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New Delhi, Feb 5: A "fake encounter" in Noida rocked the Rajya Sabha leading to a washout of the morning session on Monday with chairman M Venkaiah Naidu admonishing MPs for disrupting the proceedings. As soon as the House assembled for the Zero Hour, Samajwadi Party MPs, led by Naresh Agrawal, were on their feet demanding that the business of the House be suspended to discuss the near-fatal

New Delhi, Feb 5: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from BCCI on controversial cricketer S Sreesanth's plea challenging the life ban imposed on him by the apex cricket body. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India and two office bearers of its Committee of Administrators (CoA) to file

Lucknow, Feb 5: A senior Uttar Pradesh IPS officer, who was reportedly a BJP member during his leave of absence, was made the additional director general (ADG) of police, Gorakhpur zone, by the state government. Gorakhpur is the home town of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. According to sources, the IPS officer, Dawa Sherpa, had applied for voluntary retirement (VRS) - which was

New Delhi, Feb 5: India witnessed the second largest outflow of millionaires with 7,000 high net worth individuals changing their domicile during 2017, according to a report. In 2016, the figure stood at 6,000, while in 2015 as many as 4,000 millionaires shifted base, the report by New World Wealth stated. China tops the global list with 10,000 super-rich Chinese changing their domicile in 2017

Peshawar, Feb 4: A Pashto theatre actor was shot dead by three gunmen after she refused to go with them for a private event in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. According to police, the three men have already been identified and police personnel are actively searching for them. The gunmen broke into actress Sumbul's house on Saturday evening and opened fire at her when she

Agartala, Feb 4: The coming Assembly election in Tripura is likely to witness a fight between the CPI(M)-led Left Front and the BJP in the state. The state had in the past witnessed an electoral battle between the CPI(M) and the Congress. Sudip Roy Burman, former state Congress president and an MLA who had joined the BJP, said, "The Congress was not serious about fighting the CPI(M)" and claimed

Agartala, Feb 4: The coming Assembly election in Tripura is likely to witness a fight between the CPI(M)-led Left Front and the BJP in the state. The state had in the past witnessed an electoral battle between the CPI(M) and the Congress. Sudip Roy Burman, former state Congress president and an MLA who had joined the BJP, said, "The Congress was not serious about fighting the CPI(M)" and claimed

Dubai, Feb 4: The United Arab Emirates has introduced an amendment to its work visa policy by adding a certificate proving the applicant's good conduct to the requirements. The change, which came into effect on Sunday, February 4, will be a major one to the Emirates' visa system for expatriate, migrant workers and is implemented to verify that they do not have a criminal record either in their

Within days after a senior IAS officer virtually accused the saffron outfits of inciting communal tension in Uttar Pradesh, a senior Uttar Pradesh government official has revealed that Kasganj communal riot victim Chandan Gupta was killed by the saffron activists. Rashmi Varun, Deputy Director in Statistics Department and currently posted at Saharanpur, also lent support to Raghavendra Vikram

Within days after a senior IAS officer virtually accused the saffron outfits of inciting communal tension in Uttar Pradesh, a senior Uttar Pradesh government official has revealed that Kasganj communal riot victim Chandan Gupta was killed by the saffron activists. Rashmi Varun, Deputy Director in Statistics Department and currently posted at Saharanpur, also lent support to Raghavendra Vikram