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Since the late 1990s, instances of President’s rule have been few and far between compared to the past. On November 12, President’s rule was imposed in Maharashtra, only the third such instance in the State. Uttar Pradesh has seen the highest number of such instances, while undivided J&K held the record for most days under […]

The ruling Congress won over 961 wards, leaving the BJP trailing with 737 places in the elections to the urban local bodies held last week. The results declared on Tuesday showed that the party dominated most of the 49 civic bodies which went to poll. The Congress won nearly half of the 2,105 wards in […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) said on Tuesday it would not budge on its demand of a complete roll back of the hostel fee hike. Addressing the media, several students who were part of the protest on Monday complained against police brutality and alleged that women protesters were manhandled and molested by the […]

There has been no response from civil society organisations to the invitation from Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren for negotiations on a collective effort “to protect Manipur’s interests”. Manipur has been reeling under burgeoning protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and the pending Naga agreement. Mr. Biren said on Tuesday that he was ready […]

Start-ups and entrepreneurs in the Mysuru region can now look forward to their ideas being funded with the formation of TiE Angels, a part of TiE Mysuru. The start-ups and entrepreneurs will also get a chance to interact with TiE Angels at the TiECON which has been organised on November 23. At a press conference […]

Security forces on Tuesday seized improvised explosive devices and a wireless set from a terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. The seizure was made during a search operation that was launched on Sunday following information from villagers about the movement of suspicious people in a forest in Surankote, they said. Seven […]

Four associates of terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), who were responsible for carrying out a blast in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, have been arrested, police said on Tuesday. While investigating the terror attack that took place in the Arihal area of Pulwama in July, police learnt about the involvement of a person, Sharik Ahmad, who […]

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on November 19 raised the issue of withdrawal of SPG security cover to the Gandhi family, but the government said he cannot raise the matter in Zero Hour as he had not given a notice for the same. After the notice of adjournment motion given by the party on the […]

More than 2,000 Tamil Nadu fishermen were allegedly chased away by the Sri Lankan Navy while they were fishing near Katchatheevu islet, a fishermen association leader said here on Tuesday. The fishermen from this island town had ventured into the sea on Monday evening in 540 boats and were fishing off Katchatheevu when a team […]