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DoNER minister Scindia (File photo) NEW DELHI: A day after a furore erupted over its decision to mandate pre-loading of state-run Sanchar Saathi app on all new smartphones, govt Tuesday said users are free to delete the application if they do not want to have it on their devices.Amidst concerns over violation of user privacy,…

Sitharaman said the bill proposes crucial reforms based on steps such as track-and-trace system. NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Tuesday returned to Lok Sabha the Manipur GST bill, which replaces an ordinance to implem-ent GST reforms in the state, with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserting that the bill will benefit people and businesses. She also…

CHANDIGARH: A day after Inderpreet Singh, alias Parry, a one-time trusted aide of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, was gunned down on a Chandigarh street, two audio clips, purportedly of Goldy Brar, Lawrence’s rival, were released Tuesday containing a threat to kill Lawrence to avenge the murder, intensifying fears of a gang war.While police are verifying the…

Stephen Curry opens up about a heartwarming moment with Ayesha Curry.(Image via Getty Images) Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha Curry, might have shown the world how deeply they are in love with one another but they have been unable to escape the hate they have received over the last few weeks.Amid all the mess,…

NGAPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Tuesday restrained Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) from announcing the results of first phase of municipal council and nagar panchayat polls on Dec 3, a day after polling, on the grounds that it may “prematurely disclose public mood”, and influence the next round of voting scheduled…

ROHTAK: The families are incensed. Aman’s father, Suresh Kumar, rejected the govt’s compensation of Rs 5 lakh. “We want an FIR against those responsible for my son’s death. It may not be ‘under the sports department’ on paper, but why did the department never intervene on safety? We do not want compensation or clean chits…

Waheed ur Rehman Para (File photo) SRINAGAR: After five years of legal battle, Jammu and Kashmir High Court (HC) on Monday permitted People’s Democratic Party (PDP) legislator Waheed Parra to travel within the country, modifying the earlier bail condition restricting him to J&K.A division bench of Justices Vinod Chatterji Koul and Sanjeev Kumar, however, directed…

SRINAGAR: Over the past four days, a Himalayan black bear has been spotted nearly 10km apart at two premier institutions in Kashmir — University of Kashmir (UoK), Hazratbal, and Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar’s leading tertiary-care hospital — triggering panic. The wildlife department has placed cages at key locations, deployed drones, and is…

Mohammed Abdul Shoaib (centre), the lone survivor of the bus accident in Saudi Arabia’s Madina, with his family at his residence, in Hyderabad. (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The only survivor of the November 17 Umrah bus accident in Saudi Arabia returned to India on Tuesday and described the moments before the vehicle went up…

Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripath NEW DELHI: India will early next year add some sharp teeth to its sea-based leg of the nuclear triad by commissioning its third nuclear-powered submarine, which is larger than the first two and capable of carrying more long-range nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles.The third such submarine, called SSBN in naval parlance,…