attained a new definition and the new word for it is "MODI - Mischievously Orchestrated Defections in India". Talking to reporters after a meeting of party leaders here to discuss the crisis

Pune, Jul 7: In fresh trouble for Nirav Modi, who is currently lodged in a London prison, the Pune bench of the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) on Saturday directed the fugitive diamond merchant and his aides to pay over Rs 7,200 crore with interest to the Punjab National Bank (PNB) and others. Nirav Modi, 48, is wanted in India as the main accused in the PNB fraud and money laundering case amounting

Chandigarh, Jul 7: The poll expenditure of Gurdaspur lawmaker and actor Sunny Deol has been found exceeding the statutory limit of Rs 70 lakh, an election official said on Saturday. "The District Election Office of Gurdaspur has sent the final report of poll expenditure to the Election Commission of India," he said. According to the report, the poll expenditure of Deol was found to be Rs 78,51,592

Ahmedabad, Jul 7: A Special Court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here on Saturday convicted former Gujarat BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki in the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethva. The court also convicted six others in the case. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on July 11. Jethva was shot dead outside the Gujarat High Court on July 20, 2010, by two assailants. Jethva, had

Malda, Jul 7: Another person, the main accused, in connection with the alleged lynching of a 20- year-old-man in West Bengal's Malda district, has been arrested, police said on Saturday. With the arrest of the prime accused, the number of persons arrested in the case went up to four, the police said. The victim, Sanaul Sheikh, was assaulted allegedly by some locals at Baishnabnagar Bazar on June