Day: October 1, 2019

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US detains goods from 5 countries for suspected forced labour

11:47 pm October 1, 2019

Washington: The Trump administration is detaining clothing, gold, diamonds and other items believed to have been produced with forced labor by five companies based in Brazil, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malaysia and Zimbabwe. An official at US Customs and Border Protection, Brenda Smith, says her agency issued orders to immediately detain the goods […]

Folk singer's live-in partner, 5 others held for killing her: Noida police

‘Raagini’ singer shot dead in Greater Noida

11:40 pm October 1, 2019

Noida (UP): A 25-year-old ‘Raagini’ singer was shot dead by unidentified assailants near her residence in Greater Noida on Tuesday night, police said. It was around 8.30 pm when two motorcycle-borne assailants sprayed Sushma Nekpur with bullets near Mitra Society under Beta II police station limits, a senior officer said. “She was returning from a […]

Goa never promotes “sex and drug” tourism, says Sawant

11:34 pm October 1, 2019

Panaji: A day after the Goa police nabbed a man from Bihar in connection with a “nude party” poster on social media, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday asserted the coastal state never promotes “sex and drug” tourism. Sawant congratulated the police for arresting the man, who he said, had tarnished Goa’s image. The man, […]

NCW to launch nationwide inspection of IVF facilities

11:29 pm October 1, 2019

New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) is launching a nationwide inspection of IVF facilities, the women’s rights body said Tuesday, a day after authorities busted an international racket at two facilities in Delhi where couples were asked to pay Rs 8.5 lakh for a male child. The racket, with operations across the country, […]

Amit Shah in Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Sunday

NRC must for national security; will be implemented: Shah

11:23 pm October 1, 2019

Kolkata: The NRC is “a must” for national security and will be implemented, Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared on Tuesday but made it clear that Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist refugees will be accorded Indian citizenship beforehand with the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Addressing a BJP seminar on the National Register of […]

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