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The Afghan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani told the new Indian ambassador to Afghanistan Vinay Kumar that the government would leave no stone unturned to protect and release the Indian engineers abducted by the Taliban on Sunday.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah is confident of winning the Karnataka assembly polls as he believes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal popularity has helped the party tap “people’s anger” against the Siddaramaiah government in the state.
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22-year-old tourist from Tamil Nadu was killed and two members of his family, including his mother, were injured when their cab was attacked by a group of stone-pelters at Narbal on the Srinagar-Gulmarg highway on Monday.

In a major boost to opposition unity in Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said her party's alliance with Samajwadi Party was on for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and a formal announcement would be made once the seat-sharing arrangement was finalised.

Congress MPs on Monday challenged rejection of the motion in the Supreme Court and sought an urgent hearing from Justice J Chelameswar, who had recently led senior judges in holding a presser against the CJI.

Residents have been advised to stay indoors as far as is possible. Those who find themselves in the midst of dust storms have been told to find solid structures to take refuge under or remain in vehicles with emergency lights on.

Dust storms swept across many states in northern India resulting in commuting becoming extremely difficult.

PM Modi should not stoop so low and talk unethical about opposition: Manmohan Singh

Odisha: Couple beat up policemen after being fined for traffic violation

The severe thunderstorms that hit north India and some other regions last Wednesday (May 2) unleashed the most devastation by any single-day storm event in the country in the past six years, for which data was compiled by the India Meteorological Department.

Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel today demanded 50 per cent presence of the people belonging to scheduled castes and other backward castes in the administration.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers on Monday forced the suspension of the work of measuring land that needs to be acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmehigh-speed speed rail corridor, popularly called the bullet train project.

Two Congress MPs on Monday moved the SC to challenge the rejection of the 'impeachment' notice against CJI by the Rajya Sabha chairman.

PM Modi, Amit Shah should do 'prayashchit' for betraying people: Congress

The IMD has issued a warning of thunderstorm accompanied with squall and hail in large parts of northern and eastern India tomorrow, prompting authorities to put in place various emergency measures such as part-closure of schools and cancelling leave of civic officials.

Salman Khurshid slams NDA govt over triple talaq bill

Sonia Gandhi has not campaigned for almost two years. She was inactive during electioneering in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Nagaland.

Dehradun: Electrocuted kids battle for life, family demands compensation

With the recent election of these 11 members, the 75-member Council now has its full strength. Despite losing three seats in the recent polls, the ruling JD(U), with current strength of 32, continues to remain the largest party in the upper house.

"We are confident of winning more than 150 seats in the assembly polls. We are conducting a survey to zero in on the winning candidates. We will announce their names by September," Kamal Nath told a press conference.

The sandstorm dwarfed buildings and trees as it swept through the city - aided amply by relatively high-speed winds.

Local authorities pressed emergency services into action to rescue those feared trapped. 

Speaking at an event in Pakistan, Aiyar - suspended by Congress for calling PM Narendra Modi neech - invoked VD Savarkar to elaborate on the ideology of 'those currently in power in India.'

The IMD has issued an amber-coloured alert, indicating severe weather, for parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh, western Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal.

The Supreme Court today declined to grant any interim relief on an appeal against a high court order dismissing pleas challenging the appointment of 11 parliamentary secretaries by the Raman Singh-led BJP government in Chhattisgarh.

Taking strong exception to his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar's statement that namaz should be restricted to mosques, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh today said it seems the BJP is trying to communalize the atmosphere of the country.

Mani Shankar Aiyar now compares Jinnah to Mahatma Gandhi

Jharkhand: Minor raped, set ablaze by neighbour

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court is all set to hear on Tuesday a petition moved by two Congress MPs challenging rejection of the impeachment notice against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra by Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.

Wisconsin man eats 30,000th Big Mac hamburger

US: Scrap metal barge burns off Alabama

Official sources said the permanent commission to women is being considered for a number of segments including cyber and IT, corps of military police and various posts in service selection board.

Bhubaneswar: Stink bugs invade homes and localities near Chandaka sanctuary

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved his extension to the top post till June 12 next year, the order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.

Acute water crisis in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani, residents forced to drink dirty water

Pointing out that melting of ice leads to a rise in the water levels of the Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej rivers, causing them to flow into Pakistan, Capt Amarinder Singh said he had written to Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari suggesting storage of the excess water in dams in Himachal Pradesh to check its flow into Pakistan.

Kilauea volcano destroys homes in Hawaii

Devotees install coolers for gods amid rising temperature

J&K: 22-year-old found with throat slit

Landslide near Assam-Meghalaya border hits traffic on NH-44

Holding that occupying a constitution post in past cannot entitle a person to get residential accommodation by government, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Chief Ministers could not be allotted bungalow after demitting office and they should be treated at par with common citizens.

While Yogi has questioned Siddaramaiah for farmer suicides in Karnataka, he himself has been attacked on several fronts including why he was in southern India when thundershowers in UP had killed many.

Speaking at an event in Pakistan, Aiyar - suspended by Congress for calling PM Narendra Modi neech - invoked VD Savarkar to elaborate on the ideology of 'those currently in power in India.'

The advisory comes on the heels of warnings from the Met department regarding heavy showers lashing several parts of northern India in the days to come.

Karnataka, which was hauled up on May 3 by the apex court for not releasing sufficient Cauvery water, today filed an affidavit through its chief secretary, claiming that 2017-18 has been a "distress water year in the Cauvery basin" the third time in a row.

"Out of every 10 such incidents, seven are committed by people who know the victim- relative, friends, neighbour. Law enforcement agencies need to be far more proactive, I concede all that," Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at an event organised by industry lobby FICCI.

Lahaul-Spiti receives fresh snowfall

Gandhi, who resumed his poll campaign for the May 12 assembly polls, took out a protest march in Maluru in Kolar against rising petrol prices by riding a bicycle with other Congress workers walking or running behind him. The world over petrol prices were decreasing, but in India prices were still high, he lamented.

The low-quality video surfaced on social media this morning. A pheran-clad woman, believed to be Saddam Padder's mother, is seen pulling the trigger of a gun held by a terrorist atop a building in the Heff area of Shopian.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address national executives of all seven wings of the BJP on May 17 in what would be the first such meeting and seen as aimed at toning up the party's organisational machinery in the run up to the next Lok Sabha polls.