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He said no guard of honour was accorded and even an army ambulance was not provided to bring the body of the martyr back home in Punjab. The party demanded scrapping of the Agniveer scheme and regularisation of services of all soldiers recruited under the scheme till date. A Defence Ministry statement, terming the incident unfortunate, said Agniveer Amritpal Singh died while on sentry duty in the Rajouri sector due to a self-inflicted gunshot injury. A court of inquiry to ascertain more details is in progress, it said. It said mortal remains of the deceased, accompanied by one Junior Commissioned…

According to party insiders, the popularity of the government schemes on the social media has been taking a hit in the last 15 days after the rift between the Rajasthan Congress leaders and Arora few days ago following a verbal spat.The party insiders said that the popularity of the party’s campaign is taking a massive hit in the state. The assembly election for the 200 member assembly is scheduled on November 25.A party source, following the reach of the social media campaigning said that in the last 15 days the reach of the posts on the Facebook is down by…

The CBI arrested two people, including a Senior Superintendent of the Passport Seva Laghu Kendra (PSLK) in Sikkim’s Gangtok area, while accepting a bribe of Rs 1.90 lakh.The arrested Senior Superintendent has been identified as Goutam Kumar Saha and the other accused has been identified as Dipu Chetri.A CBI spokesperson said that a case was registered against 24 accused including 16 public servants. This included the Deputy Passport Officer (DPO), Kolkata; Senior Superintendent, PSLK, Gangtok; other public servants and private people.It was alleged that public servants of the Regional Passport Office (RPO) Kolkata and PSLK Gangtok entered into a criminal…

She had to undergo rigorous physical training to be on top of her game. This was something entirely different for her as Nora Fatehi has not really done action roles.As such, she underwent rigorous training to build her strength, agility and physique.Furthermore, to shape her physique she adopted a stringent fitness routine which combined strength training and flexibility exercises, so as to better prepare herself for the many physically demanding scenes in ‘‘Crakk- Jeethegaa Toh Jiyegaa’.Part of her training included stretching as well as taking a crash course in martial arts, all the while she was required to build up…

He said that the recovery of illegal money must be probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The IT department had recovered Rs 42 crore cash at a flat owned by a contractor in Bengaluru. The issue had taken a political turn and it was alleged that the money was collected for assembly elections of five states. Bommai told media persons that there had been corruption in everything including transfer since the new Congress government has come to power. “This is the most corrupt government that Karnataka has seen. Corruption is seen from a village…

The airline has initiated its inaugural special evacuation flight to Tel Aviv, utilizing its Airbus A340 aircraft.”Flight SG 9995, designated as the evacuation flight, took off from Amritsar for Tel Aviv on Saturday evening,” an airline spokesperson said.”The return journey from Tel Aviv is scheduled for departure at 11 p.m. (local time), with an arrival in Delhi the following morning,” said the spokesperson.”SpiceJet has been a steadfast contributor to the government’s evacuation and repatriation efforts, previously assisting in ‘Operation Ganga’ by evacuating over 1600 students through special flights to Budapest, Kosice, and Suceava,” said the spokesperson.In ‘Operation Kaveri’, SpiceJet helped…

The suicide had triggered massive protest last night in Ashok Nagar area in Hyderabad.Marri Pravallika, 23, who was staying in Brindavan Girls Hostel in Ashok Nagar, committed suicide 15 days ago in the hostel. The students staged a protest against the government, alleging that the delay in conducting public service exam forced the girl to committed suicide.Soon, the matter took a political turn with BJP and Congress leaders pitching into the protest. The protest also turned violent as students pelted stones on the police. However, in its probe, police came to know that Pravallika was in love with Shivaram Rathod,…

The incident took place on October 12 and the investigation is still on, officials said on Saturday.Rahul and Meenu were summoned to an upper floor of the factory on suspicion of theft of silver, where they were allegedly beaten with wooden and plastic sticks. After they lost consciousness they were locked inside the security guard’s room.According to the accused men, Rahul had been dismissed from his job at the factory seven months ago under suspicion of theft of silver. However, he was rehired just ten days prior to the incident when discrepancies in the silver stock were detected, prompting their…

The new feature called “mute assist” automatically mutes or lets users quickly mute people they don’t know who use profanity and potentially offensive words. “Based on your selected comfort level — off, low, medium, or high — mute assist can either automatically mute expletives spoken by others or present a quick-access pop-up to the mute button,” Meta said in a blogpost. According to the company, this feature will be limited to certain worlds during testing, including Venues, Bad Roommates, Bobber Bay, and Arena Clash, and it may not be accessible to everyone. “Once the setting is configured, you can focus…

Addressing a mega rally in Tripura in the Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) headquarters at Khumulwng in western Tripura, the Meghalaya CM said if anybody tries to damage the life, culture, language and traditions of the indigenous people “we would fight jointly”.”We have to protect the future of our youths. We would not remain silent against any deprivation to the tribals and indigenous people,” Sangma said adding “we have to be confident that one day our dream would be fulfilled”.Saying that “we are not against any community or any individuals”, he said that leaders from the northeast for many…