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34-year-old techie dies by suicide, blames wife

BENGALURU: A 34-year-old software engineer residing in Marathahalli, Bengaluru, died by suicide on Monday after leaving behind a 40-page note detailing the reasons behind his step, police officers said on Tuesday.

Amid overcrowding in prisons, SC seeks data on vacant staff positions

NEW DELHI: Vacant posts of jail staff do not augur well for prisoners, particularly when jails in the country are overcrowded, the Supreme Court remarked on Tuesday, as it sought nationwide data on vacancy figures across all prisons within two months.

Woman sells infant for ₹1.5L, arrested: Police

Police have arrested a 25-year-old woman for selling her one-month-old son to a Bengaluru resident for ₹1.5 lakh, officers said on Tuesday, adding that the infant has since been rescued and two others have been held in connection with the case.

ISRO CARRIES OUT 'WELL DECK' RECOVERY TRIAL OF GAGANYAAN

BENGALURU: Isro on Tuesday said it carried out \"well deck\" recovery trials of the Gaganyaan with the Indian Navy on December 6.

IB officer held for bomb threat to IndiGo in Nov

THE OFFICER, WHO WAS TRAVELLING ON THE FLIGHT ON NOV 14, ALLEGEDLY TOLD THE PILOT THAT HE HAD INTEL ABOUT A BOMB ON THE PLANE

Sri Lanka president to visit India, meet Modi

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka president Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake a two-day visit to India from December 15, in his first overseas visit after assuming office, it was announced on Tuesday.

Gadkari: Rajasthan to get national highways like US's within 10 years

JAIPUR: Rajasthan will get a national highway network similar to the one in the USA in the next ten years, union transport minister Nitin Gadkari said at the Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit 2024 on Tuesday, adding that this will ensure robust growth in the state's trade ministry and economy.

Choksi's seized assets can be monetised, says court

MUMBAI: A special court in Mumbai on Tuesday permitted the monetisation of assets worth over ₹2,500 crore that were attached or seized by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as part of its money-laundering probe against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi in the alleged Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case.

NADEEM KHAN CREATED FALSE NARRATIVE: DELHI POLICE TO COURT

Human rights activist Nadeem Khan, through \"targeted dissemination of selective and misleading information\", attempted to create a narrative of portraying members of a \"particular community\" as victims of \"systematic oppression\" by the incumbent government, the Delhi police has told the Delhi high court.

Stalwart who shaped Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Former external affairs minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna, who rose through Karnataka politics to take national centre stage and helped transform Bengaluru into a global information technology hub, died after prolonged illness on Tuesday morning. He was 92.

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Driver had no e-bus experience

MUMBAI: Sanjay More, 54, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) driver who was behind the wheel of the bus that rammed into 22 vehicles, claiming seven lives and leaving 42 injured in Kurla West on Monday night, had received just three-day training before transitioning from driving a manual geared bus to a longer and automatic electric bus (e-bus), people familiar with the probe said on Tuesday.

Assam must learn from Israel how to survive: CM

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the Assamese community in the state should draw lessons from Israel on how to survive when surrounded by \"enemies on all sides\".

Blood-stage vaccine for malaria shows promise in trials: Report

NEW DELHI: A novel malaria vaccine candidate that works at the blood stage appears safe and highly immunogenic in African children and shows promising efficacy against malaria when given in a delayed third dose regimen, according to the findings of a phase 2b clinical trial published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on Tuesday.

UNNAO CUSTODIAL DEATH CASE: DELHI HC GRANTS 10-DAY BAIL TO SENGAR

The Delhi high court on Tuesday granted interim bail on medical grounds till December 20 to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is serving a 10-year jail term in the custodial death case of Unnao rape survivor's father.

SC criticises misuse of anti-dowry legislation for 'personal vendetta'

There has been a growing tendency to use Section 498A as a tool to unleash personal vendetta against the husband and his family members SUPREME COURT

AGUSTAWESTLAND CASE: ED OPPOSES BAIL PETITION FILED BY MICHEL

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday opposed before the Delhi high court the bail plea by alleged middleman Christian Michel James in the money laundering case connected to the Agusta-Westland chopper scam, claiming the British national was a flight risk and the gravity of the offence did not merit him a relief.

SC to rule on property rights of Hindu women

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has decided to untangle the labyrinthine interpretations of property rights granted to Hindu women under Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, potentially marking a landmark in a saga spanning six decades.

EU provides information on Indian entities breaching sanctions in dealing with Russia

THE INFORMATION WAS SHARED AS PART OF EFFORTS TO FINALISE EU'S 15TH PACKAGE OF SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA

Farmers to resume march on Saturday

PROTESTING FARMERS HAD TO SUSPEND THEIR MARCH TO DELHI ON SUNDAY DUE TO INJURIES CAUSED BY TEAR GAS SHELLING

Portions of old mosque demolished in Fatehpur

KANPUR: Authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district on Tuesday demolished a significant chunk of a 185-year-old mosque that officials alleged was illegally constructed and obstructing a road-widening project.

Centre opposes plea in SC seeking guidelines to curb net shutdowns

The Union government on Tuesday opposed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking nationwide guidelines to restrict internet shutdowns, arguing that such an \"advance ruling\" would be untenable and that each instance of internet suspension must be challenged individually.

Cong attacks BJP ‘double-standards’ for letting Soros conduct business

NEW DELHI: In a bid to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress on Tuesday accused the ruling party of alleged links with George Soros, questioning that if the US billionaire is involved in \"anti-national activities\", why is his business running in India and why has the government not sought his extradition.

Mamata finds support amid rift in Oppn bloc

PATNA: Two key constituents of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) backed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday to head the Opposition coalition, adding to the growing call for a shake-up within the bloc that did well in the Lok Sabha polls but has flagged since.

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DEMAND UPTICK IN MGNREGA ONLY SEEN IN MAHA, ARUNACHAL: GOVT

There has been an increase in demand for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in just two states since FY21—Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh—bucking a national trend of a downturn in demand for such jobs, showed data from the Union ministry of rural development presented in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

'Dhankhar acted in partisan manner': 60 MPs sign notice

NEW DELHI: Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar's term is rife with instances where he \"acted in a manner that is explicitly partisan and unfair towards members belonging to the Opposition\", around 60 Opposition MPs alleged in a notice they submitted seeking his removal.

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At Delhi sit-in, Kuki-Zo MLAs question govt's silence over Manipur

THE 10 REBEL MLAs HAVE SIGNED A MEMORANDUM, ADDRESSED TO PM MODI, LISTING THEIR DEMANDS FOR THE STATE