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BJP, JD-U to meet on presidential candidate
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were set to meet their Janata Dal-United (JD-U) counterparts on Wednesday, a day after the allies differed over the presidential candidate, sources said.
The JD-U
Thousands of lawyers stop work in Bihar
Thousands of lawyers in Bihar on Wednesday abstained from work to protest against the arrest of a colleague.
The Bihar Bar Council had asked all advocates to observe a strike over the arrest of Anil
Two dozen injured as elephant runs amok
Close to two dozen people were injured on Wednesday as an elephant participating in the Thrissur Pooram festival ran amok, police said.
Inspector General of Police S. Gopinath told agencies that none
Coal workers threaten to go on strike
A trade union associated with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday threatened to go on strike from July 10 against alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks to private firms and
Court dismisses VS Achuthanandan plea for sex probe report
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition of Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan seeking a copy of the investigation report in the Kozhikode ice-cream parlour sex case allegedly invo
Priest sex scandal shocks Poland
A priest in Poland, found guilty of having sex with a disabled 19-year-old girl who was entrusted in his care, has been sentenced to four years in prison.
This is the first time a priest has been cau
Gurgaon students hold demonstrations for Dana Sangma
The National Students' Union of India (NSUI), along with students from various faculties at the Amity University campus here, demonstrated on Tuesday against the university administration and police f
Youth hangs self at police station in UP; two suspended
Two policemen were suspended after a youth allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday by hanging himself at a police station in Uttar Pradesh' Kannauj district.
Sardana (25) was found hanging with a blan
Achala Sachdev passes away at 91
Bollywood’s quintessential on-screen mother Achala Sachdev, bed-ridden for the last six months, passed away in a hospital here, her physician said on Monday. She was 91. “Achala Sachdev expired yesterday (Sunday) at 5.30 pm at the Poona Hospital and Research Centre. We immediately informed her son who is in the US. He will be reaching Pune tomorrow,” Vinod Shah, who was treating the actress, said.
Abducted Chhattisgarh collector may walk free on Wednesday
Maoists may set abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon free on Wednesday, official sources in Chhattisgarh said on Tuesday.
"Maoist interlocutors G. Hargopal and B.D. Sharma communicated t
