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Former chairman of Jet Airways Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal were denied permission to travel abroad Saturday by the immigration authority at Mumbai airport, sources said.

The couple was to travel by Dubai-bound Emirates flight EK 507 when the immigration authority denied them permission to fly, they said.

The checked in baggage, which was in the name of Anita Goyal, was also offloaded from the flight. The fli

Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda Saturday visited Surat to meet the bereaved kin of 22 students who were killed in a massive fire in a commercial complex in the city's Sarthana area, and claimed it was not an accident but "murder due to negligence of the administration".

Congress leader Hardik Patel too termed the incident as "murder" and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

Apart from Chavda, leader of the opposition in the state Assembly, Paresh Dhanani also visited the city Saturday morning and took part in the last rites of the deceased students.

Two Assam Rifles troopers were killed and four others were injured on Saturday after suspected militants ambushed their convoy near the Nagaland-Assam border, a defence spokesman said.

"The incident took place around 1 p.m. when some unidentified militants ambushed a convoy of the AR at a location between Ukha and Tobu village in Nagaland's Mon district. Two of the troopers killed while four others were injured," he said.

Deputy Commissioner of Mon, Thavaseelen K said that the incident took place at a place called Changlangshu. He said that the injured have been evacuated by air.

Hundreds of immigrant labourers in the USA who can't prove their legal status are being forced to quit after their employers received 'no-match letters' from the Social Security Administration (SSA), according to media reports.

'No-match letters' are sent out when the SSA detects discrepancies between its records and the information provided by employees on their W-2 tax forms. In some cases, however, the discrepancies could be due to administrative or date-entry errors.

The SSA announced earlier this year that it would resume the practice of sending 'no-match letters' to employers after a seven-year hiatus. Out of fear of being hit with federal sanctions, employers receiving the letters have chosen to do a "cleanup" of their labour forces, Efe news reported.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Saturday said the Sabarimala women's entry issue was not the reason for the ruling LDF's rout in Lok Sabha elections and claimed many voted for Congress expecting it to form the government at the Centre.

In his first media interaction after the CPI-M led LDF won only a lone seat out of the 20 in the state, the Marxist veteran also took a dig at Congress President Rahul Gandhi, saying the poll outcome showed why he chose Wayanad in Kerala as his second seat.

Accusing the BJP of doing well in the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal by spreading "communal poison", Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday charged the Election Commission with working in favour of the saffron party.

"I must say nothing is unfair in war and love. What BJP has done it has done to promote its interest. So I appreciate that they have won by spreading the poison of communalism.

"Winners are always winners. They have succeeded in their politics, we have not succeeded in our politics...ultimately, people believe in the results in a democracy," Banerjee said after an emergency meeting of her party

Six persons drowned while four were in a critical condition after their vehicle fell into a canal in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district on Saturday, police said.

Two families were going to Haridwar on a pilgrimage when the front tyre of their speeding SUV burst, leading to the driver losing control and the vehicle falling into the Upper Ganga Canal.

The incident occurred at around 8 a.m. when the 10 passengers and the driver met with the fatal accident. Passers-by informed the police and a rescue operation was launched immediately.

Mobile internet service was restored on Saturday in parts of Kashmir two days after it was suspended across the valley in the wake of killing of Zakir Rashid Bhat alias Zakir Musa, chief of an Al-Qaeda affiliate, in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district, officials said.

However, they said only low speed (2G) services have been restored.

Mobile internet was restored in Srinagar, Ganderbal, Budgam, Baramulla and Kulgam districts of the Kashmir Valley, the officials said.

They said the internet facility on mobile devices was restored in view of the improving situation.

The race to become Britain's next premier opened on Saturday with an array of hopefuls promising to succeed where Theresa May failed and finally pull the divided country out of the EU.

But European leaders insisted they had made their final offer during months or acrimonious negotiations that resulted in an unpopular compromise for which May ended up paying with her job.

The British prime minister's voice broke on the steps of her Downing Street office when she told Britons on Friday that she was quitting on June 7.

May is bowing out with her legacy in tatters and the country in agony over what to do about voters' decision in 2016 to abandon the European integration project after nearly 50 years.

Eight people died after carbon dioxide leaked in a cargo ship at Longyan Port in east China's Shandong province on Saturday.

Authorities in Rongcheng city said the accident happened around 4 p.m. in a Fujian-registered ship, Xinhua news agency reported.

The cause of the incident is under investigation.

A couple working as domestic helps at a trader's home died due to electrocution on Saturday, police said.

Chhote Lal Kannaujia (42) died when he came in contact with an electric wire while repairing a submersible pump at Laxman Patti area here under Gyanpur police station, they said.

Kannaujia's wife Parvati Devi (35) died while trying to save him, police inspector Chhavi Nath Singh said. Two pet dogs also died in the incident, he said.

Shaken out of stupor by the devastating fire in a coaching centre in a four-storey building that claimed 23 lives, all of Gujarat's eight municipal corporations and scores of municipalities on Saturday ordered shutdown of all coaching centres running in commercial complexes.

Officials said that the coaching centres had been ordered to put all fire safety norms in place, without which they would not be allowed to function.

The authorities started investigating fire safety norms in coaching classes, private hospitals and other buildings in various towns and cities of the state. Many of these buildings, including a reading library in capital Gandhinagar, were sealed, along with 40 coaching centres in Bharuch and as many others at several places.

Delhi Police: Jarnail Singh, a 40-year-old man arrested at Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station for posing as a Police/Customs official and extorting money from a businessman. 400 gram of extorted gold recovered from his possession.

After being routed by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha polls, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief and former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of marketing the army for election victory.

He said the BJP used the 'rastravad' (nationalism) to seek votes and the HAM had nothing to counter it with. "There was no reply to the NDA's 'rashtravad' poll plank. The Grand Alliance failed to counter it and that resulted in the unprecedented defeat," Manjhi said.

Cyril Ramaphosa, the head of the African National Congress, was sworn in for a five-year term as South Africa's president on Saturday after being elected unopposed by Parliament following the sixth general elections this month.

Ramaphosa, 66, swore allegiance to the Constitution in the presence of thousands of dignitaries and citizens at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in the capital, Pretoria - after being voted unopposed in a process overseen by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng as the country's leader in the National Assembly this week.

Several heads of state, former heads of state and heads of international and regional organisation attended the swearing in ceremony. It is the first time that a President's inauguration was open to the public and not just invited guests.

Bullet-riddled bodies of three missing children were recovered from a tube well in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Saturday morning, sending shock waves in the area.

The children, identified as Asma (8), Aliba (7) and Abdullah (8), had gone missing from outside their house on Friday evening.

On Saturday morning, the bodies of all three children were found in Dhaturi village, around 15 km from the spot where they were last seen.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress, said, “In a democracy winning or losing keep happening but providing leadership is a different matter. He gave a leadership, one which is visible - maybe less on TV but very evident among public. We've accepted our defeat but it was a defeat of numbers and not ideology.”

“In CWC meeting everyone unanimously told him (Rahul Gandhi) he did a good job. No one has a doubt on his leadership but situation was like that. If someone can lead the party in such situation. it's only Rahul Gandhi, if anyone can lead opposition, it's only Rahul Gandhi.”

Violent incidents were reported from across West Bengal on Saturday in which one person died and many were injured, officials said, as a face-off brewed between the ruling Trinamool Congress and a surging BJP after the Lok Sabha results were declared.

TMC alleged that a number of its party offices have either been taken over or vandalised by BJP workers.

Police sources said TMC workers were beaten up allegedly by BJP supporters in Coochbehar's Sitai, Titagarh in North 24 Parganas and New Town area near Kolkata.

A bomb threat has been issued to Periya Palli Vasal (mosque) near Seerkazhiin the district, following which security has been beefed up, police said on Saturday.

An anonymous letter saying the bomb would go off at the place of worship before this month-end was received by the police. A case has been registered a case and investigation has begun, the police said.

AK Antony, Congress said, “I don't agree that it was a disastrous performance, but we were not able to rise up to the expectations. Party will discuss this in details. Today we had only general discussions.”

A trekker died, another sustained injuries while four went missing in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district, an official said on Saturday.

The deceased trekker had been identified as Roopak from Kolkata, Kinnaur Deputy Commissioner (DC) Gopal Chand said. He died reportedly due to breathing issues at a high altitude

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday hoped that the Madhya Pradesh government will take swift action against suspected cow vigilantes for allegedly thrashing two persons.

Suspected cow vigilantes allegedly thrashed two persons in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni with sticks, accusing them of carrying beef, following which five accused have been arrested, police said on Saturday.

In a purported video clip of the incident, which has been widely circulated on social media, the five accused can be seen beating up the two men.

"Horrified to see cow vigilantes thrash an innocent muslim with such impunity in MP. Hope @OfficeOfKNath takes swift action against these goons," Mehbooba said in a tweet.

Commissioner of Police Surat, visits the site where a fire broke out at a coaching centre in Sarthana area of Surat yesterday. The incident claimed lives of 20, leaving more than 20 injured. Surat police has filed an FIR against 3 people.

A youth involved in the knife attack on YSR Congress Party President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at Visakhapatnam Airport in October last year was released on bail on Saturday.

J Srinivasa Rao alias Srinivas was released from Rajahmundry Central Jail, a day after NIA Special Court in Vijayawada granted him bail.

The youth told reporters after his release that he did not deliberately attack Jagan Reddy. He claimed that he met the YSRCP leader to discuss people's problems and the knife he was carrying accidentally hurt him.

A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, who was controversially released from jail, has claimed that a Tamil Nadu-based Islamic organisation had inspired the local Islamist extremist group NTJ for carrying out the country's worst terror attack on Easter Sunday.

Earlier this month, the Sri Lankan Army chief said that some of the suicide bombers visited Kashmir and Kerala for "some sorts of training" or to "make some more links" with other foreign outfits.

A fire erupted on a cargo ship docked at a port in Thailand, triggering a blast and leaving at least 25 workers suffering from smoke inhalation and other injuries, officials said on Saturday

Unfazed by the results of the Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday asked party workers to start preparing for the 2022 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

Two members of a family were killed when their tempo was hit by a truck near Gadhiya Railway crossing, police said.

Pradip Rajbhar (30) and his son Roshan (5) were travelling in the tempo when it was hit by the truck under Rasra Kotwali police station area Friday night. While the son died on the spot, the father who sustained serious injuries succumbed later in hospital, police added.

Bollywood celebrities, including megastar Amitabh Bachchan and veteran screenwriter Javed Akhtar, have condoled the deaths of 20 children who were killed in a fire in a commercial complex in Surat.

Most of the victims included teenage students. While some of them died of suffocation, many due to injuries sustained after jumping out of windows to escape the fire.

DMK President MK Stalin and newly elected MPs-MLAs and other leaders of the party pay tribute to M Karunanidhi, in Chennai. The leaders also met party general secretary K Anbazhagan at his residence.

Key Congress Working Committee meeting underway. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh, Ashok Gehlot, KC Venugopal, Sushmita Dev, RS Surjewala, Capt Amarinder Singh, and Mallikarjun Kharge are present.

Former Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh arrives for Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting

Three Muslims including a woman were thrashed by self-proclaimed gau rakshaks over rumours of carrying beef in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The victims allege they were forced to say slogans of Jai Shree Ram by the accused. The self-proclaimed gau rakshaks had gotten a tip off that two Muslim youths and a woman, who were travelling in an auto, were carrying beef. A video showing the goons descending on the youths with sticks has gone viral. In the video, the gau rakshaks held the youths to a tree one by one and beat them up mercilessly as the onlookers stood by.

Two people injured after a portion of a building collapsed in Ramabai Colony, Ghatkopar (East), on Saturday

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for traffic on Saturday following landslides in Ramban district, traffic department officials said.

With the fire brigade personnel pulling out more bodies from the charred remains of a coaching centre in a Surat building which caught a major fire on Friday, the death toll in the tragic incident rose to 20, while 16 other students were injured.

The Surat Municipal Corporation late in the night filed an FIR against three persons, including the builder of Takshashila Arcade in Sarthana area and the person who ran the coaching centre.