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The Sangh has also been active earlier in fighting for reform in Hindu society like the abolition of Sati and enabling legal recourse for married women harassed on account of dowry.

Asked if a Pakistani UAV had been shot down by the Indian armed forces, a police official, on condition of anonymity, said, "Such an incident has happened, we are investigating the matter."

The minister said PM Narendra Modi had already given a free hand to the forces to take necessary action against the backdrop of the Pulwama terror strike.

Also reacting to the strikes, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah expressed delight and said that "if true, this was not a small strike". However, he said that he would wait for official word.

The resignation of Iran's top diplomat was confirmed by an informed source, however, it can only take effect once President Hassan Rouhani accepts it.

The state government has proposed to set up a science city in the Aravali Biodiversity Park, Nathupur village in Gurugram. The city of Ambala will also see a sub-regional science centre.

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Ravi Shankar Prasad said the 'election mantra' of the BJP for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls would only be the work that the government has done in the four-and-a-half years.

Rising India 2019 LIVE: Delivering the keynote address at News18 Network’s Rising India 2019 summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday questioned how could there be no jobs in India when the country was registering record growth.

The Congress president has said that 'Jal, Jangal and Zameen' is integral to the Right to Life guarantee for forest dwellers. Against this Right, evicting a people based on rejected claims of forest rights without a proper review and appeal violates due p...

The officials also said that the force was temporarily deployed in the valley for a week during the unrest of 2016 but was withdrawn immediately.

The board would implement skill development programmes to help educated transgenders get jobs.

The Prime Minister also issued a stern warning to Pakistan over the Pulwama attack, saying the new India would not hold back in its response to terrorism.

PM Modi said his government inherited an economy in complete policy paralysis, plagued by runaway inflation and rising current account deficit.

The KEG alleges that the current 'negative intervention' in the media in Kashmir, which has been known to maintain professionalism and neutrality at the cost of lives, compromises the constitutional guarantees that it enjoys.

The deaths come less than two weeks after more than 100 people died after drinking bootleg alcohol in northern India.