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CPI(M) to give Rs 10 L to family of youth stabbed to death
Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) in Kerala today said it would give Rs 10 lakh as solatium to the family of a Muslim youth Junaid, who was stabbed to death on a train. The decision in this regard was taken at the CPI(m)'s state commitee meeting, a press release said.
Venkaiah Naidu is the next Vice-President of India
M Venkaiah Naidu, the candidate of the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, will be India's next Vice President as results were declared of the election in which Members of Parliament cast their votes today.
SpiceJet pilot's flying permit cancelled for failing alcohol test
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has cancelled the flying licence of a senior pilot of private carrier SpiceJet allegedly due to his repeated failure to clear the mandatory alcohol test. The flying permit of one of the SpiceJet Boeing 737 commanders has been cancelled as he tested positive thrice in breath analyser tests, a senior DGCA official said last night.
Indo-Canadian named Canada's consul general in San Francisco
Toronto: Rana Sarkar, an Indo-Canadian entrepreneur, has been appointed as Canada's consul general in San Francisco as well as a member of the Canadian official team tasked with renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement with the US and Mexico.
BJP leader arrested for the attack on Rahul Gandhi’s car
Gujarat Police arrested Jayesh Darji, secretary of Banaskantha district youth BJP, in connection with stone pelting on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s SUV on Friday. Mr Gandhi’s car was hit with a stone that smashed windowpane of rear seat and injured an SPG guard while the Congress Vice President sitting in front seat escaped unhurt.
Villagers of ‘Trump’s village’ in Haryana to send Rakhis to US President
Munish Nagar: The US President Donald Trump never visited the village ‘Marora’ in Haryana but the craze for Trump led villagers to name it as “Trump’s village.”
Vice-presidential poll: 96.94 per cent polling till 3 pm
New Delhi: Voting began around 10 am on Saturday for the 15th Vice-Presidential election in which ruling NDA's candidate M Venkaiah Naidu is pitted in a straight contest with Opposition-backed Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
Landslide blocks Shimla-Kalka National Highway, hundreds of vehicles stranded
Shimla: The Shimla–Kalka National Highway (NH- 22) was blocked today following a massive landslide near Jabli between Parwanoo and Dharampur, bringing vehicular traffic to a halt. The landslide on the road where construction work was underway occurred around 3:00 AM last night and the road is still blocked.
Attack on my convoy carried out by BJP, RSS people: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said the attack on his convoy in Gujarat was carried out by people from the BJP and the RSS. Gandhi yesterday faced protests in flood-hit Gujarat where alleged BJP supporters hurled a cement brick at his car and showed him black flags, forcing him to cut short his address at a gathering and leave in a huff. "Attack on me was carried out by the BJP RSS people. This is their, and PM Modi's, way of politics," he said.