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Teen abducted & gang-raped for 5 days in Andhra, suspects include 3 minors

A 16-year-old was allegedly locked in a room and raped for days before she escaped from her abductors in Andhra Pradesh's Ongole.

Air India commander Rohit Bhasin suspended for allegedly shoplifting a wallet in Sydney

The incident allegedly took place on 22 June, and Captain Rohit Bhasin, who comes from a family of commanders, has been placed on suspension pending inquiry.

India rejects US report on its religious freedom, says it has no locus standi

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar refuted the report's findings by saying religious freedom of minorities is guaranteed by the Constitution of India.

After IRS, Modi govt wants to forcibly retire IAS, IPS officers, review tainted ones monthly

The Narendra Modi government has also asked all ministries and public sector units to recommend names of officers every month for premature retirement.

Modi govt directs banks, PSUs to review employees for corruption, non-performance

Starting 15 July, the Personnel Ministry has asked banks and PSUs to send in a report on the reviews to the Centre every month.

GST Council led by Nirmala Sitharaman will consider 5% tax reduction on e-vehicles

The first GST Council meet under Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will also consider a couple of anti-evasion steps.

President Kovind outlines Modi govt’s 3-year goal — 2 crore new homes in villages

President Kovind said women are being given priority in the registration of houses being built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in the rural areas.

In President’s address, cheer for Rafale and hint of a law on nikah halala, NRC expansion

This is the second time this year that President Ram Nath Kovind has mentioned the controversial Rafale fighter jets in an address to Parliament.

Polls won but Modi govt won’t stop pushing its rural schemes, now plans to raise the pitch

Through the campaign, the Modi govt is not only looking to unify its schemes under one umbrella, but also to clear misconceptions among the ‘target audience’.

‘Spurious criticism’ — PM’s economic council rebuts Arvind Subramanian’s GDP claim

The main contributors of the PM-EAC report are economists Bibek Debroy, Rathin Roy, Surjit Bhalla, Charan Singh and Arvind Vimani.

On Camera

You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?