The Election Commission (EC) has formed a committee comprising three "eminent" members to assess the situation on the ground in Jammu and Kashmir before it takes a decision about holding the Assembly elections in the troubled state.


EC appoints three special observers for Jammu and Kashmir


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Assets of the erstwhile South Korean global automobiles giant, Daewoo Motors India Ltd., which were taken over in 2008 by a newly-formed Pan India Motors, would again go under the hammer on  <x-apple-data-detectors://6>April 11 <x-apple-data-detectors://6> and DRT Mumbai aims to recover around Rs 2,250 crore from the auction.


Daewoo Motors India assets to be auctioned to recover Rs 2,250-crore


All the 12 people aboard were killed in a plane crash in Colombia on Saturday, said the country's Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics.


12 killed in plane crash in Colombia


The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday asked political parties to desist from displaying photographs of defence personnel in their poll campaign in view of a picture on social media showing image of Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman in a political poster.


EC asks parties to desist from using photo of soldiers in campaign

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At least 14 people were killed and several others injured in a bar attack in central Mexico, media reported on Saturday.


At least 14 killed in Mexico bar attack


As a goodwill gesture, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday sent back a Pakistan national who was apprehended on Friday on the  international border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.


BSF sends back Pakistan national as goodwill gesture


In a first-of-its-kind order, a court here recalled its arrest warrant on condition that the accused will plant five saplings, an official said on Saturday.


Court recalls arrest directive, orders planting of saplings


The probe into the data theft case against IT Grids, a firm providing IT services to Andhra Pradesh's ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP), has gathered pace, said a top officer Saturday.


Telangana SIT probe into data theft gathers pace


The European Union (EU) has said that US citizens will need a new type of visa, a European Travel Information and Authoriation System (ETIAS), to visit the European Schengen Area from 2021.


Americans will need new visa to visit Europe


US President Donald Trump's administration said that it intends to implement a ban on transgender people serving in the military after a federal court struck down the last injunction against the policy.


Trump plans to implement transgender military ban after court ruling


Chip-maker Qualcomm is seeking nearly $31 million in damages from Apple for violating its intellectual property rights.


Qualcomm seeks $31 mn in damages from Apple


A New York politician has been convicted in a US federal court of taking bribes from a once-high-flying Indian-American restauranteur whose web of influence even enmeshed the city's mayor.


New York politician convicted of taking bribes from Indian-origin restauranteur


Posters claiming that late pop legend Michael Jackson was innocent of sexual abuse allegations have gone on display on London buses, after the documentary "Leaving Neverland" aired in Britain this week, the media reported on Saturday.


Posters claiming Michael Jackson's innocence on London buses


Chelsea Manning, a former Iraq-based US Army intelligence analyst giving classified data to WikiLeaks in 2010, was arrested on Friday for refusing to testify to a grand jury probing the international anti-secrecy website.


Chelsea Manning in custody for refusing to testify over WikiLeaks probe


As many as 72 per cent Indians want employers to make it easier for men to combine childcare with work, according to a Ipsos International Women's Day Survey 2019.


'72% Indians want employers to make easier for men to combine childcare with work'


A youth has been arrested from West Bengal on charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor girl. The victim, a resident of the national capital, was safely rescued from his hideout, a police officer said on Friday.


Youth held for kidnapping, sexually assaulting minor girl


India's High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria will reach Islamabad on Saturday after having completed his consultations here in the wake of Pulwama terror attack.


India's envoy to Pakistan to return on Saturday


In a somersault, Attorney General K. K. Venugopal on Friday said he had never told the Supreme Court that Rafale file/documents were stolen, but had only said that the photocopies of the same were unauthorisedly taken away.


Centre denies Rafale documents were stolen


Three men were roughed up by a group of advocates at the Dwarka District Court on Friday after one of them snatched a revolver from a police officer and tried to attack an advocate following a brawl in a queue to collect certificates, the police said.


Three held for attacking advocate in Delhi court


The Meghalaya High Court on Friday held the Editor of The Shillong Times Patricia Mukhim and her publisher Shobha Chaudhuri guilty of contempt of court and sentenced them to sit in the corner of the court room till the rising of the court.


Shillong-based editor, publisher fined for contempt of court


The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea by multinational footwear manufacturer Crocs Inc seeking to restrain some companies from copying its registered design, saying that "a registered design cannot constitute a trade mark".

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