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10 Aug

Television actor Kamya Punjabi has shared her take on the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

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Television actor Kamya Punjabi has shared her take on the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. Kamya believes his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty was using his credit cards.On Saturday, Rhea had shared her WhatsApp chats with Sushant, showing how he thought his sister Priyanka was manipulative. Reacting to it, Kamya said sibling fights are a common affair. “What is she trying to prove with this? Bhai behen meh jhagde hote rehte hai koi badi baat nahi hai (Siblings fight, it’s not a big deal)… n most imp he was staying with you n not his sister.. all the credit cards were used…

09 Aug

Congress Seen As “Rudderless”, Must Find A Leader, Says Shashi Tharoor.

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The Congress must expedite the process of finding a full-term president to arrest the growing public perception that the party is "adrift and rudderless", senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday. Tharoor also said that he certainly thinks Rahul Gandhi has the "mettle, capability and aptitude to once again lead the party", but if he does not wish to do so then the party must "take action" to elect a new chief. His comments assume significance as they come just ahead of Sonia Gandhi completing one year as interim chief on August 10, with the party yet to find…

09 Aug

The Delhi High Court on Friday passed a slew of directions relating to online Open Book Examination (OBE), which will be conducted by the Delhi University for final year undergraduate courses

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The Delhi High Court on Friday passed a slew of directions relating to online Open Book Examination (OBE), which will be conducted by the Delhi University for final year undergraduate courses from August 10, to ensure fair opportunity for students keeping in view the technical problems. The court said it is mindful that enormous preparations have been undertaken by students for giving the online OBE and now it is concerned about the manner in which the process can be further streamlined.Justice Prathiba M Singh said it has not gone into the legal arguments raised by petitioner students as to how…

09 Aug

Bihar government should not have interfered in the matter of Sushant Singh Rajput.

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The tussle between Bihar and Maharashtra governments over a CBI probe into actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death flared up today as Maharashtra's ruling Shiv Sena hit back at the Nitish Kumar government for ordering an investigation by the agency."Bihar government should not have interfered in the matter of Sushant Singh Rajput. Over the last few years, Sushant was a Mumbaikar. Mumbai gave him prosperity and Bihar didn't stand by him during his struggle," an article in Sena mouthpiece Saamna read. Bihar had asked for CBI investigation last week, saying Sushant Rajput's family sought a probe by the agency. Till then,…

09 Aug

8 Crore Farmers Get Rs 6,000 Each Under Centre’s PM-KISAN Scheme , launched by Govt.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday transferred Rs 17,000 crore directly into the bank accounts of 8.5 crore farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme. He said the scheme has been successful in its objective to provide financial support to farmers without any involvement of middlemen. The Centre provides Rs 6,000 per year in three equal instalments under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme that was launched in December 2018. The prime minister "released the 6th installment under the PM-KISAN scheme of Rs 17,000 crore to nearly 8.5 crore farmers. The cash benefit was transferred directly to their Aadhaar verified…

09 Aug

Saudi Arabia has halted the provision of oil on loan for Pakistan after the Imran Khan government threatened to split the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) over Kashmir.

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Saudi Arabia has halted the provision of oil on loan for Pakistan after the Imran Khan government threatened to split the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) over Kashmir. Hit by a severe economic crisis, Pakistan had borrowed a $6.2 billion loan from Saudi Arabia in 2018.The loan package included a provision under which Saudi Arabia granted Pakistan $3.2 billion worth of oil, a year on deferred payments. Pakistani media on Saturday said that the provision meant for Islamabad expired two months ago and has not been renewed by Riyadh.Instead, Islamabad has prematurely returned $1 billion Saudi loan, four months ahead…

09 Aug

Actor Rhea Chakraborty has shared screenshots of a WhatsApp conversation she had with boyfriend

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Actor Rhea Chakraborty has shared screenshots of a WhatsApp conversation she had with boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput, in which he’d expressed concerns about his sister Priyanka’s behaviour with Rhea. Sushant died by suicide on June 14, and his family has accused Rhea of abetting it. In the conversations, shared by Rhea with India Today, the actor said that he believed his sister was manipulating his friend and roommate Siddharth Pithani. The conversations begin with Sushant praising Rhea and her brother Showik. ”Your family is very epic. Showik is compassionate and you too who are mine, you are a sufficient cause…

08 Aug

Yogi Adityanath to be invited to lay foundation stone for public facilities on land for mosque in Ayodhya’.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be invited to inaugurate the public utility facilities coming up next to the mosque in Dhannipur village in Ayodhya. But there will be no ritual for laying the foundation stone of the religious structure itself, the Trust mandated to construct the mosque has said. Mr. Adityanath would be invited as the head of Uttar Pradesh. "On the five-acre land in Dhannipur village, which has been given for the construction of a mosque on the Supreme Court's directive, a hospital, a library, a community kitchen and a research centre will also be built. To…

08 Aug

Nagpur Police offers grammar lessons to scammers in Epic tweet.

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We are all aware of the fake and fraud messages that one gets. More than often, the language of these SMS or Whatsapp messages is wrong. Further, incorrect spellings are a way of identifying fake messages. Responding to complaints by citizens about spammers and fake SMSes, Nagpur City Police, in a tongue-in-cheek tweet, offered classes to all spammers sending out a bunch of text messages. In its tweet, Nagpur City Police attached a couple of screenshots of fake and error-ridden messages that people received asking them to update their KYC for Paytm. The Nagpur police in a tweet shared screenshots…

08 Aug

Migrants plod back to Delhi that shut them out.

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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday appealed to citizens to play their part in reviving the economy of the city while taking adequate precautions against COVID-19. He also launched a job portal intended to bridge the gap between potential employers and employees, and appealed to migrant labourers, who had left the city during the lockdown, to return. “It is my appeal to all the 2 crore people of Delhi who have managed to control the coronavirus with their hard work, understanding and care that now we have to fix the economy of Delhi too, we have to bring it back…