Five members of a Nepalese family set themselves ablaze in Rajkot, Gujarat on Wednesday to protest against a drive to evict them from their house. On Thursday, two more people died of their burn injuries, taking the death toll to three in the tragedy.
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Former Intelligence Bureau chief and two-time governor of Jammu and Kashmir Girish Saxena has said that the terror outfits are getting desperate to vitiate the atmosphere and hit the tourism industry.
Patole wrote that he was resigning as the chairman of the Kisan Congress and 'dismissing' the unit.
'The finance ministry and public sector banks have tried to keep the names of wilful defaulters secret.' 'Secrecy and concealing information are inbred among banks and even the RBI,' observes Debashis Basu, editor, www.moneylife.in.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday allocated portfolios to the twenty-member council of ministers, including 10 of the Shiv Sena, who were inducted into his expanded cabinet.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested two police officers who were part of as many squads that took part in the alleged fake encounter of teenage girl Ishrat Jahan and three others in 2004 in Gujarat.
Under attack from the opposition over his luxurious watch, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddarmaiah on Thursday said he would declare it as a state asset and hand it over to the government.
On the last day of the filing of nominations for phase I of Gujarat elections, major political parties, including the ruling BJP and opposition Congress continued to face dissidence from the disenchanted party members, who either decided to switch loyalties or contest as independents.
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After his public criticism of V S Naipaul, writer-actor Girish Karnad has kicked up a fresh storm by calling Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore a "second-rate playwright".
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Criticising the state's police, the Gujarat high court on Wednesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry in a case where 23 children suffering from thalassemia contracted HIV, allegedly during the routine blood transfusion procedures at the Junagadh civil hospital.
The film's shooting has begun in Kozhikode.
Mourners in large numbers on Saturday paid their last respects to Jnanpith award winner and Kannada literary giant U R Ananthamurthy who was cremated with full state honours in Bangalore.
A Nationalist Congress Party member of Legislative Assembly posed with a fake gun in the Vidhan Bhawan premises on Monday
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, acclaimed playwright Girish Karnad defended his recent public attack on Nobel Laureate V S Naipaul at the Mumbai Literature Festival.
V S Naipaul has come in for stinging criticism from noted playwright Girish Karnad for his views on Muslims in India, with the latter saying the Nobel laureate has no idea of the community's contribution to the country's history.
A mob of over 150 people allegedly tried to set ablaze the district supply officer in Dehgava village, Uttar Pradesh, after he sealed a fair price shop selling adulterated diesel. An FIR has been lodged against 154 people, including 150 unidentified people, for the attack, police said on Friday.
The appointment of new expenditure secretary comes a month-and-a-half ahead of the Budget for 2020-21 to be presented on February 1.
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'We are on the world map. Every country is watching this event.'
Vikhe Patil, who was leader of opposition in the state assembly, resigned from the Congress recently.
Investigation into the alleged gang-rape of three tribal women and a minor girl at Viramgam near Ahmedabad on the night of October 18 has made no progress yet.
DB Corp, which publishes the country's second most widely read paper Dainik Bhaskar, has been gradually reducing its stake in DNA and wants to focus on the growth in regional markets.
The former RJD leader was released on bail in the Rajiv Roshan murder case after 11 years, reports M I Khan.
Hazare has been on a hunger strike since Wednesday demanding appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs at the Centre and in Maharashtra.
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The Bombay high court on Friday rejected the plea of hotels and restaurants across the state seeking permission to play orchestra in their establishments on December 31 night until 5 am on the New Year day.
"Agitation is the right of every citizen," a vacation bench of Justices Girish Godbole and M L Tahalayani observed while hearing the PIL filed by a social worker Mangleshwar Tripathi, seeking the fast being observed by the 74-year-old Gandhian at MMRDA ground in Bandra East, Mumbai, be declared as "illegal and unconstitutional"
The most prestigious awards in cinema are announced as Girish Kulkarni wins the National Award for Best Actor as Byari and Deool win the Best Feature film award.
The All India Kisan Sabha, backed by the Communist Party of India-Marxist, announced suspension of the 180-km march from Nashik to Mumbai after a three-and-a-half hour meeting of its representatives with state ministers Girish Mahajan and Jaykumar Rawal.
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