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Beyond political slugfests and SITs cracking down on illegal units, hooch deaths are shockingly regular across India
Fp Staff •While the recent hooch tragedy may have catalysed the already charged political landscape of the country, what makes these incidents more poignant is the shocking regularity in which these take place
UP Police gets three-day transit remand of 'spy' BrahMos scientist arrested for passing sensitive data to Pakistan
Ians •A Nagpur court on Tuesday granted to Uttar Pradesh Police the three-day transit remand of scientist Nishant Agrawal, arrested a day earlier on charge of spying for Pakistan intelligence agency ISI and other countries, officials said.
Delhi farmers' protest: Prohibitory orders imposed in east, northeast parts of city as thousands march to National Capital
•The city police Monday imposed prohibitory orders in east and northeast Delhi, anticipating law and order problems as thousands of Bhartiya Kisan Union members are on a march from Haridwar to reach the national capital Tuesday.
Asian Games 2018: India grab three medals in rowing including one gold and two bronze
•Indian rowers Rohit and Bhagwan clocked 7:04.61 to win bronze in their event at the JSC Lake. Japan's Miyaura Masayuki and Takeda Masahiro won the gold with a timing of 7:01.70 while Koreans Kim Byunghoon and Lee Minhyuk (7:03.22) bagged silver.
Army jawan from Andhra Pradesh reported missing for over a month, was last seen in Panipat while on way to Jalandhar
•NIA makes fifth arrest in LeT-linked hawala case; special court remands accused to six day custody
•The National Investigation Agency has arrested an alleged hawala operator from Uttarakhand in connection with its probe into the activities of Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT).
World University Rankings: IITs, IISc slip on global ranking, only 30 Indian varsities among top 1,000
•India slipped in world university rankings as its share of such institutions marginally fell from 31 to 30 in the global 1,000 list according to a new assessment.
Chhattisgarh: First-ever revenue survey in Naxal-affected Abujhmad launched
•The Chhattisgarh government has started revenue survey exercise to compile the record of land holdings in the worst Naxal-affected Abujhmad region in Narayanpur district for the first time since Independence.
Uttarakhand Election 2017: In Roorkee, candidates remain the same, but parties swapped
•Uttarakhand voters in Roorkee constituency are a perplexed lot, as the main contest here is between Congress and BJP candidates who fought the 2012 polls but have switched sides this time
Roorkee: 32 people, including 12 policemen, injured in communal clash
•At least 32 people, including 12 policemen, were injured after the forcible evacuation of a scrap dealer's shop took a communal turn in Roorkee