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Some staff members of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on Friday tonsured their heads on the fourth day of the indefinite strike in the state demanding implementation of 7th pay commission. (Photo: ANI)

Apply 7th pay commission: MRSTC members tonsure heads in protest

More than 17 thousand government buses run across the entire state, where about one lakh workers have gone on strike.

20 Oct 2017 4:40 PM IST

There has been a rising trend of families eating out on Bhai Phonta and Durga Puja instead of gorging on home-cooked food, Indraneel Choudhury, executive chef of Koshe Kasha restaurant, said. (Photo: Arunava Basu)

Bhai Phonta bonanza: Kolkata restaurants rely on traditional Bengali...

Sisters put a mark on the foreheads of brothers and pray for their long lives on the occasion of 'Bhai Phonta'.

20 Oct 2017 3:24 PM IST

Ranjit Kumar has resigned as Solicitor General on Friday. Cites personal reason for his decision. (Photo: PTI)

Ranjit Kumar resigns as Solicitor General, cites 'personal reasons' as...

Ranjit Kumar was appointed solicitor general in 2014, soon after the BJP-led NDA government came to power.

20 Oct 2017 3:01 PM IST

The maximum and minimum temperatures on Saturday are likely to hover around 36 and 19 degrees Celsius respectively, the weatherman said. (Photo: AP)

Mist, fog enshrouds Delhi post-Diwali, mercury drops to 20.5 degrees

According to the MeT Department, the visibility reported at 8:30 am was 500 m and it improved as the day progressed.

20 Oct 2017 2:06 PM IST

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday criticised the Election Commission saying that by not announcing the Gujarat poll schedule, it has authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the dates at his last rally, after all freebies for the state were doled out. (Photo: PTI)

EC authorised Modi to decide Gujarat poll dates: Chidambaram

The EC had earlier said the polling in the western state of Gujarat would be held before December 18.

20 Oct 2017 11:12 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the Centenary Celebrations of Patna University, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

In poll-bound Gujarat, PM addresses BJP workers through...

PM addressed around 23,000 BJP workers through the 'audio bridge' technology and extended Diwali greetings to them.

20 Oct 2017 9:13 AM IST

A traffic policeman wears a pollution mask due to heavy smog and air pollution in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Pollution killed 2.5 million people in India, highest in the world:...

Globally the number of deaths due to pollution stood at 9 million - three times more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria...

20 Oct 2017 8:52 AM IST

Smog gripped Delhi a day after smoke-free Diwali. The Delhi Pollution Control Committees (DPCC) RK Puram monitoring station, on Thursday, recorded PM2.5 and PM10 at 878 and 1,179 micrograms per cubic metre at around 11 pm. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Cracker ban goes up in smoke, pollution engulfs Delhi on Diwali

The online indicators of the pollution monitoring stations in the city glowed red, indicating a 'very poor' air quality.

20 Oct 2017 7:57 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in UNGA said, India and Pakistan became free within hours of each other. Why is it that today India is a recognised IT superpower in the world, and Pakistan is recognised only as the pre-eminent export factory for terror? (Photo: AP)

India condemns Afghan attack, says states hosting terror must...

India has expressed its deep concern over the growing incidents of terrorist violence against Afghanistan.

19 Oct 2017 7:13 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath coming out from Hanuman Garhi Mandir Ayodhya on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Ayodhya is my personal belief, it's my duty to develop temple town:...

'I am trying to bring the Ayodhya town on the world tourist map by ensuring all-round development,' the chief minister...

19 Oct 2017 6:01 PM IST

The IAF will be conducting the aircraft touchdown exercise on the Agra Expressway near Bangarmau in Unnao district, according to PRO, Defence (Central Command), Gargi Malik Sinha. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

20 IAF planes to touch down on Lucknow-Agra Expressway next week

A traffic blockade will be put in place from October 20, to prepare the highway stretch for the event.

19 Oct 2017 5:23 PM IST

A bench of Justices MB Lokur and Deepak Gupta, which criminalised sex with a minor wife in a landmark verdict on Wednesday, referred to a study conducted on child marriages, based on 2011 census. (Photo: Representational/File)

All love marriages cannot be termed as 'love jihad': Kerala HC

The court further said that these kind of marriages should be encouraged as there is no boundary for love.

19 Oct 2017 3:33 PM IST