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Houston, Sept 28: An Indian-American Sikh police officer died after being shot multiple times from behind in a "ruthless, cold-blooded way" during a traffic stop in the US state of Texas, a senior official said Saturday. Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, Harris County Sheriff's deputy, was shot while conducting a traffic stop, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. Dhaliwal, who was in his early 40s, was the first

United Nations, Sept 28: Strongly hitting back at Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's rant at the UN General Assembly, India has said its citizens do not need anyone else to speak on their behalf and "least of all those who have built an industry of terrorism from the ideology of hate." Khan delivered his maiden speech at the 74th UN General Debate on Friday and in his almost 50-minute address

Bengaluru, Sept 27: The bypolls to 15 Karnataka seats, which the Election Commission had decided to defer, will now be held on December 5, according to a new notification issued on Friday. The counting will take place on December 9. Citing proceedings in the Supreme Court on Thursday regarding the pleas filed by 17 disqualified MLAs of the state challenging their disqualification, the EC said that

Chennai, Sept 27: The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has said the precise location of India's moon lander Vikram on the lunar highlands is yet to be determined. "Vikram had a hard landing and the precise location of the spacecraft in the lunar highlands has yet to be determined," NASA said in a statement issued on Thursday. It was dusk when the landing area

Lucknow, Sept 27: A special CBI court here on Friday framed charges against former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh in the Babri Masjid demolition case after he surrendered before the court. Singh was charged under sections 153 A (promoting enmity or feelings of hatred between different groups on the grounds of religion), 153 B (imputations and assertions prejudicial to national

Pune, Sept 27: Social activist Anna Hazare has expressed surprise over Nationalist Congress Party or NCP chief Sharad Pawar's name cropping up in the multi-crore Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank scam. Probe agency Enforcement Directorate or ED has filed a money laundering case against Sharad Pawar, his nephew Ajit Pawar - a former deputy chief minister of Maharashtra - and others in connection

Gorakhpur, Sept 27: Two years after 70 infants died at the BRD Medical College here, a UP government inquiry has given a clean chit to Dr. Kafeel Khan in the case. Dr. Khan was suspended following the death of children in the hospital in August 2017. Investigating Officer of the case, Principal Secretary, Stamp, and Registration, Himanshu Kumar, said on Friday that Dr. Khan has been given a clean

Gorakhpur, Sept 27: Two years after 70 infants died at the BRD Medical College here, a UP government inquiry has given a clean chit to Dr. Kafeel Khan in the case. Dr. Khan was suspended following the death of children in the hospital in August 2017. Investigating Officer of the case, Principal Secretary, Stamp, and Registration, Himanshu Kumar, said on Friday that Dr. Khan has been given a clean

Mumbai, Sept 27: The country's democracy is in "peril" and will be "extinct", warned NCP leaders on Friday as they slammed the BJP government over the ED case against their chief Sharad Pawar and alleged detention of party workers ahead of his visit to the central agency's office here. The Congress, an ally of the NCP, has also slammed the Modi government and accused it of targeting Pawar ahead of

Sept 27: US space agency Nasa on September 26 released high-resolution images of Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram's intended landing site but said it was unable to determine the exact location of Vikram. "Vikram had a hard landing and the precise location of the spacecraft in the lunar highlands is yet to be determined," a Nasa statement read. The pictures were taken by a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter