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New Delhi, Oct 6: The Supreme Court Tuesday sought response from the Centre, CBI and 12 states on a PIL seeking directions to set up a mechanism to bring back Indian workers who have lost their passports in Gulf countries and implement policies framed for their welfare. A three-judge bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose issued notices to the Ministry of Home Affairs

Lucknow, Oct 6: Uttar Pradesh police said they have arrested four people suspected to have links with the Popular Front of India Mathura when they were on their way to Hathras district. Hathras has been in the news following the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang-raped on September 14 in a village in the district. And her cremation at night, allegedly without the parents'

Mangaluru, Oct 6: Mangaluru MLA U T Khader has taken BJP-led union and state governments in India to task for giving priority to outsiders over own citizens. The central government had decided to observe a one-day state mourning on October 4 and the Karnataka government also issued a circular cancelling all entertainment programmes. Following the home ministry circular, the state government also

Kabul, Oct 6: Najeeb Tarakai, the Afghanistan top-order right-handed batsman has passed away at the age of 29 after succumbing to injuries sustained in a road accident. "ACB and Afghanistan Cricket Loving Nation mourns the heartbreaking & grievous loss of its aggressive opening batsman & a very fine human being Najeeb Tarakai (29) who lost his life to tragic traffic accident leaving us all shocked

Doha, Oct 6: Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) will provide covid-19 vaccine to everyone in the country who require them free of charge, a senior health official has said. “Qatar is seeking to secure enough quantities of vaccination over a period of weeks and months... this is important for individual, public and community health,” Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, the Chair of the National Health

Washington, Oct 6: President Donald Trump checked out of the hospital Monday after four days of emergency treatment for Covid-19, pulling off his mask the moment he reached the White House and vowing to quickly get back on the campaign trail. Shortly beforehand, Trump had tweeted that Americans, who have lost nearly 210,000 people to the virus, have nothing to fear. A series of made-for-TV moments

Bengaluru, Oct 6: Political News, Karnataka, (Bengaluru), October 6:-After a day-long search operation in 14 properties spread across three states allegedly owned by Karnataka’s powerful Congress leader D K Shivakumar, the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) on Monday registered a case of amassing Rs 74.93 crore worth assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. A statement released

New Delhi, Oct 5: The Education Ministry released guidelines on Monday for reopening schools, which included thorough cleaning and disinfection of premises, flexibility in attendance, no assessment for up to three weeks and ensuring smooth transition from home-based schooling during COVID-19 lockdown to formal schooling. It also asked states and union territories to frame their own Standard

Lucknow, Oct 5: An FIR has been registered against Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and 400 others on charge of violating Section 144 of CrPC while visiting the kin of the Hathras woman who died after she was allegedly gangraped and brutally assaulted by four upper caste men last week. The police claimed that the Azad Samaj Party leader and his supporters had created a law and order situation

Stockholm, Oct 5: Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Price for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus. The World Health Organization estimates there are over 70 million cases of hepatitis worldwide and 400,000 deaths each year. The disease is chronic and a major cause of liver inflammation