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Militants attacked a police picket at Achabal late Friday night, but the attack was successfully repulsed.

The Indian diplomat also said efforts are being made to secure the release of every Indian prisoner in Pakistan and to bring them back on humanitarian grounds.

The college professor, Nirmala Devi, was arrested on April 16 after an audio clip, in which she purportedly told some girl students "to adjust with some officials" for higher marks and money, went viral on social media.

Dilbag Singh was made an interim police chief Thursday night after his predecessor S P Vaid was shunted to Transport department as its Commissioner.

The court made this observation when three personnel, including a Major and a Lieutenant Colonel of the Army Service Corps (ASC), challenged their posting to the operational units and operational areas.

The victim, a student of class 11, was a friend of the girl living in his neighbourhood, but her boyfriend did not approve of him talking to her.

The residents of the locality had earlier received a WhatsApp message, “alerting” them about a gang of child-lifters in the area, the police said.

Samanya Pichhra Alpsankhyak Kalyan Samaj Sanstha, the organisation which spearheaded the Thursday bandh, has announced a mega rally in Bhopal. Normal life was hit a day earlier as schools and shops were shut down during SC/ST Act protest.

The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride and LGBT social movements.

Addressing a joint press conference, Swaraj said the recent decision by the US to put India in the list of countries eligible for Strategic Trade Authorisation Tier-I License Exemption reflected India's robust and responsible export control policies.

Professor Ramchandra Shrinivas Siras and his partner, Irfan, a rickshawallah, met outside the Arts Faculty of the AMU. The two were into a consensual relationship for which they paid a heavy price.

Other key issues, including cross-border terrorism, India's NSG bid and contentious H1B visa issue were also taken up at the meeting.

LIC aims to recruit 300 candidates for the posts of Assistant, Associate and Assistant Manager for various States and Union Territories across India.

It was the apex court’s judgment on Right to Privacy earlier this year which started the process of revisiting the 2013 verdict upholding Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday remained non-committal on cutting excise duty to cushion spiralling petrol and diesel prices

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the Uttar Pradesh police to follow the guidelines it issued in a recent judgement on mob lynching and asked the Inspector General of Police to personally supervise the probe in the matter.