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Srinagar, Oct 31: In an event of far-reaching consequences, the state of Jammu and Kashmir ceased to exist at midnight Wednesday and was converted into two Union Territories, around three months after Parliament abrogated its special status under Article 370. However, the President's rule imposed in undivided Jammu and Kashmir was on Thursday revoked following bifurcation of the state into two

Pune, Oct 30: One of the accused in the Malegaon 2008 blast case, Samir Kulkarni, has been provided with an armed guard for protection by the Maharashtra government from Wednesday at his residence in Pune's Pimpri-Chinchwad area. He had written a letter to the state Chief Minister in May 2019 seeking the same. "I had applied for police protection months ago. Finally, they have provided me an armed

New Delhi, Oct 30: Former union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday moved Delhi High Court seeking an interim bail till November 4 on medical ground in connection with the INX Media money laundering case. The court has slated the matter for hearing on Thursday. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the plea in Delhi High Court and stated that P Chidambaram is suffering

Lucknow, Oct 30: Dr Kafeel Khan, who claims to have been a victim of government's vendetta in the infamous 2017 saga of 70 children perishing for want of Oxygen in BRD Hospital Gorakhpur, plans to move the Allahabad High Court over "massacre" of kids. The 2017 deaths attracted national attention as the government made crude attempts to find scapegoats for 70 children's death after the hospital ran

Genea, Oct 30: Expressing concern over the situation in Kashmir, the UN said on Tuesday that people in the Valley continue to be deprived of a wide range of human rights and urged the Indian authorities to fully restore their rights. Normal life remained disrupted in Kashmir for the 86th day on Tuesday following the August 5 decision to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution and bifurcate Jammu

Mumbai, Oct 29: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the Shiv Sena was not promised the CM's post for two-and-a-half years when the alliance was formalised before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Amid the ongoing tussle between the BJP and Sena over sharing of power in the next state government, Fadnavis also asserted that he will be the chief minister for another five years. Sena

Mumbai, Oct 29: In a bid to build data centre infrastructure in India, the $13 billion Adani Group on Tuesday announced a partnership with San Francisco-based Digital Realty to jointly develop and operate data centres and cultivate undersea cable provider communities of interest across the country. Digital Realty supports the data centre, colocation and interconnection strategies of more than 2

Srinagar, Oct 29: At least four persons were injured on Tuesday in clashes between protestors and security forces in Kashmir where a complete shutdown was observed in Srinagar and some other parts, officials said. The clashes broke out on a day when a delegation of 23 European Union MPs arrived here for a first-hand assessment of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir following revocation of the state

New Delhi, Oct 29: The free of cost travel scheme for women in Delhi public buses began on Tuesday with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia saying it will ensure their safety and increase their role in the national capital's economy. Women will be given pink tickets in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses to avail the free-ride scheme, which started on Bhai Dhooj. The Delhi

Tiruchirapalli, Oct 29: The two-year-old boy who was stuck in an abandoned borewell near Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu since Friday, is dead, an official said on Tuesday. Commissioner of Revenue Administration J Radhakrishnan said the body of the child was "dismembered" and in a "highly decomposed" state. "Efforts are on to retrieve the mortal remains of the child," he told PTI in the early hours