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Udaipur Shocker: Tailor hacked to death for supporting Nupur Sharma on social media
The attackers entered his shop and stabbed him multiple times with daggers and also slit his throat. A video of the incident where the accused have claimed responsibility for the murder has gone viral on social media. The shops in Hathipol, Ghantaghar, Ashwani Bazar, Dehli Gate and Maldas Street in Udaipur have pulled down their shutters in protest against the incident.
India bans Twitter accounts of several Pakistan journos, diplomatic missions
"Deeply concerning that #India has blocked the flow of information to Indian Twitter by withholding access to the following official accounts," Geo News quoted the Ministry as saying in a tweet on Monday night, while listing down the banned accounts. The banned accounts include accounts of the Pakistani Embassy in UN, Turkey, Iran and Egypt.
Pawan Hans chopper makes emergency landing in Arabian Sea, 5 rescued
The chopper was carrying at least 7 passengers and 2 pilots and at least 5 have been saved from the sea-water so far. The rescue was carried out by ONGC vessel Malviya-16 and a boat from the oil rig Sagar Kiran, while the Indian Coast Guard has also deployed its aerial and marine assets in the efforts. The cause of the emergency landing on water is not immediately clear and rescue operations are underway, said an ONGC official.
India logs 11,793 Covid cases, 27 deaths
In the same period, 27 fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,25,047. Meanwhile, the active caseload has also surged to 96,700 cases, accounting for 0.22 percent of the total positive cases. The recovery of 9,486 patients took the cumulative tally to 4,27,97,092. Consequently, the recovery rate stands at 98.57 percent.
Agnipath: Younger, stronger and fitter India
Designed to provide a youthful profile to the Armed Forces, it is also a massive opportunity for the youth who may have been keen to don the uniform but were unwilling to serve a full term of 30 or more years in the armed forces. This would not only be beneficial to the youth but also to the army which would now get a fresh lease of life, enthusiasm and vigour.
Huge market for clean energy technologies emerging in India: PM Modi
Modi, during his speech at the session on 'Investing in a better Future: Climate, Energy, Health' at G7 Summit in Germany, said ancient India has seen a time of immense prosperity. "Then we have also tolerated the centuries of slavery, and now independent India is the fastest-growing big economy in the whole world.
Alt news co-founder Zubair sent to 1-day police custody
Zubair, 33, was arrested for allegedly hurting sentiments of a particular religious community. Earlier this month, the police was alerted by a Twitter handle that Zubair had earlier made an objectionable tweet and his followers on social media entities had amplified and created a series of debates and hate mongering in the thread.
Sonia Gandhi's personal secretary booked for raping Dalit woman
Accordingly, a case was registered under section 376 (Punishment for rape) and 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. So far no arrest has been made into the case. "We are investigating the allegations levelled by the victim woman," the DCP said. The police did not reveal the name of the accused, however, informed that he is a 71-year-old person and working as a PS to senior political leader.
Alt news co founder Mohammed Zubair arrested
"Such tweets were getting re-tweeted and it appeared that there is a brigade of social media entities, who indulge in insult mongering thereby leading to a possible ramification on communal harmony and is overall against the maintenance of public tranquility," Deputy Commissioner of Police KPS Malhotra told IANS.
SC declines to pass order on plea for no floor test in Maha till July 11
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and J.B. Pardiwala said it cannot pass an order, which would create unnecessary complications. It told senior advocate Devdutt Kamat, representing the Maharashtra government, that if anything illegal happens, then he can always come back to the top court. As Kamat said if disqualification proceedings are put in abeyance, then there should not be any floor test in the Assembly, the bench said: "On presumptions, can we pass (an order)...".
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