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His statement comes amid Congress's stiff opposition to renaming Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, after the elder son of warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji.

The government took up this work in the backdrop of the growing acts of vandalism in temples across the state, which has drawn flak from the opposition parties.

The CBI filed its supplementary charge sheet in the case, commonly known as the Ryan murder case, against the then SHO of Bhondsi police station Narender Singh Khatana, SI Shamsher Singh, ASI Subhash Chand and ACP (Sohna) Barem Singh.

MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the timing of these actions clearly suggests the intention of conveying a sense of compliance ahead of APJG (Asia Pacific Joint Group) meet and next FATF plenary meet in February 2021.

The assailants also shot a video of the assault and uploaded it on social media, an official said.

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar also denied giving any proposal to Punjab's Nanaksar Gurudwara head Baba Lakha, a renowned religious leader of the state, for ending the stalemate.

The virtual meeting will also be attended by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar and Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.

The states have been advised to maintain a "strict vigil" and to take steps to keep a check on the rising cases, especially in view of the new strain of the virus being observed in a few states in India.

So far, at FATF deliberations, Pakistan has denied that Azhar was living on its soil. In February 2020, on the eve of the FATF Paris plenary, Pakistan claimed that Azhar had gone “missing."

The woman has been asked to be present before the board on January 8 between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm. According to the woman's plea, "an ultra-sonography at the gestational age of 27 weeks 5 days found that the fetus suffered from anencephaly (skull bone not...

Moderna Inc's COVID19 vaccine is unlikely to win approval in Japan until May due to requirements for local clinical trials, the distributor said, casting doubt over a nationwide vaccination rollout before the summer Tokyo Olympics.

Hearing a PIL petition, Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee orally remarked, "religious rites have to be subject to public interest and the right to life." "The right to religion is not higher than right to life.

These account for 7 per cent of annual pregnancy loss in the region from 2000-2016, they said. For air pollution above WHO air quality guideline of of 10 g/m3, exposure may have contributed to 29 per cent of pregnancy losses, according to the study.

The scheme will go a long way in ushering an era of socio-economic development of the region and for catering to the aspirations of people, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said.

Schools in Punjab are reopening from Thursday for Classes 5 to 12. As per the SOPs, the parents’ consent is mandatory, no child would be allowed without masks and they have been warned to not share masks with other students.

A Zambian court has ruled the stateappointed liquidator of Vedanta's Konkola Copper Mines will not be discharged despite a November ruling ordering a halt to proceedings to allow Vedanta and minority KCM shareholder ZCCMIH to pursue arbitration.