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Strict anti-conversion law, skill census: BJP

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released BJP's election manifesto for Maharashtra assembly elections, promising an increase in financial help under Ladli Behna Yojana from ₹1500 per month to ₹2100, old-age pension, farm loan waiver and hike in financial assistance to farmers from present ₹12,000 per year to ₹15,000 under Kisan Samman Nidhi.

Police arrest 2 shooters of Arsh Dalla gang for Sikh activist's murder...

THE Punjab Police on Sunday announced the arrest of two key operatives of Canada-based gangster-turned-terrorist Arsh Dalla in Mohali for their involvement in the murder of Sikh activist Gurpreet Singh Hari Nau in Faridkot last month.

Cong nominee's vehicle attacked, gunshots fired

STONES were thrown at the vehicle of the Congress' candidate for Samaguri assembly bypoll on Sunday, police said.

MVA: Caste census, free cervical cancer vaccine

THE opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Sunday released its manifesto for the November 20 polls, promising to safeguard the Indian constitution, bring back the glory of Maharashtra, raise per capita income, generate jobs and waive farm loans.

Three-month-old elephant calf dies, jumbo toll at Bandhavgarh reaches 11

MADHYA Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) has suffered the loss of its eleventh elephant in less than a week.

'BJP leaders informed about party rebels damaging us'

IN the run-up to the Maharashtra assembly elections due November 20, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde spoke with Sudhir Suryawanshi and shared his views about his government plans for the state.

...duo also wanted in killing of murder convict in Gwalior

TWO key operatives of Canada-based designated Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla, who were arrested by Punjab police, were also wanted for the murder of a convict in Madhya Pradesh.

Cong breaking OBC-ST-SC unity: PM

Says move meant to snatch away quota benefits, pitches for 'ek rahenge toh safe rahenge'

Navy's women circumnavigators reach Australia

THE Indian Navy's sailing vessel Tarini, which is undertaking a global circumnavigation expedition, reached its first port of call in Fremantle, Australia on Saturday after a challenging 39-day voyage at sea.

Russia deputy PM to visit India today, hold bilateral talks

RUSSIA's first Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov will arrive in India on a two-day visit on Monday.

Centre to bolster CRPF's anti-terror squad in J&K

100 young personnel to be deployed around Pulwama and Budgam

UP govt rejects premature release plea of gangster Babloo Srivastava

THE UP government has informed the Supreme Court that it has rejected the latest premature release plea of gangster Om Prakash Srivastava, alias Babloo Srivastava, who is serving a life sentence for the 1993 murder of an additional customs collector.

Four years on, govt keeps draft amendment to drugs ad law in cold storage

FOUR years after it was proposed, the health ministry has been sitting over its draft to amend the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement) Act, 1954, which is aimed at taking stringent action against misleading advertisements, including that of Ayush medicines.

Sanjiv Khanna to be sworn in as 51st Chief Justice of India today

JUSTICE Sanjiv Khanna, who has been part of the Supreme Court's several landmark judgments - including scrapping of electoral bonds scheme and the upholding of the abrogation of Article 370 - will be sworn in as the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Monday.

DELIVERANCE AT THE HANDS OF THE TEACHER OF THE WORLD

ODAY is apparently Kamsa Vadh Day, the anniversary of when Krishna killed Kamsa and reinstated Ugrasena as the king of Mathura.

WHY TRUMP WON AND HARRIS LOST IN U.S. ELECTIONS

Love him or hate him, Donald Trump never pretended to be anything other than what he was. He led an almost miraculous comeback, unprecedented in recent history

Stalker attempts to kill girl's dad with airgun

HYDERABAD: A 24-year-old stalker allegedly tried to kill the victim's 54-year-old father using an air-gun in Venkateshwara Colony, Saroornagar, on Sunday afternoon.

Waqf row: Siddu directs revenue dept to withdraw notices to ryots

Over 500 farmers had petitioned JPC against Waqf board's ownership claims

Insurance firm to reimburse ₹1.8L for woman's treatment

THE Madurai District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission recently ordered Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Limited to pay a woman ₹1.77 lakh medical reimbursement with interest for unfairly rejecting her claim application.

Woman tries to save aged mom, both fall into well and drown

AN 87-year-old woman and her 65-year-old daughter drowned after they slipped and fell into a 50-foot-deep well in their farmland in Ponnamara Thottam in Alangiyam on Sunday morning.

Man held for sending obscene pics to Delhi woman 9 years ago

THE cyber crime wing of Delhi police with the help of Dindigul police have arrested a 34-year-old software engineer for allegedly sending obscene pictures to a woman in New Delhi nine years ago using the SIM card of a DMK functionary.

Tamil writer Indira Soundar Rajan falls at his house, passes away at 65

TAMIL novelist and short story writer Indira Soundar Rajan (P Soundararajan), well-known for his mystery and supernatural stories, passed away after he accidentally slipped and fell inside his house in TVS Nagar on Sunday morning. He was 65.

DVAC seizes ₹11 lakh from Ooty municipal commissioner

DVAC seized a sum of ₹11.7 lakh from Udhagamandalam Municipality Commissioner A Jahangir Basha on Saturday night and registered an FIR under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act on Sunday.

Min remark on desilting Mettur dam worries ryots

FARMERS have expressed concern over Water Resources Department Minister Duraimurugan's recent statement that it may not be scientifically feasible to desilt Mettur and other reservoirs, months after a GO to desilt four reservoirs was issued.

HC judges inspect Thamirabarani, flay officials over poor sewage treatment

COMING down heavily on officials over ineffective water treatment systems, Justices G R Swaminathan and B Pugalendhi of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, after inspecting multiple locations along the Thamirabarani bank, ordered Collector K P Karthikeyan to submit a comprehensive action plan within a week, to halt the flow of sewage into the river.

EPS hints at tie-up with BJP, says will unite 'like-minded' parties

HINTING at the possibility of allying with the BJP once again, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday said decisions on his party entering into any alliance will be taken closer to the Assembly election date.

CM: Govt will bear edu cost of kids of cracker unit staff who die in blasts

A SIPCOT industrial park will be built on 400 acres in Aruppukottai at ₹350 cr, says Stalin

Six out of nine toilets at suburban railway stations on Guindy-Tambaram route kaput

WALKING along platform 1 of the Guindy suburban railway station, one might spot a yellow and brick-red building at the far end. This facility is the sole pay and use toilet at the station (on Chennai Beach-Chengalpattu route), which, as per Southern Railway estimates, gets an average daily footfall of over 60,000.

ROAD ACCIDENTS CLAIM THREE LIVES

TWO road accidents at Minjur and Madhavaram claimed three lives on Saturday.

Four hospitalised as stray dog bites 11 in Tiruppur

ELEVEN people, including three women, were injured on Sunday morning after a stray dog bit people walking on Dharapuram road in Tiruppur.