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New Delhi, Jul 14: Congress has announced that 78-year-old Sheila Dikshit would be its chief ministerial face in the UP Assembly polls. Dikshit is the daughter-in-law of prominent Congress leader from UP Uma Shankar Dikshit, who was a Brahmin face and had served as a Union minister and governor for a long time. Earlier this month, Dikshit, a three-time Delhi Chief Minister, had said as UP's

New Delhi, Jul 14: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain's daughter Soumya today resigned from the post of advisor of Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics following the opposition's allegation of nepotism, even as her father said she was not being paid a "single penny". "It was not an executive post. She has resigned as advisor for the mohalla clinics as she was hurt by the controversy over her appointment

New Delhi, Jul 14: Wing Commander Pooja Thakur, who led the Guard of Honour during US President Barack Obama's visit last year, has taken the Indian Air Force (IAF) to the Armed Forces Tribunal after being denied full service. The officer says in a petition that the IAF's decision to deny her permanent commission is "biased, discriminatory, arbitrary and unreasonable". The Air Force has been asked

United Nations, Jul 14: Strongly hitting back at Pakistan for raising in the UN the issue of the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani, India has said Pakistan "extols" the "virtues" of terrorists and uses terrorism as a state policy towards the "misguided end" of coveting the territory of others. India's Ambassador to the UN Syed Akbaruddin responded strongly to the remarks made by Pakistan's

New Delhi, Jul 14: Two C-17 Globemaster aircraft left for Juba this morning to evacuate 600 Indians from war-torn South Sudan. Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh is leading the operation - named SankatMochan. South Sudan has been rocked by violence that has claimed hundreds of lives. "We are launching OP #SankatMochan to evacuate Indian nationals from South Sudan. My colleague @Gen

New Delhi, Jul 13: BJP today appeared critical of the Supreme Court verdict on Arunachal Pradesh, saying it is a "very strange order" that the leader with the majority support is being asked to sit in the opposition and also wondered if the verdict "weakens" the democratic spirit. Asserting that numerical strength was very important in democracy, it said the current Chief Minister Kalikho Pul has

New Delhi, Jul 13: Opposition today hit out at the Modi government over the Supreme Court's verdict on Arunachal Pradesh with Congress President Sonia Gandhi saying it will deter it from "misuse of power" and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal calling the order a "tight slap" on its "dictatorial tendencies". Congress also demanded the immediate sacking of Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa and demanded an

Srinagar, July 13: Curfew remained in force in some parts of Kashmir Valley, including Pampore and Kupwara towns, while restrictions on movement of people were imposed in the rest of the Valley today as the death toll in clashes between protestors and security forces climbed to 34. Authorities confirmed death of seven more persons in the clashes that erupted Friday evening following killing of

Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Jul 13: In what may come as an embarrassment for Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das, who recently fired a salvo at the neighbouring state of Bihar over the recent merit scam, an unflattering picture has come to the fore where the students of the R S More College in Dhanbad can be seen cheating during their Class 11 exams. Over 100 students were seen sitting close to each

Arunachal Pradesh, Jul 13: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Arunachal Pradesh Governor’s decision advancing Assembly session by a month was violative of the Constitution and liable to be quashed and directed status quo ante in the State as it prevailed on December 15, 2015. The Court said the Governor’s direction on conducting Assembly proceedings was violative of the Constitution. The