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“We know that planned acts of terrorism have been hindered,” Kristersson said at a press conference on Thursday, hours after the Swedish Secret Service’s decision to raise the terrorist threat level from “elevated” to “high”, Xinhua news agency reported.Addressing the same press conference, Minister for Justice Gunnar Strommer said: “During spring, several people were arrested in Sweden and abroad suspected of having prepared attacks in Sweden.”Strommer did not comment further on these arrests, but Swedish Television (SVT) reported that there were at least two known cases.In April, five men were arrested in coordinated dawn raids in three Swedish cities. Four…

“If Ukrainians do not cross our border, we will never participate in this war, in this full-scale war, but we will always help Russia,” Lukashenko told the media in an interview on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported.The Belarusian President also denied reports that Moscow allegedly persuades Minsk to participate in its “special military operation” in Ukraine.Meanwhile, Lukashenko said that the war could have been avoided, and it is still possible to end it.Any peace negotiation should be proceeded without pre-conditions, he added.–IANSint/sha

The petition, signed by 28,627 people, was handed to representatives of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry jointly by 17 organisations, including the non-governmental organisation Friends of the Earth Japan and Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center, Xinhua news agency reported.The petition campaign commenced in May 2020, collecting signatures through online platforms and mails.The signatories are demanding that the Japanese government reconsider its plan of releasing radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, and instead continue with on-land storage or explore alternative solutions.Hit by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and an ensuing tsunami on March 11, 2011,…

The threat posed by “violent Islamist actors has increased over the past year”, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a press release by Director General of the Swedish Security Service Charlotte von Essen.”Sweden has gone from being considered a legitimate target for terrorist attacks to being considered a prioritized target. In our assessment, this threat will remain for a long time,” von Essen said.She said the decision to raise the terrorist threat level was not linked to “any specific event but is to be considered in a strategic, long-term perspective”.The last time SAPO raised the threat level to “high” was during…

On the issue of old age pensions, the committee’s report accused Director of Social Welfare Department Pooja Joshi of deliberately causing delays in the disbursement of old-age pensions to senior citizens. Also the report claimed that District Social Welfare Officer of Lajpat Nagar Vikas Pandey’s conduct was misleading.It has been further alleged in the report that many officers were threatened by the Chief Secretary at the behest of the L-G. The committee has requested the President and the Ministry of Home Affairs to take cognizance of this report and take appropriate action against the Chief Secretary and the L-G.The report…

The fake call centre was being operated from a house at Sector 43 in Gurugram.The call centre used to cheat US citizens in the name of providing tech support and used to charge $100 to $500 as service charges.The call centre staff used to introduce themselves as “service providers”.According to the police, a team of the cyber crime police station, led by Inspector Jasvir Singh raided the call centre following a tip-off.The police have also seized three mobile phones, 10 laptops and Rs 10 lakh in cash.”We received specific inputs that a fake call centre had cheated several foreign nationals…

In accordance with the Telangana Government Business Rules and Secretariat Instructions, all bills received from the Secretary to the State Legislature, including the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (Absorption of Employees into Government Service) Bill-2023, have been referred to the Law Secretary for opinion.Raj Bhavan said that this is a normal practice stipulated in the relevant rules.It mentioned that the Governor had provided 10 recommendations based on representations and in the best interests of the employees and the well-being of the corporation while permitting the introduction of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (Absorption of Employees into Government Service) Bill…

The accused were reportedly upset after being spotted by the victim in a compromising position in the hospital, the police said on Thursday.As per the police, the accused man and his friend were admitted to the hospital following a bike accident. The victim and her mother, who were known to them, had come to the hospital to meet them. Due to some urgent work, the mother left her minor daughter with the accused woman, who had also come to the hospital to meet her boyfriend who met with an accident. As per police sources, the accused persons got into a…

The special court will hear the case on August 28, the official said.Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on June 14. He is currently in the Puzhal central prison here.The minister, immediately after his arrest, had complained of chest pain and an angiogram at a government hospital in Chennai had revealed three blocks in the coronary artery of the minister.After his appeal for shifting to a private hospital was approved by the Madras High Court, heart surgery was performed on Senthil Balaji at the Kaveri Hospital.The minister who had earlier held the plum portfolios of Excise and Electricity…

“Our aim is to dethrone Narendra Modi’s government at the centre. This government only loots money of innocent people. From Mumbai, once Mahatma Gandhi gave a slogan against the British and now Rahul Gandhi will lead a fight against this government. We have done a meeting and worked on the agenda and strategies,” the Congress Maha Chief said.Mumbai will also host third and crucial meeting of the INDIA alliance in last week of August.The preparations for the INDIA conclave are underway, with discussions at the core committee level of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) focusing on event arrangements.Meanwhile, the…