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ED officer ‘caught red-handed’ while taking bribe Rs 20 lakh

Chennai, Dec 1 (PTI) an ED officer was ‘caught red-handed’ and arrested by vigilance sleuths for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from a doctor, police sources said here on Friday. After he was taken into custody in Dindigul, a team of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) officials held ‘enquiries’ at the sub-zone ED office in Madurai, with state policemen standing guard outside the central government office. Sources in the DVAC, a special anti-corruption unit of the Tamil Nadu police, said ‘searches’ were held in a premises linked to the accused. After the arrival of

How alleged India plots to kill Sikh separatists in the US and Canada unfolded

NEW YORK/NEW DELHI, Dec 1 (Reuters) – The alleged plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on U.S. soil began in May, with a text message between what the American indictment says was an Indian security official and an alleged drugs trafficker. “Save my name,” the official wrote to a man named Nikhil Gupta over an encrypted messaging application on May 6, according to U.S. prosecutors. The official told Gupta – who the prosecutors described as an Indian national involved in drugs and weapons trafficking – about a “target” in New York. The official wanted Gupta to orchestrate the target’s murder,

Abnormally high levels of HDL-C (> 80 mg/dL) are linked to increased risk of dementia in older adults: Study

California [US], December 1 (ANI): An increased risk of dementia in older persons has been linked to abnormally high levels of HDL-C, also referred to as good cholesterol, according to a Monash University-led study. Extremely high levels of HDL-C associated with dementia risk were unusual, unrelated to food, and more likely to be indicative of a metabolic condition, according to researchers. The results could aid medical professionals in identifying an elderly patient population that may be susceptible to dementia, especially those 75 years of age and above. One of the largest investigations on the relationship between elevated HDL-C levels and

INDIA bloc eyeing 13 of 14 LS seats from Jharkhand in 2024: Soren

Hemant Soren

Medininagar (Jharkhand), Dec 1 (PTI) INDIA bloc Chief Minister Hemant Soren has said the INDIA bloc hopes to win 13 of the 14 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from the state. He said his party, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), stood strongly behind the INDIA alliance formed with a view to preventing division of anti-BJP votes in the parliamentary elections next year. “We (INDIA bloc) have started preparations for the Lok Sabha elections. We hope to win 13 of the 14 seats in the state,” Soren said on Thursday. In 2019, the BJP-AJSU Party alliance had won 12

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