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Kochi, Jun 11: The International Criminal Police Organisation, popularly known as Interpol, on Monday joined hands with Cyberdome - a wing of the Kerala Police, to tackle sexual attacks on children. The cyberdome keeps tab on all sorts of illegal activities in the cyber world. On Monday, Interpol officials led by Guillermo Galarza, Director, Law Enforcement Training and Technology, International

New Delhi, Jun 11: The government has compulsorily retired almost a dozen senior tax officers on charges ranging from extortion, bribe and sexual harassment. The axe has fallen on about 12 senior officers of the rank of chief commissioners, principal commissioners, commissioners of income tax department under rule FR (fundamental rule) 56 (j) of central civil services (pension) rules. The officers

New Delhi, Jun 11: In what could make Air India sale an uphill task for the government, the national carrier could report highest-ever loss of over Rs 7,600 crore in financial year 2018-19 on account of low fleet utilization and high fuel prices among others. An official source said the total revenue in the previous fiscal stood close to Rs 26,000 crore. The airline has gone into losses ever since

Panaji, Jun 10: Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today allayed people's fears about travelling to Kerala in the wake of Nipah virus scare there, saying he himself would be visiting the southern state in next few days. Rane chaired a meeting of the health department officials in Panaji to review their preparedness against the virus. "Don't worry, I am going to Kerala in next two to three days. I

New Delhi, Jun 10: The Election Commission has declined to share details on alleged poll code violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other politicians during the Lok Sabha election campaign and subsequent clean chits given to them, saying compilation of the information would disproportionately divert its resources. In a reply to an RTI query, the poll body also declined to provide a copy

Kamrup, Jun 10: Former army officer and Kargil War veteran Mohammed Sanaullah, who was released from a detention centre in Guwahati on Saturday, was overwhelmed with emotion when he met his elder brother and family members at Kalanikah village today. Sanaullah said that it was like an "Eid" for him now. "It is like Eid for me. At the time of Eid I was not present but today I am with my family. I

Kolkata, Jun 10: The Trinamool Congress Monday in a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that the MHA advisory to the West Bengal government is a "deep-rooted conspiracy" and an "evil ploy to grab power" in Opposition-ruled states. TMC secretary general and West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee said in the letter that the Ministry of Home Affairs has drawn conclusions without verifying

Bengaluru, Jun 10: President of India Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief over the death of noted actor and playwright Girish Karnad. After a prolonged illness, Karnad, 81 breathed his last earlier today in Bengaluru. Taking to Twitter, President Kovind wrote, "Sad to hear of the passing of Girish Karnad, writer, actor and doyen of Indian theatre. Our

Pathankot, Jun 10: A special court on Monday convicted six people accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir. A seventh accused, Vishal, who is the son of main accused Sanji Ram, was acquitted. The quantum of punishment will be announced later Monday. The in-camera trial in the case shook the nation ended on June 3. According to the 15-page

New Delhi, Jun 9: The Indian Air Force (IAF) investigation into the crash of its Mi-17V5 chopper near Srinagar on February 27 is in the final stage and two officers are likely to face court-martial proceedings for the lapse. In the morning of February 27, when Pakistan counter-attacked in response to the Balakot air strikes, an IAF Mi-17 chopper crashed over Budgam near Srinagar killing all six of