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Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji's father Ram Mukerji, a writer and filmmaker, dies in Mumbai early on Sunday. He was 84.....

The NIA on Tuesday arrested Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin's son Syed Shahid in a six-year-old terror funding case, a day after the government decided to open talks with "all stakeholders" in Jammu and Kashmir. ....

After facing flak over delinking the schedule from Himachal Pradesh a fortnight ago, the Election Commission on Wednesday announced that Assembly polls in Gujarat will be held on December 9 and 14, asserting that the delay was meant to ensure that relief and rehabilitation work in the wake of devastating floods was not affected. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday wielded a broom to clean an area outside the Taj Mahal and then visited the imposing monument which some of his party colleagues had dubbed a "blot" on Indian culture.....

The Patna High Court in a historical verdict on Tuesday said the demand of thousands of school teachers on contract in Bihar of equal pay for equal work is right and has to be made applicable.....

At least eight persons were killed and more than 40 injured in an explosion at a boiler unit of the NTPC in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district on Wednesday evening, officials said.....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday tore into the Congress government in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh, saying the party leadership had made itself a "laughing club" that vows zero tolerance towards graft but was out on bail on corruption charges.....

Due to alarming pollution levels in the city, primary schools will remain closed on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said. ....

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a report that SEBI had imposed penalties on several entities, including Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's family, for "manipulative trade", while the party has demanded that Rupani must resign.....

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical drama "Padmavati", which is mired in controversy, will not be released in Madhya Pradesh for "distorting facts", Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Monday.....