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Kolkata hotel fire: B'deshi journalist, kin had come for treatment

Kolkata, Aug. 20 -- A Bangladeshi journalist, his wife, their young son and his father-in-law were among nine people killed in the fire at Hotel Shikha Inn in central Kolkata on Wednesday. The family ... Read More


Nabin to meet new teams; rejigs likely in apex bodies

NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to recast its Parliamentary Board, the party's highest decision-making body, and the Central Election Committee (CEC), which takes a ca... Read More


Delhi constable held in Ghaziabad for abetting colleague's suicide

India, Aug. 20 -- The Ghaziabad police on Wednesday arrested a 38-year-old head constable with the Delhi Police on alleged charges of abetting the suicide of his 37-year-old woman colleague at a hotel... Read More


Delhi constable held for abetting suicide of woman colleague in Ghaziabad hotel

India, Aug. 20 -- The Ghaziabad police on Wednesday arrested a 38-year-old head constable with the Delhi Police on alleged charges of abetting the suicide of his 37-year-old woman colleague at a hotel... Read More


PMC clears decks for modern shelters & veterinary care for stray, abandoned cattle

India, Aug. 20 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has approved a proposal to create modern shelters and veterinary facilities for stray and abandoned cattle, particularly in the 34 newly-merged v... Read More


Won't allow woman officer to be humiliated: Supreme Court to Centre

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the Centre to review its "arbitrary denial" of permanent commission to a woman coast guard officer within two weeks, observing that the govern... Read More


Supreme Court tells Odisha government to take a call on Graham Staines murder convict's remission plea

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the Odisha government that it will not tolerate any further delay in dealing with the remission plea of Graham Staines' murder convict Dara Si... Read More


Taste of Life: The forgotten art of Poona's lifelike clay figures

India, Aug. 20 -- The practice of making durable representations of fruits and vegetables in materials such as clay and wood has a long history in many parts of the world. By the nineteenth century, t... Read More


Boss's stern behaviour not suicide abetment: Supreme Court

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The Supreme Court has held that ordinary administrative directions, disciplinary supervision, adverse remarks on an official's performance, even stern behaviour by a superior, ho... Read More


CBI court denies bail to Punjab VB chief's ex-reader

Chandigarh, Aug. 20 -- A special CBI court here on Wednesday dismissed the regular bail plea of OP Rana, former reader to DGP, Punjab Vigilance Bureau, in a Rs.13-lakh bribery case. Holding that the ... Read More