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The accused — Mehraj Salmani (33) and Asif (24), both residents of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, were produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate Animesh Bhaskar Mani Tripathi of the Patiala House Court.The police sought the duo’s remand for seven days on the grounds that they need to recreate the scene of crime and for the proper investigation of the case.”Visits have to be made to Meerut and other places of Delhi to prepare the pointing out memo and recovery of case property,” the court was told.The judge was told that the thorough investigation and collection of the evidences in the present case…

“As per the direction of the Chief Minister, the Labour Commissioner has taken up the issue with the Indian Embassy at Laos. The Embassy authorities have informed that they are in touch with the labourers and all necessary steps will be taken for their safe return to India,” a press release issued by the Chief Minister’s office said. The workers from Kendrapara district have reportedly been held captive at a plywood factory in Attapeu province of the southeastern Asian country. The issue came to the fore after the stranded workers sent videos to their families narrating their ordeal. The workers…

The Kerala Devasom Recruitment Board is the apex body that does all the job selection for the various Devasoms, and in the state, all the temples, other than the ones which are privately run, come under the various Devasoms. The notice for the post at the Sree Krishna temple at Guruvayoor has a condition that only Brahmins can apply, and even physically challenged Brahmins cannot apply. The scale of pay is Rs 23,000 – Rs 53,000. Asked about it, Radhakrishnan said he is not aware of such an advertisement. –IANSsg/vd

The vitality of the US economy seems perched on a dangerous edge in an uncertain macroeconomic environment.The path forward for the US economy seems more uncertain than it has in some time, economists predict.Rising interest rates, stubborn inflation and international strife are weighing down the economy while strong employment numbers and a rising stock market counterbalance that effect, they said.The US economy is a delicate balancing act, and the recent labor strife threatens to upset the whole apple cart, financial websites in the US say.The UAW said around 8,700 members working at Ford’s truck plant in Louisville, Ky., its biggest…

Speaking to the media at the Vidhana Soudha here, Siddaramaiah pointed out that the power consumption for the same period last year was around 9,000 to 10,000 MW but this year the demand for electricity has gone upto 15,000 to 16,000 MW.A meeting has been called to discuss the means to purchase electricity, the Chief Minister added.Siddaramaiah also informed that an order was also issued on Thursday directing power generators to sell power to the state government and should not sell it elsewhere.Reacting to the BJP’s allegation that preventive measures were not taken, the Chief Minister said: “It is not…

A CBI spokesperson here said that the agency arrested Panigrahi for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 54,000 from the complainant.He added that a case was registered on complaint against Panigrahi on the allegations of demanding bribe for the issuance of Port Health Medical Clearance for the crew members working in the complainant’s company.The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused while demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs 54,000, he said.The agency also carried out searches at Panigrahi’s premises at Paradip, Cuttack and Balasore (Odisha), which resulted in recovery of cash worth Rs 17 lakh and $20,558…

The meeting, initiated by Janata Dal-U General Secretary and MLC Kapil Patil, is expected to have around 150 representatives from 21 political parties, unions and mass movements in the state participating. Major socialist parties and the Maha Vikas Aghadi allies Shiv Sena-UBT, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party are also part of the national Opposition parties’ INDIA bloc. The meeting will comprise the followers of socialist stalwarts like the late Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, Jaiprakah Narayan, S. M. Joshi, Sane Guruji besides intellectuals, writers, social justice activists and media personalities. “In the past, there was an ideological harmony between Keshav Sitaram…

According to the financial probe agency sources associated with the probe, the ED suspects that the United Arab Emirates-based Sourabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, both promoters of MOB, had tied up with the Mustaqim to run one of its similar betting gaming apps namely ‘Kheloyar’ from Pakistan.A source said that during the probe, it was found that the MOB runs more than 50 betting and gaming apps and sites online illegally. However, it found the links of kheloyar operating in Pakistan, with the help of fugitive don’s brother, the source said, adding that the app has the patronage of Dawood’s…

The accused were identified as Chintamani, 30, Ashok Sharma, 50, and the minor, 17.Chintamani and Sharma are residents of Nehru Vihar in the Dayalpur area in north Delhi.Sharma works as a property dealer, and Chintamani, in collaboration with Sharma, devised the plan to murder her mother. They enlisted the help of the juvenile, who was employed at a motor mechanic shop.On September 27, a PCR call was received at Dayalpur police station at 12:15 a.m., reporting the murder of a woman. Upon investigation, it was revealed that Shivkala had been killed inside her general store, which also served as her…

Kharge chaired the meeting of the CEC at the party headquarters, which was also attended by party MPs Rahul Gandhi, Congress General Secretary, Organisation, K.C. Venugopal, Telanagana Congress chief A. Revanth Reddy, Screening Committee Chairman K. Muralidharan, state incharge Manikrao Thakre and many others. The senior leaders discussed the candidates for at least three hours. Briefing the media later, Muralidharan said: “Today we have discussed 70 out of 119 seats and more discussion is required to finalise all the seats.” He said that the Congress will soon announce the list of all candidates at one time. The Congress is gearing…