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Police said the complainant alleged she was married to Shivesh in 2014 and since then she was being tortured for not fulfilling the demand of gifting a vehicle worth Rs 25 lakh to Shivesh.

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While the government has not extended the deadline for EoIs for the national carrier, the interested entities are required to submit the physical bids within 15 days from December 14 the last date for submitting EoIs.

The new law not only makes all kinds of cow slaughter as a cognizable offence, it also punishes it with three to seven years in prison.

India and South Africa, backed by other developing and low-income countries, are pushing for a temporary waiver from patents and intellectual property rights for Covid-19 medicines.

The promoter proposes to sell up to 2,40,00,000 equity shares of IRCTC, representing up to 15 per cent stake, with an option to additionally sell 80,00,000 shares, representing 5 per cent of the total issued and paid up equity share capital, the company s...

The draft bill has provisions for death penalty, life sentence, and hefty fines, for perpetrators, and also speedy trial. It also seeks to amend relevant sections of the IPC, CrPC and POCSO Act.

Supreme court, however, added that such posters can be affixed only in specific cases when the competent authority issues specific directions under the Disaster Management Act.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 92,15,581, pushing the national recovery rate to 94.66 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.45 per cent.

It has been indicated by the Commission that the recruitment is to be conducted for filling up 90 vacant positions.

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The move comes over a month after the Ministry of External Affairs briefed over 190 heads of diplomatic missions and representatives of leading international organisations on COVID-19 related issues.

Noting that gambling, hookah bars, drug consumption, crime and illegal arms are all inter-connected, he said action at the ground level and strong legislations, both are being worked out to control it.

Informing the outcome of the BAC meeting to the Assembly, Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri said, the proceedings of the House on Friday, Monday and Tuesday stood cancelled.

In most parts of the country, normal life remained unaffected as the usual functioning of business activities, office establishments, banking, stock exchange and the airports went on.