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Gorakhpur, Sept 24: Dr Kafeel Khan, who has been allegedly trapped by Uttar Pradesh government in the case of death of infants at a State-run hospital in Gorakhpur last year, and his brother Adeel Khan were arrested on Sunday in a nine-year-old case. “A case was registered against Dr Kafeel and his brother Adeel under various sections of the IPC in 2009 at the Rajghat police station by Muzaffar

Srinagar, Sept 24: Five militants were killed as alert troops foiled yet another infiltration bid from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) at the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector in the frontier district of Kupwara. A soldier was also martyred during the exchange of fire. Defence Ministry spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia on Monday told UNI that troops noticed a group of militants sneaking into this

Visakhapatnam, Sept 24: A bandh was being observed in the Agency area here Monday to protest against the killing of TDP MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and a former legislator even as police teams intensified combing operations to trace the outlawed Maoists. The sitting MLA Sarveswara Rao and former legislator of ruling Telugu Desam Party Siveri Soma were gunned down by the outlawed CPI (Maoists) Sunday

New Delhi, Sept 24: Indian Navy’s decorated sailor Commander Abhilash Tomy was rescued from the Indian Ocean on Monday, three days after he suffered a severe injury when the main mast of his boat was ripped off in a storm, officials said. Tomy was sailing his boat as part of the Golden Globe Race (GGR) – a solo sailboat race around the world — when his boat was damaged in the storm about 1,900

Gangtok, Sept 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the first airport in the state of Sikkim at Pakyong, 4,500 feet above the sea level. The 100th airport of India is located at 60 km from China border. The foundation stone of the greenfield airport was laid in 2009. The airport is expected to improve the connectivity and boost the tourism in the Himalayan state. The airport was

Bahraich, Sep 23: Dr Kafeel Khan was released on orders of a magistrate hours after his arrest on Saturday allegedly for arguing with doctors and "disturbing" treatment being given to patients at the district hospital in Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh, police said. Dr Khan is currently out on bail in a case related to death of infants at a state-run hospital in Gorakhpur last year. ASP Ajay Pratap said

Patna, Sept 23: Union Law Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today asserted that the issue of instant triple Talaq was not an issue of politics but was related to honour, dignity and protection of Muslim women. Addressing a group of Muslim women who assembled at his residence in the state capital to thank Narendra Modi government for bringing an ordinance banning the practice of

New Delhi, Sept 23: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will continue in his post, BJP president Amit Shah said on Sunday as he announced that a reshuffle of the state's ministers will soon take place. The BJP chief said so in a tweet following a discussion with the Bharatiya Janata Party's core group team from Goa. "It has been decided during a discussion with the Goa BJP core team that Manohar

Amaravati, Sept 23: In the first major strike in many years in Andhra Pradesh, the Maoists Sunday shot dead a sitting MLA and a former MLA, both from the ruling TDP, in Araku area in Visakhapatnam district, police said. The incident occurred at Lippitiputta village under Dambriguda mandal when Araku (ST) MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former MLA Siveri Soma went to take part in a 'grama darsini'

Kottayam, Sept 23: Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested on charges of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting a nun, was Sunday taken to a guest house at nearby Kuravilangadu by police for reconstruction of the crime scene. The police vehicle carrying the bishop, who was sent to two-day police custody Saturday by a magistrate court in Pala, reached the St Francis Mission Home at 10.20 am and left