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Lok Sabha Passes Bill Providing Quota For Upper Castes
The Lok Sabha on Monday night passed the "historic" Constitution amendment bill to provide 10 per cent quota for upper castes in government service and higher educational institutions, with the opposition backing it despite reservations over the timing and calling it an "election gimmick".....
Alok Verma Revokes Transfer Orders Issued By Rao
Hours after re-joining office after nearly two-and-half months, CBI Director Alok Verma on Wednesday revoked most of the transfer orders issued by agency's interim chief M. Nageswara Rao.....
New IS Module: NIA Searches 7 Places In UP, Punjab; Detains 4
The NIA on Thursday raided five places in Uttar Pradesh and two in Punjab in its probe into a new Islamic State (IS)-inspired module Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam and detained four men, officials said.....
Shatrughan Sinha May Face Action, BJP Calls Him 'opportunist'
Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha is likely to face "action" for attending the opposition rally in Kolkata as the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Saturday said it will take "cognisance" of it.....
PM Modi Greets Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura On Statehood Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended his greetings to the people of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura on their Statehood Day.....
PNB Scam: Mehul Choksi Opts For Antigua & Barbuda Citizenship
Posing fresh complications for India, absconder diamantaire Mehul Choksi, one of the prime accused in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, has surrendered his Indian citizenship in favour of Antigua & Barbuda Isles in the West Indies, official sources said here on Monday.....
Indian, Pakistani Troops Trade Heavy Fire On LoC
Indian and Pakistani troops traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Wednesday.....
Two Terrorists Killed In Encounter With Security Forces In Jammu And Kashmir's Pulwama
Two Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants were killed on Friday in a gunfight with security forces in a Jammu and Kashmir village in Pulwama district, police said.....
Soldier, Militant Killed In Kashmir Gunfight
A soldier and a militant were killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Monday, the Army said, denying earlier reports that two soldiers died.....
Pakistan Rejects Any Link To Kashmir Terror Attack
Pakistan has denied any involvement in the suicide attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF troopers in Jammu and Kashmir.....
