Retail spaces shouldn't hinder passenger movement, airports told

Concerned over commercial and retail spaces at airport terminals spilling over to areas meant exclusively for passenger movement, the bureau of civil aviation security has directed airport operators to ensure that shops and eateries are kept only “by the side” and the ones set up in the middle of walking and seating spaces for flyers are removed.

May 01, 2023 at 04:18AM

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ED searches in 4 states over church funds laundering

The ED has carried out search operations under the provisions of the PMLA at five locations in India, including Indore and Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh, Pune in Maharashtra, Jalandhar in Punjab and Kolkata in West Bengal, as part of its investigation into alleged embezzlement of church funds. Various incriminating documents were seized, said an official release.

April 30, 2023 at 09:25PM

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After 20 hours under rubble, man rescued on birthday

After 20 agonising hours of being trapped under the debris following the Bhiwandi building crash, labourer Sunil Pisal (32) was safely rescued on Sunday, which was also his birthday. When NDRF and Thane Disaster Relief Force personnel extracted Pisal from the rubble around 8am, he was conscious and thanked them with folded hands for giving him a second life. His relatives and friends cheered on as he was taken to hospital.

May 01, 2023 at 02:28AM

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IPL: Mumbai pip Rajasthan in a high scoring thriller

Tim David's unbeaten 14-ball 45 blitzkrieg trumped Yashasvi Jaiswal's dazzling maiden IPL ton as Mumbai Indians pipped Rajasthan Royals in a high-scoring last-over thriller at the iconic Wankhede in Mumbai on Sunday. Making the 1,000th match of the Indian Premier League a blockbuster, Mumbai shot down the 213-run target with three balls to spare.

May 01, 2023 at 12:26AM

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'I have worked a lot on my batting': Yashasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi's maiden century powered Rajasthan Royals to 212/7 against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Yashasvi, who scored a brilliant 124 off 62 balls, has become the 'Orange Cap' holder in the IPL 2023.

April 30, 2023 at 11:41PM

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Vote for double-­engine govt, not reverse-­gear one: Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah attacked Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, describing their poll campaign in Karnataka as “electoral tourism”. “The siblings have been planning to make Karnataka their ATM again,” Shah claimed while addressing party workers at Katapadi, in Udupi district. He urged voters to choose between the double-engine government of Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi’s “reverse-gear government”.

April 30, 2023 at 05:01AM

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Govt to sell buffer wheat stock every quarter to control price

The government has decided to sell wheat from its stock in the open market every quarter, starting July, in its bid to check any rise in prices of the foodgrain, atta and other wheat products. Till now the Food Corporation of India offered some of its wheat stock only during the last quarter of the financial year — January and March — when availability of the winter crops dips. Sources said sale of first tranche of wheat under the ‘open market sale scheme’ will be conducted before July.

April 30, 2023 at 04:22AM

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Defamation case not serious, courts erred: Rahul’s lawyer

The defamation case against Rahul Gandhi is not serious enough to warrant his disqualification from contesting elections for eight years, his counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Saturday in the Gujarat high court that is hearing a plea to stay a lower court’s conviction of the former Congress MP.

April 30, 2023 at 02:38AM

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Cut-off for JEE(A) at 4-year high in general category

The qualifying percentile in JEE (Main) to be eligible for JEE (Advanced), the gateway to 23 Indian Institutes of technology (IITs), registered a five-year high for the reserved category and a four-year-high for the general category candidates this year. The minimum cutoff for the general category this year is 90.7 percentile, up from 88.4 in 2022. The cutoff for the OBC category rose to 73.6 percentile this year from 67 in 2022 and 68 in 2021.

April 30, 2023 at 02:11AM

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Mukhtar Ansari gets 10-year jail for BJP MLA’s murder

Ghazipur court on Saturday sentenced jailed ganglord Mukhtar Ansari to 10 years’ imprisonment and his BSP MP brother, Afzal Ansari, to four years following their conviction in separate cases registered under the UP Gangsters Act in 2007. Additional sessions judge-I (MP-MLA court) Durgesh also fined Mukhtar Rs 5 lakh and Afzal Rs 1 lakh. The sentencing of Afzal paves the way for his automatic disqualification from the Lok Sabha. He represents Ghazipur in Parliament.

April 30, 2023 at 01:07AM

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