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Islamabad, Dec 25: Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav on Monday met his wife and mother at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Pakistani officials said. Accompanied by Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh and a woman Pakistani official, TV footage showed Jadhav's family entering the main building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. and the door shutting behind them. "The meeting between Jadhav and

Chennai, Dec 24: In a jolt to the ruling AIADMK, sidelined leader T T V Dhinakaran today won the prestigious RK Nagar Assembly bypoll by a thumping margin of over 40,000 votes. Dhinakaran, nephew of jailed leader V K Sasikala, defeated his nearest rival E Madhusudhanan of the AIADMK by 40,707 votes, officials announced as the counting of votes ended. Polling for the seat was held on December 21

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 24: A local court has quashed non-bailable warrants issued against Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Rana, BJP MLA Sangit Som and BJP MP Bhartendu Singh in connection with a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case. The NBWs were issued on November 15 following permission from the State government to prosecute them. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Madhu Gupta on December 23 quashed non

New Delhi, Dec 24: Backing the protest by doctors in Rajasthan for higher pay and promotions, resident doctors of AIIMS today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "live" their life for a day to understand their stress. In a letter to Modi, the AIIMS Resident Doctors Association (RDA) urged the PM to understand the tremendous pressure on doctors at government hospitals due to the poor

Shimla, Dec 24: Five-term MLA Jairam Thakur is now the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. The decision was taken in the meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs in Shimla on Sunday. Central observers for Himachal Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Narendra Singh Tomar were also present for the meeting. "Jairam Thakur will be the Legislature party leader in Himachal Pradesh. Thakur's name was

Ahmedabad, Dec 23: An upbeat Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the party's "lost and won" performance in Gujarat had given Congressmen the confidence to win in coming elections. Participating in the final leg of a two-day review of the Gujarat polls here, he claimed that his party would win 135 of the 182 Assembly seats in the 2022 Assembly polls in Gujarat. Rahul said that three

Chennai, Dec 24: Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran's margin further widened over that of his rivals by 13000 plus votes at the end of third round of counting of votes for the RK Nagar bypoll here. Dhinakaran registered a total 24,550 votes at the end of third round, continuing to maintain a comfortable margin over and above his AIADMK and DMK rivals. AIADMK's E Madhusudanan bagged 10,687

Chennai, Dec 24: Counting of votes for the RK Nagar bypoll, the outcome of which can have a bearing on political equations in Tamil Nadu, began here today. The seat was represented by late chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The counting began by 8 am at Queen Mary's College here and the process is expected to be completed in 19 rounds. As many as 200 officials drawn from both Central and State

New Delhi, Dec 23: The BJP on Saturday latched onto RJD chief Lalu Prasad's conviction in a fodder scam case to hit out at the Congress, Lalu's ally, saying the UPA is an "alliance of corruption". Union minister JP Nadda also rejected lalu's claim of a BJP conspiracy behind his conviction and said the cases were pursued when the UPA was in power and wondered how his party figured in the matter

Patna, Dec 23: Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was on Saturday convicted in fodder scam by a special CBI court in Ranchi. The court will announce the sentencing on January 3, 2018. After the verdict, Lalu was immediately taken into custody. Special CBI judge Shivapal Singh acquitted former chief minister Jagannath Mishra as well as six others in the case. However, fourteen were found