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New Delhi: From the recent student mobilisation at Jantar Mantar to demands over admissions, metro concessions and access to education, issues that have fuelled Delhis campus protests are set to find their way into the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) election campaign, with student organisations gearing up for the September 18 polls. The university Thursday []

New Delhi: Union Minister Giriraj Singh Thursday hit out at the Opposition for bringing monkeys into Parliament and said they have crossed all limits. His remarks came after several Opposition members, including Congress MPs Pawan Khera, Imran Pratapgarhi, and Jebi Mather, participated in a demonstration while raising slogans against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre. []

Zurich: The heads of six Arab soccer federations expressed their full support and confidence in Gianni Infantino Thursday as the embattled FIFA president fights to keep his job after his failed World Cup private investment plan. The backing came from 2030 World Cup co-host Morocco, Qatar, Egypt, Mauritania, Lebanon and Sudan, with four of the []

Kolkata: West Bengals BJP government Thursday withdrew and annulled Banga Bibhushan, the states highest civilian award, previously bestowed upon the partys Rajya Sabha MP Nagendranath Roy aka Ananta Maharaj, in the wake of his alleged derogatory remarks about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The move came less than 24 hours after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari directed []

New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) interim investigation report on Air India Flight AI 2379, which abruptly dropped by 300 feet at an altitude of 36,000 feet while flying from Phuket to Delhi, injuring 24 people on board, is expected to be submitted within a month, according to reliable sources. The government has []

New Delhi: Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die Thursday, drawing curtains on a stormy Monsoon session which saw relentless protests by the opposition over police action on agitating students and alleged theft of Ram temple donations, and passage of several key bills without debate. As soon as the House met for the day, all six []

Colombo: Nine Indian fishermen were arrested and their trawler seized by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly engaging in illegal fishing in the island nations waters, authorities said Thursday. The fishermen were arrested near Urumalei Point in Talaimannar Wednesday night, the Navy said. According to a Navy release, the trawler had allegedly crossed the International []

United Nations: A terrorism monitoring team of the Security Council has declared the deadly Red Fort suicide car bombing that killed 11 people the work of Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), which it warned is spreading its tentacles across the region. The report by the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team on terrorism to []