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The apex court recalled its earlier order stipulating that only retired HC chief justices and SC judges can be appointed as state and central Chief Information Commissioners.

Nokia board chairman Risto Siilasmaa will take over CEO duties while the Finnish firm is looking for a new CEO.

As many as 160 people have died and 5.4 million others affected due to floods in Bihar this year, a Disaster Management official said on Monday.

Vinci reached the US Open quarter-finals for the second straight year, beating fellow Italian Camila Giorgi and the rain.

Going by circumstantial evidence, Maheshwari, who reportedly failed a dope test in 2008, may get a reprieve paving the way for his getting the Arjuna Award.

Reports suggest that the penalty could be to the tune of Rs 18 crore but there was no official confirmation.

Patna: Under attack from BJP over his "silence" on terrorist Yasin Bhatkal's arrest and role of Bihar police, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the cops acted in a highly professional manner and it was not for politicians to comment on it.

In another blow to Bangladesh's fundamentalist Jammat-e-Islami, the cabinet, on Monday, decided to strip the voting rights of people convicted of "crimes against humanity" during the 1971 liberation war.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday put an end to the investigation monitored by it against former Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh and his family members for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets and left it to the trial court to consider...

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Jaipur: Rajasthan police has seized fake Indian currency notes with face value of nearly Rs two lakh and arrested an alleged smuggler in West Bengal when he was boarding a train to this state, officials said on Monday.

Pakistani traders who visited India insist that good people "happen to be on both sides of the border" and they were happy to share bonds with their Indian counterparts that was "lifelong".

The Tamil Nadu State Minorities Commission would meet representatives of minority communities and the general public in Chennai district at the Collectoratate to receive their representations.

The first meeting was earlier scheduled for August 13 but it was deferred to September 4 following the Minister's busy schedule.

Pakistan Hockey Federation is reluctant to send its players to India because of the current tension prevailing between the two nations.

India-born nurse Jacintha Saldanha had received a series of prank calls from an Australian radio station in the lead up to her suicide at a London hospital last December, a media report said on Sunday.