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Nalini, a life convict, sought a six-month leave to make arrangements for her daughter's marriage, since she has never availed of ordinary leave in 27 years.

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has published an online notification to announce Assistant Vacancies Recruitment 2019.

Pompeo, who will meet his new counterpart S Jaishankar on Wednesday, is expected to lay the ground for a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi later in the week at a G20 meeting in Japan.

The floor leaders of various parties, however, would meet on Tuesday morning to decide whether the House will function to complete the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address.

The accused were identified as Raju (25), Mukesh (22) and Vinod (26), all residents of Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh. A total Rs 21.67 lakh was recovered from them, they said.

For the persistent vacancy in the higher judiciary, Gandhi put part of the blame on the apex court's collegium itself, saying the truth is that the collegium has never recommended enough names to fill all vacancies.

Candidates taking admission into B.E/B.tech/B.HMCT/B.Pharma/B.Arch courses should take a note of the revised MHT CET 2019 Counselling date.

India has expressed concern over developments in the Strait of Hormuz impacting oil prices and sought OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia's active role in keeping rates at reasonable levels.

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who took stock of the situation in Barmer, announced Rs 5 lakh in compensation each to the next of the kin of those who lost their lives and Rs 2 lakh for those injured.

A 'Ram Katha' was organised at Jasol area of the district when the tent was uprooted by strong winds, trapping the people sitting under it.

Police said Y Sreelatha, claiming to the producer of a leading Telugu television network, created a fake Facebook account in July 2018 and promised TV and movie aspirants roles in serials and films after collecting money from them.

The incident occurred when the sub-inspector Ashok Tiwari, currently posted as the incharge of Leemachauhan police station in Rajgarh district, was returning home from Allahabad via Bhopal.

The high court noted in its order that a division bench had held that "there is no scientific data available to show that installation of mobile phone towers and the emission of the waves by the said towers is in any way harmful for the health or hazardou...

The naxals did not harm the family members of the cop who was posted at Mirtur police station, he said.

The Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) outbreak, which according to the state health department has affected about 20 out of the 40 districts in Bihar has afflicted more than 600 children since June 1, killing close to 140.