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JAIPUR: A female cheetah named Jawala from Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, which crossed the border and reached Rajasthan, was rescued on Tuesday by the MP forest department with assistance from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) staff. Jawala trekked nearly 130km from Kuno to reach Karira village in Rajasthan’s Karauli district.A forest officer said, “Teams deployed…

AHMEDABAD: An 18-year-old from Gujarat’s Banaskantha who had cleared NEET was allegedly murdered by her uncle and father in a suspected “honour killing” after they got to know that she was living with her boyfriend, according to the FIR registered by police on her partner’s complaint. The teenager had scored 478 marks in her NEET…

NEW DELHI: Five MPs, including Congress’s general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal, on Tuesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over the diversion of the Thiruvananthapuram-Delhi flight they were on to Chennai and demanded action on alleged “bre-ach of privilege” by Air India. Venugopal and his party colleagues K Suresh, Adoor Prakash and Robert…

MUMBAI: Observing that claim of citizenship must be examined strictly under the Citizenship Act, 1955, Bombay high court Tuesday rejected the bail plea of a man who the police allege is a Bangladeshi national. The Thane resident, since 2013, said he holds Aadhaar, PAN card, voter ID and passport. His documents are linked to income…

CHENNAI: A 14-year-old girl brought to Madras high court Tuesday in a custody dispute jumped from the first-floor corridor moments after a bench ordered she be placed in a govt home.The teenager was produced before judges MS Ramesh and V Lakshminarayanan to state whether she wished to live with her mother or father, who are…

India and China may resume direct flights as early as next month, people familiar with the talks said, as both nations seek to reset ties. Indian carriers have been asked to prepare services at short notice, with an announcement likely around the SCO summit in China later in Aug. Passenger flights were halted after Covid…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday hailed the US decision to designate the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its suicide wing, the Majeed Brigade, as Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs), a move seen as reinforcing Islamabad’s own counterterrorism efforts and signalling renewed security alignment between the two countries.The US state department had announced the designation on Monday, adding…

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and CPP Chairperson Sonia Gandhi cast their votes in the election for the President and Executive Committee of the Constitution Club of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (@NeerajDangiINC X/ANI Photo) Prominent leaders of different parties, including Union ministers Amit Shah and J P Nadda of the BJP and Sonia Gandhi…

TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh sent a legal notice to the father of the RG Kar rape and murder victim, after being accused of paying CBI to “settle” the case.“Despite my sympathies and respect for the victim’s father, I have sent him my lawyer’s notice. He should hopefully receive it by tomorrow or day after,” Ghosh…