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'Gone too soon Vaibhavi...': Vaibhavi's co-actors from "Sarabhai vs Sarabhai: Take 2" Rupali Ganguly, Satish Shah, Deven Bhojani and J.D. Majethia said as they posted condolences on social media.                                                                 Actor Vaibhavi Upadhyaya. SHIMLA: Actor Vaibhavi Upadhyaya, best known for TV series “Sarabhai vs Sarabhai: Take 2”, has died in a road accident in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district, police said. She was 32. Upadhyaya died on Monday after her SUV fell into a gorge near Sidhwan in the Banjar area of Kullu district. The accident occurred when the driver of the car was negotiating a steep curve. “Vaibhavi tried to get out of the vehicle through the window and sustained a head injury which proved fatal. She was rushed to civil hospital Banjar where the doctors declared her de...

Shireen Mazari, made the announcement after she was released following her arrest for the fourth time since May 12. Shireen Mazari, Pakistan's former human rights minister. Shireen Mazari, Pakistan’s former human rights minister and a close aide of ousted prime minister Imran Khan, on Tuesday quit the party and announced her retirement from active politics following her arrest over the recent violence. Mazari, 72, made the announcement after she was released following her arrest for the fourth time since May 12 when she was picked from her residence by police and sent to jail. She served as the minister for human rights from 2018 to 2022, under Khan’s regime. Addressing a press conference here, she condemned the violence after the arrest of Khan on May 9, adding that she had given a similar undertaking in the Islamabad High Court. “Not only the May 9 and 10 violence, but I’ve always condemned every kind of violence especially against state institutions and symbols like the General ...

The driver apparently drove deliberately into bollards outside Lafayette Park just before 10:00 pm (0200 GMT) on Monday, the US Park Police said, adding that no one was injured.                     A red and black swastika banner that had been found during a police search of the truck. Washington: A man who crashed a U-Haul truck containing a Nazi flag near the White House has been arrested and charged with trying to kill or harm the president, police said Tuesday. The driver apparently drove deliberately into bollards outside Lafayette Park just before 10:00 pm (0200 GMT) on Monday, the US Park Police said, adding that no one was injured. TV images showed a red and black swastika banner that had been found during a police search of the truck. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Sai Varshith Kandula, 19, of Chesterfield, Missouri, the Park Police said in a statement Tuesday. It said he was charged with “assault with a dang...

This sceptre, Amit Shah said, was handed over to the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to mark the transfer of power from British to Indians                             Historic Sceptre, 'Sengol', To Be Placed In New Parliament Building  New Delhi: The inauguration of the new parliament building this Sunday will also see Prime Minister Narendra Modi install a historic golden sceptre near the Speaker’s seat, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today. This sceptre, Mr Shah said, was handed over to the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to mark the transfer of power from British to Indians. The Home Minister said this sceptre is called “sengol” — which derives from the Tamil word “semmai”, meaning “righteousness”. The History The sengol came into being after a chain of events that started with a simple question by Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of British India, to Prime Minister...

Rahul Gandhi had moved the court on Tuesday seeking a 'no objection certificate' to secure a fresh "ordinary passport" after having surrendered his diplomatic travel document upon his disqualification as an MP.  Rahul Gandhi seeks "ordinary passport" after disqualification as MP. Court hearing on Friday. New Delhi: A court in Delhi today posted the hearing on a plea for a fresh passport by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, an accused in the National Herald case, on May 26. Rahul Gandhi had moved the court on Tuesday seeking a ‘no objection certificate’ to secure a fresh “ordinary passport” after having surrendered his diplomatic travel document upon his disqualification as an MP. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vaibhav Mehta posted the matter on Friday for the filling of written submissions and the arguments of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy. During the proceedings, Rahul Gandhi’s advocate sought the grant of the NOC document, saying there are no crimi...

Exporters are mandated to get their cough syrup products tested in government laboratories from June 1 before sending them abroad. The export of cough syrup will be allowed only after the sample of the exported product is tested in the laboratory. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said that export of cough syrup will be allowed only after the sample of the exported product is tested in the laboratory. All Indian cough syrup exporters will be required to get their products tested from June 1 in prescribed government laboratories before sending them abroad. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification issued on Monday that the export of cough syrup will be allowed only after the sample of the exported product is tested in the laboratory. Earlier, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the apex drug regulatory authority, proposed testing the drugs (finished products) at government labs before exporting, official sources told ...

Vinesh Phogat said that not only her but all complainants were ready for the lie detector test provided it was conducted on Brij Bhushan under the Supreme Court’s supervision and streamed live. Wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia during their ongoing protest against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. LUCKNOW: In response to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s conditional readiness for a narco-analysis test to settle the allegations of sexual harassment, the protesting wrestlers said on Monday that they were also prepared for a lie-detector test provided it was conducted on Brij Bhushan under the Supreme Court’s supervision and streamed live. Through a Facebook post, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, on Sunday, had given a positive response to the Khaps’ call for his narco-analysis test to bring the truth behind the allegations of sexual harassment of female wrestlers by him.   “I am rea...

Police said the postmortem has been done and that the doctors have kept the cause of death report reserved.                                                                    Actor Aditya Singh Rajput Mumbai: Days after actor Aditya Singh Rajput was found dead at his residence, the Mumbai Police on Wednesday said that some medicines have been found at the deceased actor’s residence and have been taken for investigation. Police said the postmortem has been done and that the doctors have kept the cause of death report reserved. The police officials said that the body of Aditya Singh Rajput was handed over to his family and his last rites were performed at Oshiwara crematorium on Tuesday. “The postmortem of actor Aditya Singh Rajput has been done. The doctors have kept the cause of death report in reserve. His viscera samp...

The latest casualty was a 6-year-old boy who died late Monday night in a hospital after the collapse at the Wat Nern Por primary school. Thai rescue workers at the scene of a collapsed metal roof on a structure at the Wat Nern Por primary school in Phichit province in northern Thailand. BANGKOK: Seven people, including four children, died Monday when strong winds from a rainstorm caused a metal roof on a school’s activity centre to collapse in northern Thailand, officials said Tuesday. The latest casualty was a 6-year-old boy who died late Monday night in a hospital after the collapse at the Wat Nern Por primary school, according to the public relations office in Phichit province, 300 kilometres (185 miles) north of Bangkok. Several students had gone inside the activity centre to take shelter from the rain when the roof collapsed, according to a Facebook post from the official disaster prevention department, and 18 people were hospitalized. Patcharin Siri, a staff member of the pro...

PM Modi also said that Albanese assured to take "strict actions against such elements in the future." PM Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese are welcomed at the Indian community event, in Sydney, Australia, May 23, 2023. SYDNEY: Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a three-day visit to Australia, on Wednesday raised the issue of attacks on temples in the country and said that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had assured to take “strict actions against such elements in the future.” During a joint address with his Australian counterpart Albanese, PM Modi said, “PM Anthony Albanese and I have in the past discussed the issue of attack on temples in Australia and activities of separatist elements. We discussed the matter today also. We will not accept any elements that harm the friendly and warm ties between the India-Australia relationship by their action or thoughts. PM Albanese assured me once again today that he will take strict actions against...