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Dehradun, November 20 The Uttarakhand government will bear the travel, food and lodging expenses of relatives of the 41 workers trapped at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi district for over a week. Assuring the families of the trapped workers that they will be rescued soon, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said officials have been asked to stay in …

New Delhi, November 20 The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and the office of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on a plea of the state government accusing him of not granting assent to several bills cleared by the legislative assembly. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note …

Washington, November 19 Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy has said his Hindu faith gives him freedom and has inspired him to launch his bid for the White House. He also said that if elected, he would promote values that are not exclusive to one religion and make faith, family, hard work, patriotism “cool” again in the US. Ramaswamy’s remarks …

Chandigarh, November 20 Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh made a controversial remark against Anushka Sharma and Athiya Shetty during the ICC Cricket World Cup finals on Sunday. During the India vs Australia match, Harbhajan Singh made the comments when Anushka and Athiya were seen chatting with each other in the stadium. Harbhajan said, “Yahi main soch raha tha ki baat …

South Korea’s military warned North Korea not to go ahead with its planned spy satellite launch, suggesting on Monday that Seoul could suspend an inter-Korean peace deal and resume frontline aerial surveillance in retaliation for a launch. North Korea failed in its first two attempts to put a military spy satellite into orbit earlier this year and didn’t follow through …

New Delhi, November 20 Former England skipper Nasser Hussain said India’s long tail restricted Virat Kohli and KL Rahul from going all out during their partnership in the World Cup final. India scored 81/3 when Kohli and Rahul joined hands to stitch a 67-run partnership and revive hopes of reaching a competitive total. Play Mute Loaded: 1.16% Fullscreen But throughout their …

Ahmedabad, November 19 Mohammed Shami struck on the third ball he bowled: Perfectly pitched, perfectly seaming away — edged and caught at slip. David Warner, having got lucky with the first ball of the innings, had to walk off for seven. Fifth over, the ever-dangerous Jasprit Bumrah, who’d gone for 15 in the first over, got Mitchell Marsh with a …

New Delhi, November 20 Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs deteriorated again overnight after a marginal improvement a day ago with forecasts suggesting that a major relief is unlikely in the coming days. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 338 at 8 am on Monday, deteriorating from 301 at 4 pm and 290 at 7 am on …

Thane, November 20 A 63-year-old man from Maharashtra’s Thane city lost nearly Rs 50,000 after being lured into redeeming reward points in the name of a bank, police said on Monday. The victim, who earlier worked with a business consultancy firm in Navi Mumbai, received a message on August 18 purportedly from a bank where he had an account, stating …

New Delhi, November 17 On the sixth day of the rescue operation on Friday, efforts to extricate 40 trapped labourers from the collapsed Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand gained momentum. The latest drilling machine, having successfully penetrated 24 metre, managed to insert four pipes by Friday afternoon. However, the drilling process temporarily halted when the auger encountered a metallic obstruction and …