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Prabhat Singh's arrest also raises questions of how local journalists are treated by organisations they work for.

Since the DMDK’s formation in 2005 and its winning 8 per cent of the vote in 2006, Vijayakanth has been wooed by all regional and national parties in the state.

Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels have been claimed by the IS, who also carried out the Paris attacks in which 130 were killed.

The Congress says it has contributed “much more than the BJP can imagine” for protection of identity of the Assamese and other communities of the state.

PM Modi said Ambedkar was more than a Dalit icon-- he was the equivalent of Martin Luther King. This is not the first time that the PM has tried to find parallels of international statesmen

The drug was prepared in response to the World Health Organization's call in 2012 to work on anti TB medication.

Though officially it is spring, summer seems to have arrived in Bhubaneswar where the daytime temperature rose dramatically on Monday, at least 7 degrees above the normal temperature.

From moans of whales to the put-put-put of ships’ propellers, from the rumble of earthquakes to the roar of typhoons: scientists release first recordings from the deepest point on Earth.

Political analysts, however, do not see any threat to Mamata Banerjee having a smooth sail despite Deepa Das Munshi and the Netaji kin – Chandra Bose.

The ICANN will now be governed by a “multi-stakeholder” model, including businesses, individual users and members of governments across the world.

Health experts have pointed to their many side-effects — some of them fatal — and the lack of therapeutic justification for their sale.

The second was the modernist M F Husain, whose painting of Bharat Mata was banned and trashed — and he was forced to spend his last years outside his country.

The big screen in the ground repeatedly reminded fans that any "wrongful display" of the national flag would invite punishment.

Alcohol is set to cost more in Goa as the government is prepared to revise the excise duty on Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and beers, that are imported or sold in the state.

However, a day after this important meeting BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav for the first time disclosed to the media that talks have failed.

Even as this most incongruous political tie up struggles to find common grounds for a fight, the outcome of it and its aftermath remains a big question mark.

Badal's aides say, he has decided in principle to take an extreme stance on the issue, even if it means going to jail for contempt of court or even stepping down as CM.

At present AIMIM has only two MLAs in assembly while the Congress has 41 MLAs. However, the Congress believes it will have to check the AIMIM's growth to retain and consolidate its own vote share

The investigation into the German Bakery blast suffered from many lapses and controversies before and even after Baig's arrest. Here are a few of them.

The victim, an ASTC yard master, turned out to be Dimbeswar Rajkonwar, elder brother of ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa.

On the day he was sentenced to death by the trial court in April 2013, the alleged “mastermind” of the February 13, 2010 German Bakery bombing broke down and begged for leniency.

Monday’s Class XII maths paper has been criticised in schools, homes and Parliament. Indian Express explains the process by which CBSE question papers areset — a secret, complex exercise with strict do’s & dont’s.

While most of the banned FDCs are not approved in many western countries, they have been in use in India.

A total of 12 people are scheduled to retire in April. The election recently held to fill these seats afresh has resulted in a continuation of the status quo.

The usual narrative expected to play out is the following: while India will insist on progress on the Pathankot attack, Pakistan will say that its internal agencies are working towards that goal.