Himachal Pradesh: 8 dead as private bus rolls down the hill in Sirmaur – video | India News

NEW DELHI: At least eight people were killed on Friday after a private bus rolled off a hilly road near in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district, officials said. The bus was travelling from Kupvi to Shimla, news agency ANI reported. The death toll is feared to rise as several passengers sustained serious injuries.According to police, the…

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‘Removed from reality’: SC pushes back on Sharmila Tagore’s plea in stray dogs case — what court said | India News

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday continued hearing pleas seeking changes to its earlier order on stray dogs, with actor Sharmila Tagore appearing as one of the applicants through her counsel. The top court sharply pushed back against the submissions made on Tagore’s behalf, saying such arguments were “completely removed from reality.”Appearing for Tagore, counsel…

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‘Swings like a wild pendulum’: Mallikarjun Kharge targets Modi government’s foreign policy; flags China outreach, Donald Trump remarks | India News

File photo: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Modi government’s foreign policy, accusing it of inconsistency and compromising India’s strategic interests. Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oft-repeated line, “Main desh ko jhukne nahi dunga” (I will not allow the…

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Air India flights diverted: Bad weather affects 2 UK-bound planes; airline issues statement | India News

NEW DELHI: Two Air India flights bound for the UK were diverted due to adverse weather conditions, forcing one aircraft to divert and another to delay landing, the airline said on Thursday.Flight AI131 operating from Mumbai to London Heathrow was diverted to London Gatwick on 9 January after poor weather conditions made landing at Heathrow…

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ED raids at I-PAC: After getting detained, Mahua Moitra says ‘Bengal will teach them a lesson’; accuses Centre of targeting TMC | India News

Mahua Moitra along with other TMC leaders protested outside Amit Shah’s residence (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday accused the Centre of misusing central agencies after she was detained by Delhi police while protesting outside union home minister Amit Shah’s office against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on political consultancy…

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‘Cannot support all his beliefs’: Tharoor calls himself ‘uncritical fan’ of Nehru; slams BJP for turning him into ‘convenient scapegoat’ | India News

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday once again appeared to strike a balanced tone. While expressing respect for the country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and calling him the founder of Indian democracy, Tharoor also said it was necessary to acknowledge Nehru’s…

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Watch: Mahua, Derek dragged away from outside Amit Shah’s office; TMC MPs protest over I-PAC raid | India News

NEW DELHI: Several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, including MPs Mahua Moitra and Derek O’Brien, were detained by Delhi police on Friday while protesting outside Union home minister Amit Shah’s residence and office. The protest was staged against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids conducted at the office of the political consultancy firm I-PAC in Kolkata on…

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ED deputy director who probed Kerala gold case forced to retire | India News

KOCHI: ED deputy director P Radhakrishnan, who investigated the 2020 diplomatic-channel gold smuggling case in which the then principal secretary to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan was implicated, has been asked to go on premature retirement with five years of service remaining. Sources said Union govt issued the order a week ago with President’s approval.Radhakrishnan was…

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