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Kamala Mills fire: Mojo’s Bistro owner sent to police custody

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A court here today remanded Yug Pathak, the son of a retired IPS officer and one of the owners of the Mojo’s Bistro pub, to a five-day police custody in connection with the deadly fire at the Kamala Mills compound here on December 29, which had claimed 14 lives. Pathak, the son of retired director general of police and former Pune police commissioner K K Pathak, was arrested yesterday. On Friday, the Mumbai Fire Brigade, in its preliminary probe report on the fire, which had engulfed Mojo’s Bistro and the…

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PIL in HC seeks revocation of ban on book on Gandhi’s assassination

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A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking revocation of a ban on the import of a book published over five decades ago in Portugal that alleged larger conspiracy behind the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The PIL has been filed by city-based researcher and trustee of right wing group Abhinav Bharat, Pankaj Phadnis, seeking the court to quash and set aside a notification dated December 29, 1979 issued by the then Union government banning import of the book ‘Who Killed Gandhi’, authored by Portugal- based…

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Maruti to expand sales network for ‘Super Carry’ LCV

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The country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) plans to expand the sales network for its light commercial vehicle ‘Super Carry’ as it aims to be a significant player in the segment. The company, which launched Super Carry in September 2016, is seeing good traction in the light commercial vehicle (LCV) segment that is dominated by players like Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra. “The retail network is being rolled out in phases. Currently Super Carry is being retailed through 162 new commercial outlets in 140 cities across 25…

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Iran parliament holds special meeting on protests

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The Iranian parliament held a closed-door meeting today to discuss the deadly protests that hit the country last week, while more pro-regime rallies were held in several cities. Lawmakers interrogated Interior Minister Abdolrahmani Rahmani Fazli, Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi and secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani, parliament’s ICANA website reported. Some voiced concern over the internet controls put in place during the unrest, including a ban on Iran’s most popular messaging app, Telegram, which officials said had been used to incite violence. “The parliament is not in…

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Swaraj meets Singaporean counterpart; discusses trade

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met with her Singaporean counterpart Dr Vivian Balakrishnan here and discussed bilateral and multilateral issues relating to the economic and strategic partnership, officials said. The two leaders also discussed the enormous potential for cooperation between ASEAN and India, officials said. They had discussions on bilateral and multilateral issues relating to the economic and strategic partnership, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet. Swaraj addressed the Indian diaspora at the ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) during which she reaffirmed India’s commitment to…

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Govt open to proposals to further cleanse pol funding: Jaitley

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The electoral bonds mechanism is a substantial improvement in transparency over the present system and the government is open to suggestions to further cleanse political funding, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday. In a Facebook post, Jaitley said the conventional practice of funding the political system was to take donations as well as undertake expenditures in cash. The sources are anonymous or pseudonymous. The quantum of money was never disclosed and the system ensures unclean money coming from unidentifiable sources. “It is a wholly non-transparent system. Most political groups…

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Two brothers arrested for duping people at ATMs

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Two brothers were arrested today for duping people at ATMs to the tune of several lakh rupees, police said. Police said that Satendra Mishra (32) and Bhupendra Shivbahadur Mishra (35) used to watch over people’s shoulders while the latter were using an ATM in order to memorise the PIN. The duo, along with two to three more accomplices, would then get the victim to use another ATM machine saying that the first one was malfunctioning, said police. An official explained that one member of the gang, meanwhile, would keep the…

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WB reels under cold spell; similar conditions to continue, says MeT office

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Icy winds walloped most areas in West Bengal intensifying the prevailing cold conditions even as the MeT office today forecast similar conditions for the next few days. While the western districts of the state experienced cold wave conditions, there was abnormal drop in day temperatures in some sub-Himalayan districts. Sriniketan in Birbhum district was the coldest in the plains with minimum temperature of 5.8 degrees Celsius at 5.30 am this morning, the MeT department said. In North Bengal, Jalpaiguri recorded the day’s maximum temperature at 13.5 degrees Celsius, 10 notches…

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Want to explore opportunities for “Make in Konkan”: Prabhu

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Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu today said a delegation of experts will soon visit the Konkan region to explore opportunities for “make in Konkan”. Speaking at the inauguration of 6th Global Kokan Festival here, Prabhu said that the “Make in India” initiative of the Centre will be successful only if it happens at the state and district levels. “As Railway Minister I had undertaken a program of developing a joint tourism circuit including Konkan and Goa regions. Now as Minister for Commerce and Industry I want to take…

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The world will be watching what you do’, US warns Iran

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“The world will be watching what you do,” US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has warned Iran during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the situation in the Islamic nation which has faced a series of nationwide anti-government protests. During the meeting, three members France, Russia and China of the permanent five, joined Iran in asserting that this 15-membered body was not an appropriate forum to discuss the current situation in Iran as it does not pose any threat to international peace and security.Heated debate…

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