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Kolkata, Aug 9 (IANS) The Kolkata police have arrested a person for indulging in extortion in the name of West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Samik Bhattacharya, police said on Sunday. The accused was arrested after a complaint was filed in Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station. The State BJP President himself informed about the []

Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Actor Siddharth, who essays the role of a fighter pilot in the recently released streaming series Operation Safed Sagar, has shared his experience of working with pilots from the Indian Air Force on the series. The actor spoke with IANS along with his co-actors Jimmy Shergill, Mihir Ahuja and Arnav Bhasin []

Los Angeles, Aug 9 (IANS) Pop icon Britney Spears is recovering from a botched up botox procedure. The singer-songwriter recently took to her Instagram, and shared a video of herself in which she explained the effect of a botox procedure gone wrong. She said in the video, Its really bad because he (the doctor) put []

Chandigarh, Aug 9 (IANS) Congress lawmaker, Sukhpal Singh Khaira, on Sunday urged the Punjab government and the Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan to extend the Assembly session by at least a few more days so that the six Bills proposed for consideration on the last day can be properly examined and debated. Khaira said []

New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh said on Sunday that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report released on August 7, covering the period up to March 31, 2023, has highlighted irregularities amounting to Rs 3,500 crore under the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government led by []

Islamabad, Aug 9 (IANS) Industrial and export supply chains faced disruption in Pakistan as the goods transporters and oil tankers launched a nationwide strike, with operators pledging to continue the protest until the groups leadership holds talks with the government on Monday, local media reported on Monday. Pakistan Goods Transporters Alliance chairman Nisar Hussain Jafry []

New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The actual expenditure under the Development Action Plan for Scheduled Castes (DAPSC) has remained below the revised budget estimates every year since 2020-21, with fund utilisation falling to 85.65 per cent in 2025-26, the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment said on Sunday. The government said it has intensified monitoring []

Totonto, Aug 9 (IANS) Aryna Sabalenka became the latest Top 5 seed to be eliminated from the Canadian Open after the 19th-ranked Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated the world No. 1 in a back-and-forth 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4 victory that spanned two hours and 29 minutes. The win marked Alexandrovas third win over a world No. 1, []

Malappuram, Aug 9 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another accused, identified as Haris TA, in connection with the seizure of a huge consignment of illegal explosives in Keralas Malappuram district, taking the total number of arrests in the case to ten, officials said on Sunday. According to the officials, Haris, a main []