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New Delhi, Sept 13: A day after Vijay Mallya claimed that he met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley before leaving for London, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy said that a lookout notice against the fugitive liquor baron was diluted from "Block" to "Report" which helped in his departure. Swamy tweeted: "We have now two undeniable facts on the Mallya escape issue: 1. Look Out

New Delhi, Sept 13: Stepping up his attack on Arun Jaitley for allegedly meeting Vijay Mallya before the latter fled to the U.K., Congress president Rahul Gandhi on September 13 accused the Finance Minister of colluding with a “criminal” and not informing the probe agencies, despite having information about the liquor baron’s plan to leave the country. Speaking at a press conference, Mr. Gandhi

Washington, Sept 13: India has not been able to secure membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group because of China's veto, a senior Trump Administration official said on Thursday asserting that the US will continue to advocate for New Delhi's membership in the elite grouping as it meets all the criteria. India has been seeking entry into the 48-member elite nuclear club, which controls nuclear

Hanoi, Sept 13: Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday that two Reuters journalists jailed for investigating a massacre in Rakhine state were not convicted because they were journalists but because they broke the law. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were each imprisoned for seven years last week for breaching the country's hardline Official Secrets Act while reporting

New Delhi, Sept 13: Fuel prices once again witnessed a hike on Thursday, with petrol being sold at Rs 81.00 per litre and diesel at Rs 73.08 per litre here in the national capital. The price of petrol has been increased by 13 paise per litre, while diesel saw a hike of 11 paise per litre, as compared to Tuesday's prices in New Delhi. In Mumbai, petrol and diesel have touched a new high of Rs 88.39

Apple unveiled three new iPhones on Wednesday in a bid to bolster its spot in the premium smartphone market, along with an upgraded smartwatch that takes electrocardiograms and detects falls. The California tech giant said it would begin selling its 5.8-inch iPhone XS and 6.5-inch iPhone XS Max later this month, keeping the starting price of the company's top-end model at $999 but bumping the

New Delhi, Sept 13: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has prohibited the manufacture for sale, sale or distribution for human use of 328 Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs) with immediate effect. It has also restricted the manufacture, sale or distribution of six FDCs subject to certain conditions. 'The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has, in exercise of powers conferred by section 26A of

Bhind, Sept 12: A 50-year-old head constable died on Wednesday after he was attacked by an arrested person in an escape bid at a police station here in Madhya Pradesh, an official said. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the kin of the deceased. The accused, Vishnu Rajawat (25), attacked two policemen with a pick-axe at the Umri police station Sunday

Kochi, Sept 12: Kerala police have asked Bishop Franco Mullakal of Jalandhar diocese, accused by a nun of raping her, to appear before the investigating team on September 19, Inspector General of police Vijay Sakhare said on Wednesday. The decision to summon the clergyman was taken after a meeting chaired by Sakhare, IG (Ernakulam range), which was also attended by Kottayam District Superintendent

Bhopal, Sept 12: During the day Adesh Khamra stitched clothes, hunched over his sewing machine in a small shop on the fringes of Bhopal. In the night, as he tossed in bed, consumed by visions of deadly crimes that he wanted to commit, he perhaps saw himself switching the needle for an axe, the thread into a hangman's noose. Then the killings started. Sometime around 2010. The first one in Amravati