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During the meeting at Raj Bhavan in Vijayawada, the TDP leaders told the Governor that a few "pro-YSRCP" farmers had hurled stones and footwear at Naidu’s convoy in the presence of police officials.

The firing and shelling from across the border in Shahpur and Kirni sectors was retaliated by the Indian army, a defence spokesman said.

In a notice, the state project director of 'Paschim Banga Samagra Siksha Mission', said he had been asked by the government to seek an explanation for absence from the teachers who have skipped work.

This is a nearly 17 per cent reduction in the number of terror incidents, as the 115-day period preceding it had witnessed 106 such incidents, the home ministry said.

Further, the woman accused her husband and brother-in-law of injuring her with a knife. She alleged her husband was trying to divorce her and marry another woman.

The incident took place following an altercation between the man, his wife and work partner over a monetary dispute involving Rs 1.5 crore with the man's brother-in-law.

The creamy layer principle, under which the 'advanced' among the socially disadvantaged sections are excluded from the quotas for jobs and admissions, now applies only to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

The national capital witnessed chilly winds in the morning which brought the minimum temperature down to 8 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average and the lowest for the season.

The Finance Minister recently drew flak for India’s worsening economic health. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate slipped to 4.5% for the July-September quarter of the ongoing financial year.

The Swedish Royal couple — King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, who are on their second five-day visit to India after 26 years, were scheduled to arrive in Delhi on their state aircraft.

On his Facebook page, the official said he was shocked, and thought that being the ADGP in women's cell since 2012, it was his moral and constitutional duty to share his unhappiness over the subject of women empowerment.

Reacting to reports of pilgrims beings charged some kind of facilitation fee, the chief minister said there was no question of charging the devotees and the application process was totally free of cost.

BSF chief V K Johri said his troops have avowed to ensure that the sanctity of the borders, specifically the India-Pakistan border, is ensured 'at every cost'.

The SP said the girl had gone to relieve herself early morning on Saturday in the fields near her house. No marks of sexual assault have been found on the victim's body, he added.

ED had filed a criminal case of money laundering against Thakur, his family members and others in October last year after reports of sexual abuse of minor girls at the shelter house run by Thakur's NGO- Sewa Sankalp Vikas Samiti- came to light.

The incident came to light when the police found the semi-naked body of the victim lying on the floor. The accused allegedly broke into the victim's house on Friday night and raped her before strangling her to death, the police said.