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New Delhi, Jun 20: Bodies of six Air Force personnel and remains of seven others, who died in the AN-32 aircraft crash, have been recovered, official sources said on Thursday. Over the past week, the Indian Air Force was making efforts to retrieve the bodies from the crash site but inclement weather was making it difficult to carry out air operations. The aircraft had gone missing on June 3 and

Jamnagar, Jun 20: A local court here on Thursday sentenced sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to life imprisonment in connection with the 1989 custodial death case. According to the prosecution, Bhatt, who was posted as the Additional Superintendent of Police in Gujarat's Jamnagar, had detained more than 100 people during a communal riot there and one of the detainees had died in hospital after he

Dubai, Jun 20: A 29-year-old Indian man and his wife have been charged in a Dubai court with physically assaulting his mother, causing her bone and rib fractures, internal bleeding as well as severe burns and unintentionally causing her death, according to a media report. The man and his 28-year-old wife, whose identity have not been revealed, tortured the elderly woman repeatedly and they even

Two exoplanets that have been discovered, which are warm similar to Earth and may have water, could be alternatives to support life, according to a study on Tuesday. Scientists have been searching for planets close to nearby stars since 2016 using a 3.5-meter telescope. Images captured at the Calar Alto Observatory in Almeria, southern Spain, and two other Spanish telescopes allowed researchers to

Surguja, Jun 19: A case has been registered against former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh's son Abhishek Singh, a former MP, and 19 others on the charge of cheating in connection with an alleged chit fund scam in Surguja district of the state, police said Tuesday. Former BJP MP Madhusudan Yadav and Congress leader Naresh Dakaliya have also been booked in the case. Abhishek, Yadav and

Lahore, Jun 19: A dejected Pakistani fan has filed a petition in the Gujranwala Civil Court against Pakistan's cricket team, seeking a ban on the squad as well as the sacking of the selection committee following the defeat to arch-rivals India in a World Cup game in England. Pakistani cricketers are facing strong criticism from both fans and former players after the 89-run defeat to India in the

New Delhi, Jun 19: Rajasthan's Kota MP Om Birla was on Wednesday elected as speaker of the Lok Sabha. The motion to choose Birla as the speaker was moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also Leader of the House, and passed by a voice vote. "That Shri Om Birla, a member of the is House, be chosen as the Speaker of the this House," read the motion. The motion was seconded by Defence Minister

Kolkata, Jun 19: Model-turned-actor Ushoshi Sengupta was allegedly chased and harassed by a gang of bikers twice on Monday night while returning home from work in an app-based cab, police said. Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the incident that took place around 11.40 pm on Monday, they said. Sengupta, 30, said she was returning home along with a colleague in an app-based cab

New Delhi, Jun 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday wished good health and a long life to Congress president Rahul Gandhi on his birthday. "Best wishes to Shri @RahulGandhi on his birthday. May he be blessed with good health and a long life," he said in a tweet. Best wishes to Shri @RahulGandhi on his birthday. May he be blessed with good health and a long life. — Narendra Modi (

Bahrain, Jun 18: Bahrain is one of the top 10 startup ecosystems with the largest share of female founders, according to the 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER), launched at the recent TNW conference in Amsterdam. Described as 'the world's most comprehensive and widely-read research on startups', the report is produced by Startup Genome in partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship