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Justice Kurian Joseph also declined the invitation to PM's dinner for judges on Saturday and added that no important programmes are held on holidays of religious significance.

It lauded the Narendra Modi government's initiatives taken on foreign policy, including the Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's continuous engagements with world leaders in the last 10 months.

A youth has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing girls after befriending them on social networking sites, police said on Friday.

Most of the government and private schools in Kashmir reopened on Friday after they were closed on Monday due to heavy rains, they said.

The EC has approached the Law Ministry with a proposal to introduce 'Totaliser' machine for counting of votes.

The woman is likely to have committed 'sati', a banned practice in India, police said on Wednesday.

Companies are already using analytics insights to change the way they operate or to improve their products and services.

While the first three have been booked under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), the other two face charges under the Arms Act and Robbery.

Four crore people in states like Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh are dependent on bidi-making through Tendupatta.

Known for his espousal of Hindu nationalism-being one of the initial leaders of the far-right Hindu Mahasabha, Malviya was a social reformer and a successful Parliamentarian.

West Bengal Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) Moloy Dey told PTI that only stray cases of swine flu were reported in the last few weeks.

Health Ministry data said that till Saturday, as many as 2,035 persons had perished in various states while the number of affected persons stood at 33,761.

"Instead of addressing core issues, the government is trying to divert the minds of people by banning beef which will really not help the state economy in any way," the AICC General Secretary said.

The incident occurred between Sulangi and Siksod villages under Siksod police station limits this afternoon, Kanker DySP (Anti-Naxal operation) Jayant Vaishnav said.

A woman passenger has filed a police complaint against Delhi immigration official on Saturday for sexual harassment.

Ever since the new government came into being, despite overtures by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pakistan continues to indulge in cross-border attacks.