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"We are investigating people with whom she was playing Holi during a party here. Her friend has also given us some leads and we are questioning some suspects," a police officer familiar with the probe told IANS on condition of anonymity.

The Karnataka government has lifted Value Added Tax on wine, beer and hard liquor. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who also holds the Finance portfolio, announced that measure in his budget speech in the Vidhan Soudha on Wednesday.

Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has said the recent election results came as a surprise to him, and the outcome has given the Modi government a "political mandate" to carry out its economic agenda.

According to a senior police official, Kannada writer Yogesh Master's face was smeared with black ink in Davanagere, allegedly by right wing activists, for writing against Hindu gods.

Pulwama district falls under the Anantnag constituency which was vacated by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti last year following her election to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.

Post-demonetisation, the RBI on Friday warned of a possible spike in inflation and stressed the need to make digital payments "safe and secure", even as it felt that the adverse and transient impact on the economy has "by and large" dissipated already.

Speaking in Lok Sabha, several Opposition leaders including Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge and CPI-M's Mohd Saleem have questioned the Centre over its silence on the killing of Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla in Kansas in the US.

The railways will maintain a skeleton service for booking tickets at PRS counters on Holi festival day, according to a senior Railway Ministry official.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday released two Pakistani schoolboys, who were arrested in connection with Uri terror attack after no incriminating evidence was found against them.

The government has made having an Aadhaar card must for poor women to avail of free cooking gas (LPG) connection under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.

Saibaba and the others have been convicted under Sections 13, 18, 20, 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (Amendment 2008).

A 22-year-old Indian fisherman was shot dead today allegedly by the Sri Lankan navy while he was fishing in a mechanised boat at a short distance off Katchatheevu islet, fisheries department officials said.

A 360-foot high (110 metres) flag post, said to be the country’s tallest, was inaugurated on Sunday at the Indo-Pak Attari Border, just a stone’s throw from Pakistan.

The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and the RBI on a plea alleging that people were not being allowed to deposit demonetised currency notes till March 31 as promised.

Jammu and Kashmir saw a three-fold increase in cases of rioting and a substantial rise in arson cases in 2016 which also witnessed five-month-long unrest after killing of terrorist Burhan Wani, official data showed.

A fresh autopsy was conducted on the body of soldier Roy Mathew, who was seen in a sting operation criticising 'Sahayak'(Orderly) system, on Saturday after family suspected foul play.