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New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI) The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has busted a fake visa racket and arrested six people, officials said on Tuesday.

Equipments used for preparation of fake visas of different countries, especially European nations, were also recovered, they said.

A total of 225 passports and large number of fake visa stickers were recovered, police said.

New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday requested Asaduddin Owaisi, president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, to accept Z category security offered by the government after a recent attack on his car.

Making a statement in Rajya Sabha, Shah said that a government assessment has found that Owaisi still faces security threat, but he has been informed that the Hyderabad MP has refused to take the CRPF protection.

New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, who is currently a political science professor at Savitribai Phule University, has been appointed as the VC of Jawaharlal Nehru University, according to Ministry of Education officials.

Pandit will be the first woman Vice Chancellor of JNU.

"Her appointment is for a period of five years," a senior MoE official said.

New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) The Supreme Court has set aside an order for detention of a Jabalpur man accused of procuring fake Remdesivir injections during the second wave of COVID-19.

A bench of justices D Y Chandrachud and Dinesh Maheshwari said the failure of the central and the Madhya Pradesh governments to communicate the rejection of the representation of the accused in a time bound manner vitiates the order of detention.

New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI) A tribunal set up under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on Friday directed Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) trustee Zakir Naik, who is absconding, to file a fresh vakalatnama through the Indian embassy in Malaysia after the verification of his signatures.

The tribunal was conducting proceedings to consider the Centre's decision to declare the IRF as an unlawful association.

A vakalatnama is the document empowering a lawyer to act for and on behalf of his client.

New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) At least two Lok Sabha members lauded Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks on centralisation of power under the BJP government, contending that he had accurately reflected the pulse of the people of the country.

New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI) India has offered a one-year training programme for around 80 Afghan cadets following completion of their courses in various Indian military academies.

The Afghan embassy in India welcomed the offer considering the uncertain future facing the young cadets in view of the prevailing situation in Afghanistan.

The Afghan cadets will be given training under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC) of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI) Expressing concern over the killing of civilians in Nagaland last year, NPP MP Agatha Sangama on Friday demanded that the Centre should repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from the Northeastern states.

The Meghalaya MP raised the issue of repeal of AFPSA while participating in the discussion on Motion of Thanks to President's Address.

Sangma said the repeal of AFPSA from the Northeast would help in preventing the "unfortunate incident" which occurred last year.

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) The government has increased the agricultural credit target to Rs 18 lakh crore for the 2022-23 fiscal from Rs 16.50 lakh crore for the current fiscal, a senior Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.

The official was briefing reporters about the Budget proposals in the presence of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here.

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) The Supreme Court Tuesday allowed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, who is facing allegations in criminal cases which are being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), to travel abroad later this month.

A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said the applicant is allowed to travel abroad on the same terms and conditions as imposed earlier by the court and he shall comply with all the formalities referred to in that order.