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IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman was arrested here on Saturday for causing the death of a scribe by allegedly driving in an inebirated state.

Sources said that at least four bodies, possibly of Pakistan Army's Special Service Group (SSG) commandos or terrorists, were seen in close proximity of an Indian post in the sector.

The request for further probe came after the CBI filed its closure report in a special CBI court in Mohali last month, giving a clean chit to the accused in the three incidents of desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib in 2015 in Faridkot.

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Kashmir remained on the edge on Friday as a fresh order asking tourists and Amarnath yatris to leave the Valley triggered panic among the residents.

Qureshi's remarks came after US President Donald Trump said Kashmir was a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan but he would be happy to mediate if they want him to do so.

According to an official, ruling party MLAs are likely to discuss and praise the AAP dispensation's move to regularise unauthorised colonies, proposed free travel for women in buses and metro and no electricity charges for up to 200 units.

Former ministers now pay Rs 5,000 a month after the two-month period. When the Bill becomes law, they will pay Rs 3 lakh if they overstay beyond this. The Bill also includes provisions for forcible vacation of government accommodation.

Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor Thursday reached India via sea route on the coast of Tamil Nadu and he is being questioned by the Indian authorities.

The decision comes a day after the apex court set a 45-day deadline for trial in the five cases related to the Unnao rape survivor even as it directed the CBI to complete the probe in the woman’s accident case within a week.

The mediation panel in its report submitted on Thursday said that the Hindu and the Muslim parties have not been able to find a solution to the vexatious dispute.

A total of seven alleged criminals, including two contract killers, were held after six encounters with police officials in the last five days in Gautam Buddh Nagar.

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Former students' union secretary Huzaifa Aamir and former vice president Hamza Sufiyan have been sent to jail, whereas the two others were released on bail, police said.

Security personnel deployed in a number of shrines, mosques and courts, mostly in parts of restive South Kashmir, were ordered to report to the police lines of their respective districts with immediate effect.