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City police sources said that the matter is being viewed seriously by their investigators in the backdrop of the arrest of one individual red-handed late Tuesday night in Kolkata while trying to sell tickets for the India-South Africa match scheduled on November 5.“As many as 20 tickets of the match were seized from him. He was trying to sell those tickets at an exorbitant price of Rs 11,000 a ticket as against the quoted price of Rs 2,500,” a city police official said.It is learnt that an individual has filed a complaint with Kolkata’s Maidan Police Station accusing BCCI, CAB…

Manama : Rawan bint Najeeb Tawfiqi, Minister of Youth Affairs, received Vinod Kurian Jacob, the newly appointed Indian Ambassador to Bahrain. The meeting discussed ways to strengthen cooperation, particularly in the youth sector through providing joint programs and initiatives. The minister praised the deep longstanding Bahraini-Indian relations, wishing the Indian Ambassador success in carrying out his duties. The ambassador affirmed his country’s keenness to expand bilateral cooperation.

Manama : His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa held talks with His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II of Jordan attended the talks. HM the King welcomed the visit of HM King Abdullah II, affirming the depth of the historic Bahraini-Jordanian relations. Their Majesties reviewed bilateral ties and means to further consolidate cooperation in various domains. His Majesty King Hamad hailed the pivotal role of…

Issuing this directive, the court urged the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to issue uniform guidelines for implementing reservation policies for persons with disabilities (PwDs) as it stressed on the need to avoid a policy disconnect in different departments regarding the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act.It noted that despite the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment upgrading the list of posts suitable for PwDs, these changes have not permeated the departments that conduct recruitment.This policy disconnect has led to PwDs having to assert their rights before judicial authorities, which is undesirable, it added.The court made these observations while…

In a statement, the financial probe agency said that it carried out searches under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) at various locations in Punjab and RajasthanIt said that searches were conducted at the residential and commercial premises belonging to Akshay Kumar Chhabra and other associates at Ludhiana, Mohali, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jalandhar (Punjab) and Ganganagar in Rajasthan.”During the searches, cash amounting to more than Rs 4.5 crore, mobile phones, laptops, and documents related to money trail and property transactions were seized,” the agency said.The ED had registered the case on the basis of a case…

One fan asked on X (formerly known as Twitter), “Louis how do you make chicken parmesan?” which prompted the singer to reply with a bold message, reports eonline. “You start by realising all these ridiculous childish theories and conspiracies are wasted time and energy,” the 31-year-old wrote back, “and then just throw the chicken in the oven to be fair. Simple stuff.” While some users began speculating that Louis was referring to his “Larry” fanbase, the original user made his intentions clear: “All I did was ask for advice cooking advice (sic)”. And it wasn’t Louis’ only feisty response to…

The 14-year-old deceased minor was identified as Subham Swarup Paltasingh, a resident of Benapanjari village.”The minor, a student of Adarsha Vidyalaya at Sandhapur, was studying in his room on Wednesday evening when someone barged into his house and stabbed him multiple times.”Hearing his scream, his mother rushed to the minor’s room where she found Subham lying on bed in a pool of blood. Subham was rushed to the district headquarters hospital in Khordha where the doctors declared him dead,” said a police officer.The police later reached the spot and began an investigation into the case.”We are examining the CCTV footage…

Saran DM Amar Samir said that there were 19 people on the boat.The victims were labourers and they went to the Diara area for the cultivation of vegetables, he said, adding that the accident took place near Matiyar village under Manjhi police station in the district while they were returning home.”The boat capsized in the middle of the river. There were 19 persons on it and 10 managed to swim out of the river. We have pressed NDRF, SDRF and local divers and managed to fish out 2 dead bodies but 7 persons are still missing,” Samir said.The officer said…

The team, comprising Senior Deputy Election Commissioners Dharmendra Sharma and Nitesh Kumar Vyas, Principal Secretary, Avinash Kumar, flew in from New Delhi, to ascertain the fool-proof arrangements made so far and the preparedness by the state election machinery, for conducting free and fair poll.In a bid to fine tune it, they gave several instructions and asked to take positions after finishing the leftover works immediately.The central team was apprised of the arrangements made so far, by Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj, Additional CEO Lokesh Kumar, Joint CEO Sarfaraz Ahmad, and Deputy CEO Satyavani.The other review meetings that followed with the…

Assam Cabinet Minister, Jayanta Mallabaruah told reporters here: “At least five seats in the state’s MBBS and dental colleges will be reserved for Bhutanese nationals. Two seats will be set aside for each of them at Nalbari Medical College, Barpeta Medical College, and BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) college.”The Minister further said that Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, will be arriving in Assam on November 3.”The Bhutan King will visit our state. We have prepared a huge choice of arrangements to greet him. We anticipate that his visit will strengthen our ties to the adjacent nation with…