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Riyadh : His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), announced today the launch of “Ardara,” which will develop AlWadi in Aseer Region in the southwest of Saudi Arabia, which will be the company’s first development and will become a vibrant urban center and tourist destination for both local and international visitors, in line with Vision 2030. Inspired by the distinctive Aseer architectural style and rich historic heritage, AlWadi – meaning “the valley”– will span 2.5 million square meters and will be developed with sustainability…

Manama : Chief Executive Officer of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Chairperson of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Persons, Nibras Talib, received Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Vinod Kurian Jacob. The Chief Executive welcomed the Indian Ambassador, wishing him success in his duties in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The LMRA CEO affirmed the Kingdom’s commitment to enhancing cooperation and coordination with the Republic of India on several fronts. He noted the importance of the cooperation between diplomatic missions and government agencies in raising awareness amongst expatriate workers on their rights and…

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Monday told a Delhi court that the allegations of sexual harassment against him accused have no basis. The BJP MP’s counsel also contended that checking the pulse rate without sexual intent is not an offense. Six women wrestlers have levelled allegations of sexual harassment against Singh. Apperaring efore Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal of the Rouse Avenue Court, Singh’s counsel said that the oversight committee was formed following tweets tagging the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Ministry of…

Mumbai, Oct 16 (IANS) Soon after he lost the men’s singles final in the Asian Games in Hangzhou a few days back, India’s best-ever squash player Saurav Ghosal was asked whether the 37-year-old will pursue a dream gold medal in the next Asian Games in 2026?Ghosal, the most successful male squash player at Asian Games with nine medals, was not ready to commit and said he will have to consider a lot of things, consult his family and support team before making a decision.On Monday, when squash gained its maiden entry into the Olympic Games after it was approved as…

The enforcement agencies have seized cash, gold, liquor etc valued over Rs.109 crore across the state since October 9 when the model code of conduct came into force for the November 30 Assembly election.The total cash seized by authorities rose to Rs.58.96 crore with seizure of Rs.7.29 crore during the last 24 hours that ended at 9 a.m. on October 16.The agencies have also seized 64.2 kg gold, 400 kg silver, and 42.203 carat diamonds all worth Rs.33.62 crore.During the intense checking within the state and on inter-state checkposts, police, excise and other departments have so far seized 44,093 litres…

Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala of Patiala House Courts extended the custody of Lava International MD Hari Om Rai, CA Nitin Garg and Chinese national Guangwen Kuang, till October 18 after expiry of their three-day earlier granted remand. The court took the decision on the ground that the probe agency was able to make out the case for grant of further custody. “There appears to be continuity in the stand taken by Enforcement Directorate with regard to extraction of digital data and the accused persons to be confronted with the same. Therefore, considering the settled principles of law and…

Its CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar said the company is “significantly reducing the size of our go-to-market organisation and “supporting teams and other teams across the organisation are impacted as well”.“Over the last 15 years, we’ve built Stack Overflow into an industry-crucial knowledge base for millions of developers and technologists. During this time we’ve experienced years filled with opportunities and challenges. This year is no different,” he wrote in a blog post.“Changes have been pursued through the lens of minimising impact to the lives of Stackers. Unfortunately, those changes were not enough and we have made the extremely difficult decision to reduce…

The bail was granted by the court of Amit Kumar Verma, judicial magistrate first class of Nuh.”Monu Manesar got bail and furnished Rs 1 lakh surety bond,” his counsel said. Manesar (30), who is also accused in the Nasir-Junaid murder case in Rajasthan and an attempt to murder case at Gurugram’s Pataudi, will stay in jail pending bails in both cases. Manesar was arrested by the Nuh police on September 12 and was taken on transit remand by the Rajasthan police on the same day in the Nasir-Junaid murder case. He was brought back by Haryana police on transit remand…

It directed the Commissioner to initiate action against the officials for acting in violation of rules. The court order came on a habeas corpus petition filed by senior Congress leader Mallu Ravi. Counsel for the petitioner had told the court that the three persons were kept in illegal custody for 18 hours and released after a habeas corpus petition was filed. He had sought orders to the police to pay compensation of Rs.20 lakh to each of the detained for illegal custody. The police had raided the Telangana Congress war room run by the party’s poll strategist, Sunil Kanugolu for…

Ending a 23-year-long litigation in various courts, the high court rejected a plea made by the current owner and 24 tenants who opposed the takeover plan of the property by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to construct a national memorial dedicated to the Phule couple in Bhidewada.Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, PMC Commissioner Vikram Kumar, Legal Advisor Nisha Chavan and others have welcomed the verdict, terming it as ‘historic’ and appropriate during the ongoing auspicious Navratri festival.175 years ago, the Phule couple lit the first lamp for girls’ education by starting a small school…