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New Delhi, Apr 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday there was a need to create good law institutions and capable manpower keeping future in mind. "People have a lot of faith in the judicial system of India. We need to look at the manpower that is coming in this field in coming years. We have to think how can we create good law institutions, keeping in mind the needs of the future," Modi

Islamabad, Apr 5: Pakistan today said it has evacuated 11 Indians along with 148 Pakistani citizens from strife-torn Yemen's southeastern city of Mokallah, which is now almost entirely under control of al-Qaeda militants. The PNS Aslat has set off for Pakistan after successfully evacuating 148 citizens and 35 foreigners, including 11 Indians, from Mokallah, the Foreign Office said. The PNS Aslat

New Delhi, Apr 5: Nearly 800 Indians were on Saturday evacuated from strife-torn Yemen where the situation has deteriorated significantly due to an escalation in fighting between two warring groups that have left the nation in tatters. With Saturday's evacuation, India has so far taken out 1,800 of its citizens from the country where a Saudi-led coalition is carrying out air strikes against Shia

New Delhi, Apr 4: Aiming to "restart" the journey of alternative politics, the rebel faction of AAP led by Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan has started mobilising volunteers for its upcoming 'Swaraj Samwad' Dialogue, prompting a section of the party to issue a veiled warning saying attending it would be considered "indiscipline". The Yadav-Bhushan camp is using social media sites such as

Panaji, Apr 4: All four employees of a Fabindia outlet near here, who were arrested after Union Minister Smriti Irani spotted a hidden camera trained towards its trial room, were today granted bail by a local court here. Judicial Magistrate Dwaja Patkar, before whom the four were produced after their arrest last evening, granted them bail and rejected Goa Crime branch's application for their

New Delhi, Apr 4: Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph has declined to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dinner for top judges tonight on the ground that the event and the ongoing judges conference clashed with Good Friday and Easter weekend. Justice Joseph, who has earlier raised objections with Chief Justice of India H L Dattu over holding of a three-day long judges conference during

Kolkata, Apr 4: The first total lunar eclipse of 2015 would be visible in its entirety on Saturday from some parts of the eastern-most region of Arunachal Pradesh, a senior astrophysicist today said. "Tezu & Roing in Arunachal Pradesh will witness the total lunar eclipse lasting for four minutes 43 seconds just after the moonrise. Places where the moon will be rising during the eclipse will be

New Delhi, Apr 4: Ace Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu, who went missing in the Andes during his solo expedition, has been reported to be dead. After Malli went missing, grief-stricken near and dear ones had created a Facebook page named 'Rescue Malli Mastan'. Announcing the sad demise of the mountaineer, the status on the page was today updated as 'Mountains retained its favourite child.. R.I

Mumbai/Kochi, Apr 4: Over 660 Indian nationals evacuated from Yemen arrived home by two IAF planes and a special Air India flight tonight, taking the total number of evacuees who have been safely brought back from the strife-torn country to 1022. While two Indian Air Force planes carrying 334 people landed in Mumbai past 11 PM, a special Air India flight with 330 Indians reached Kochi airport post

New Delhi, Apr 3: The land acquisition ordinance, which the government could not get converted into a legislation in Rajya Sabha due to stiff opposition, was today re-promulgated, a day before it is to lapse. President Pranab Mukherjee has signed the ordinance as recommended by the union cabinet on March 31, official sources said. The earlier ordinance is to lapse tomorrow as it has not been