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“Rahul Gandhi’s innocence is not proven in the Modi surname case. His membership has been reinstated, but what will he do? The entire country knows his character. He can do nothing,” Chaudhary said.Reacting to Congress leaders celebrating the reinstatement of Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership, Chaudhary said that there is no need for such celebrations as court decisions may change at a latter stage.–IANSajk/arm

Haq said: “The Secretary General urges the authorities to respect due process and the rule of law in the proceedings brought against the former prime minister”.Guterres has “taken note of the ongoing protests that have erupted on the rest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, and he calls for all parties to refrain from violence”, Haq said.”He stresses the need to respect the right to peaceful assembly,” the spokesperson added.Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party, was arrested in Lahore on Saturday after a court found him guilty of selling state gifts illegally and sentenced him to…

He told IANS that the JNU administration had already issued a circular regarding this change.The university administration has said that they are establishing a Special Centre for Tamil Studies in the same building.A few students were running a social media campaign claiming that the CHS library was being closed by the administration.”Some of you may have already heard about the closure of the Centre for Historical Studies library in JNU. This is an unfortunate development that we must oppose. If any of you would like to join the appeal against this decision, please sign this,” wrote a student in a…

The Bill on control of transfers, postings of senior officers in Delhi government was passed by Rajya Sabha with 131 votes in favour and 102 against despite a strong fight by the Opposition during the long discussion in the upper house. The Bill was passed after voting was done through slips after a technical glitch in automated voting machine. The bill, which has been a point of contention between the Aam Aadmi Party, which governs the national capital, and the central government, was already passed by the Lok Sabha on August 3. It will replace the existing Central government’s ordinance…

The directors of the firm — Champat Rikhabchand Sanghavi, Deepak Champat Sanghvai, and Ashwin R.Shah — and unknown others have been booked by the CBI.A CBI official said that the accused siphoned funds disbursed to them through falsification of information and committed the offence of criminal breach of trust, cheating, misappropriation of public funds in connivance with one another. Searches were conducted at different locations at the premises of the accused in Ahmedabad, including the borrower company, which led to the recovery of incriminating documents.–IANSatk/arm

Sydney, Aug 7 (IANS) Title contenders England reached the FIFA Women’s World Cup quarterfinals after edging Nigeria in a penalty shootout on Monday, while co-host Australia advanced with a 2-0 victory over Denmark. England survived a major challenge from Nigeria, a surprise performer at the tournament, and overcame a red card to star midfielder Lauren James in the 87th minute for a stomping.The scores remained deadlocked at 0-0 after extra time, but European champions England kept their composure to prevail 4-2 in the penalty shootout, reports Xinhua.Nigeria were on the back foot after Desire Oparanozie and Michelle Alozie missed their…

Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) Former champions Pakistan bounced back into contention, recovering from two successive draws following their defeat in the opening match, by beating bottom-placed China 2-1 in the AHF Men’s Asian Champions Trophy here on Monday. Pakistan had started the event with a 1-3 defeat to Malaysia in their first match on August 3 and then played out a 1-1 draw with Korea and a 3-3 stalemate with Asian Games winner Japan. They had failed to capitalise on a goal advantage against Korea and had to fight back from a deficit against Japan.Languishing towards the bottom of the…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Researchers have observed CryptoRom fraudsters refining their techniques, including adding a ChatGPT-like AI chat tool to their toolset to trick users into scams, a new report said on Monday. According to the cybersecurity firm Sophos, scammers were able to sneak seven new fake cryptocurrency investment apps into the official Apple App and Google Play stores, upping the potential for victims. The researchers first learned of CryptoRom scammers using the AI chat tool — most likely ChatGPT — when a conned victim reached out to the team. After contacting the victim on Tandem, a language-sharing app…

Claiming that the Bill tantamounts to enslaving the people of Delhi, Kejriwal said it was like the Government of India Act of 1935, which was then imposed by the Britishers on Indians.”After 75 years of Independence, the Prime Minister has curtailed the freedom of the people of Delhi — almost as if their votes don’t matter — because their elected government has been rendered almost powerless,” Kejriwal said.The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha by a voice vote on Thursday. The proposed law will empower the Central government to control the functioning of Delhi government by having the final…

A police official said that heavy exchange of fire took place between the security forces and the armed attackers at Kwakta and Terakhongsangbi areas in Bishnupur district and at Mualngat, Gothol, Pholjang areas of Churachandpur district. The security forces retaliated and repelled the attackers. After the gun battle, the police recovered the nine looted arms from these areas of two districts. Search operations are going on in both the districts. Meanwhile, the Manipur government, by an order replaced, Assam Rifles by the state police and the CRPF at the check gate at Moirand Lamkhai in Bishnupur district. –IANS sc/vd