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Haryana IAS officer held for taking bribe sent to 1-day police remand

Panchkula, Oct 13, 2023: Haryana IAS officer Jaibir Singh Arya, Managing Director (MD) of the Haryana State Warehousing Corporation (HSWC),was sent to one-day police remand in a case of alleged criminal conspiracy, extortion and accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh for a posting. A complaint was received that Arya had demanded a bribe of Rs 3 lakh from the complainant for posting 0f his wife Rinku, working as Assistant Manager, Quality Control, HSWC who was on childcare leave from April 4 to September 30. The ACB arrested Singh on Wednesday after a middleman allegedly accepted the bribe on his

CISF Assistant Commandant suspended for aiding gold smuggling at Karipur airport in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 13 (ANI): An Assistant commandant of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was suspended for allegedly facilitating gold smuggling at Karipur Airport in Kerala, an official statement issued by CISF said. According to Malappuram police, the accused CISF officer Naveen along with a customs official and an employee involved in handling luggage were co-conspirators. “Each time a consignment has been brought successfully they get Rs 60,000. Of this Rs 55,000 is given to the Assistant Commandant and he shares it with the customs officer,” police said. Police said that the three accused were using separate SIM

Drinking extra cup of sugar-less coffee per day could help with weight loss

New Delhi, Oct 13, 2023: Drinking extra cup of sugar-less coffee can reduce the risk of gaining weight over a four-year period – but beware, adding sugar is a no-no. However, adding “cream or non-dairy coffee whitener” did not have an effect either way, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has found it. Researchers from the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, collected data from three group studies. The research zeroed in on the relationship between coffee consumption habits and body weight changes during four-year increments. Participants in each study – Nurses’

Israel orders the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern part of Gaza, the UN says

JERUSALEM, Updated 9:35 AM GMT+5:30, October 13, 2023 (AP) — Israel military on Friday directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people — about half of the territory’s population — within 24 hours, a U.N. spokesman said. This could signal an impending ground offensive, though the Israeli military has not yet confirmed such an appeal. On Thursday it said that while it was preparing, a decision has not yet been made. The order, delivered to the U.N., comes as Israel presses an offensive against Hamas militants. U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric called the order

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