Indian Sub-continent

Kolkata, Jul 5 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday called the Union Budget "completely visionless" which will increase the sufferings of the common people.

Allahabad, Jul 5 (PTI) BJP leader Jaya Prada Friday filed a petition before the Allahabad High Court, challenging the election of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan from the Rampur parliamentary constituency.

Jaya Prada alleged in the petition that at the time of his election, Azam Khan held the post of the Chancellor of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, which was an office of profit.

She also alleged that Azam Khan made religious appeals to get votes.

New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) In a sudden move, the government on Friday removed CBI Additional Director M Nageswar Rao and posted him as a Director General Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guard.

A 1986-batch IPS officer from Odisha cadre, Rao held the position of interim chief of the CBI twice.

According to an official order, he was removed from the post of CBI additional director and posted as a Director General Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guard.

New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) A school principal was arrested in southeast Delhi's Jasola area for allegedly raping a teacher, police said Friday.

A case was registered in this regard after the woman approached the Sarita Vihar police station, alleging she was raped by the school principal, they said.

In her complaint, the woman alleged that she was first assaulted by the principal in June 2017 when he called her to take extra classes after school hours, police said.

Kanpur: Expressing annoyance at non-functional two motors and electronic panels of 5 MLD Wazidpur STP during his inspection here on Friday, the Principal Secretary (Urban Development) Manoj Singh directed the officials to make its function in accordance with the set standard.

As the new 20 MLD common effluent treatment plant to cleanse tannery's polluted water prior to falling into the Ganga river has to be constructed, he maintained that the old STP should be repaired and new unit should be established on the open space available on the campus. 

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Friday proposed heavy investments in infrastructure, the digital economy and job creation to lift a sluggish economy burdened with a 45-year-high unemployment rate of 6.1%.

Unveiling a draft budget after a major victory in national elections, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sitharaman proposed a bigger role for foreign direct investment in aviation, media and insurance.

ISLAMABAD, Jul 5 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday stressed the need for Pakistan and Iran to take concrete measures against smuggling and ensure more business opportunities for the people residing along the border.

Talking to Iranian Minister for Industry, Mines and Trade Reza Rehmani here at the PM Office, the Prime Minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to strengthen relations with Iran in diverse fields including people-to-people exchanges.

Srinagar, Jul 5; PTI/GANASHAKTI: Peoples United Front -- an alliance between the parties of bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal and former MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid --  Friday staged a sit-in here to protest the ban on civilian traffic on a stretch of Srinagar-Jammu national highway for over five hours a day during Amarnath yatra.

Srinagar, July 5: A Kashmiri has been killed in an alleged encounter with Indian security in Shopian district of Indian administered Kashmir, an Indian official said.

The Indian security forces' spokesperson alleged that a cordon and search operation was underway in the area following information about presence of Kashmiri separatist.

Lucknow, July 4 P; IANS/GANASHAKTI: Allahabad High Court judge Rangnath Pandey who wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging 'favouritism, nepotism and casteism in the appointment of judges, was not given the customary farewell party when he retired on Thursday.

The farewell party, known as full court reference in the legal parlance, which was scheduled to be held in the Chief Justice's Court at 3.45 p.m. was cancelled at the last minute due to unforeseen circumstances.