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However, the court directed the trial court to conclude hearing in the case in six months.”If the trial does not make any substantial progress within a period of six months, it will be open for the applicant-accused to apply for bail afresh,” the high court said in its order.Justice Rajveer Singh dismissed Yadav’s bail plea.Yadav said he was a four-time MP and a five-time MLA and was being falsely implicated because of political enmity.The state government’s counsel argued that Yadav’s involvement was revealed during investigations and he was named in the charge-sheet on the basis of sufficient evidence.”Nine people died…

The launching ceremony for the submarine, held on Wednesday, was attended by the North Korean leader ahead of the country’s 75th founding anniversary, which falls on Saturday, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).”The submarine-launching ceremony heralded the beginning of a new chapter for bolstering up the naval force of the North Korea and made clearer the steadfast will of the WPK and the government of the North Korea to further strengthen the state nuclear deterrence both in quality and quantity and by leaps and bounds for regional and global peace and security,” the KCNA said, referring to…

Dbeibah made the remarks in a meeting with the Mayor of Tripoli’s Municipality Ibrahim Al-Khelefi, during which they discussed development and services projects in the city, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s information office on Thursday.During the meeting, the Prime Minister also stressed the necessity to move the development projects forward on schedule in order to improve services for Tripoli residents, it noted.They also reviewed a number of projects in the city that were completed in 2022, which include public parking lots, public parks, the maintenance and paving of dilapidated streets, the delivery of drinking water, the…

Growing divisions among member states, combined with the increased complexity of today’s conflicts, pose a formidable challenge to peacekeeping and the broader task of maintaining peace and security, said Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN undersecretary-general for peace operations, on Thursday.”Peacekeeping is not a magic wand to help a country return to stability, but with the support of a unified international community, political processes and peace agreements have been implemented,” Lacroix told a UN Security Council meeting.Even where political solutions to conflicts seem distant, peacekeepers continue to protect the lives of hundreds and thousands of civilians in the countries and regions in…

Walking home, she could not help but smile. She also remembered the time when she and her companions were pulled out of the car and beaten with sticks — their only crime — they belonged to the trans community. Not to mention, the several instances of sexual abuse.Alina Khan, who played the character of ‘Biba’ in ‘Joyland’, Pakistan’s official entry to the 95th Academy Awards and the first film from the country to premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and win the Jury Prize of the Un Certain Regard section, is just back from a long day before speaking…

Police officials said that the victim alleged that she was also forcibly fed beef.A police official said, “A girl living in Prem Nagar police circle had lent Rs 30,000 to her friend. On September 1, the girl was called by her friend to a hotel on the pretext of returning the money.”In the hotel room, the girl’s friend Shiftat and her two acquittances forcibly fed her beef and gave her a cold drink laced with sedatives.After she fell unconscious, the two youth identified as Nadeem and Shoaib raped her while Shifta made a video of the act. Later, they demanded…

The 67th launch was recently held in Bengaluru.The book has earned a place in the Asia Book of Records for achieving the highest number of launches.The book has been launched at various locations, and there are plans to introduce it at numerous other places.Written by Shantanu Gupta, the book chronicles Yogi’s journey from the days of struggle to public life.Shantanu Gupta is a famous writer who has penned two bestseller novels. His latest graphic novel based on the life of Yogi Adityanath has so far been launched in eight states, namely, UP, Delhi, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Andhra…

South Africa’s Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille said on Thursday that the department has allocated 174.5 million rands (about $9.11 million) for this financial year for the deployment of the tourism monitors, Xinhua news agency reported.”We have worked with the private sector to revise and improve the training curriculum for tourism monitors which also includes training by the South African police,” De Lille added at the Tourism Business Council of South Africa leadership conference in North West province.Between 2022 and 2023, there were two incidents where tourists were killed and that caused “untold damage” to the country’s tourism industry, according…

Access to the forest in the area around the small town of Fagersta will be prohibited, and people will not be allowed to leave the roads to hunt or forage for mushrooms and berries, the Swedish Board of Agriculture said on Thursday. However, the area will not be evacuated.The decision was taken immediately after African swine fever was detected in one of seven wild boars that have been found dead in the area since late August. The viral disease poses no danger to humans, but can be devastating to pig farms, Xinhua news agency reported.By restricting access to the forest,…

Abdullahi Mohamed Nor, the director of the National Center for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, said on Thursday that the militants surrendered in four states — Hirshabelle, Galmudug, Southwest and Jubaland states.”Those who surrendered include young children who were radicalised, youth, women and group commanders and they will be offered amnesty and then taken for rehabilitation,” the director told journalists in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.He urged the group fighters intending to benefit from the government’s amnesty to follow suit, saying they would welcome defecting from the al-Shabab terror group, Xinhua news agency reported.”There are two reasons why the number…