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A bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta observed that if these funds were used in a proper manner, Delhi would not have been facing the problem of air pollution.

A day before Modi’s meeting, the Congress and the BJP sparred in UP, with the opposition party alleging that the saffron party was 'nervous'.

Some upper caste Hindus belonging to the Gounder community protested against the woman's posting as she was a Dalit, police said.

Anti-Corruption Bill has many provisions to ensure speedy trial of corruption cases besides providing protection to bureaucrats, even after their retirement, from malicious complaints.

On Thursday, a team of four officers led by WBFD Deputy Director Aafreen S Alvi conducted surprise checks at Maniktala, Patipukur, Sealdah, Beliaghata and Barasat fish markets and collected samples for tests.

According to sources, the seer suffered severe food poisoning after he had food with college students who were at the premises of Shiroor village to plant saplings. He was immediately rushed to the hospital.

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Police said that during interrogation, the accused, a cook with the 6th battalion of the CAF in Dantewada district, confessed to killing his wife as he suspected her of having an extra-marital affair.

Girish Sarjerao Nikam, a journalist, hired a private car on a sharing basis in Pune's Swargate area for travelling to Mumbai, said police.

Kailash Singha was recently denied admission to the state engineering college for failing to submit proof of permanent residency in Assam.

Tanveer, 20, told News18 that he was unhappy in the marriage and was trying to escape but he was caught by his wife, Mumtaz, and her sister. Together they chopped off his ears, he alleged.

The order said it was necessary in larger public interest and for the maintenance of peace and tranquility to prohibit cable operators from transmitting TV channels not permitted by the Union ministry of information and broadcasting.

Police officer Pallabi Sharma, daughter of BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Tezpur RP Sharma, and ACS officer Monika Teronpi, niece of BJP leader Joyram Engleng, were among those arrested.

The State Prison Department is actively considering a proposal to open portals of one of its central jails for common people to spend a day and night there to get the 'feel' of jail life by charging a fee.

Students of a government school in Barabanki are made to sweep the classrooms before sitting down to study.

A five member constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra concluded hearing arguments on a clutch of petitions against Section 377 on Monday. The hearings had commenced on July 10.