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An 18-year-old student from Delhi University was beaten to death allegedly over his friendship with a woman following which two people, including her brother, were arrested and three others apprehended, reports PTI. The incident took place on Wednesday evening in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar, as per the police. The woman's brother and a relative have been arrested and three juveniles apprehended in connection with the incident, the police said. On Thursday, the woman (21) left her family and moved to a shelter home on her own, the police added. The deceased, Rahul Rajput, was a second-year student at Delhi University's School of Open Learning. He also provided tuition to school students, they added. According to the police, the victim was friends with a woman from his locality but her family was against the friendship. On Wednesday evening, the victim was called to Nanda Road on some pretext, and when he reached the spot, he was physically assaulted allegedly by a g

Taipei:  Taiwan's leader on Saturday appealed to her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to deescalate military tensions and live up to his promise to "never seek hegemony" after months of Beijing ramping up fighter jet incursions. In a speech on Taiwan's national day, President Tsai Ing-wen said the international community was becoming concerned about the "expanding hegemony" of China. Beijing views democratic, self-ruling Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring it back into fold. But Tsai referenced a recent speech by Xi to the United Nations that she said gave the Taiwanese some hope. "I am also aware that the leader across the Strait (Xi) has publicly stated in a video message to the United Nations General Assembly that China will never seek hegemony, expansion, or a sphere of influence ... we hope this is the beginning of genuine change." "We are committed to upholding cross-strait stability, but this

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy's ongoing legal battles took an unexpected turn on Saturday with Reddy accusing the Supreme Court's Justice NV Ramana of attempting to destabilise and topple the YSR Congress government in the state. The chief minister also referred to Justice Ramana's alleged “proximity” to TDP leader and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, and an Anti-Corruption Bureau probe into “questionable transactions of land”, according to The Indian Express. In an eight-page letter dated 6 October, Reddy wrote to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, alleging that Justice Ramana — next in line to be the CJI — “has been influencing the sittings of the (Andhra Pradesh) High Court including the roster of a few Honourable Judges”. Justice NV Ramana has been influencing the sittings of High Court including roster of a few judges, alleges Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy in a complaint sent to Chief Justice of India. @ysjagan pic.twitter.com/lFome6SvAs

Mumbai: Despite summons, Republic TV's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) did not appear before the Mumbai police on Saturday to record his statement in connection with the TRP manipulation racket, saying the channel has approached the Supreme Court in the case, a senior official said. Shiva Subramaniyam Sundaram, the channel's CFO, against whom summons had been issued on Friday, also requested the police not to record his stamement saying the top court's hearing is scheduled within a week, the official said. However, Sam Balsara, chairman and managing director of Madison World and Madison Communications appeared before the crime branch on Saturday to record his statement, he added. The Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Mumbai crime branch had issued summons against Sundaram and he had been asked to join the investigation at 11 am on Saturday. "However, he did not appear before the probe team. He informed the police that the channel has approached the Supreme Court

Washington: China has attempted to "seize" control of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India by force as part of its territorial aggression, US' national security advisor has said, underlining that time has come to accept that dialogue and agreements will not persuade Beijing to change. India and China are locked in a five-month-long tense border standoff in eastern Ladakh that has significantly strained their relations. Both sides have held a series of high-level diplomatic and military talks to resolve the border row. However, no breakthrough has been achieved to end the standoff. "CCP's (Chinese Communist Party) territorial aggression is also apparent on its Indian border where China has attempted to seize control of the Line of Actual Control by force," US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien said in a remark on China early this week in Utah. The India-China border dispute covers the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC). China clai

New Delhi: India reported 73,272 new coronavirus cases in a span of 24 hours, taking the overall caseload to 69,79,423, while 59,88,822 people have recuperated so far, pushing the recovery rate to 85.81 percent, said the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. The COVID-19 toll climbed to 1,07,416 with 926 people succumbing to the viral infection in the past 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed. For the second day in a row, the number of active coronavirus cases remained below 9 lakh. There are 8,83,185 active cases of infection in the country which make 12.65 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. While the COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.54 percent. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August and 40 lakh on 5 September. It went past 50 lakh on 16 September and crossed 60 lakh on 28 September. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative 8,57,98,698 samples have been tested up to 9

DU admission 2020 | The first cut-off list for Delhi University admission 2020 is expected to be released today (10 October, 2020). Once it is released, students seeking admission in the varsity can check the list at du.ac.in as well as on the official website of the affiliated colleges. According to a report by Times Now , the admissions for undergraduate (UG) courses based on the first cut-off list will commence from 12 October to 14 October. DU will be releasing a total of five cut-off lists for admission into UG courses. Students will get about two days’ time to complete the admission process and another two days for paying the admission fees. If a student does not accept the seat allotted to him/her, it will move on to the next round. Candidates also have an option to change their course or college, if they get a seat in the next cut-off rounds. After the cut-off lists are out, the process of document verification and admission will start. For document verification, candidates

New Delhi: The Delhi Cabinet on Friday approved a tree transplantation policy to prevent felling of trees due to development works in the National Capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, asserting that it will be a first-of-its-kind policy in the country. Addressing an online media briefing in Delhi, he said the Cabinet has also approved a proposal to install a 'smog tower' in Delhi's Connaught Place to deal with air pollution. The government has sanctioned Rs 20 crore, and the tower will come up in 10 months, the chief minister said, claiming that it will also be the first of its kind in the world. Both measures have been taken as part of the Delhi government's ongoing "Yuddh, Pradushan Ke Viruddh (Battle against pollution)" campaign in the National Capital. Under the new policy, which will help preserve trees for a clean and green Delhi, agencies concerned will have to transplant 80 percent of the trees affected by their projects to a new location

Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Friday expressed shock at the "humiliating treatment" of a Sikh man by the police in West Bengal who allegedly pulled his turban while he was being taken into custody for carrying a firearm during a BJP rally. "Not done, says Punjab Chief Minister @capt_amarinder, expressing shock at humiliating treatment of a Sikh youth by @WBPolice, who reportedly pulled off his turban during arrest," Singh's media advisor Raveen Thukral tweeted late on Friday evening. The Punjab chief minister has urged his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to take strict action "against concerned cop for hurting the Sikh religious sentiments". Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal also strongly condemned the "vicious attack". A controversy erupted on Friday over the police allegedly assaulting the Sikh man and pulling his turban during a BJP rally in Howrah in West Bengal, but the police said the

A notorious criminal and sharpshooter, who was allegedly involved in the attack on Bollywood director Rakesh Roshan in 2000, has been arrested in Thane city of Maharashtra nearly three months after he jumped parole, a senior official said on Saturday. The accused, Sunil V Gaikwad (52), was nabbed from Parsik Circle area in Kalwa around 9 pm on Friday, he said. "We had received a tip-off that Gaikwad is coming to Parsik Circle area. Accordingly, we laid a trap and caught him," senior inspector of Central Crime Unit Anil Honrao said. "The accused has 11 cases of murder and seven cases of attempt to murder registered against him. One of these includes an attempt on Bollywood director Rakesh Roshan's life in 2000," he said. Roshan was shot at outside his Santa Cruz office in the western suburbs of Mumbai in January 2000. The assailants had fired six rounds, of which two bullets had hit Roshan, police said. "Gaikwad had been sentenced to life imprisonment i

The results of over 2.72 lakh candidates who have appeared for Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (AP EAMCET) 2020 have been declared today (Saturday, 10 October) at sche.ap.gov.in . The examination was held between 17 and 25 September. It was conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Kakinada, on behalf Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE). Andhra Pradesh Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh announced the result at a press conference in R&B building, Vijayawada. Students can also check their result and qualifying status at vidyavision.com , manabadi.com , manabadi.co.in and schools9.com . Along with the marks obtained in the entrance exam, the score secured by students in their class 12 examination will also be counted. As much as 25 percent weightage will be given to class 12 marks. Based on marks in both the exams, a merit list will be declared. Students who have qualified the AP EAMCET 2020 wi

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged closer ties with India as he warned of China's growing might on its doorstep, amid a flurry of diplomacy between the world's two largest democracies. "They absolutely need the United States to be their ally and partner in this fight," Pompeo said of his four-way meetings earlier this week in Tokyo with his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia. "The Chinese have now begun to amass huge forces against India in the north," Pompeo told radio host Larry O'Connor. "The world has awakened. The tide's begun to turn. And the United States under President Donald Trump's leadership has now built out a coalition that will push back against the threat," he said. Following the Tokyo meeting, Pompeo will travel shortly to New Delhi with Defense Secretary Mark Esper for annual talks with their Indian counterparts. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will also travel to Ind

Mumbai: A Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) employee has been arrested for supplying Indian fighter aircraft details to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, Maharashtra police said on Friday. Police said 41-year-old Deepak Shirsat was working as an assistant supervisor at HAL and was "honey trapped" by a Pakistani national posing as a woman on social media. The Nashik unit of the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had received reliable intelligence about the man, who was in constant touch with ISI, a police statement said. The man was supplying the secret information about Indian fighter aircraft and their sensitive details, along with the information related to HAL's aircraft manufacturing unit at Ojhar near Nashik, airbase and prohibited area inside the manufacturing unit, the statement said. An offence under the Official Secrets Act has been registered against Shirsat, an official said, adding Nashik ATS unit arrested him from his house in Nash

The Andhra Pradesh Polytechnic Common Entrance Test (AP POLYCET) result 2020 has been declared on Friday at  manabadi.co.in . The exam was conducted by the State Board of Technical Education and Training (SBTET) on 27 September in pen and paper-based mode at 41 exam centres in Andhra Pradesh. The AP POLYCET official website  polycetap.nic.in  has not yet uploaded the result on it page. It is expected to be available soon. According to a report by The Times of India , a total of 71,631 candidates appeared for the exam out of which 60,780 got qualified. Candidates were to secure a minimum of 30 percent, or 36 marks, out of 120 to qualify the exam. Students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will be assigned ranking irrespective of the marks secured by them in the entrance exam. A report by Times Now said that Matta Durga Saikeerthi Teja from West Godavari district has topped the AP POLYCET exam with 120 marks. Sri Datta Syamsundar from East Godavari bagged the second

A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court alleging that journalist Arnab Goswami and his channel were reporting "distorted and misleading facts" on the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput resulting in infringement of the right to fair trial of actor Rhea Chakraborty . The plea has sought directions to the Centre to frame rules, regulations or guidelines to govern reporting or broadcasting of all news related to criminal investigations. The petition was listed for hearing on Friday before a bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan which asked the petitioner to come on the next date — 27 November — with his suggestions on the kind of rules that can be framed to regulate media reporting of criminal probes. The plea has also sought initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Goswami and his channel for the alleged "prejudicial reporting" of the Rajput death case. The petition has alleged that the journalist and the TV channel are on a &

The Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test (NORCET) result 2020 has been declared by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, on its official website  aiimsexams.org . As per a report by The Times of India , AIIMS has published the NORCET 2020 Provisional Merit List on the basis of performance in online computer-based test (CBT) exam that was conducted on 8 September. Candidates have been given percentile score on the basis of their performance in NORCET. According to a report by Times Now , the recruitment drive is being carried out to fill 3,803 vacant nursing posts in AIIMS. “NORCET Rank will be used for direct recruitment to the post of Nursing Officer (Group B posts) in all AIIMS in the pay scale at the Level 07 in the Pay Matrix (pre-revised Pay Band-2 of ₹ 9300-34800 with Grade pay of ₹ 4600/-) or as revised from time to time, as per Advertisement Notification No. 106/2020 dated 05.08.2020,” AIIMS had notified to candidates. The total mar

The CA November 2020 exam has been postponed for students appearing from the test centres in Bihar, where the Legislative Assembly Elections are scheduled to be held. As per the latest schedule by the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) exams for Chartered Accountant (CA) Foundation 2020 will now be held on 19, 21, 23 and 25 November. Previously the exam was scheduled to be held on 2, 3, 6 and 7 November. Candidates who have tested positive for COVID-19 or have shown symptoms of the virus can opt-out for ICAI CA November 2020 on self-declaration basis. They can carry forward their candidature including the fee paid and exemptions for the next exam that will be conducted in May 2021. According to media reports , the number of exam centres have been increased from 505 in May 2020 exam to 915 for November 2020 exam to cover additional 192 districts of the country for the convenience of the students. The exam will be held in a single shift on all days from 2 pm to 5 pm. The foun

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent national lockdown, several non-essential services were shut down, which had a significant effect on the economy. Consequently, in May 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an economic stimulus package called the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme , which amounts to Rs 20.97 lakh crore (equivalent to roughly 10 percent of India’s GDP in 2019-20). This announcement was followed by a series of press conferences by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman detailing the measures under the package. The stimulus package also includes the measures announced by RBI to increase liquidity (reduction in CRR and MSF rates, targeted long term repo operations) and the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana relief package announced in March 2020. However, as per estimates released in August 2020, India’s GDP (at constant 2011-12 prices) contracted by 23.9 percent in the first quarter (April-June) of 2020-21 over the corresponding period in 2019-20. Recently, it was repor

The results of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IPU) common entrance test have been released on Thursday, 8 October. The scorecards of the CET are available on the varsity’s official website - ipu.ac.in . Candidates can check the results of both the Undergraduate Admission Test (UGAT) and Postgraduate Admission Test (PGAT). The Indraprastha University had conducted the Undergraduate common entrance test on 9 September and the admission process will be conducted on the institute’s admission website at ipu.admissions.nic.in . Students are expected to receive the registration link soon. Follow these steps to download the IP University CET Result 2020: Step 1 : Visit the official website of the university at ipu.ac.in Step 2 : Click on the ‘Admission’ section available on the homepage Step 3 : Go to the link on the CET Results tab Step 4 : Choose the particular exam link that you have appeared in Step 5 : A PDF file will open that constitutes all the name of the cand

World Post Day, which is celebrated every year on 9 October is the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern. The UPU Congress that was held in Tokyo Japan in 1969, declared 9 October to be World Post Day. According to the United Nations, with a network comprising more than six lakh offices and 5.3 million staff, the Post is unparalleled in its ability to deliver services. Moreover, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Post has stepped in to offer everything from the delivery of critical personal protective equipment to testing kits and medications. They are also instrumental in delivering educational materials so that youngsters can carry on with schooling from home seamlessly. On the occasion of World Post Day, United Nation General Secretary stated , "On World Post Day, I thank postal workers and postal operators for your efforts, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The United Nations will continue to build on our

It’s been a week since the dead body of a young girl belonging to a Scheduled Caste, who was the victim of a barbaric crime of rape and murder in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, was unceremoniously burnt by the district administration against the will and without the consent of her family. In my last piece , I had written about how the jurisdictional police and the District Collector could be criminally held liable. In this article, I’m attempting to discuss the further course of action that could be taken to provide justice to the victim and issues connected therewith or incidental thereto. A Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by the Uttar Pradesh home secretary, was formed by the state government. On the evening of 2 September, the Superintendent of Police (SP), the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP), concerned station inspector and some other police officers at Hathras were suspended by the state government based on the preliminary findings of the SIT. Meanwhile, the Allahabad H

The Andhra Pradesh Engineering Common Entrance Test (AP ECET) 2020 rank card has been released today at sche.ap.gov.in . Candidates who qualified the entrance exam conducted by Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) on 14 September can check their rank using their registration number and other login credentials. The provisional answer key of AP ECET 2020 was released on 15 September and students were asked to raise objections, if any, till 17 September. The result of the entrance exam was declared on 6 October. The rank card mentions candidate's name, hall ticket number, date of birth, total marks secured, branch rank, integrated rank among other details. AP ECET 2020 result mentioned details of candidate's scores and qualifying status. Only those who have qualified the exam are eligible to participate in the further process of admission. How to check and download AP ECET 2020 rank card: Step 1 : Log on to AP ECET 2020 official website - sche.ap.gov.in

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left key interest rates unchanged on Friday but signalled more easing ahead to support an economy that it sees contracting 9.5 percent in the current fiscal. The six-member Monetary Policy Committee, with three newly inducted external members, voted unanimously to retain the benchmark repurchase or repo rate at 4 percent while keeping its policy stance accommodative, implying it could ease again. The central bank had slashed the repo rate by 115 basis points since late March to support growth. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the economic growth, which slumped to a negative 23.9 percent in the April-June quarter, will turn positive only in the final January-March quarter. "By all indications, the deep contractions of Q1 2020-21 (April-June) are behind us; silver linings are visible in the flattening of the active case load curve across the country," he said. Barring the risk of a second wave of infections, the economy appeared po

Andhra Pradesh Engineering Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (AP EAMCET) 2020 result will be declared soon, according to reports. Once declared, students can check their score at sche.ap.gov.in . According to Careers 360 , the result will be declared on 10 October, a day after it was originally supposed to be announced. The result will be declared at a press conference and after that students can check their marks, rank and qualifying status on the official website by entering their roll number and other login credentials. Steps to check AP EAMCET 2020 result: Step 1 : Once declared, go to the official website of APSCHE - sche.ap.gov.in . Step 2 : On the homepage, click of AP EAMCET - 2020 tab. Step 3 : You will be directed to a new page where you will have to select 'AP EAMCET 2020 results'. Step 4 : Click on the link and enter your log in credentials. Step 5 : Press the submit button and your scorecard will be displayed on the screen. Step 6 : Check all t

Stan Swamy, an 83-year-old Jharkhand-based human rights activist, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday in connection with the probe into the 2018 violence in Maharashtra's Koregaon-Bhima village. This is the 16th arrest in the Elgar Parishad case. The Jesuit priest and veteran tribal rights activist became the oldest person to be charged with terrorism-related offences in the case . Swamy was questioned by the NIA in July and August and summoned to the agency’s office in Mumbai this week. According to Scroll , Swamy was taken into custody from the Jesuit-run Bagaicha social centre, where he lives. "No warrant was presented," a colleague on the campus said. "NIA people were rough and arrogant. They said he (Swamy) was accused and a senior officer wants to meet him at the NIA office in Ranchi." However, it is not clear where the activist was taken. In a statement released earlier in the day, Swamy said he had recently been interr