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A 44-year-old man was found hanging near his house at Bathery in Kerala, suspectedly due to unethical loan recovery tactics used by an instant loan app, police said on Saturday. The incident comes days after a family had died by suicide at Kochi, allegedly due to similar tactics used by an instant loan app. Bathery resident Ajayraj was found hanging near his house on September 15, police said. "He was found missing from September 14. The locals and family found his body near his house on Friday. We are examining his phone," a police official told PTI. "It seems like he owes Rs 5,000 to the app, according to initial investigation," police said. Some of his friends and relatives have also received threatening and obscene images, they added. On September 12, Varappuzha residents Nijo, 40, his wife Shilpa, 30, and their children, Able, 8 and Aaron, 6, were found dead by their family members at their residence near Kochi. Their relatives have lodged a complaint wi...

The first meeting of the reconstituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) will be held on Saturday to evolve a strategy for the upcoming assembly polls in five states and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, and also to send out a message that the party would go all-out to dislodge the BRS government in Telangana. The brainstorming of the Congress top brass during the meeting would prove to a "game changer" and a "transformative moment" for Telangana politics and the grand old party, leaders said. Announcing the plans for the meeting of the CWC to be chaired by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, general secretaries K C Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh said this is for the first time in many years that the top decision-making body of the Congress will hold deliberations for three days outside Delhi. Venugopal announced that the CWC will meet at 2.30 PM on Saturday and will deliberate on the strategy for the upcoming assembly elections and Lok Sabha polls. He expressed confidence t...

नई दिल्ली: पूर्व मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त एसवाई क़ुरैशी ने कहा कि संविधान में लिखा था कि चुनाव आयुक्त की नियुक्ति के लिए सरकार को कानून बनना चाहिए, जो 70 साल में कानून नहीं बना था. इसलिए सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने कहा कि सरकार को कानून बनना चाहिए. सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने अंतिम व्यवस्था के तहत कॉलेजियम बनाने को कहा, जिसमें प्रधानमंत्री, लोकसभा में विपक्ष के नेता और सुप्रीम कोर्ट के मुख्य न्यायाधीश शामिल हो. लेकिन सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने ऐसा नहीं कहा कि आप नए कानून में कॉलेजियम व्यवस्था को डालिए. उन्होंने कहा कि हालांकि जो आत्मा सुप्रीम कोर्ट के जजमेंट की थी कि सरकार यूनिलैटरल अपॉइंटमेंट ना करें. उस पर उंगली उठ सकती है. चुनाव आयुक्त की नियुक्ति के लिए बिल में प्रस्तावित सिलेक्शन कमेटी का जो प्रस्ताव है, उसमें प्रधानमंत्री और कैबिनेट मंत्री हमेशा एक तरफ रहेंगे और विपक्ष के नेता तो हमेशा के लिए आउट वोट हो जाएगा. एसवाई क़ुरैशी ने कहा कि सुप्रीम कोर्ट के मुख्य न्यायाधीश कई कॉलेजियम के हिस्सा हैं. इसमें भी अगर वह बने रहते तो और अच्छा था. तीसरा मेंबर सिलेक्शन कमिटी का स्वतंत्र होना चाहिए. आप किसी पूर्व सुप्रीम कोर्ट...

A judge of the Bombay High Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct an inquiry into a letter which claimed that she showed undue favour to an accused. Justice Bharati Dangre on Thursday recused herself from the case before her, but said such "disgruntled elements" which make an accusation against a judge and "walk away" without waiting for the consequences of their "intimidating action". An application made by Suresh Khemani, an accused in a CBI case, had been listed before her after the earlier judge had recused or withdrawn from the case. Justice Dangare said that a person named Hiten Takkar sent her a letter last week suggesting that "some favour or benevolence was either done or attempted to be done in favour of the applicant (Khemani) on some monetary terms" and the interim relief granted to him was continued illegally. She should dismiss the plea and make the accused face a trial, the letter demanded. She wa...

British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis wished Indians on the occasion of Hindi Diwas and shared his five favourite words in the language. "From my very patient Hindi teachers to everyone else on X who has been so supportive, thank you! Mere paanch pasandida Hindi shabd (My five favourite Hindi words)," Ellis posted on X. The words on Mr Ellis's list are adrak (ginger), lena-dena (give and take), jugaad (makeshifter), khushboo (fragrance), and gapshap (gossip). From my very patient Hindi teachers to everyone else on X who has been so supportive, thank you! मेरे पाँच पसंदीदा हिन्दी शब्द #हिंदी_दिवस pic.twitter.com/PuXnbY8Hiz — Alex Ellis (@AlexWEllis) September 14, 2023 Earlier in the day, PM Modi also wished Indians on the occasion and said that Hindi will continue to "strengthen the thread of national unity and goodwill". "Best wishes to all my family members on Hindi Diwas. I wish that the Hindi language will continue to strengthen ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told the Delhi High Court that lawful interception-related records are categorised as highly classified documents and minimal data is maintained for them. Responding to a petition about the disclosure of information on state-sponsored electronic surveillance under the Right To Information (RTI) Act, the union ministry said the Cyber and Information Security (CIS) Division does not maintain any statistical data related to lawful interception and monitoring as such records are not required for any functional purpose. Seeking dismissal of the petition, it said the relevant acts and rules are in the public domain and petitioner Apar Gupta must be aware that all records pertaining to lawful interception are destroyed every six months by the MHA after reviewing directions by a committee and if not required for any functional requirement. "It is submitted that the lawful interception and monitoring is carried out by the authorised law enforcement age...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given a rousing welcome at the BJP headquarters on Wednesday evening following the successful G20 meeting under India's presidency, as he arrived in New Delhi to attend the party's central election committee meeting. #WATCH | Top BJP leaders welcome PM Modi on his arrival at the party headquarters in Delhi The PM is visiting the BJP headquarters for the first time after the completion of the G20 summit pic.twitter.com/OwntmkqKDE — ANI (@ANI) September 13, 2023 CEC members, including Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh besides party president JP Nadda, lined up at the party office in the national capital to receive Modi who was showered with flower petals by the cheering supporters gathered there in large numbers. This was the prime minister's first visit to the BJP headquarters after the G20 Summit, which was largely seen as hugely successful with his leadership drawing praise from world leaders. The BJP has often highlighte...