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January 17, 2019 15:39

Committee of Administrators today mentioned before the Supreme Court about the comments made by cricketers Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul on Karan Johar's chat show 'Koffee with Karan' and sought directions on appointment of ombudsman to deal with the issue.

Naval divers are seeing skeletons inside the Meghalaya mines through their remotely operated vehicles. Water inside mines has high sulphur content which can decompose bodies very fast. By evening, forensics experts would reach the spot and suggest the future course of action.

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