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Thawar Chand Gehlot, Union minister

Thawar Chand Gehlot is new leader of Rajya Sabha

Gehlot had on June 4 took charge as Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.

12 Jun 2019 9:02 AM IST

Bihar Cabinet-led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has approved a proposal to punish sons and daughters who abandon their elderly parents with a jail term. (Photo: ANI)

In Bihar, abandoning elderly parents will now land sons, daughters in...

Many other decisions were also taken during the cabinet meeting that took place on Tuesday.

12 Jun 2019 9:01 AM IST

Sanji Ram, the main accused in Kathua rape and murder case, being produced in District Court in Kathua. (Photo: PTI/File)

Kathua case: 'Sweat on Sanji Ram's face on chilly day gave him away,'...

Sanji Ram, along with two others, was convicted for life on charges of rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua...

12 Jun 2019 8:56 AM IST

Modis visit comes at the same time when Congress president Rahul Gandhi is on a three-day visit to his parliamentary constituency of Wayanad. (Photo: PTI)

PMO retains Principal Secretary, Addtl. Principal Secretary

Both the officers will be assigned the rank of Cabinet minister in the order of precedence.

12 Jun 2019 8:43 AM IST

Though the number of tropical cyclones in a season could remain the same, their category or intensity would be higher.

Gujarat on high alert as cyclone Vayu' may hit coast June 13

Chief minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday said people living in the coastal belt would be shifted to safer places.

12 Jun 2019 2:37 AM IST

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh

Amarinder Singh orders closure of open borewells in Punjab

Fatehvir Singh, who had turned two on Monday, was stuck in the borewell at a depth of 125 feet.

12 Jun 2019 2:34 AM IST

It was spotted by a Mi-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force, at a height of around 12,000 feet. (Photo: AFP)

Wreckage of missing AN-32 aircraft found in Arunachal

The wreckage has been found in Payum Circle of Siang district.

12 Jun 2019 2:26 AM IST

ED grills Praful Patel in aviation scam case

Sources said Patel appeared before the agency at its headquarters here in Khan Market around 10 am and left at around...

12 Jun 2019 2:19 AM IST

A five-judge Supreme Court Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar will on Tuesday pronounce a verdict on pleas challenging the validity of triple talaq (divorce) in the Muslim community. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Cabinet may consider new bill to ban triple talaq today

Once passed by Parliament, the proposed bill will replace an ordinance issued earlier this year.

12 Jun 2019 2:15 AM IST

A child showing symptoms of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome being shifted to a hospital in Muzaffarpur on Tuesday. At least a dozen children in the city have died due to the disease while many others are being treated in several hospitals. (Photo: PTI)

Centre sends team to help check encephalitis in Bihar

Muzaffarpur alone has reported 22 cases of fever, hypoglycemia.

12 Jun 2019 2:12 AM IST

Dr Virendra Kumar

BJP's dalit face Kumar to be pro-tem speaker

The first session of the newly-constituted 17th Lok Sabha will be held from June 17 to July 26.

12 Jun 2019 2:10 AM IST

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman with MoS Anurag Thakur attend a pre-Budget meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Nirmala Sitharaman holds first pre-Budget meet on agri, rural issues

Sitharaman said that the concerns of the agriculture sector are high on the priority of the present government.

12 Jun 2019 2:02 AM IST