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AJMER: A court in Ajmer has sent Gauhar Chishti, Ajmer Dargah Khadim, to seven days of custody by the Rajasthan Police following his dramatic overnight arrest from Hyderabad. Chishti was arrested on Thursday for raising provocative slogans against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. He was presented before the concerned magistrate on Friday who sent him […]

NEW DELHI: At least five persons died and nine others were injured after a portion of the under-construction godown collapsed in outer Delhi’s Alipur area on Friday afternoon. All the victims were labourers who were working at the site. Two months ago, due to the negligent act of the authorities, 27 workers died after the […]

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday highlighted the efforts made by his government to make the youth skilful so that they could get more gainful employment and self-employment opportunities in various sectors. CM Thakur was presiding over a programme organized by the HP Kaushal Vikas Nigam on the occasion of World […]

DEHRADUN: Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R) and Permionics Global Technologies of Vadodara, Gujarat have signed a technology transfer agreement with an aim to develop an inexpensive bipolar membrane with enhanced mechanical/chemical stability and higher water dissociation efficiency at a lower potential. The technology has been developed by Prof Sujay Chattopadhyay and Bhuvenesh E, polymer […]

AHMEDABAD/ NEW DELHI: The joint venture of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) and Gadot Group had won the bid to acquire the Haifa Port, Israel’s second largest port, the Indian conglomerate said on Friday. Through the winning bid, the Adani-Gadot consortium has secured the rights to buy 100 per cent shares of […]