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'Xi's absence at G20 Summit won't reflect on host country'

NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping's absence at the G20 Summit next week won't reflect on the host country as some heads of state or government have skipped past summits for their own reasons, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

Goyal siphoned Jet funds to family, tax havens: ED

NEW DELHI: Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal siphoned off carrier's money to family members, including his daughter's production company, and to tax havens \"without any rationale\" and for \"personal enrichment and gains\", the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed a day after arresting him.

Mamata wanted talks on manifesto as INDIA bloc charts future course

MUMBAI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee raised the issue of finalising a manifesto quickly for the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, or INDIA, bloc during the two-day meeting of the group in Mumbai, leaders familiar with the matter said, suggesting that the slow pace on certain fronts, including seatsharing, irked her.

Premises of Kuki prof's 2 Meitei lawyers vandalised

GUWAHATI: The residences and chambers of two Meitei lawyers in Imphal were vandalised on Friday by a group of unidentified people allegedly as retaliation against them for representing a Hyderabad-based Kuki professor in court.

Rahul backs Baghel, says Centre works for 'welfare of billionaires'

RAIPUR: Congress lawmaker Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said states ruled by his party work for the welfare of the poor and \"not the welfare of Adani\", as he launched a broadside against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a rally in Nava Raipur city in poll-bound Chhattisgarh.

Shah raises Chhattisgarh poll pitch, slams Cong govt

RAIPUR: Union home minister Amit Shah intensified the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) poll pitch for Chhattisgarh as he released an \"aarop patra\" (charge sheet) against the chief minister Bhupesh Baghel-led government, accusing it of indulging in corruption and allowing Left Wing Extremism (LWE) to flourish.

BJP chief attacks INDIA bloc on 'dynastic politics'

GHAZIABAD: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Saturday attacked the newly formed opposition bloc, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), accusing its leaders of indulging in \"dynastic politics\" to take their families forward.

Biden to hold bilateral meet with Modi on Sept 8, says White House

WASHINGTON DC: United States President Joe Biden will travel to India on Thursday for the G20 Summit and will have a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 8, the White House said.

3 charged with culpable homicide, evidence destruction over Balasore

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday chargesheeted three employees of the Indian Railways for their role in the Balasore train tragedy, even as the probe agency left open the possibility of \"a larger conspiracy\" that led to the accident.

Political tussle erupts over incident, Gehlot assures of strict action

JAIPUR: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Congress on Saturday traded barbs over a horrific assault on a woman in Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan, with the Opposition calling chief minister Ashok Gehlot a \"mute spectator\" on rising crimes against women.

Outrage mounts, 11 held for stripping, parading woman

CHIEF MINISTER MET THE VICTIM AND ASSURED HER OF STRINGENT ACTION AGAINST THE ACCUSED

Six-year-old girl molested in school bus in west Delhi

NEW DELHI: A six-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly sexually assaulted by an older student inside the school bus when she was on her way back home in Begumpur area of Rohini in west Delhi, police said on Saturday.

Fed up with sexual abuse, 14-yr-old boy slits throat of tutor, say police

NEW DELHI: A 14-year-old boy slit the throat of a 28-year-old man who allegedly sexually assaulted him multiple times and blackmailed him, police said on Saturday, adding that the minor was apprehended.

'All agencies - state, Centre, MCD-have worked on G20'

NEW DELHI: Delhi minister Atishi on Saturday said that multiple agencies worked together on the preparations for the G20 Summit, and said that the Delhi government has no problem if lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena was leading the efforts in some areas.

Gangster arrested from west Delhi after evading police for four years

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested a suspect who was wanted in a case of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for the last four years, officers said on Saturday.

Day 1 of G20 carcade rehearsal goes by without many glitches

NEW DELHI: All the three full carcade rehearsals for the G20 Summit went on smoothly on Saturday, barring some minor and short traffic jams, on the Capital's roads largely owing to advisories issued in advance and light vehicular movement due to the weekend, officers said.

Police, admin all set for G20 event in riots-torn Nuh

GURUGRAM: The Gurugram district administration and city traffic police on Saturday said that all arrangements have been made for the conduct of G20 Sherpa meeting in Nuh from September 4 to 7.

Pragyan rover traverses over 100 metres on lunar surface

NEW DELHI: The Chandrayaan-3 mission achieved another milestone in lunar exploration on Saturday, after the Pragyan rover successfully traversed 100 metres on the Moon's surface, as the instruments aboard it continued to record crucial data, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) said on Saturday.

Women who helmed mission's success

NEW DELHI: The successful launch of Aditya-Ll is a \"dream come true\", said 59-year-old Nigar Shaji, the project director whose name shines the brightest among the brilliant omen behind India's first solar mission.

Aditya-L1 begins its long solar voyage

On Sunday, Isro will perform the first Earth-bound firing to raise the orbit of the Aditya-Ll craft

3 charged with culpable homicide, tampering in Odisha train tragedy

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday filed a charge sheet against three employees of the Indian Railways for their role in the Balasore train tragedy, even as the probe agency said that the possibility that \"a larger conspiracy\" led to the accident was \"still open\".

Govt names simultaneous polls panel; Adhir opts out

NEW DELHI: The Union government on Saturday formally announced the committee that will study the feasibility of having simultaneous elections across the country, notifying the names of home minister Amit Shah from the government and Congress lawmaker Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, though the opposition leader later declined to join the panel.

Moon mission will go to 'sleep' after lunar sunset

NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) began putting the Chandrayaan-3's lander, Vikram, and rover, Pragyan, to sleep on Saturday, confirming that the primary objectives of the lunar mission were successfully completed.

AN ISRO SUNRISE

NEW DELHI: India’s space programme got another roaring boost on Saturday when a PSLVC57 blasted off and successfully deposited the Aditya-L1 solar probe into an orbit from where the latter will set off on a fourmonth voyage towards the Sun, stamping the credo of the country as a major space power 10 days after Chandrayaan-3’s successful Moon landing.

India, Pak renew rivalry in Asia Cup with eye on WC

The arch-rivals last played each other in an ODI four years ago, but both teams know the stakes are high

Revenue from GST slips below ₹1.6 lakh crore mark in August

However, there was an 11% increase in collection on yearly basis

Indian-origin Tharman elected Singapore prez

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, an Indian-origin Singapore-born economist, won Singapore's presidential election on Friday, defeating two other Chinese-origin contenders in the country's first contested presidential polls since 2011.

Hong Kong poised to be hit by biggest typhoon since 18

Tens of millions of people in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and other southern Chinese megacities sheltered indoors Friday as Super Typhoon Saola threatened to become the strongest storm to hit the region in decades.

Aditya will shape the next phase of our space forays

The mission to the Sun will enrich our understanding of the solar corona and space weather, and make forecasts better. The data collected by its state-of-theart instruments will be a shot in the arm for Indian researchers

'NCERT now a deemed university, can team up with global varsities'

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been granted the status of 'deemed university', Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Friday.