Nepal has banned all Indian news channels, except DD News, for alleged propaganda against the country.

Reports say that Nepal cable operators have stopped getting signals of Indian news channels.

A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers will arrive in Tamil Nadu's Madurai on Friday to take over investigations into the father-son custodial death case, the counsel for the agency informed the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday.

The CBI counsel also added that the agency had sought all necessary facilities from the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary for the investigation into the case.

Even as worries grow over Kuwait's expat bill that can force out lakhs of Indian workers from the country, India has discussed the matter with the country highlighting the well regarded role of Indians.

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said on Thursday that the government is closely following the developments.

A day after he was caught by the Ujjain Police in Madhya Pradesh, UP gangster Vikas Dubey has been killed in an encounter by the UP Police.

He was being brought back to Kanpur from Ujjain when one of the vehicles of the convoy of Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) overturned. According to sources quoted by news agency ANI, Dubey attempted to flee after the car overturned. Shots were fired and he was rushed to a hospital. However, the doctors declared him dead on arrival.

United Airlines will send layoff warnings to 36,000 employees - nearly half its US staff - in the clearest signal yet of how deeply the virus outbreak is hurting the airline industry.

The outlook for a recovery in air travel has dimmed in just the past two weeks, as infection rates rise in much of the US and some states imposed new quarantine requirements.

Veteran actor Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri, popularly known by his stage name Jagdeep, passed away at the age of 81 on Wednesday.

He is survived by his two sons Jaaved Jaaferi and Naved Jafri.

In his career of more than six decades, Jagdeep acted in over 400 films and was a part of several hit Hindi films including 1975 blockbuster Sholay in which he played the character of Soorma Bhopali.

Gold prices on Thursday jumped to Rs 48,700 from Rs 48,450 per 10 gram, while silver climbed to Rs 50,020 from Rs 49,200 per kilogram, according to Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery prices vary across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making charges.

Shares of IRB Infrastructure Developers gained 3 per cent and hit a 52-week high of Rs 121.50 on the BSE on Thursday on expectations that earnings may improve going forward as road traffic reaches over 80 per cent of pre-Covid level.

The stock of the company, which is the largest private roads and highways infrastructure developer in India, has surpassed its previous 52-week high of Rs 119.70 touched on January 21, 2020.

After days of intensified manhunt, the Uttar Pradesh Police has managed to nab gangster Vikas Dubey, news agency ANI quoted sources as saying.

It is being said that he was nabbed from Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain on Thursday where he had gone to offer prayers at the Mahakaal temple. He was detained by the guard.

As police intensifies the manhunt to nab Uttar Pradesh Gangster Vikas Dubey, another close aide of him, identified as Ranbir alias Babban Shukla was shot dead in an encounter on Thursday morning. He had a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head.

He was killed by a joint team of UP Police and Special Task Force (STF) in Etawah.

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