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Vaze had approached the special court last month after his bail plea was rejected by a lower court.However, Vaze will not be released as he is in judicial custody for the Antilia bomb threat and certain other cases.In his bail plea filed through advocate Aarti Kelkar, Vaze contended that he was accused for offences for which the maximum punishment is three years jail and he had already completed more than half the period as an undertrial, hence, he was entitled to bail.However, opposing the bail plea before Special Judge S.U. Hake, the CBI argued that contended the charges invoked against…

The government will shut down at 12.01 a.m. Eastern Time Sunday if Congress fails to pass legislation to renew funding by the deadline.With Hard-line Republicans pushing for deep spending cuts, the possibility of a shutdown is high, even as a bipartisan approach by liberal minded republicans and democrats to push the continuing resolution in the house appears very dim given the time frame. Its shut down time really, media reports said.Most legislators have gone home to their constituencies to attend fundraising events and the speaker told them to be prepared to return in the event of an emergency if a…

The CAQM has decided to allow diesel generating sets without emission control devices to operate for emergency purposes in the national capital region (NCR) until December 31, 2023.However, this exemption is subject to strict adherence to the emission control measures outlined in the draft proposal.The revised schedule for the operation of diesel generating sets, as per Direction No. 73 dated June 2, 2023, is now set to take effect from October 1.Notwithstanding this revision, CAQM has granted a one-time exception for diesel generating sets of all capacity ranges to operate exclusively for emergency services in the NCR until December 31,…

The accused persons, hailing from Ujina village in Haryana’s Nuh district, would pose as commuters and driver of a “shared taxi”, the police said.The arrested individuals have been identified as Kapil, Deepak, Jitender a.k.a. Jitu and Anun. Kapil is a cab driver and others are labourers.They were arrested by a Crime Branch team of the Gurugram police from the Sohna area.The suspects had targeted a man identified as Anil, a resident of Palwal district, on September 24.The accused offered a ride to him in a cab and robbed him and dumped him in the forest area on Thursday.The gang members…

According to the MoU, ICO and GCP are renewing and expanding their special partnership within the Coffee Public-Private Task Force (CPPTF), in an effort to accelerate coffee sustainability, and farmer prosperity, and address systemic sustainability issues facing coffee farming communities around the world.“Innovative and effective public-private cooperation is key to promoting farmers’ prosperity, improved social well-being and conservation of nature in coffee-producing countries,” said Annette Pensel, GCP Executive Director. “By renewing and deepening our partnership with the ICO, GCP acknowledges that public-private dialogue, conducive policies, along with a mix of financing mechanisms to enable sector transformation, are essential to achieve…

The deceased officer Atul Kalita worked for the Mariani Forest Range. Divisional Forest Officer of Jorhat, Nandha Kumar told IANS that the incident occurred when a group of forest workers arrived in Bijoy Nagar, a neighborhood in Jorhat’s Titabor, with the goal of chasing away a herd of elephants that had wreaked havoc on Thursday night. When the forest team tried to push back the herd of elephants into the forest, one jumbo came back and launched an attack on the forest personnel, he said. “Unfortunately, Atul Kalita got stuck and could not escape. He was killed by the wild…

The accused were identified as Suhail Khan (20), a resident of Loni, Uttar Pradesh and Bilal Ansari (35), a resident of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.According to the police, on September 23, they received a complaint at the Cyber Dwarka police station. The complainant alleged that he had registered a complaint on Twitter regarding late payment charges on his credit card, providing his contact number on the platform.”Subsequently, an individual, claiming to be an HDFC bank agent, contacted the complainant through an unknown number and assured him of resolving the late payment charges on his credit card,” said Deputy Commissioner of…

Parthib Gogoi opened the scoring in the 42nd minute for NorthEast United before Phalguni Singh (48th) doubled the lead for the home side. Asheer Akhtar scored the third goal of the match for the Highlanders in the extra time (90’+10′).”We should have been in the lead in the first half but we never took the chances and when you don’t take the chances you get punished heavily and that pretty much summed up the game. We have a tough start but the league has 22 games not two, so, we will prepare better and get stronger over time,” Chennaiyin FC…

He said that funding to build barricades to prevent animals from coming out of forest areas will be looked into and also directed the officials of the forest department to take appropriate action in this regard.“It is the responsibility of the forest department to provide fodder and drinking water for wild animals within the forest area. Afforestation should be done by planting more saplings. The expansion of forest area will be of great benefit to the state. Though it is a matter of happiness to see an increase in the number of tigers and elephants in the forests, the wild…

Hospital sources said that several students, including minors, received multiple pellet wounds on the shoulders, heads, eyes and limbs.The injured students are now undergoing treatment at different hospitals in Imphal, drawing a grim reminder of the security forces using the same weapons to quell protests in Jammu and Kashmir.Many organisations, including the Manipur Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MCPCR), and several political leaders, including ruling BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh, strongly condemned the actions of the security forces to deal with the students’ agitations in Manipur.Director General of Police Rajiv Singh has constituted a committee headed by K. Jayanta…