INDIA

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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Police lathi-charge protesting BJYM workers in Jaipur

7:11 pm July 9, 2021

Jaipur: Police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse a group of BJYM activists staging a sit-in here on Friday in protest against increasing atrocities on people belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities in the Congress-ruled state. Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists clashed with police personnel as they tried to disperse the […]

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh opens account on Koo

7:09 pm July 9, 2021

New Delhi: Twitter rival Koo on Friday said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has joined its platform to connect with people in Indian languages. Koo has seen increased adoption by ruling party leaders and others amid Twitter’s frequent run-ins with the government on various issues, including the new IT rules. Koo said communities on its […]

Sensex, Nifty languish for 2nd day; log weekly losses

7:06 pm July 9, 2021

Mumbai: Equity indices buckled under selling pressure for the second straight session on Friday as risk appetite remained subdued amid lacklustre global cues and lower-than-expected results from IT major TCS. Banking, finance and IT counters accounted for most of the losses, while strong demand for metal stocks cushioned the fall. The 30-share BSE Sensex ended […]

7-year-old girl raped in Punjab village

7:04 pm July 9, 2021

Hoshiarpur (Punjab): A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in a village here, police said on Friday. The incident took place in Nangal Shahidan village on Thursday when the girl’s parents, who are daily wagers, were at work and the victim was alone at home. A case under relevant sections of the Indian […]

UP sees 10 more deaths due to Covid, 112 new cases

12:00 am July 9, 2021

Lucknow: Ten more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh, bringing the toll to 22,676, while the infection count reached 17,07,044 on Thursday with the detection of 112 fresh cases, according to an official statement. Of the new fatalities linked to the coronavirus, three were reported from Etah; two each from Amethi and Shahjahanpur; one […]