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Congress too set to challenge HC order on Uttarakhand floor test
The Congress is challenging the permission given to the disqualified party MLAs to take part in the trust vote.
62 hoax calls in a week send security agencies in a tizzy, airlines lose crores
Once a threat call is received the bomb threat assessment committee steps in and the aircraft is sent to an isolation bay.
Total ban on plastic in Karnataka puts restaurants in dilemma
Restaurants in Bengaluru trying to figure out how to deliver food without disposable plastic containers.
Soon, Son et Lumiere at Konark Sun Temple
A Son et Lumiere, or a sound and light show, will soon begin at Odisha's famous 13th century Sun Temple at Konark in a bid to ramp up tourist footfalls to the state, a minister has said.
Supreme Court asks Centre to file committee report on personal laws
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to file before it the report of a committee which was constituted earlier to look into the aspects of personal laws relating to marriage and divorce.
Court convicts JIPL, two directors in a coal scam case
This is the first coal block allocation scam case in which the special court, which was set up to exclusively deal with all the coal scam matters, has delivered its judgement.
Jat body threatens to resume quota stir
In February, 30 people had lost their lives during the nine-day violent agitation by Jats demanding 10% quota in government jobs and educational institutions.
Five killed in road accident in UP
The driver of the car, which was on its way to Bijnor, lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a tree.
'Powerless' Karnataka government tells students to study when we give power
The state is facing a huge shortage of 2000 Megawatts of power. Failed monsoon in 2015 has resulted in a severe water crisis in many parts.
Freedom 251: Police lodge cheating case against Ringing Bells top brass
Police sources told CNN-IBN that FIR has been filed after their preliminary probe found merit in the complaint by BJP MP Kirit Somaiya.
25 students, two faculty members arrested in connection with violence at HCU
According to Gachibowli police inspector J Ramesh, so far two cases have been booked on charges of damage to public property, trespass and preventing Government officials from performing their duties.
Centre gives 6% DA hike to over 1 crore employees & pensioners
"Cabinet has decided to hike DA by 6 per cent for central government employees and pensioners," Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
Fergusson College principal retracts statement on ABVP, Ambedkarite students clash
The students, who had gathered under the Ambedkarite ideology group, raised slogans for JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar and Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula who hanged himself in Hyderabad Central University campus earlier in January.
David Headley says he donated Rs 60 to 70 lakh to Lashkar-e-Toiba
Headley's cross-examination will go on for four days.
Amitabh Bachchan accused of 'stretching' national anthem before Indo-Pak T20 match
In his complaint, the lawyer said that Bachchan took 1 minute 22 seconds to sing the national anthem before the match on Saturday, violating Union Ministry guidelines restricting 52 seconds for the same.