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Sources said that Roy reached the office located in the central government office complex in Salt Lake at around 12.30 p.m.He has also challenged the ED summons and the hearing is scheduled for later in the day.The sources said that Roy’s questioning is in connection with a corporate entity whose name surfaced in course of ithe ED probe.Last week, Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira Narula Banerjee was interrogated by the ED for a marathon eight hours. She was summoned in connection to her role as the erstwhile director of the corporate entity.The probe agency had also summoned Abhishek Banerjee’s parents, but…

A new promo shared by the channel, shows disagreement over house duties by Munawar Faruqi and Ankita Lokhande.The promo shows, the members of the three houses ‘Dil’, ‘Dimaag’ aur ‘Dum’ discussing house chores.Anurag Dhobal is heard saying: “We have decided to give kitchen duties to Ankita.”To this, the she disagree.Later, Munawar is also seen saying “no no” to something Anurag said. Aishwarya Sharma also got angry and can be heard saying: “Teeno time ka zimmedari sirf do logo ko de rahe ho.”An angry Anurag, then said: “Punishment ke liye taiyaar rehna fir.”The contestants of Bigg Boss 17 currently are Jigna…

An exercise to ascertain this number was undertaken after the Deoria violence in which six persons were killed due to property dispute.According to official sources, a number of litigants are fighting land cases for over 20 years without any decision while some cases are so old that the original plaintiff is not alive and his next generation is fighting the case.“Based on the nature of dispute, the case goes in the court of tehsildar, then before the SDM, the DM, the divisional commissioner and Revenue Board before going to the high court and the Supreme Court. It takes a lot…

The party released the first list of 144 candidates on Sunday.The remaining 86 candidates are likely to be declared in two phases.”Most of the candidates for remaining seats have been finalised, only a few are being discussed. All the candidates will be announced in the next two-three days,” he said.Asked about those disappointed after being denied tickets, the Congress leader said he has spoken to all of them, but the party has to take tough decisions.”Candidates have been selected keeping the social structure of each district and the Assembly seat. There were 4,000 applications for 230 seats and all of…

The oldest participant in the marathon was 96 and the youngest was five-years-old.The initiative was with a vision to motivate and inspire, and the ‘NDA Marathon’ provided a blend of fortitude and endurance to over 13,500 people, who took part from across the country, a Ministry of Defence official said on Monday.The ministry said that the marathon featured multiple race categories, including a 42-km ‘Full Marathon’, a 21-km ‘Half-Marathon’ and 10-km, 5-km and 3-km runs, all happening concurrently.The NDA is located in Khadakwasla, Pune, Maharashtra and situated at the foothills of the Sahyadri mountain ranges. The NDA campus is spread…

According to an eyewitness, the incident took place when Amitabh Kumar, posted at Sarai police station, was checking vehicles near UCO bank at Sarai Bazar Chowk on Monday.”While checking the vehicles, Kumar signalled three men on a bike to stop came. Instead of stopping, they left the bike and tried to flee. Some of the cops, including Amitabh Kumar, chased them. At this, one of the miscreants opened fire on the police team,” said Ramesh Kumar, the driver of the police van.”Amitabh Kumar, came under the firing range. He suffered two gunshot wounds on his chest and collapsed. We immediately…

The state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has already cleared the proposal to upgrade 16 schools near multipurpose hubs and also those located on the main roads along the Indo-Nepal border.He has also ordered officials to start model composite schools equipped with modern facilities in 57 districts.The basic education department has proposed a budget of about Rs 8.5 crore for this purpose.The proposal includes plans for upgradation of nine schools located on interstate routes for estimated Rs 3.71 crore. The other proposal to upgrade seven schools situated along the international route near Indo-Nepal border, will cost Rs 4.73 crore, officials said.The…

Mumbai, Oct 16 (IANS) Cricket in the T20 format will return to the Olympic Games for the first time since 1932 when Los Angeles hosts the mega event in 2028. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday gave its final approval for the inclusion of T20 cricket as an additional sport in the Los Angeles Olympic Games.The 141st Session of IOC in Mumbai gave unanimous approval for the inclusion of five additional sports — cricket, squash, baseball and softball, flag football and lacrosse — in the sports programme of the Los Angeles Olympic Games.Only two out of the 99 members…

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has asked Google-owned YouTube to initiate necessary legal measures against “fake news channels” and advised the platform to incorporate a disclaimer to address this issue effectively.In a notification, MeitY advised YouTube to put a disclaimer “news not verified” on “fake news channels”.The IT Ministry has also asked major social media platforms with more than five million members to submit an action plan within 10 days, “on how they aim to combat fake news and unlawful content”.Earlier this month, YouTube responded to the IT Ministry’s notice to remove…

Bhopal, Oct 16 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER) have successfully produced porous magnetic nanoparticles, which can help in sustainable water desalination and purification.The nanoparticles, which are minuscule particles approximately one hundred thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair, have been engineered for multiple applications such as heat and light-induced removal of salt from seawater, the extraction of potable water from wastewater contaminated with dyes and deicing and anti-icing processes.It was produced using a simple method inspired by Indian earthen lamps. The process involved saturating cotton with nickel salt and…