Rajkot, 30/7:   A city sessions court on Saturday rejected the regular bail applications of Mumbai activist Teesta Setalvad and ex-DGP R B Sreekumar who are lodged at Sabarmati Central Jail in connection with an FIR for allegedly fabricating evidence and tutoring witnesses to seek a conviction in 2002 post-Godhra riot cases.     Rejecting their…

UK, 30/7;Indian weightlifter Sanket Sargar opened the country’s medal count at the Commonwealth Games by claiming a silver in the men’s 55kg category here on Saturday.The 21-year-old looked on course to win the gold but two failed clean and jerk attempts spoiled his chances as he lifted a total of 248kg (113kg+135kg) to finish second….

Bhubaneswar, 30/7: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik released a book titled Lockdown Lyrics’, a collection of poems written by Smt. Sanjukta Dash.     The poems are an unadulterated narration of the author’s experiences and exasperations during the pandemic. She has reflected all the trauma & tribulations and hope & aspirations of humanity during this most…

New Delhi, 30/7:Delhi will revert to its old excise policy on liquor, Deputy CM Sisodia announced on Saturday. The government will go back to its old regime of retail liquor sale in the city.     The lieutenant governor had recommended a CBI probe into the implementation of the new excise policy.   The Excise…

Washington DC, 30/9: Elon Musk on Friday filed claims against Twitter as he fights back against the tech firm’s lawsuit demanding he be held to his $44 billion buyout deal. Musk’s counter-suit was submitted along with a legal defense against Twitter’s claim that the billionaire is contractually bound to complete the deal he inked in…

New Delhi, 30/7: A 41-year-old man in Brazil has died of monkeypox, making him the first person outside of Africa to have been killed by the disease, local authorities said on Friday.     The man, who local media said had serious immune system problems, died in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the southeastern Minas…

New Delhi,30/7: India on Saturday reported 20,408 fresh coronavirus cases and 54 deaths. The country saw 20,958 recoveries in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry data showed.     The tally of active cases stood at at 1,43,384, while the daily positivity rate was at 5.05 per cent.

New Delhi, 29/7:: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu and apologised to her for his objectionable remark.     In a letter to the President, he said that he mistakenly used an incorrect word for her and it was a slip of tongue.   “I am writing to express…