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Lucknow, Feb 5: A senior Uttar Pradesh IPS officer, who was reportedly a BJP member during his leave of absence, was made the additional director general (ADG) of police, Gorakhpur zone, by the state government. Gorakhpur is the home town of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. According to sources, the IPS officer, Dawa Sherpa, had applied for voluntary retirement (VRS) - which was

New Delhi, Feb 5: India witnessed the second largest outflow of millionaires with 7,000 high net worth individuals changing their domicile during 2017, according to a report. In 2016, the figure stood at 6,000, while in 2015 as many as 4,000 millionaires shifted base, the report by New World Wealth stated. China tops the global list with 10,000 super-rich Chinese changing their domicile in 2017

Peshawar, Feb 4: A Pashto theatre actor was shot dead by three gunmen after she refused to go with them for a private event in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. According to police, the three men have already been identified and police personnel are actively searching for them. The gunmen broke into actress Sumbul's house on Saturday evening and opened fire at her when she

Agartala, Feb 4: The coming Assembly election in Tripura is likely to witness a fight between the CPI(M)-led Left Front and the BJP in the state. The state had in the past witnessed an electoral battle between the CPI(M) and the Congress. Sudip Roy Burman, former state Congress president and an MLA who had joined the BJP, said, "The Congress was not serious about fighting the CPI(M)" and claimed

Agartala, Feb 4: The coming Assembly election in Tripura is likely to witness a fight between the CPI(M)-led Left Front and the BJP in the state. The state had in the past witnessed an electoral battle between the CPI(M) and the Congress. Sudip Roy Burman, former state Congress president and an MLA who had joined the BJP, said, "The Congress was not serious about fighting the CPI(M)" and claimed

Dubai, Feb 4: The United Arab Emirates has introduced an amendment to its work visa policy by adding a certificate proving the applicant's good conduct to the requirements. The change, which came into effect on Sunday, February 4, will be a major one to the Emirates' visa system for expatriate, migrant workers and is implemented to verify that they do not have a criminal record either in their

Within days after a senior IAS officer virtually accused the saffron outfits of inciting communal tension in Uttar Pradesh, a senior Uttar Pradesh government official has revealed that Kasganj communal riot victim Chandan Gupta was killed by the saffron activists. Rashmi Varun, Deputy Director in Statistics Department and currently posted at Saharanpur, also lent support to Raghavendra Vikram

Within days after a senior IAS officer virtually accused the saffron outfits of inciting communal tension in Uttar Pradesh, a senior Uttar Pradesh government official has revealed that Kasganj communal riot victim Chandan Gupta was killed by the saffron activists. Rashmi Varun, Deputy Director in Statistics Department and currently posted at Saharanpur, also lent support to Raghavendra Vikram

London, Feb 3: Indias most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim has been linked to a series of properties across Britain, according to a media report today. The 62-year-old fugitive mafia boss, wanted in India as the mastermind of the Mumbai bomb blasts in 1993 and accused of crimes such as match-fixing and extortion, accrued a vast property portfolio across the Midlands and south-east in the UK as

Guwahati, Feb 3: Highlighting "path-breaking" economic reforms undertaken by his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India's growth story will further pick up speed when there is an all-round development of the Northeast. Inaugurating the two-day 'Global Investors Summit' hosted by Assam, he stressed on the importance of 'Act East Policy' in the Centre's aim of achieving balanced