UP, 10/7: Apparently eyeing a clean sweep in the Jat-dominated western Uttar Pradesh region in the next Lok Sabha polls due next year, the BJP has extended an olive branch to the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), a predominantly Jat outfit having considerable influence in the region, asking president Jayant Chaudhary to join the saffron party….

Canada, 10/7:Lakshya Sen beat reigning All England Champion Li Shi Feng to win the Canada Open final in straight games 21-18, 22-20 at Calgary on Sunday night.   This is his first BWF World Tour title of the year and the first since India Open last year. Sen was trailing by four points in the…

Kashmir, 10/7: Asking the Congress to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for fulfilling the grand old party’s “promise” of abrogating Article 370, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said that grassroots-level democracy has flourished for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir. When Syama Prasad Mookerjee suggested in the Constituent Assembly that there should be…

New Delhi, 10/7: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain an appeal challenging the Delhi High Court verdict dismissing a PIL against the RBI notification permitting exchange of Rs 2,000 currency notes without any requisition slip and ID proof, saying it is an executive policy decision. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud…

UP, 10/7: Three more arrests have been made in connection with a Dalit man allegedly being beaten up by another man and then forced to lick his slippers in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Monday. A video purportedly of the incident went viral on social media, they said, adding that the accused, a…

Kyiv, 10/7: Four people died and 11 were injured in Russia’s bombing of a residential area of the frontline town of Orikhiv in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region when distribution of humanitarian aid was taking place, the governor of the region said on Monday. Governor Yuriy Malashko said those killed included three woman and a man, all…

New Delhi, 10/7: A resolution professional appointed to oversee the insolvency process for Go Airlines (India) Ltd has invited Expression of Interest for the sale of the carrier as part of the process, a newspaper advertisement showed on Monday. The last date for receipt of interest for the airline is set for Aug 9, according…

New Delhi, 10/7: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss waterlogging caused by torrential rains in the city and Yamuna’s rising water levels, officials said. The meeting will be held at the Delhi Secretariat. It will be attended by senior officials of the Irrigation and Flood Control department and…

New Delhi, 9/7: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will soon transfer its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) to the private sector, after conducting two development flights of the rocket that seeks to provide on-demand services to put satellites weighing up to 500 kg in a low-earth orbit. The space agency has decided to opt…