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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

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

Dharamshala, Dec 19: He grew up in a nondescript village in Himachal Pradesh and went on to establish his business worth millions in Saudi Arabia. On Monday, Prakash Rana from Gulvan village of Mandi district and a firsttimer in electoral politics, shot into prominence when he defeated former minister Gulab Singh Thakur, a BJP stalwart and father-in-law of BJP MP Anurag Thakur. Rana, who scripted

Lucknow, Dec 19: The Uttar Pradesh Police today directed all district police chiefs to ensure that Christmas festivities go smoothly without any untoward incident, two days after the Hindu Jagran Manch warned Aligarh schools against celebrating the festival. ADG (Law and Order) Anand Kumar also directed all district police chiefs of the state to ensure the freedom of practising one's religion is

New Delhi, Dec 19: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said the Gujarat election results raise questions on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's credibility and the country is not listening to him. Gujarat had given a message to the BJP and Modi that the anger within them would not work, Gandhi said. One can defeat opponents only with love and brotherhood, he said, a day after the election results

Nagpur, Dec 19: As many as 2,965 girls have gone missing from Maharashtra in the first six months this year, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today. The number has gone up from 2,881 girls, who had gone missing between January 1 and June 30 in 2016, he said in a written reply in tabled in the state Legislative Assembly in response to a query by BJP MLA Randheer Savarkar. The chief minister