Melbourne, July 9 (IANS) Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “true friend of Australia”, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday said that it was an honour to host the Indian leader as he welcomed him to packed Marvel Stadium in Melbourne during an Indian community event. The Australian PM admitted that the stadium has hosted many memorable events over the years, but none more significant than the Indian community gathering.Addressing the massive Indian community gatherin…

Patna, July 9 (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday exuded confidence over retaining the Bankipur Assembly seat in the upcoming bypoll in Bihar, asserting that its BJP candidate, Abhishek Kumar Bunty, would register a comfortable victory.NDA leaders also welcomed the decision of Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor to contest the election, saying it was good that he had entered the electoral fray himself.Speaking to reporters after the filing of Abhishek Kumar Bunty’s nominatio…

Pune, July 9 (IANS) Rescue teams recovered one body from the debris of the building that collapsed at a waste management plant in Pimpri Chinchwad near Pune on Thursday, while nine people have been rescued so far as multi-agency teams continued intensive search operations to trace those still trapped beneath the rubble, officials said. The three-storey structure, situated above a waste-to-energy plant at Moshi, came crashing down on Wednesday afternoon after a massive mound of legacy waste colla…

Bengaluru, July 9 (IANS) Four police officers, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP), have secured relief in the high-profile Bitcoin case after the Karnataka Home Department declined to grant prosecution sanction against them. This prompted the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) Special Investigation Team (SIT) to drop charges and file a ‘B’ report before the court, police confirmed on Thursday.The four officers are DySP Sridhar Pujar and Inspectors D.M. Prashanth Babu, Laks…

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it will pass an interim order protecting the personality and publicity rights of cricketer Abhishek Sharma in a suit seeking the removal of alleged unauthorised and objectionable online content that misuses his identity across digital platforms. A single-judge Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh issued summons in the suit and indicated that interim directions would be passed to remove and take down the infringing links identified by the pl…

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has dealt a major blow to India’s largest illegal online betting syndicate by filing 11 fresh charge sheets in the high-profile Mahadev App gambling case. The development marks a significant escalation in the probe into the multi-crore racket allegedly run from abroad.In one set of cases, the CBI filed six charge sheets against six accused, Ashim Das, Rohit Gulati, Vikas Chhaparia, Anil Dhammani, Vishal Ahuja, and Dheeraj Ahuja, …

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Cyber Police Station of Delhi’s North-East District on Thursday has busted a fraudulent call centre allegedly involved in duping people by posing as bank representatives and has arrested/apprehended six accused in connection with a credit card fraud worth Rs 1.31 lakh. According to police, an e-FIR (No. 114/2026) under Sections 318(4) and 319(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered at PS Cyber, North-East District, based on a complaint filed on the Nat…

Shimla, July 9 (IANS) Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, J.P. Nadda will lay the foundation stone of the ICMR Centre for High Altitude Medicine and Public Health Research in Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh on July 11, government officials said on Thursday. The centre, being set up by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, will upgrade ICMR’s existing field station in Keylong into a full-fledged, multidisciplin…

Patna, July 9 (IANS) Political activity has intensified ahead of the Bankipur Assembly by-election in Bihar, with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) projecting a united front in support of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Abhishek Kumar. Addressing the media in Patna on Thursday, Janata Dal-United National Working President Sanjay Jha said that there was no ambiguity within the alliance over the candidature and asserted that all NDA constituents would campaign together for the BJP nomi…

Massachusetts, July 9 (IANS) France’s pursuit of a third successive FIFA World Cup semifinal faces a stern challenge when they meet Morocco in the quarterfinals at Gillette Stadium on Thursday, with both sides eyeing a place among the tournament’s final four.The fixture rekindles memories of their meeting at the 2022 World Cup, where France ended Morocco’s historic run with a 2-0 victory before progressing to the final. Four years on, however, the North African side arrives as a more mature and …