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The power ministry is considering making the default temperature setting for air conditioners 24 degree Celsius. Power Minister R K Singh, during a meeting on Friday, said the mandate will benefit consumers, both from a health and financial point of view.

In course of the probe, the ED has arrested four persons including Jajodia, CA and tax consultant of Geodesic Limited (GL) Prashant Mulekar, an alumnus of IIM-Lucknow, Kiran Kulkarni, the firm’s managing director and its chairman Pankaj Srivastava.

Laddi had won Shahkot bye-election on May 31. Congress managed to win this seat only for the second time and that too with the highest margin ever since 1977.

The new city is likely to be spread across at least 50,000 hectares, which is larger than Chandigarh (11,400 hectares) but smaller than Gurgaon (73,200 hectares).

West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had announced that his party intended to unite all non-TMC, non-BJP parties in the state. He said a decision had been taken after a meeting with all Congress MLAs and district leaders.

One month after the Panama Papers revelations, Mardi Gras Holdings was placed on a list of 69 entities — mostly set up by Indian clients — that was sent on May 3, 2016, by BVI’s Financial Investigation Agency (FIA) to Mossack Fonseca for detailed information.

A senior officer said, “As chargesheet was filed on supervision report of then Patna-City DSP Harimohan Shukla, the I-G would also speak with him (Shukla).”

Before the price cut, the spokesperson said, the company sold about 30-35 lakh units of the drug on average every month. But as the shortage continues, doctors said parents have been forced to break the adult dosage ampule of 40 mg to give the 2mg dose for babies.

In what is the first acknowledgement of possible IS presence in the region, J&K Police claimed that the militants killed in Anantnag were associated with the ISJK.

In October last year, an Italian court ordered Gerosa’s release while citing the absence of an extradition treaty between the two countries.

Asked how he would like his tenure in the Supreme Court to be remembered, Justice Chelameswar said, “It gave me an opportunity to deal with momentous issues."

Dinu Alex, a private firm employee in Kottayam, was reportedly a die-hard fan of the football star and had purchased a jersey of Messi before the high-voltage match.

“We have instructed them to prevent incidents of communal violence. We have stated that stringent action should be taken against those involved in communal violence irrespective of caste or community."

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who had earlier visited the ailing leader, said: “Sumbrai was the torch-bearer of Gandhian principles and an important leader of the Jharkhand movement. The void in Jharkhand’s politics left by him can never be fulfilled."

The visit comes just days after Faure announced that a joint project with New Delhi to develop a naval base on Assumption Island would not move forward.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (Vadodara City) S G Patil said that the prime suspect had called police to the school two days ago after a teacher scolded him for not bringing a book to class.

Since the incident, Hapur police have arrested two residents of Baghera Khurd village on charges of murder, attempt to murder and rioting. The arrest followed an FIR registered on the basis of Samiuddin’s brother Yasin’s complaint.

The women were taken to the woods in nearby Loboda on Tuesday, and raped there, the police have said.

The division bench of Justices K Vinod Chandran and Ashok Menon was hearing the petition of a Kozhikode-based Hindu woman seeking protection from her husband, who she had earlier eloped with against her parent’s wishes.