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New Delhi, Feb 6: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.8 on Richter Scale today hit Uttarakhand, tremors of which were felt in Delhi and other parts of northern India. The epicentre of the quake was Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand, said J L Gautam, Operations head at the National Seismological Bureau, a unit of Ministry of Earth Sciences. "The depth of the quake was 33 km and it

New Delhi, Feb 6: A PIL was today moved in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain AIADMK leader V K Sasikala from being sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister tomorrow on the ground that the apex court was likely to pronounce within a week the judgement in a corruption case in which she and late CM J Jayalalithaa were accused. The PIL was filed by Chennai resident Senthil Kumar, General Secretary of

Chennai, Feb 6: As questions continued to rage over the death of J Jayalalithaa, London-based specialist Richard Beale, Apollo and government doctors today ruled out poisoning as the cause and asserted that there was "no conspiracy" or mystery in either the treatment or what led to her end. Beale faced a number of questions including some hostile ones as he and the other doctors sought to clear

New Delhi/Jaipur, Feb 6: National carrier Air India on Monday reported that all 122 passengers on-board its Bhopal-New Delhi flight were safe after the aircraft was hit by a bird. According to an airline official, the aircraft was diverted to Jaipur where it landed safely. "The airline's concerned department is looking into the matter and checking the aircraft for any damage," a senior Air India

New Delhi, Feb 6: The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has expressed concern over the Centre’s push to link the Aadhaar number with subsidy schemes related to school education. In a recent inter-ministerial meeting, the Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL), under the HRD Ministry, said the decision to use the Aadhaar number as an identification document for receiving

New Delhi, Feb 6: Delhi Police arrested a wanted criminal who carried a cash reward of Rs 25,000 during a shootout with a gang in the national capital on Monday, a police officer said. The shootout took place around 2.30 a.m. near Eros hotel in Nehru Place when a police team tried to stop the criminals. Deputy Commissioner of Police Romil Baaniya said that the police retaliated after the criminal

Patna, Feb 6: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar adding 'colour' to a 'lotus' painting, drawn by famous Madhubani artist Baoa Devi at the Patna Book Fair yesterday, has triggered speculation among political circles whether the JD(U) and BJP may come together again. Both the BJP and Kumar's party JD(U), which is ruling the state in alliance with RJD and Congress, rubbished any such possibility

Chennai, Feb 5: AIADMK general secretary V.K. Sasikala was on Sunday elected as the Leader of the Legislature party by the MLAs in the party head office in Chennai paving the way for her swearing in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Ms. Sasikala will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on February 9. The development came exactly two months after Jayalalithaa's death. Chief Minister O

Chennai, Feb 5: People of Tamil Nadu did not vote for anyone from Jayalalithaa's "household" to be chief minister, says DMK Working President M K Stalin, who appears to be keeping his options open on the possibility of another government in the tenure of the current Assembly. He also asserts that there are no "obstacles" to his leadership in the party and dismisses as "pointless" questions whether

Chennai, Feb 5: Senior AIADMK leaders are all for V K Sasikala taking over as chief minister, but she is biding time to gauge public opinion as antiSasikala campaigns were reported in many parts of the state in the last two months. Her photographs were defaced in various parts, shocking her supporters. The "Sasikala for CM" chorus, which reached its peak after she took over the party reins, had