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Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

SC to hear Nirbhaya gangrape convicts' plea challenging Delhi HC order

Delhi High Court in its hearing sentenced the culprits to the gallows after keeping in view the fact that it was a...

27 Jan 2017 11:31 AM IST

Congress is in no mood to give up its claim over all the ten seats in Amethi-Rae Bareli which is the parliamentary turf of Sonia and Rahul. (Photo: PTI)

UP elections: Congress, SP bargain hard over seats in Amethi, Rae...

SP holds eight of the 10 seats on Gandhi turf and has to drop sitting MLAs in favour of Congress.

27 Jan 2017 11:18 AM IST

Officials said between April 1, 2016 and January 25, the department has seized 2.70 lakh litres of India-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth at least Rs 11.5 crore, while 2,096 cases under excise act have been lodged. (Photo: Representational Image)

UP: 389 bootleggers held, liquor worth 11.5 cr seized in 10 months

Police claimed most of them have confessed that they were going to deliver the liquor consignment for distribution...

27 Jan 2017 11:00 AM IST

UP CM Akhilesh Yadav with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)

Akhilesh fears UP will lose out on schemes, urges Modi to delay budget

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister wrote a letter to Modi, urging him to postpone the union budget.

27 Jan 2017 10:58 AM IST

The Kolar fields, located about 65 km (40 miles) northeast of the technology hub of Bengaluru, are among the worlds deepest gold mines. (Representational Image/Pixabay)

Govt mulls reviving Kolar's colonial-era gold mines with $2 billion...

State-run Mineral Exploration Corp Ltd has started exploring the reserves at Kolar Gold Fields.

27 Jan 2017 9:33 AM IST

Kudankulam nuclear power project (KKNPP)

Second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant to break ground soon

The second unit attained its full power generation capacity of 1000 Mega watt last week.

27 Jan 2017 9:16 AM IST