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North Korea on Tuesday blew up sections of the deeply symbolic roads connecting it to the South, Seoul’s military said, adding it had conducted a “counter-fire” operation in response. Pyongyang’s military last week vowed to permanently seal its southern border after spending months laying mines and building anti-tank barriers in the wake of leader Kim Jong Un’s declaring the South his country’s “principal enemy”. Last week, North Korea accused Seoul of using drones to drop anti-regime propaganda leaflets on the capital Pyongyang, with Kim convening a security meeting to direct a plan of “immediate military action” in response, state media reported Tuesday. “North Korean has detonated parts of the Gyeongui and Donghae roads north of… Read More »North Korea Blows Up Roads Connecting It To The South

<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered its judgment giving the reasons for allowing MBBS admission for a candidate with 40-45% speech and language disability. The top court said that the mere existence of a benchmark disability is not a reason to bar a person from pursuing medical education unless there is a report by the disability assessment board which states that the said candidate is incapacitated from studying the MBBS course.</p> <p>On September 18, the bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan passed an order allowing the petitioner with 40-45% speech and language disability to take MBBS admission.</p> <p>The top court said that the mere existence of benchmark disability will not disentitle a candidate… Read More »‘Mere Benchmark Disability Won’t Disqualify MBBS Candidate’: Supreme Court Asks NMC To Revise Rules

A day after he was given a send-off by his colleagues, including the Kannur District Collector, from the north Kerala district, Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Naveen Babu was found dead at his quarters in Pallikunnu here on Tuesday. Police said Babu, who was supposed to return to his home district of Pathanamthitta a day earlier to take charge as ADM there, was found hanging in his quarters on Tuesday morning. At his farewell ceremony, Babu faced allegations of wrongdoing from District Panchayat president P P Divya, who reportedly attended the event without an official invitation. The District Panchayat president, belonging to the ruling CPI(M), criticised the ADM for delaying the approval of a petrol pump… Read More »Kerala Official Found Dead After His Farewell, Was Accused Of Wrongdoing

<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the ongoing Panchayat elections in the state of Punjab. The bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud agreed to list the matter and hear the petitioners but refused to provide an interim stay on the Panchayat elections.&nbsp;</p> <p>CJI Chandrachud said that in a democracy, courts should not be staying elections. The bench agreed to list the pleas, but refused to provide an interim stay, observing that the polling has allready been started and the court cannot stay an ongoing elections.</p> <p>The matter came up when a counsel sought an urgent listing of the challenge to irregularities in the Punjab Gram Panchayat Elections.</p> <p>The bench… Read More »‘Courts Should Not Be Staying Elections In Democracy’: SC Refuses To Stay Punjab Panchayat Polls

The box office collections of Alia Bhatt’s latest film Jigra saw a dip on Monday. The film crossed the ₹15 crore mark in its opening weekend but failed to maintain the pace. Jigra minted ₹1.5 crore on Monday, as per a report by Sacnilk. The film recorded a 10.35% overall Hindi occupancy. With this, the crime fiction drama has now accumulated a total of ₹18.10 crore. Directed by Vasan Bala, Jigra features Alia Bhatt as Satya Anand and Vedang Raina as her brother Ankur Anand. The plot centres on Satya, who is a devoted sister. She is determined to rescue her brother Ankur from a foreign jail, where he has been framed for a crime… Read More »Jigra Box Office Collection Day 4: Alia Bhatt’s Film Mints Less Than Rs 2 Crore On Its First Monday