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Shahnam Khan, 18, from Gujjarpur village left the house of her free will with her 21-year-old partner Roopak Tomar of Machrauli village, police said. However, her father, Mohd Nazish, filed a kidnapping case on July 21 at Jhinjhana police station.The police tracked down Shahnam and presented her in court, where she refuted charges against Roopak and expressed her desire to be with him. The situation escalated on July 22 when Nazish, accompanied by six accomplices, allegedly abducted Roopak from Jhinjhana town.Roopak’s brother-in-law filed an FIR under IPC Section 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder) and police rescued Roopak…

Qin, who has not been seen publicly for a month, has been replaced by veteran Communist Party leader Wang Yi.The 57-year-old’s last known public engagements were on June 25. No reason was given for his removal, the BBC reported.The decision to replace Qin was adopted on Tuesday at the fourth session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC).President Xi Jinping signed a presidential order to effectuate the decision, Xinhua news agency reported.Qin was appointed to the Foreign Minister’s post last December.Recently, he met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing as the two sides sought…

The agreement was signed in Jerusalem on Tuesday by Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat and Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien, in the presence of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, Xinhua news agency reported.The agreement will facilitate the activity of Israeli exporters in the growing Vietnamese market, thereby contributing to the Israeli economy’s growth, the statement noted, adding that it will also help reduce the costs of imports from Vietnam.Vietnam thus became the first country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to have a free trade agreement with…

He was produced before a special PMLA court on Tuesday, which sent him to five days of ED custody.The ED initiated a money laundering investigation against Sheokand and others based on an FIR registered by the Haryana Vigilance Bureau and CBI under various sections of IPC, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, for criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and criminal misconduct of public servant.The ED investigation revealed that Sheokand, the then DRO-cum-LAC & CALA, Panchkula in connivance with other private persons had fraudulently transferred NHAI and HSIIDC funds meant for the acquisition of lands to ineligible persons causing wrongful loss to…

The development came after Dhami met Union Minister of State for Defence and Tourism Ajay Bhatt at his official residence here.BJP national general secretary and Uttarakhand in-charge Dushyant Kumar Gautam, party’s state chief Mahendra Bhatt and MPs from the region were also present.Meanwhile, Dhami while apprising about the meeting in a tweet, said they held extensive discussions on various issues besides the welfare programmes being run by the government, and upcoming Lok Sabha elections.–IANSstd/pgh

Harare, July 25 (IANS) The Harare Hurricanes showed nerves of steel in their game against the Cape Town Samp Army at the Harare Sports Club, as they won a very closely contested game via a Super Over.The Hurricanes had S. Sreesanth defend 8 runs in the final over to take the game into the Super Over, where batters Mohammad Nabi and Donovan Ferreira kept a calm head to seal an important win.Batting first, the Harare Hurricanes did not have the kind of start they would have hoped for. Robin Uthappa (0) and Regis Chakabva (0) were dismissed in the very…

The victims were two Greek Air Force officers aged 27 and 34, according to an e-mailed press release. A three-day period of mourning in the Armed Forces has been announced in their memory, Xinhua news agency reported.Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister (PM) Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed condolences to their families and colleagues,”Our gratitude is enormous and our sorrow deep… Greece is mourning with you,” Sakellaropoulou said.”They sacrificed their lives to save other lives… In their memory, we continue the battle against nature’s destructive forces,” the PM said.The bodies of the two men were retrieved from the crash site near…

The court while awarding him jail term also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him. The CBI registered the instant case on May 6, 2008 against Subbarayulu and others on the allegations that the accused had showed undue favour to the bidders who purchased the assets of a private company which went into liquidation and also accepted delayed payments without necessary orders from the High Court. It was further alleged that the accused committed serious irregularities including disposal of assets of the private company without the knowledge of the High Court and extending time for payment by the bidders…

The incident occurred at Ahiyapur middle school under Vijayipur block in the district. Block education officer Om Prakash Yadav said that the incident took place 4 to 5 days ago. “A video in this regard surfaced on social media and the department has initiated inquiry into the matter and served notice to them. They are contractual teachers and one of them has been given the charge of Principal,” he said. They were involved in hitting each other with slippers. As per the video, the woman teacher, identified as Reena Baitha, first slapped the in charge principal Amresh Tiwari with a…

The arrested individuals were identified as Sanjay Kumar Nigam, Deputy Chief Engineer, West Central Railway (WCR); Rakesh Chowksey; Ram Rao Dadhe, Deputy General Manager & Project Director, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI); Ram Sanjivan Pal, employee of Shreeji Infrastructure India Pvt. Ltd and Narayan Das, also an employee of Shreeji Infrastructure India Pvt. Ltd.The CBI registered a case on July 23.It was alleged that the accused demanded illegal gratification from private contractor for settling the pending matters related to approval of the design and permission for beginning construction work, passing of due bills etc., of the said contractor.The accused…