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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will hold a 'padyatra' on Thursday, interact with farmers and discuss their issues in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district.

The commission probing the grant of licenses to entities in Sector 83 of Gurgaon on Tuesday said its mandate was to probe whether their was any revenue loss during the transactions and all the deals will be looked into including those involving Robert Vadra.

An elderly farmer, who allegedly consumed poison over two weeks back apparently due to crop failure and non-waiver of farm loan, has died, officials said on Tuesday.

The Delhi University on Tuesday approved 100 courses of study under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) from the ensuing academic session in its Executive Council today even as a section of teachers cried foul over it alleging violation of statutory norms.

New Delhi; Delhi Police Crime Branch today arrested a dreaded gangster of Uttar Pradesh, who was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head and was involved in cases of murder, robbery, kidnapping and extortion.

A day after his suspension, a combative senior IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, who is locked in a tussle with SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, today said he would continue his fight even as the opposition slammed the action as an "act of revenge" by the ruling party.

After nosediving over the past few months, donations to the Aam Aadmi Party sharply rose on a day the party fielded its chief Arvind Kejriwal to make an emotional pitch to the public, with around 540 contributors today chipping in with over Rs 6.50 lakh.

The Supreme Court today quizzed government over the role of two eminent persons in the six-member National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) wondering how a person with no background of law can help in determining the suitability of a person to be a judge of the higher judiciary.

China's state media today accused more than two dozen human rights lawyers rounded up in recent days of being troublemakers intent on illegal activism, as foreign governments and rights groups expressed growing concern over the crackdown.

With a barrage of questions from the MPs, HRD Ministry could make its stand clear on the controversial draft bill on the IIMs in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament as it has been preparing its response after deliberations with Minister Smriti Irani on the issue.

Defending the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Madhya Pradesh government over Vyapam scam, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that it was transparent and blamed opposition for maligning their image.

Two journalists, including an Australian editor, went on trial in Thailand Tuesday over a report they published implicating the navy in human trafficking, as the United Nations urged the junta-ruled nation to drop the case.

Declaring that America`s deepening friendship with India is an indispensable part of US Asia re-balance strategy, US Vice President Joe Biden has reiterated Washington`s commitment to take the India-US partnership still higher.

Turkey`s constitutional court has annulled a controversial law closing private tutoring centres, many of which are run by the movement of US-exiled imam Fethullah Gulen, the nemesis of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports said.

Describing last week`s meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif as an "important step forward", the US has urged the two countries to create "constituencies for peace."

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday issued a stern warning to Pakistan that India will give a “befitting reply” in case of ceasefire violation.

With a prayer on their lips and a desire to attain freedom from the cycle of life, a sea of humanity has congregated at Nashik and Trimbakeshwar for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2015, dubbed as one of the largest religious event on the Earth.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's absence at the Secretariat and some scheduled events in recent times has sparked rumours that the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief is unwell.

Rocks rich in silica similar to those in the oldest part of Earth`s continental crust are scattered throughout the area where NASA`s Curiosity probe is exploring on Mars, according to a study published on Monday in Nature Geoscience.

Google has quietly removed the Chinese name for a South China Sea shoal bitterly disputed by Beijing and Manila from its maps service, following an outcry from Filipinos.