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Guj: Man, two others held under anti-conversion law

11:27 pm June 24, 2021

Ahmedabad: A 25-year-old man and two others were arrested in Gujarat’s Vadodara city on Thursday under a new law for allegedly forcing his wife to convert after marriage and also for domestic violence, police said. Mohib Pathan, his brother Mohsin and their father Imtiyaz Pathan were arrested by Fatehgunj police under the Gujarat Freedom of […]

India presses OPEC for affordable oil price

11:22 pm June 24, 2021

New Delhi: With domestic retail fuel prices jumping to record high on rising international oil rates, India on Thursday pressed oil cartel OPEC for ‘affordable’ oil price within a ‘reasonable band’ and that the producers should phase out production cuts. OPEC nations such as Saudi Arabia have traditionally been India’s principal oil source. But, OPEC […]

Ghaziabad assault case: Twitter India MD gets relief, no coercive action, says Karnataka HC

11:11 pm June 24, 2021

Bengaluru/Ghaziabad: In a relief to Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday restrained Ghaziabad police, which has summoned him in connection with a probe related to the assault of an elderly Muslim man there, from initiating coercive action against him. The single bench of Justice G Narender said the police can […]

Odisha CM announces financial aid for dairy farmers

10:31 pm June 24, 2021

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday announced a relief package of Rs 11 crore for dairy farmers, after having taken a note of the losses faced by them amid the COVID 19-induced lockdown, official sources said. Patnaik said the package will provide succour to around 1.20 lakh dairy farmers who supply their produce to Odisha […]

11-yr-old girl gang-raped in Rajasthan

9:45 pm June 24, 2021

Jaipur: An 11-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two people, including a minor, in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, police said on Thursday. The accused and the victim are known to each other. They called the girl outside her house and took her to a nearby place where they committed the crime, police said. The incident […]