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Chinese among 3 arrested for spying
The special cell of Delhi Police has arrested a Chinese woman and a Nepalese man, besides freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma, and claimed to have busted an espionage ring. All three have been booked under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) for allegedly passing sensitive information to Chinese intelligence.
9 of al-Qaida cell plotting hits held
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday busted a “Pakistan-sponsored, al-Qaida module” operating out of West Bengal and Kerala, arresting nine persons for planning to carry out terrorist strikes in India “in the near future” with sophisticated weapons “arranged” by an al-Qaida handler, Hamza, based in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Govt, oppn agree to cut short Parl session
In the wake of some Union ministers and MPs testing positive for Covid-19 following the commencement of the monsoon session of Parliament, opposition parties and the government on Saturday arrived at a consensus to curtail the scheduled session after passage of important bills.
Trump backs TikTok deal with Oracle, Walmart
US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House he backs the deal with Oracle and Walmart that would see the creation of a new company that will assume TikTok's US operations. Trump said the new TikTok company will be "totally controlled by Oracle and Walmart.... All of the control is Oracle and Walmart."
Anurag: Got calls; told me stay quiet
After Payal Ghosh accused Anurag Kashyap of sexual harassment, the filmmaker to his Twitter account and called the allegations "baseless". While denying the accusations in a series of tweets, he also took an indirect dig at Kangana Ranaut and said, "Wow, it took so long in the attempt to silence me. It's ok. In the attempt to silence me, you dragged several other women despite being a woman yourself. Have some limit, Madam."
17% of teaching posts in govt schools vacant
A total of 17.1% of the teaching posts in government schools are lying vacant at present. In terms of absolute number, the largest vacancies are in Bihar (2.7 lakh) followed by Uttar Pradesh (2.1 lakh). Percentage-wise Sikkim with 57.5% vacancies has the highest vacancies, followed by Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Farm bills: TRS joins oppn; govt still confident
Amid determined resistance to the three farm sector-related bills by Congress and others, government managers remained confident of the passage in the Rajya Sabha on Sunday of the troika of legislations aimed at liberalising trade in agricultural commodities.
Govt presses ahead on labour reforms
The government on Saturday introduced three new Bills to amend and consolidate labour laws with an eye on expanding the social security net to include migrant and gig economy workers, while also seeking to provide greater flexibility to businesses to hire and fire employees.
NCERT officials involved in book piracy?
Documents, internal inquiry reports of the NCERT submitted to the ministry of education (MoE), transcripts of phone conversation, and messages (copies of which are with the TOI) reveal that the council sat on a whistleblower’s alert for five days. It initiated action only after the intervention of secretary of MoE (then called HRD ministry).
Payal: Have no proof but it happened with me
Payal Ghosh has been the talk of the town ever since the clock struck 7 pm on Saturday, September 19. Payal has accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of behaving inappropriately with her in a video that went viral. She maintained her stance when we spoke to her a few minutes back.
'Baseless': Kashyap on sexual abuse allegations
Anurag Kashyap took to his Twitter to respond to Payal Ghosh's sexual harassment accusations against him. Calling them baseless, he wrote, "क्या बात है , इतना समय ले लिया मुझे चुप करवाने की कोशिश में । चलो कोई नहीं ।मुझे चुप कराते कराते इतना झूठ बोल गए की औरत होते हुए दूसरी औरतों को भी संग घसीट लिया। थोड़ी तो मर्यादा रखिए मैडम। बस यही कहूँगा की जो भी आरोप हैं आपके सब बेबुनियाद हैं ।१/४"
Anurag responds to sexual abuse accusations
Anurag Kashyap took to his Twitter to respond to Payal Ghosh's sexual harassment accusations against him. Calling them baseless, he wrote, "क्या बात है , इतना समय ले लिया मुझे चुप करवाने की कोशिश में । चलो कोई नहीं ।मुझे चुप कराते कराते इतना झूठ बोल गए की औरत होते हुए दूसरी औरतों को भी संग घसीट लिया। थोड़ी तो मर्यादा रखिए मैडम। बस यही कहूँगा की जो भी आरोप हैं आपके सब बेबुनियाद हैं ।१/४"
