India

New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) A Delhi court Monday extended by seven days the custodial interrogation of freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma, arrested in an espionage case under the Official Secrets Act.

Police said Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Singh Rajawat also extended the custody of two of his associates -- a Chinese woman and a Nepalese man by seven days.

The accused were produced before the court on expiry of their earlier police custody and the agency sought their further remand.

New Delhi, Sep 23 (PTI) Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to make it mandatory for office bearers of NGOs to provide their Aadhaar numbers at the time of registration and also bring various other changes.

Mumbai, Sep 22 (PTI) NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said the Income Tax department has served him a notice in connection with his poll affidavits submitted to the Election Commission.

Talking to reporters here, Pawar said the Income Tax department has sought his "clarification and explanation" on some poll affidavits furnished by him.

New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) Gold prices tumbled Rs 672 to Rs 51,328 per 10 gram in the national capital on Tuesday on a weak global trend, according to HDFC Securities.

The yellow metal had closed at Rs 52,000 per 10 gram in the previous trading session.

Silver also witnessed massive selloff with prices tanking Rs 5,781 to Rs 61,606 per kilogram from Rs 67,387 per kilogram in the previous trade.

Kanpur: It is indeed a big relief for students of ISC and ICSE who are going to appear at the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations, 2021.

They are given another cut in the syllabus of the Class 10th and 12th respectively. Has it been done for the second time?

Giving this important information, KV Vincent, Coordinator, ICSE, said that the students are relieved by this very relaxation in all the subjects.

He further said that about 25% syllabus has been reduced to lessen the load of study in this scary period of Coronavirus.

New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) An agreement was signed on Tuesday between Israel's Start-Up Nation Central and India's International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate) to initiate a bilateral program to accelerate innovation and technology cooperation.

In a statement, the Israeli embassy said the aim of this program is to bring together Israeli and Indian entrepreneurs and start-ups to collaborate on innovative projects.

The MoU was signed by Eugene Kandel, CEO of Start-Up Nation Central from Jerusalem and Anupam Jalote, CEO of iCreate from Ahmedabad.

Ballia (UP), Sep 22 (PTI) A 16-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district was in for a shock when she came to know that nearly Rs 10 crore was deposited in her bank account.

According to a complaint, a person named Neelesh Kumar from Kanpur Dehat district had called Saroj two years ago and asked her to send Aadhaar card and photograph in the name of getting funds under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. She did so.

New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill under which Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, will be the official languages in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Kolkata, Sep 22 (PTI) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday arrived in Kolkata on a two-day visit to look into the organisational aspects of the RSS in West Bengal, where it has made deep inroads in the last few years.

A senior RSS official said that Bhagwat will hold closed-door meetings with functionaries of the organisation.

Bengaluru, Sept 22 (PTI) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Govind M Karjol on Tuesday said he has tested positive for coronavirus.

"The COVID-19 test has confirmed me to be positive and I have been hospitalised on the advice of a doctor even though I had no symptoms," Karjol, who holds the portfolio of public works department and social welfare, tweeted, soon after attending the assembly proceedings.

He appealed to those who had come in contact with him to exercise caution,undergo tests and get themselves quarantined.