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Banerjee's visit assumes significance in the backdrop of soured relations between the Governor and the ruling TMC following Dhankhar's frequent tweets on law and order, governance, possibility of free and fair polls and other issues.

Seven rounds of talks between the government and representatives of protesting farmers have failed to resolve a long-running agitation against the three laws enacted in September.

While the infection has not yet been reported in humans in India, the disease is zoonotic, and the secondary spread by human handling cannot be ruled out.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will lead the Indian delegation at the talks, while the French delegation will be led by Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Advisor to the French President.

A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy on Wednesday regularized his admission, after it granted him interim admission in an engineering course on December 9.

Twelve seats in the UP legislative council are getting vacant on January 30 as the term of the members is coming to an end. One of the 12 members is Nasimuddin Siddiqui, who already stands disqualified.

After being questioned for two days by the IT-Department, Vadra alleged that government agencies were being wrongfully used.

The matter came to light in February 2019 after a 19-year old woman student had lodged a complaint with the police alleging that a gang of four men had tried to strip her inside a car, shot a video of the act, and blackmailed her using the visuals.

The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for Delhi, recorded 1.3 mm rainfall till 5:30 pm. The weather stations at Palam, Lodhi Road and Ridge recorded 5.3 mm, 0.4 mm and 4.8 mm rainfall, respectively, during the period.

On Congress’s failure in 2014 Lok Sabha, Pranab Mukherjee claimed that some members of the Congress have theorized that, had he become the PM in 2004, the party might have averted the 2014 Lok Sabha drubbing.

The state on Tuesday reported deaths of 200 more birds, officials said. They said the number of birds which died in Rajasthan in the recent days reached 625 on Tuesday morning, amid an outbreak of bird flu.

There were also persistent/repeat complaints about recovery and collection methods adopted by the company, RBI added. It further said a show cause notice was issued to the company as to why penalty should not be imposed for such non-compliance.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Dinesh Kumar said there was sufficient material on record to proceed against Khalid in the case related to the communal violence in Khajuri Khas area in February last year.

Addressing a press conference at Singhu Border here, union leaders said thousands of farmers will take out the tractor march from all protest sites to the Kundli Manesar Palwal (KMP) on January 7.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also flag off the world's first double stack long haul 1.5kmlong container train hauled by electric traction from New AteliNew Kishangarh during the event.

The Jadavpur University Teachers' Association, All Bengal University Teachers' Association (JU chapter) and West Bengal College and University Teachers' Association said any attempt of confinement of association members or any harassment of teachers shoul...