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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat addressing a press conference in Dehradun. (Photo: PTI)

Uttarakhand: Attacked over namaz break, CM announces 'short breaks'...

The announcement came two days after the state cabinet allowed a two-hour break for government staff to offer namaz on...

20 Dec 2016 3:43 PM IST

Sajjan Kumar was acquitted by a trial court in 2013 in the case pertaining to the killing of five Sikhs by a mob in Delhi Cantonments Raj Nagar area during the 1984 riots. (Photo: File)

1984 riots: Sajjan Kumar's anticipatory bail plea to be heard tomorrow

The court will now pronounce its order on Kumar's anticipatory bail plea at 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday.

20 Dec 2016 3:34 PM IST

Jayalalithaa passed away on December 5 after suffering a cardiac arrest and was buried with full state honours near the MGR Memorial in Chennai on December 6. (Photo: PTI)

RTI activist files plea in SC on Jayalalithaa's death mystery

He said if postmortem is conducted then the fans and supporters of Jayalalithaa would get to know the truth behind the...

20 Dec 2016 3:34 PM IST

In the aftermath of partition of the country in 1947, thousands of families from Pakistan occupied areas of Jammu and Kashmir migrated to Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: AP/Representational Image)

Centre approves Rs 2,000 crore package for PoK refugees

It would be given to 36,384 displaced families from PoK and Chhamb following an announcement of PM's Development Package...

20 Dec 2016 3:04 PM IST

Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

RBI has enough cash to last beyond December 30, fully prepared:...

Jaitley said the figures will be made public only after after December 30, the last date for depositing scrapped notes.

20 Dec 2016 3:01 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. (Photo: PTI)

'Love jihad' to Pak to demonetisation, govt changes surgical strike:...

Praising his party for working towards the betterment of people, he asserted that some forces wanted to stop them from...

20 Dec 2016 2:55 PM IST

A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M M Sundresh gave the direction on a petition seeking that singing of national anthem be made mandatory in schools (Photo: DC file)

No sedition case likely against Kerala writer for national anthem...

The Malayalam writer was arrested on Sunday by the police in Kozhikode and taken to Kollam over a Facebook post.

20 Dec 2016 2:48 PM IST