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The decision was taken to avoid any "disturbance" to the spiritual atmosphere inside the Golden Temple, an SGPC official said.

Interim director Nageswara Rao, whose appointment was quashed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, had also been restrained from taking any major policy decision till the court decided on Verma’s plea.

In November, the Unites States granted a six-month waiver from sanctions to India and allowed New Delhi to continue to import a limited quantity of Iranian oil.

The CJI Ranjan Gogoi-led bench, however, ruled that Verma cannot take any major policy decision till the high-powered committee that selects and appoints the CBI Director takes a call on the matter.

The state government has announced that its employees would be barred from availing casual leave or any half-day leave on Tuesday and Wednesday.

During the conversation, the Russian president invited Modi to take part in the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok in September 2019 as the main guest.

The 30-year-old PSI trainee was training at a Karnataka Police Training Centre when he reportedly fell ill and relieved himself to consult a doctor. He was found dead the next morning.

The sexual abuse case came to light in April 2018 after a social audit report prepared by TISS on the status of all state-funded shelter homes in Bihar.

The 85-year-old economist said many institutions in the country are under attack, and their freedom is being encroached. "Even journalists are facing harassment".

The police said that the arrested has been identified as Mohan, the Personal Assistant to Minister C Puttaranga Shetty. He has been charged under various sections of the IPC.

In this explainer, News18 dissects the emergence and role of the caste factor in the Indian Army and how it continues to be an integral part of the system, even though it is a relic of the colonial past.

The Anupam Kher starrer movie ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ is based on a book by Singh’s former media advisor Sanjaya Baru which was released during the 2014 elections.

The accused are also being probed by the ED for allegedly bribing senior income tax department officials as part of an earlier criminal complaint.

Pabuk will become very rough over south-east and east-central Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Islands and the adjoining Andaman Sea by January 8 and rough over east-central and adjoining south-east Bay of Bengal by January 8.

Catch all the live action from the third day of the fourth Test between Australia and India in Sydney on Cricketnext.com's live blog.

The accidental blaze at Sarfabad village in Sector 73, which is dotted by high-rise apartments around it, was reported around 3.30 am and was doused by 5 am with 18 fire tenders at service.