India and Pakistan are placed in Group 2 along with New Zealand and Afghanistan.
According to the results announced on Thursday, 25 Samajwadi Party candidates were defeated by less than 5,000 votes while a similar fate awaited three nominees of the Rashtriya Lok Dal.
Prohibitory orders banning the gathering of people were imposed in Karnal on Monday, a day ahead of a farmers' planned gherao of the mini-secretariat over the August 28 lathicharge episode, officials said.
A Tihar jail official said that one hangman is enough to execute the hanging.
Accusing police of harassment, the woman who took on a group of attackers singlehandedly on a busy street, on Sunday said the cops were dilly-dallying in acting against the accused and threatened to commit suicide if she does not get justice.
Under Election Commission guidelines, campaigning has to end 48 hours before the close of polls for each phase.
Major Ketan Sharma, the 29-year-old officer, was killed in an encounter in Achabal area of the south Kashmir district on Monday. A terrorist was also killed in the gun fight which broke out after the security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the area.
A round-up of the first day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country, on Tuesday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has received sanction to prosecute retired Allahabad high court judge Justice S N Shukla in a corruption case for allegedly favouring a private medical college in his orders, officials said.
Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani said that he was not "comfortable" with the present draft clarification given by the yoga guru, remarking that it seemed "more like a pat on the back" and a justification.
Farmers from across the states arrived at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Monday early morning protesting over unemployment.
Several people had taken shelter under the recently constructed structure while it rained. The dead, all of them men, were mostly relatives or neighbours of Jai Ram, who was being cremated at that time, officials said.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Thursday.
A 27-year-old burqa-clad woman, who is an instant talaq victim, is campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls to make the Muslim women realise the "good work" being done by the saffron party in the state. Nida Khan believes that unlike other parties, the BJP does not see Muslims as a vote bank only but considers them as equals.
Bhuvneshwar said he wanted to work with coach Rahul Dravid
Boundary-breaking Designer Ujjwal Dubey is shaking up the fashion industry with his gender fluid collection.
The four convicts are scheduled to be hanged at 5:30 am on March 20.
Events, including press conferences and public programmes, will be held in most of the over 700 districts of the country in this regard.
'Me and my family along with Sarfaraz have given our entire life towards this dream.'
Arshdeep has courage but needs experience
Priyanka Goswami's timing of 1:28:45 broke the national record by over a minute.
'The BJP talks about prosperity, but it doesn't want anybody to prosper.'
While Ishan Kishan has done well so far, Ruturaj Gaikwad (23, 1) has pulled the team down with questions being raised over his technique against quality pacers and his ability to force the pace early on.
You are neither entertained nor enticed in Rasbhari, complains Joginder Tuteja.
India fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar married Nupur Nagar in Meerut.
I hope that this will help improve policing in UP, the SHO said.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is headed for a big win in the Uttar Pradesh legislative council polls, bagging Barabanki and Ayodhya and leading in several other places. But it lost Varanasi to an Independent candidate.
Tikait has been at loggerheads with various governments on a range of farmers' issues, including loan waivers, minimum support price, power tariff and land acquisition in states such as UP, Haryana Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh.
Twenty-four people, most of them attending a funeral, were killed and 17 others injured when the roof of a shelter at a cremation ground in Uttar Pradesh's Muradnagar collapsed on Sunday, police said.
The 'ghar wapsi' was marked with celebratory atmosphere at Ghazipur border, where protestors, chiefly members and supporters of the Tikait family-led Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), danced to patriotic and regional tunes hailing the farming community.
Former India pacer Praveen Kumar has in the past been accused of assault.
Justice Rekha Palli issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand on whether it can provide the second dose of Covaxin to those who got the first jab, before expiry of the incubation period of six weeks between the two doses.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed officials to speed up setting up of a commando training centre in Rampur and also form a skilled team of women commandos.
In a statement issued in Lucknow, the UP government said, 'Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed that the National Security Act be slapped against the accused persons. He also directed that loss of public money during the construction work be recovered from the contractor and engineers.'
Wearing garlands, the farmer leaders, who had called for observing 'Sadbhavana Diwas' (Harmony Day) on Saturday after the immense outrage over violence by protesters during their Republic Day tractor rally, sat on the dais during the fast, as crowds of supporters swelled, especially in Gazipur where the Bharatiya Kisan Union is leading the protest.
The death toll has climbed to 4,28,682 with 373 fresh fatalities.
In a series of tweets, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken numerous measures in farmers' interest while taking inspiration from Charan Singh and that he will not allow any harm to them under any circumstances.
JM Financial, Axis Bank, and Bank of America have been roped in as the bankers to run the mandate, say sources.
Suresh Raina said that he cannot wait to be back on the field and is looking forward to the upcoming IPL with the CSK family.
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