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Army troops guarding the LoC took positions and retaliated effectively resulting in exchange of firing, the spokesperson said.

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard, according to a release issued by his office in Hyderabad.

The asteroid named 1999 JD6 appears to be a contact binary -- an asteroid with two lobes that are stuck together.

State Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim went to Arambagh in Hooghly district during the day and oversaw relief arrangements for the affected people.

On Friday, the girl reached the police station and said that her boyfriend had lured her to go with him, police said.

Air India will commence flight services to Sharjah from Varanasi from August 17, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said.

Our judiciary is robust and gave every available opportunity to Yakub Memon to plead his case.

The multi-billion dollar tender for the 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA), for which Rafale was shortlisted in 2012, has been withdrawn by the government.

Over 900 dwellers living in Indian enclaves inside Bangladesh have decided to cross over to India and claim citizenship in hope for a better future.

Several activists had gathered at Jantar Mantar to oppose Memon's death sentence while the SC bench was arguing whether the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict should be hanged.

The actor also took to social networking site Facebook to share his views and post image stills from the film with one of the photograph having a line: "Love is faith and faith is forever".

Paying rich tributes to 'People's President' APJ Abdul Kalam on the occasion of his last rites, the Bihar government on Thursday named Agriculture College at Kishanganj and the proposed science city after him.

Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, host of other dignitaries, attended the former president's last rites.

He was offered a breakfast of his choice and he then underwent a final medical examination prior to hanging.

Andhyarujina was again agitated when Rohatgi took out his smartphone and read reports that Memon has moved the President for clemency.