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A large number of people queued up at bus stops and unprecedented crowds were also witnessed at all railway stations as commuters were caught off guard.

Taking strong note of such "brutality on women", Minister of Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi, today said that "there is a need for an ombudsman where women can complain of such brutalities."

A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, emphasised that an adult woman has an unqualified right to make free choices in her life and there cannot be any interdiction.

Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State MJ Akbar said that the key initiatives of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) were being held back because of Pakistan.

The incident happened around 1pm, when the man, identified as Kailash Verma, climbed on steel pipes near the lions’ enclosure. He then scaled the wired fencing and jumped 18 feet inside the den.

The BJP has accused the Congress government of providing support to the “party/elements involved in heinous crimes and terror organisations”.

The latest year-end Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) examined the impact of human caused-climate change on events such as the 2016 record heat, heat waves across Asia, and a marine heatwave off the Alaskan coast.

The Rs 80,000-crore expenditure has been sought by the government in form of the Third Batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2017-18.

The incident occurred in Hadgaon area of Nanded in Marathwada region this afternoon when protesters were blocking a road, a police official said.

Five fire engines, three ambulances and three water tankers were pressed into service and the fire was brought under control by 4:30 am.

Zojila tunnel will be the longest bi-directional tunnel in Asia. (Its) construction period (will be) seven years because of a very difficult terrain where in some areas temperature dips to minus 45 degree Celsius.

In the countdown to the Koregaon clashes, the narrative on the online platform — managed by amateur 'historians' — made the rift between the Marathas and Dalits quite apparent.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has appealed for peace, saying Maharashtra is a “progressive state which does not believe in casteist violence”.

Gokhale, a 1981 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), was India's envoy to China. He is at present secretary (economic relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs.

More than 50 cops were stationed at the India Gate axis to manage the traffic, but could do little to control the unprecedented situation.

The NCB has seized 1.14 kgs of charas (cannabis) and three LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) bolt papers. The drugs were being supplied around educational institutes ahead of the New Year celebrations starting Sunday.