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Representational ImageSon kills 55-year-old father following a quarrel in Delhi's Sultanpuri area, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred last night and the accused son, Kapil (28), was nabbed after a night-long search operation, they added.The victim, Laxman (55), was beaten mercilessly by his son. after both of them quarrelled, the police said. Laxman worked as a labourer while his son was a gas cylinder supplier, they added.Also Read: Mumbai Crime: Man Hides In Nullah After Kill

Nitin Gadkari/ File PicUnion Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari had a call on Wednesday from Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das. During the call both leaders discussed issues related to the construction of national highways in the state, CMO of Jharkhand said in a statement.Gadkari assured Das that the construction of a bridge over the Ganges in Sahibganj would begin soon as all formalities have been completed, the statement stated. The construction of Ranchi-Jamshedpur NH-33 was als

Representational ImageFarmers under the banner of Kisan Ekta Manch and Rashtriya Kisan Maha Sangh on Wednesday declared not supply vegetables, fruits, milk and other crops to cities for 10 days starting from June 1. The move was taken in order to protest against anti-farmers policies of the Central Government.A meeting of the coordination committee of these two farmers' organisations was held to give final shape to the programme."We have been demanding minimum income guarantee scheme, implementa

Chhota RajanFormer CBI Director Anil Sinha on Wednesday expressed his satisfaction over the conviction of gangster Chhota Rajan for killing mid-day's crime and investigations editor Jyotirmoy Dey in 2011. He said that criminals cannot escape the law forever.Sinha, who headed the CBI when Rajan was brought from Indonesia, said it was the hardwork of the officers involved in the operation and the subsequent investigation that bore fruits."No matter what criminals may think but law a

IndiGo is actively studying the choice of having wide-bodied aircraft and continues to look at opportunities for long haul flights without Air India, the airline's interim CEO Rahul Bhatia said on Wednesday. The country's leading carrier, which has nearly 40 per cent share of the domestic market, has been operating with narrow-body A320 planes for a long time and last year inducted ATR aircraft into its fleet. The airline had 159 planes at the end of March 2018.Embarking on ambitious expansion p

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today skipped a meeting chaired by President Ram Nath Kovind to discuss ways to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP veteran L K Advani were among those who attended the first meeting of the 'national committee', sources in the government said.A total of 23 chief minister

Supreme CourtOn Wednesday, the Apex Court took suo motu cognizance of the killing of a woman Assistant Town Planner in Himachal Pradesh's Kasauli during an anti-encroachment drive.Describing the killing of Shaila Bala Sharma as "extremely serious", a bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta directed that the matter be placed before Chief Justice Dipak Misra for its listing before an appropriate bench on Thursday.Sharma who had gone to Kasauli to supervise the demolition of unauth

The local unit of the ruling BJP has demanded special flights from Mumbai to cities such as Lucknow, Patna, Gorakhpur and Varanasi on the lines of the special trains, to cater to the increased travel demand during the summer season, a senior official said. A memorandum in this regard was given to civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu by the party during his visit to the city last week, who has asked the ministry officials to look into the demand, Mumbai BJP general secretary Amarjeet Mishra said

Nitish Kumar. File picBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Wednesday his government is working to make all buildings earthquake-resistant in the state as it is prone to natural disasters.
He made the statement while laying the foundation stone for the 'Bihar Sadan' in Dwarka here. It will become the state's third guest house in the national capital after 'Bihar Bhawan' and 'Bihar Niwas'.Kumar said buildings based on modern techniques have been coming up in the state for the last few years

Representational PictureTwo women drug dealers were arrestedin Kolkata and heroin worth Rs 1 lakh seized from them, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.Acting on a tip off by the Narcotic Cell of the city police department, officers conducted a surprise raid at a house in central Kolkata's Muchipara area on Tuesday morning and arrested the two with around 112 grams of heroin."Two notorious drug dealers named Mamata Sheikh and Shymali Sikari alias Beauty were arrested by on Tuesday morning

Representational PictureA young man committed suicide on Wednesday in tamil Nadu after being upset over his father's drinking habit. the young man hung himself to death in Tirunelvelli district of Tamil Nadu, police said.In his suicide note, M. Dinesh, 18, said that he was upset over his father Madasamy's alcoholism and pleaded with him to quit drinking but to no avail, putting the family in financial distress. Dinesh said his father should not participate in his funeral.The young man also wrote

Ukraine International Airlines plans to operate daily flights between the national capital and Ukraine's capital Kiev from next year, a senior airline official said on Wednesday. A privately-owned carrier, Ukraine International has started operating non-stop flight between the two cities from May 1.
Currently, the flight is being operated thrice a week.The airline plans to operate daily flights between the two cities from next year, its Director Sales (Commercial Department) Anton Mattis said at

Raids were conducted at different locations in the Diamond Harbour police district after 20 tonnes of rotten meat, suspected to be of dead animals, was seized in Kolkata, a senior official said on Wednesday. The raids were also conducted in other areas of South 24 Parganas district, North 24 Parganas as well as in other parts of the city, said a member of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the state government to investigate the incident.Reports of the chemical tests are awaited as o