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ROHTAK: Cracking whip on the Haryana rice millers over ongoing allegations of bogus paddy procurement, the state food and civil supplies department has decided to issue show-cause notices to nearly 900 rice millers.

DUBAI: An Indian expat teacher has been ordered to pay a 10,000 Dirham ($2,722) fine after a Dubai court found him guilty of a defamation charge. According a report, the 31-year-old teacher was convicted of posting an altered picture of another man on his Instagram account, depicting him as a …

TEXAS: The world’s largest Snickers bar was unveiled in Texas on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: In statement to a Republican fundraising dinner on Friday night, US President Donald Trump gave a detailed account of the drone strike that killed top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, according to an audio obtained by a local media.

NEW DELHI: Indian aviation and technology leaders gathered in Bengaluru for industry meet ahead of “Wings India 2020”, Asia’s largest civil aviation event.

A four-day Group Discussion of All India Coordinated Research Project of Fruits was inaugurated by Dr BS Dhillon, worthy Vice-Chancellor on January 18, 2020, at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana. More than 200 scientists from 54 centres across the country are participating in this group discussion.

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Heavy Industries &Public Enterprises, Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Information & Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar today inaugurated ELECRAMA 2020, at India Expo Mart in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

NEW DELHI: Raksha Rajya Mantri Shripad Naik visited the National Cadet Corps (NCC) Republic Day Camp 2020 at the Cariappa Parade Ground here today.

NEW DELHI: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) celebrated its 15th Raising Day here today. The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai was the chief guest on this occasion and G.V.V. Sarma, Member Secretary, NDMA was the Guest of Honor.

Scripting a fantastic return after a 2-year break, Sania Mirza lifted the WTA Hobart International trophy with Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok after winning the doubles final on Saturday.