Senior Indian bureaucrat Vivek Aggarwal has been elected Vice President of FATF, a development the government says reflects India's growing influence in global efforts against terror financing and illicit financial networks.
Two young women were allegedly thrown into a river by family members in Rajasthan's Dholpur district in a suspected honour killing linked to a relationship opposed by the family, police said.
JJD president Tej Pratap Yadav has lodged an FIR in Patna alleging death threats and a conspiracy against him. He has accused Akash Yadav and sought security protection through both police and court channels.
Besides recommending the dismissal of Varun Chaudhary and stringent punishment for Karmendra Singh, the Uttarakhand Government has decided to withhold three increments of former Haridwar SDM Rajveer Singh for irregularities and corrupt practices in the documentation related to the land deal.
This is being done as part of the agency's preparations to ensure the smooth, secure and transparent conduct of the re-test.
The Uttar Pradesh government has set a new benchmark in strengthening the foundation of sugarcane farming in the state, with the number of breeder seed nurseries in the state nearly doubling in the past eight years.
Air India announced on Friday that several of its international flights were either diverted or returned to their origin due to the closure of Iranian airspace following rising tensions in the region.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ahmedabad on Friday, a day after a devastating Air India plane crash claimed the lives of more than 240 people.
Akash was sitting near a tea stall next to the BJ Medical College, close to the crash site, when part of the aircraft struck the area. His mother, who ran a shop below the hospital, witnessed the horrific scene.
A. Pavithran, the Junior Superintendent of Vellarikundu taluk, has been suspended for an objectionable Facebook post criticising Ranjitha G. Nair, who died in the Ahmedabad plane crash.
