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New Delhi, Dec 20: The Ministry of External Affairs has stripped diplomat Devyani Khobragade of her duties as director in the partnership development division, in view of the unauthorized statements made by her in the media. The MEA has placed her on "compulsory watch" which means although she retains her post she is without a job for now and may face further action according to sources. The

Srinagar, Dec 20: Polling began Saturday in the fifth and final phase of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, poll officials said. Twenty constituencies spread over Jammu, Kathua and Rajouri districts of Jammu region will elect their representatives to the 87-member legislative assembly in this phase. Balloting also began in 16 of the 81 assembly constituencies in the last round

Gopalganj, Dec 19: A village panchayat in Bihar's Gopalganj district has, in a diktat, banned girls from wearing jeans and using mobile phones as these increase the chance of the girls "going astray". Confirming that such a diktat has been issued in Singha panchayat in Hathua block of the district, Hathua Block Development Officer Jitendra Kumar said the decision was taken at a general meeting of

New Delhi, Dec 19: The Aam Aadmi Party alleged impropriety and conflict of interest on the part of Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and former UPA minister Manish Tewari in connection with Reliance Industries. Alleging that Prasad’s association with the corporate group prevented him from issuing a notice to Reliance Jio on the 4G issue, the party demanded the Union Minister’s resignation

New Delhi, Dec, 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken direct control of a project-monitoring body to fast-track investments worth almost $300 billion and revive manufacturing in the country, two officials with direct knowledge of the matter told reportrs. Pro-business Modi has faced criticism in recent weeks that his ambition to spur investment and re-energise the economy has yet to be

New Delhi, Dec 18: The Supreme Court Thursday extended the bail of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa by another four months as it asked the Karnataka high court to decide on her appeal challenging her conviction in disproportionate assets case within three months. Noting that Jayalalithaa had complied with its Oct 17 order of filing her appeal in the high court along with all the

Sriharikota, Dec 18: India Thursday moved forward in rocket technology with the successful flight testing of its heaviest next generation rocket and the crew module. Precisely at 9.30 a.m., the 630 tonne Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mark III) standing 43.43 metre tall freed itself from the second launch pad and with a reverberating deep throated roar, rose into the sky

Lahore, Dec 18: Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday have blamed India for the horrific killing of 132 innocent children in an army school of Peshawar. Musharraf said the perpetrators of the crime were those trained by India. "Taliban's commander was supported by Afghanistan and India to carry out terrorist attack in Pakistan", Musharraf told

New Delhi, Dec 17: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the Islamic State (IS) outfit has been proscribed in the country, and praised minority families for discouraging their children from being sucked into the global terror network. “We have banned this organisation (IS) as a first step. I will like to inform (the House) that the group has been banned under Unlawful Activities

New Delhi, Dec 17: Sharing Pakistan’s “pain” in the wake of the “dastardly” terror attack in a Peshawar school, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif on phone on Tuesday night offering “deepest condolences and all assistance” in the hour of grief. As a mark of solidarity with Pakistan, Modi appealed to all schools in India to observe 2 minutes of silence on