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New Delhi, Jun 2: The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of death row convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key conspirator with Dawood Ibrahim in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. A bench comprising justices J S Khehar and C Nagappan issued notice to the Maharashtra government and others on the plea of Memon and said that in the meantime "execution proceedings will remain stayed". The court

Hyderabad, June 2: The leader of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), K Chandrasekhar Rao, was sworn in as the first Chief Minister of Telangana on Monday. He is scheduled to unfurl the national flag at the Parade Grounds in Secunderabad at 10.15 am and make his first address as Chief Minister. KCR is set to take charge at 12:52 pm. The first cabinet meeting, scheduled immediately after that, will

New Delhi, Jun 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described his first major foreign policy initiative of inviting SAARC leaders for his swearing-in as a “right decision at the right time” and said a message has gone out to the world which is still talking about it. Visiting the BJP headquarters for the first time after becoming the Prime Minister, he noted that people had lot of

Lucknow, Jun 1: Three detained suspects have confessed to the gang-rape and slaying of two teenage girls who were found hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh last week, police said on Sunday. The search for two additional suspects continued for the fourth day on Sunday, police officer Atul Saxena said. Saxena said that police were preparing identity sketches of the two missing suspects based on

New Delhi, Jun 1: President's rule imposed in united Andhra Pradesh will be revoked partially tomorrow to facilitate swearing-in of a government in the newly-created Telangana headed by TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao. However, the central rule will continue in the residual Andhra Pradesh till TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu takes charge as Chief Minister a week later. A notification is expected to be

New Delhi, May 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday decided to abolish all the 30 ministerial groups to bring more accountability and faster decision making among his colleagues who head the various ministries and departments. There are currently nine empowered groups of ministers (EGOMs) and 21 groups of ministers (GOMs), which were set up to take decisions on various matters before bringing

New Delhi, May 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met BJP general secretaries and discussed organisational matters as also measures to strengthen the party ahead of assembly elections in some key states. Modi spent over an hour with the ten party general secretaries over breakfast at his residence here seeking suggestions from them on improving governance and strengthening the party. He asked

New Delhi, May 31: At least nine people were killed in the NCR region, including six in Delhi, as a massive thunder storm lashed the region crippling road traffic, metro services and flight operations and hitting power supply. Delhi Police said six people died and 13 were injured in various areas of the city in accidents like felling of trees, collapse of walls and electrocution following the

New Delhi, May 30: After a spell of extremely hot weather, Delhi witnessed a massive dust storm and rain this evening. Many trees fell across the city due to the strong winds. Power cuts were also reported from some parts of the National Capital Region. Traffic jams were reported at many places; the dust storm also disrupted Metro services for close to two hours. The Yellow Line, which operates

Chennai, May 30: Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday and submit a list of issues concerning Tamil Nadu, it was announced Friday. The memorandum will include long-pending issues crucial to Tamil Nadu and on which the central government needs to act, an official statement said. This will be Jayalalithaa's first meeting with Modi after he became the prime