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New Delhi, Apr 24: In a major setback to the CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, the Supreme Court reinstated TP Senkumar as the Kerala police chief on Monday. Kerala government had replaced Senkumar with Loknath Behra, shortly after it came to power in May last year. But TP Senkumar chose to undermine the local ramifications and viewed the apex court’s landmark judgment against the

New Delhi, Apr 24: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir would improve in the next two or three months, after which a dialogue could be initiated. Though the CM did not specify who the talks would be with, she had earlier invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's policy on Kashmir at a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Srinagar, Apr 24: Militants today shot dead the PDP district president for Pulwama, Abdul Gani Dar, in the south Kashmir district, police said. Gani was shot at by the militants in Pinglena area of Pulwama district, 31 kms from here, this afternoon, a police official said. Dar, an advocate by profession, was referred to SMHS Hospital here but succumbed to injuries. The PDP leader was shot at three

Ahmedabad, Apr 24: Video of a man seeking help from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that he has been threatened for not paying the bookies after losing money in cricket betting, has prompted Rajkot police to take action. Deepak Dhanani, the man in the video, apparently recorded it on his mobile phone. Bookies and some criminals are threatening to kill him, he says in the video. Dhanani

New Delhi, Apr 24: In the wake of the current turbulent atmosphere in the Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to discuss the situation and possibly formulate a solution. Besides her meeting with the Prime Minister, the Chief Minister will also meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Upon Mufti's invitation, Prime Minister Modi

New Delhi, Apr 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pitched for conducting simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies and shifting to a January- December fiscal year. Addressing the Niti Aayog Governing Council's third meeting, which was attended by several state chief ministers, Modi said for long, India had suffered from economic and political mismanagement. "Because of

New Delhi, Apr 23: Three men transporting buffaloes were allegedly attacked by members of animal rights group PFA (People for Animals) on Saturday night in south Delhi's Kalkaji area. The three men were injured and were admitted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre. They were discharged shortly after medical attention. Two FIRs were registered; one against the three men for cruelty towards animals and the

New Delhi, Apr 23: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among those who skipped Niti Aayog's Governing Council meet here today. The third meeting of the council began at Rashtrapati Bhawan with the main agenda of deliberating on the 15-year Vision Document to accelerate the country's economic development. "West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata

New Delhi, Apr 23: Voting began this morning for the Delhi municipal polls to 272 wards in which the ruling BJP is locked in a triangular battle with the Congress and the AAP. More than 1.3 crore people are eligible to vote in the civic elections, spread over 13,000 polling stations across the national capital. Both the BJP and the Congress have exuded confidence about winning the electoral battle

Indore, Apr 23: The flight is about to land; all passengers are strapped in; and the national anthem starts playing on the plane's PA system. Do the passengers stand up to show respect, or remain strapped in as per flight rules? This unlikeliest of dilemmas did play out — on a SpiceJet flight from Tirupati to Hyderabad on April 18, prompting a passenger to file a complaint with the airline. The