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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

Dec 24: Israeli forces have indefinitely closed down the northern entrance to the occupied West Bank twin cities of Ramallah and al-Bireh. On Saturday night, amid ongoing protests over US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) decided to close off the DCO checkpoint that connects

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

Riyadh, Dec 23: A total of 253,086 people have been arrested in five weeks since the start of the ongoing crackdown against violators of residency and labor regulations in the Kingdom. The coordinated security crackdown, as part of the Nation Without Illegal Expats campaign, started on Nov. 15. Until Thursday, Dec. 21, 136,997 people were arrested for violating residency laws, 83,151 for violating

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

Mumbai, Dec 23: A complaint has been registered against Bollywood actor Salman Khan and actress Shilpa Shetty in Mumbai's Andheri Police station for allegedly using a derogatory word against the Scheduled Castes in TV shows. They have been accused of humiliating and insulting the Scheduled Castes by using the word 'bhangi' in separate TV shows. Earlier on Friday, the National Commission for

New Delhi Dec 23: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said an advisory has been issued to all states to ensure law and order during Christmas in the wake of fringe elements recently threatening some Christian community members against celebrating the festival. A fringe group in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh had on December 17 issued a circular and threatened the management of all city schools

New Delhi, Dec 23: Escalating his attack on the BJP, newly-elected Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the entire architecture, structure and foundation of the ruling party was based on "lies" and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Gujarat model' was "flawed and fake". He was speaking after chairing the first meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest decision

Dubi, Dec 23: At least 32 people were killed on Saturday when a private bus fell into Banas river from a nearly 100-foot high bridge in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district, police said. The incident took place early morning in Soorwal police station area when the bus was on its way to Lalsot from Sawai Madhopur, they said. The driver of the bus lost control over the vehicle and it fell into the