US Treasury on Monday announced that it has imposed sanctions on a South African national for his alleged action of helping Pyongyang "evade US sanctions."


US slaps sanctions on individual related to DPRK


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Iraq has denied reports that President Barham Salih is mediating between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, media reported.


Iraq denies reports of mediating between Iran, Saudi


US special envoy on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will meet his South Korean counterpart here on Tuesday to discuss denuclearisation and ties, the US State Department said.


US envoy for DPRK to meet S. Korean counterpart to discuss denuclearisation


A top CBI official, Manish Kumar Sinha, on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into the allegation of bribe against Special CBI Director Rakesh Asthana in the meat exporter Moin Qureshi case.


Top CBI official seeks court-monitored probe in Asthana bribery case


In the light of several incidents of the death of sewer workers, the Central government on Monday released Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for cleaning of sewers and septic tanks in order to ensure the workers' safety and prevent accidents.


Centre releases SOPs for safety of sewer workers


The Congress on Monday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi after senior CBI official M.K. Sinha alleged in the Supreme Court that NSA Ajit Doval and Central Vigilance Commissioner K.V. Chaudhary had interfered in the investigation against CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana facing bribery charges.


Congress targets Modi over CBI officer's revelations against Doval, CVC


A local court here on Monday dismissed Congress leader Motilal Vora's plea seeking to restrain Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy's tweets on the ongoing National Herald case.


Herald case: Court dismisses plea seeking to restrain Swamy's tweets


The Supreme Court-appointed SIT on Monday opposed the plea of Zakia Ahsan Jafri -- the widow of Congress leader Ahsan Jafri -- challenging the Gujarat High Court order upholding the clean chit to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in the 2002 riots case.


SIT opposes Zakia's plea against clean chit to former Gujarat CM


A Delhi court on Monday sought former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's presence through video conferencing in a money laundering case related to the 2006 IRCTC hotels maintenance contract.


Delhi court wants Lalu's presence through video conferencing


A case has been registered here against four Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) professors under the SC/ST Atrocities Act, an official said on Monday.


Case filed against 4 IIT professors under SC/ST Atrocities Act


The Central Bureau of Investigation has discovered that five minor girls, and not two as reported earlier, died in a shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.


Muzaffarpur horror: Five girls, not two, died in shelter home


Around 5,000 farmers from across Karnataka staged protests here on Monday seeking a loan waiver, higher price for sugarcane and relief aid for losses incurred due to drought in 17 districts across the state.


Farmers protest in Bengaluru


A minor boy was shot dead in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh round midnight during a religious congregation, police said on Monday.


14-year-old shot accidentally at religious event in UP


Yemen's Houthi rebels on Sunday night announced halt of ballistic missile attack against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), media reported.


Houthi rebels announce halt of missile attacks on Saudi, UAE


US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he did not know about the criticism that recently-appointed interim Attorney General Matt Whitaker made in the past about the Russia probe, in which investigators are examining possible interference by the Kremlin in the 2016 presidential election.


I didn't know interim AG had criticised Russia probe: Trump


More than 14 lakh ghost beneficiaries under the anganwadi scheme have been found in Uttar Pradesh, the Ministry of Women and Child Development said on Sunday.


Over 14 lakh ghost anganwadi beneficiaries found in UP


At least 18 Syrian servicemen were killed in an attack by militants in the Syrian province of Latakia, the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation said on Saturday.


'18 Syrian troops killed in attack by militants'


A Delhi court on Saturday granted anticipatory bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan in a case related to a scuffle at the inauguration of the Signature Bridge here.


AAP MLA gets anticipatory bail in Signature Bridge scuffle case


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has launched an investigating to find cross-border links in the smuggling of fake currency notes, the central agency said while filing a chargesheet in a counterfeit currency case here on Saturday.


NIA probing cross-border link in smuggling of fake currency


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a fresh chargesheet against two people for smuggling high-quality fake Indian currency notes (FICN) in 2015.


NIA files fresh chargesheet in fake currency case


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