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New Delhi, Apr 22: Narendra Jadhav, member of erstwhile National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, was today nominated by the Modi government to Rajya Sabha along with BJP leaders Subramanian Swamy and Navjot Singh Sidhu. Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi, journalist Swapan Dasgupta and boxer Mary Kom were also nominated as the new Rajya Sabha members. President Pranab

New Delhi, Apr 22: The Supreme Court today stayed till April 27 the judgement of the Uttarakhand High Court quashing the imposition of President's rule, giving a new turn to the continuing political drama in the state by restoring the Central rule there. Before passing a brief order, a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh recorded an undertaking given by Attorney General

Lucknow, Apr 22: Liquor baron Vijay Mallya may be a billionaire, but he did not hesitate to claim amounts as little as Rs 20,000 as perks to which he was entitled to as a Rajya Sabha MP, a reply to an RTI querry has revealed. In response to a Right to Information query by a Bareilly-based activist Mohammad Khalid Jeelani, the Rajya Sabha secretariat disclosed that the liquor baron -- convicted in

Itanagar, Apr 22: At least 15 labourers were killed when a massive landslide triggered by incessant rains hit a labour camp in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday. The incident occurred at 3am when 17 labourers engaged in construction works were inside the camp at a place 4km away from Tawang town, additional deputy commissioner (headquarters) Lod Gambo said. "So far nine bodies have

New Delhi, Apr 22: Vijay Mallya, the Indian liquor baron battling creditors seeking to recover dues, offered to deposit Rs 1,590 crore ($240 million) with India's top court to establish his intent to settle with lenders who had rejected an earlier payment proposal. Lawyers representing the founder of the collapsed Kingfisher Airlines Ltd, who the government says left the country earlier this year

New Delhi, Apr 22: The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday quashed the President’s rule on Thursday, restoring Congress leader Harish Rawat as the chief minister, nearly a month after he was ousted. The court came down heavily on the central government for its March 27 move to dismiss Rawat under the much-contested article 356 that empowers the union cabinet to impose President’s Rule in a state

Nashik, Apr 21: A day after they were allegedly manhandled while trying to enter into the sanctum sanctorum of the famous Trimbakeshwar temple in "dress code", the four women activists today took 'darshan' of the deity amid police protection. The activists, led by Vanita Gutte of Pune-based Swarajya Mahila Sanghatana, offered prayer inside the Lord Shiva temple's 'garbha griha' (sanctum sactorum)

Mumbai, Apr 21: Out of 11 major irrigation dams in the drought-hit Maharashtra, seven have no water left in them, official figures revealed. According to the latest Water Resources Department data for the week ending April 15, only three per cent of water stock is available in all the 814 major, medium and minor irrigation projects in parched Marathwada region. The seven major irrigation dams of

Berhampore, Apr 21: A 35-year-old CPI(M) supporter was today killed and his body was found lying outside a polling booth at Shibapara area under Domkal Assembly seat in Murshidabad district where polling for the third phase is underway. CPI(M) candidate and former minister Anisur Rahman said that the man identified as Tahidur Islam was killed when bombs were hurled outside the polling booth

Kolkata, Apr 21: With one lakh security personnel deployed to look after law and order, polling for the crucial third phase of West Bengal Assembly election began today at 7 AM. Polling will be held in 62 seats, including seven constituencies in Kolkata. Altogether 418 candidates, including 34 female, are in fray in the 62 seats spread over Murshidabad, Nadia, Burdwan districts and north Kolkata