Four Fabindia staff have been chargesheeted  in a court of law here in connection with a 2015 case of snooping after Union Minister Smriti Irani made a complaint against it, a police officer said on Sunday.


Four Fabindia staff chargesheeted in peeping tom case


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Local authorities and security forces continued their search operation at the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters near Haryana's Sirsa town for the third day on Sunday.


Search operation continue at Dera headquarters


After more than two weeks of violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the insurgent group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has declared a "temporary cessation of offensive military operations" for a one-month period to enable aid groups to respond to the "humanitarian crisis".


Rohingya insurgent group declares temporary ceasefire


Terming the murder of a seven-year-old student in Ryan International School "unfortunate", Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Saturday urged parents and school authorities to remain vigilant about any actual or suspected occurrences of child abuse.


Maneka urges parents, schools to be vigilant against child abuse


Setting up new benchmarks in skill development, the Pearl Academy awarded certificates to the first batch of women inmates of Tihar Jail who have completed their course from the 'Tihar Fashion Laboratory' at the convocation here on Saturday.


Tihar women inmates awarded certificates


Human rights groups criticized Israel for the continued sale of weaponry to the Myanmar junta amid violence against Rohingya Muslims, local media reported on Saturday.


Israel blamed for arming Myanmar amid Rohingya Muslims tragedies


In a marked shift of stance, India on Saturday called for restraint on the part of the Myanmar government to end the violence in Rakhine state - days after New Delhi dissociated itself from a joint statement by the World Parliamentary Forum in Bali that included a reference to human rights in Myanmar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his support for the NLD governments crackdown on terror groups in Rakhine during his visit to Nay Pyi Taw.


India calls for restraint by Myanmar in handling Rohingya crisis


Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar has urged Vice President Venkaiah Naidu to examine and stop the last minute booking of air tickets by parliamentarians as it was costing parliament and tax payers more than envisaged.


Stop last minute flight booking by MPs, Vice President urged


The Delhi High Court has sought response from the AAP government on a plea seeking direction that all the schools run by civic bodies should be taken over by Delhi government.


Delhi government's response on plea on civic bodies schools sought


The Chandigarh Police on Saturday suspended a head constable who slapped a local resident when the latter made a video of the policeman talking on his mobile phone while driving a motorcycle and not wearing his helmet properly.


Chandigarh policeman who slapped resident for filming him suspended


Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday said a committee has been set up to look into the complaints filed by aggrieved home buyers against Jaypee Infratech.


Panel to look into complaints against Jaypee Infratech: Paswan


The Pakistan Foreign Office on Saturday summoned Myanmar's ambassador and recorded its protest over the plight of Rohingya Muslims.


Pakistan summons Myanmar's envoy, over Rohingyas' plight


Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Saturday said that security along the 364-km long Manipur-Myanmar border has been beefed up to check the possible influx of the displaced Rohingya Muslims.


Security tightened along Myanmar border to check Rohingyas' influx


Thousands of people took to the streets across Asia to denounce Myanmar's treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority as some 290,000 of them have fled to Bangladesh to escape the ongoing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state since August 25.


Protests across Asia over Myanmar's treatment of Rohingyas


The Haryana Police have launched a probe into the suicide of a Dera Sacha Sauda sect follower in Charkhi Dadri district, a police official said on Saturday.


Dera follower's suicide under probe in Haryana


Four Indian-origin men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges for their roles in a massive telephone impersonation fraud and money laundering scheme in the US perpetrated by a network of India-based call centres, the US Department of Justice said.


Indian origin men plead guilty in US call centre scandal


Some 290,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape the ongoing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state since August 25, the UN office here said on Saturday.


290,000 Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh in last 2 weeks: UN


As nearly half of the US population fell victim to a massive cyber fraud at credit reporting agency Equifax, a Democratic Senator has called for a probe while a class-action lawsuit seeking up to $70 billion in damages has been filed against the company.


US data breach: $70bn lawsuit filed against Equifax, probe urged


The US has called for a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting to vote on a draft resolution to impose additional sanctions on North Korea.


US calls for UNSC meet over N.Korea draft resolution


The search operation of the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters near Haryana's Sirsa town continued on Saturday with hundreds of security personnel and local administration involved in the exercise.


Dera search Day 2: Curfew continues, internet suspended


The Supreme Court of Canada has paved the way for extradition of Jassi Sidhu's mother and uncle to India in a June 2000 honour-killing case in Punjab.

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