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New Delhi, Dec 20: The Delhi government is finding novel ways to deal with haze during winters. On Wednesday, the Delhi government used anti- smog+ guns to bring down pollution level in the national capital. As per the plan, a trial run of anti-smog gun was held at east Delhi's Anand Vihar ISBT. Environment secretary Anil Kumar Singh had, on Tuesday, apprised Lt Governor Anil Baijal of the trial

Dec 20: The 16-year-old teenager accused of killing seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur on the premises of Ryan International School will be tried as an adult, said the Juvenile Justice Board on Wednesday. "This is a turning point in this case and it is historic. There will be no leniency shown to him," Sushil Tekriwal, lawyer of Pradyuman's family, told reporters. Pradyuman's father Varun Thakur also

Panaji, Dec 20: The High Court of Bombay at Goa today dismissed a petition filed by Tehelka's former editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal seeking the quashing of rape and other charges levelled against him by a former woman colleague. Justice Nutan Sardesai dismissed the petition filed by Tejpal, who is accused of raping the woman during an event in Goa in 2013. The detailed order is expected to be

New Delhi, Dec 20: Union minister Giriraj Singh today took a dig at Rahul Gandhi, saying that he was forced to visit temples to win votes in Gujarat as the Congress could no longer ignore sentiments of the majority community. "Earlier secularism was about appeasement of minorities but for the first time it meant that the majority community could no longer be ignored," he said outside Parliament

United Nations, Dec 20: The 193-member United Nations General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday at the request of Arab and Muslim states on US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, sparking a warning from Washington that it will “take names.” Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour said the General Assembly would vote on a draft

The union government has made it clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not tender an apology to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his derogatory comments during the campaign for the Gujarat Assembly elections. The government conveyed its decision during a meeting of Opposition leaders with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar. The

Chennai, Dec 20: The TTV Dinakaran faction of the AIADMK has released a purported video of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, a day before the crucial RK Nagar bypoll in Chennai. In the video, the former AIADMK supremo is seen holding a glass and drinking from it, while reportedly watching TV. The RK Nagar seat was represented by Jayalalithaa before she passed away in December last

New Delhi, Dec 20: ThinkData Works Inc, a big-data processing firm, just hired a software engineer from Brazil through Canada's new fast-track visa programme for high-skilled workers. "The process was bang on," Bryan Smith, chief executive officer of the Toronto-based company, said. It took less than the government's target of 10 business days to process the recruit's application. Previously it

Porn star-turned-Bollywood superstar Sunny Leone has finally spoken out about the controversy surrounding her performance in Karnataka’s capital on New Year’s eve. She said she will not perform in Bengaluru, as safety is more important. The police had announced that permission will not be given to the event, proposed to be held in Manyata Tech Park. Earlier, activists of the Karnataka Rakshana

Guna (Madhya Pradesh), Dec 20: A BJP MLA from Madhya Pradesh questioned the patriotism of cricketer Virat Kohli for preferring Italy to India to get married to actor Anushka Sharma. Panna Lal Shakya told a gathering: "Virat earned money in India... But he didn't find any place to marry in the country. Is Hindustan untouchable?... Lord Rama, Lord Krishna, Vikramaditya, Yudhishthir got married on