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Tamil actor Selvarathinam was attacked and killed by unknown miscreants in Chennai's MGR Nagar on November 15th. His most recent work is in Tamil Serial Thenmozhi BA.

However, Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor, SAFAR, said the improvement will be short-lived and the AQI is likely to slip back into the ’poor’ category on Thursday.

The high court had asked the AAP government and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to treat the PIL as a representation and take a decision "in accordance with law, rules, regulations and government policy applicable to the facts of the case"...

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Initiated in the era of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, the fair started on the day of Diwali and continues for next two days, on the banks of river Mandakini in religious town Chitrakoot.

Yadav has served as a minister in all the previous NDA governments in Bihar. He was the minister for the Road Construction Department in the last government.

The Madras High Court had dismissed the petitions filed by Karti and his wife to quash two criminal complaints under the Income Tax Act and the proceeding before the special court for MP/MLAs.

Both Modi and Kumar have known each other since 1973, when both of them fought the then Congress government together as student leaders and were eventually jailed during the Emergency.

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's Delhi visit, which is in the offing for quite some time, may happen on Wednesday, the sources added.

Along with the adoption of 15 tigers, five Jackal puppies were also released into the enclosure for public display at Jackal enclosure.

The senior Congress leader was undergoing treatment at the Rohtak's PGIMS hospital where she had been admitted since November 5, an aide said.

The decision to conduct the human clinical trials of the vaccine was taken after Dr Reddy's Laboratories got approval from the Drugs Controller General of India in this regard, an official said.

Here are the top stories we are covering this afternoon: Delhi air quality remains ‘severe’ morning after Diwali; India's coronavirus count crosses 88 lakh; 15 Asian nations sign RCEP trade pact; Soumitra Chatterjee not responding at all to treatment; Yuv...

Earlier in the day, more than 20 huts were gutted when a fire broke out at Kailashpur village under Kankuria gram panchayat, officials in Purba Bardhaman district said. Two fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the blaze, which originated from t...

Minister KT Rama Rao said several ministers, in a cabinet meeting held on Friday, sought more help to be extended to people in view of the adverse economic impact of COVID-19.

The 30-share BSE Sensex soared 194.98 points or 0.45 per cent to close at a record 43,637.98. The broader NSE Nifty advanced 50.65 points, or 0.40 per cent, to finish at its lifetime high of 12,770.60.