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Suspended Goa swimming coach, accused of rape, gets bail

6:19 pm November 22, 2019

Panaji: A Goa court on Friday granted bail to suspended swimming coach Surajit Ganguly accused of raping a minor girl in September this year. Ganguly, employed at the time with Goa Swimming Association, was accused of rape by a 15-year-old girl training under him. The girl’s father had filed a case in Rishra police station […]

India-Uzbek sign pact on counter-terror cooperation

6:14 pm November 22, 2019

New Delhi: India and Uzbekistan have signed a pact for further strengthening of cooperation in the fields of counter-terrorism and organised crime, the Home Ministry said on Friday. The agreement was signed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and his Uzbekistan counterpart Pulat Bobojonov here to further increase cooperation between India and Uzbekistan in diverse […]

NGT forms fresh committee on natural conservation zones

6:06 pm November 22, 2019

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal constituted a fresh committee on Friday to look into the question whether sub-regional plans for protection of Natural Conservation Zones (NCZs) were consistent with the regional plan prepared by the National Capital Region Planning Board. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said the committee would […]

Will bring more projects to Mathura: MP Hema Malini

Hema Malini raises issue of monkey menace in LS

7:00 pm November 21, 2019

New Delhi: The issue of monkey menace at religious places and in Lutyens Zone in the national capital was raised in Lok Sabha on Thursday by BJP MP Hema Malini. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, the MP from Mathura, said monkey menace at religious places was a matter of concern and the government should […]

PM congratulates Agatha Sangma on her wedding

6:39 pm November 21, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated former union minister and Lok Sabha member Agatha Sangma on her wedding. He said former Lok Sabha speaker, late P A Sangma, would have been delighted at the marriage of his daughter. “Congratulations to Agatha and Patrick. Best wishes to the newly-weds. Congratulations also to your […]