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New Delhi/ Ahmedabad, OCt 28: As Nilofar is expected to make its landfall in Gujarat on October 31, authorities are planning to evacuate people in coastal areas of the state, particularly 59 villages of Abdasa and Lakhpat taluks in Kutch district. The Centre on Monday reviewed relief and rescue operations in the state even as weathermen predicted that the cyclone would not have the ferocity of

New Delhi, Oct 27: The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of S Nalini, undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, challenging the law mandating the Centre's approval for her release and that of six other convicts. "Sorry, we are not interested," a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and justices M B Lokur and A K Sikri said.Nalini had challenged Section 435(1) of

Jammu, Oct 27: Ruling out any pre-poll alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP today said it will contest in all the 87 constituencies in the upcoming Assembly elections. "We won't be entering into any pre-poll alliance with any political party as we are considering to field our candidates on all the 87 Assembly constituencies in the state," BJP MP and party in charge for Jammu and Kashmir Avinash Rai

New Delhi, Oct 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious projects such as the Clean India campaign and the MP Model Village scheme will be taken up during the high tea for NDA MPs this evening with a view to seek their support and participation for its success. Along with refreshments, the MPs will be given ministerial presentations on PM's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

Chandigarh, Oct 26: Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana's first chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), took oath at a mega ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Panchkula on Sunday. Alongside the 60-year-old former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker, nine ministers, including six of cabinet rank and three ministers of state (independent charge), were also sworn in

New Delhi, Oct 26: Defence projects worth a whopping Rs 80,000 crore were on Saturday cleared by the government which decided that six submarines will be made indigenously and over 8,000 Israeli antitank guided missiles and 12 upgraded Dornier surveillance aircraft will be purchased. The decisions were taken following a meeting of the defence acquisition council, chaired by defence minister Arun

New Delhi, Oct 26: The next time you take a flight in India, keep your fingers crossed and hope that your pilot is flying on a valid licence, not a lapsed one. Air India has discovered that as many as 102 pilots of its wide body Boeing fleet have been flying without clearing a mandatory test that helps keep their licences valid and without which the same lapse. The airline informed the downgraded

New Delhi, Oct 25: Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand will be held in five phases between November 25 and December 20 and counting of votes will take place on December 23, the Election Commission announced today. Polling in both states will take place on November 25, December 2, 9, 14 and 20, Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath said at a press conference here. Bye-elections to

New Delhi, Oct 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a brief media address Saturday said the members of the fourth estate were doing a service to the nation by writing about a clean India. "I am reading so many articles on clean India. Electronic and social media is also doing a comprehensive debate on it. This is a service to the nation. This is a good example of how the media can play a

Jammu, Oct 25: Ahead of announcement of elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress Minister Sham Lal Sharma, who has been facing criticism over handling of recent floods, has tendered his resignation from the Omar Abdullah ministry. Citing alleged sabotage of regularisation of daily wagers as a reason for tendering his resignation, Sharma, who is Minister for Public Health Engineering and Flood