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TORONTO: Yet another attempt is being made by separatists whose mischievous intentions have failed time and again to create unnecessary unrest and tensions among the Indo-Canadians in general and the Sikh community in particular by calling for a Khalistan referendum which is being held in Brampton, Ontario, Canada on September 18th.

Malkangiri: Over 700 active Naxals surrendered before the Malkangiri police and BSF at Andrahal BSF camp, said the officials on Saturday.

In a bizarre incident, there was a ruckus at Chandigarh University in Mohali, Punjab at 2.30 pm on 17th September when a female student sent nude videos of over 60 female students taking baths in the girls' hostel to a young man. He then uploaded those videos on social media to make them viral. However, the police say that the accused student had made the same video.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) approached a Delhi court on Saturday seeking to have Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav's bail grant revoked, for allegedly threatening officers of the investigative agency.

The cow is a living heritage not just of Hindus but of humanity. In world traditions, the cow stands for fertility, prosperity, and life, and is often called the mother-ancestor, perhaps for being the first mammal to be domesticated by man. She has an aura of holiness and of mystical power, despite being raised as livestock for meat in present times. A foreign scholar once pointed out that during a famine, ‘the cow is far more useful as a creature that can produce limitless amount of milk, than as a dead beast that would provide meat for a limited period only.’ In the Norwegian tradition, Audumla, the primordial milch cow fed the six-headed son of Aurgelmir, the progenitor of Gigantes.

New Delhi [India], September 15: In a major development, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday lauded the tripartite peace accord signed between the Centre and Assam governments with eight tribal outfits of state and said more than 1100 persons of the Adivasi outfits are surrendering arms and joining the mainstream today.

A repeat of the Palghar sadhu massacre incident was narrowly avoided in Sangli. Mistaking it for a gang of thieves abducting children, four sadhus were brutally beaten. The incident took place at Lavanga in Jat taluka of Sangli. 

Drug abuse is a global phenomenon, affecting almost every country, but its extent and characteristics differ from region to region. India too is caught in this vicious circle of drug abuse, and the numbers of drug addicts are increasing day by day. The bane of drug abuse in Punjab has acquired the proportions of a pestilence that has shaken the entire society in the state. It is observed that in Punjab “drug abuse” is a raging epidemic, especially among the young.

New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): The Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi VK Saxena has approved the proposal to forward a complaint to the CBI about the alleged irregularities in the procurement of 1,000 low-floor buses by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC).

Indian and Chinese troops have begun disengaging at Patrolling Pillar (15) in the Gogra-Hotspring region of Eastern Ladakh, the government said. Forces of the two countries have been locked in a confrontational position in the area since April 2020.