India

Across the border in neighbouring Karnataka there is a village which mourns Jayalalithaa as one of their own.

As many as 279 honour killing cases were registered in different parts of the country during 2014 and 2015, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

I first met Jayalalithaa in 1982. The late MG Ramachandran (MGR) was the chief minister and she had just joined politics. We had known each other for 34 years.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday described Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's demise as a national loss while the state assembly was adjourned for the day after paying tributes to the departed leader.

The death of the imperious Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa will result in a queen-sized void in the state’s politics that’s likely to be filled by a succession of lesser individuals from her party or eventually by her bete noires on the other side...

Normal life was affected on Tuesday in Tamil Nadu following the death of former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday night.

Security has been beefed up at the venue where people lined up to bid a tearful adieu to their 'Amma' (mother) as the 68-year-old leader was fondly called.

State Mourning will be observed for seven days from 6.12.16, during which period the national flag on all government buildings will be flown at half-mast. No official entertainment will also be held during this period," it said.

Speaking about the tie-up, KG Suresh, DG, IIMC said, "Understanding of digital tools is the need of the hour for budding journalists.

"I am of the view that policemen should wear a perfect uniform during duty. They should always wear uniform cap while on duty," he said.

The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje last week visited Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as a part of southern Tibet.

All 37 Lok Sabha MPs belonging to AIADMK on Monday skipped the proceedings of the House, a day after their party supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa suffered a cardiac arrest in Chennai.

With Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said to be critical, the US Consulate on Monday issued an "emergency message" for American citizens, asking them to review their personal security plans and remain aware of the local events.

Urdu poetry has done wonders to calm the hearts of people, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, which has seen so much violence and bloodshed, Chief Justice of India Justice T S Thakur has said.

A national level shooter has alleged that she has been sexually assaulted by her practice partner at a birthday party.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today said senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's "certificate of incompetence" to the state government led by him was "ironic".