Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was shifted back to jail from hospital on Thursday for a court appearance in a graft case.


Bangladeshi ex-PM Khaleda Zia shifted back to jail


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The Supreme Court's firecracker ban on Diwali was violated with impunity across Delhi and NCR on Wednesday with people bursting crackers till late into the night leading to a thick haze on Thursday morning and air quality dipping six times from the normal.


SC ban on firecrackers flouted, air pollution rose six times


The Commissionerate Police have registered 140 cases and fined 230 persons for violation of Supreme Court's order on bursting firecrackers in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.


370 persons fined, prosecuted in Odisha for bursting firecrackers


CBI Director Alok Verma on Thursday appeared before the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) K.V. Chowdhary and presented his side over the allegations of bribery raised against him by agency's Special Director Rakesh Asthana.


CBI Director Alok Verma meets CVC, presents his side


The Chandigarh Police arrested 34 people on Diwali night for violating the Supreme Court orders on the timing for bursting of crackers.


34 arrested in Chandigarh for violating order on crackers


The Supreme Court ban during Diwali was violated in full swing across Delhi and NCR with people  bursting firecrackers till late night leading to thick haze on Thursday morning and deteriorating air quality, which experts say was six times higher than normal.


SC ban on firecrackers flouted, air pollution increased six times


A Gujarat court on Thursday declared fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi as a "proclaimed absconder" in a Rs 52 crore customs duty evasion case filed in March and ordered him to appear in court on November 15.


Nirav Modi declared 'proclaimed absconder' by Gujarat court


Supreme Court's order limiting firecracker-bursting to two hours during Diwali was partly-flouted in Bengaluru with many people burning firecrackers for a longer period, an official said on Thursday.


SC order on firecrackers partly flouted in Bengaluru


A Gujarat court on Thursday declared fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi as a "proclaimed absconder" in a customs duty evasion case filed in March and ordered him to appear in person on November 15.


Nirav Modi declared 'proclaimed absconder' in customs case


Despite the Supreme Courts directives, people in Delhi-NCR on Wednesday continued to burst crackers on Diwali well past the 10 p.m. deadline though the air quality index (AQI) showed a slight improvement over last year.


SC ban on crackers on Diwali in Delhi-NCR not very effective


Advising the people to comply with the Supreme Court order on bursting of firecrackers, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday called for an eco-friendly Diwali in the state.


Karnataka CM bats for eco-friendly Diwali


Residents in Ghaziabad began exploding firecrackers in Ghaziabad as the sun started setting, brazenly violating Supreme Court orders that these can be burst only between 8 and 10 p.m.


SC orders violated in Ghaziabad


Singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor, who has converted to Islam, has said in a "racist" Twitter rant that she has no interest in associating with white people anymore.


Sinead O'Connor doesn't want to associate with white people


A special Court sent three activists -- Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon S. Gonsalves and Arun T. Ferreira -- to judicial custody for 14 days in the Koregaon-Bhima caste riots case.


Koregaon-Bhima case: 3 accused get 14-day judicial custody


Under attack from animal rights activists for killing man-eating tigress Avni in Maharashtra, Hyderabadi sharpshooter Nawab Shafat Ali Khan on Tuesday said his team had acted on the orders of the Maharashtra government.


Shooter who killed tigress Avni says acted on state order


A day ahead of Diwali, the Delhi police said on Tuesday that it was "fully prepared" to implement the Supreme Court order on green crackers as well as the timing fixed by the court for bursting these crackers.


Fully prepared to implement SC order on crackers: Delhi Police


The National Investigation Agency has filed a charge-sheet against five members of the Myanmar-based terror outfit, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang, before a special NIA court in Meghalaya in an abduction case, an official said on Tuesday.


NIA files chargesheet against five NSCN(K) activists


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday rued the existence of manual scavenging even 70 years after India's Independence, underscoring his government's resolve to eliminate the practice.


Sad manual scavenging exists even 70 years after Independence: Kejriwal


Several employees of TERI have demanded the removal of Ashok Chawla as Chairman of its Governing Council after he was named in a CBI chargesheet in the Aircel-Maxis case.


Several TERI employees seek Chairman's removal after CBI chargesheet


Direct cash transfers, coupled with a change in the manner of communication can reduce violence against women inflicted by their partners by 26 per cent, says a study in Bangladesh by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Cornell University.


Cash transfers prevent intimate partner violence: Study


The US Department of Defence expects to complete the first phase of Operation Faithful Patriot, which aims to deploy thousands of soldiers along the southern border of the country in order to prevent access for two migrant caravans.

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