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CBI chief Alok Kumar Verma

Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma new CBI chief

The post of CBI director was lying vacant for over one month following Anil Sinha's retirement on December 2.

19 Jan 2017 8:40 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a delegation of Muslim Ulemas and intellectuals. (Photo: Twitter)

Modi hails Indian youth for resisting radicalisation

Modi told the delegation that it was our collective responsibility' to take this heritage forward.

19 Jan 2017 8:30 PM IST

Besides blocking Indias admission into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), China had put a second technical hold on Indias move to bring about a UN ban on Azhar. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Not seeking NSG berth as gift but on non-proliferation record: India

China had said that Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership can't be a farewell gift' to India from US.

19 Jan 2017 8:10 PM IST

Youngsters and students participate in a protest to lift the ban on Jallikattu and impose ban on PETA, at Kamarajar Salai, Marina Beach in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Jallikattu stir keeps up pressure; TN CM stays put in Delhi, consults...

Chess wizard Viswanathan Anand and music maestro A R Rahman extended their support; Rahman will sit on a day-long fast.

19 Jan 2017 8:00 PM IST

VHP unit President M Ramaraju (Photo: Video grab)

Telangana's Muslim quota proposal 'low-level politics': VHP

The Hindu community' would scuttle conspiracies to include sections of Muslims in backward classes, the VHP said.

19 Jan 2017 8:00 PM IST

MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

No room for third party': India on British Parliament debating J&K...

UK's House of Commons was likely to debate on J&K issue which was proposed by the Backbench Business Committee.

19 Jan 2017 7:18 PM IST

The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas is inducted into the 45 Squadron (flying dagger) of the IAF at a ceremony, at HAL (ASTE) in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

LCA Tejas to make its debut at Republic Day parade

Marut was the last indigenous fighter aircraft to be part of the R-Day flypast in the 1980s and the 90s.

19 Jan 2017 6:31 PM IST