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Twitterati were quick to point out the faux pas to Shahi Tharoor, questioning how he interpreted the photo to be symbolic of Hindu-Muslim unity when there was no Muslim representation in it.

Launching the App on Wednesday, Hailakandi Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli said it also contains information on government skill development training courses.

Earlier on Wednesday night, the deadlock at AMU appeared to have worsened when the talks between VC Mansoor and the protesting students held at the college ended in bedlam with students raising slogans against the vice chancellor.

The cases were filed by Madhya Pradesh police against the farmers during the previous BJP government in the state and Congress had promised to take back the cases during poll campaigning.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and former prime minister Manmohan Singh offered floral tributes at Gandhi's memorial Rajghat where an interfaith prayer meeting was held.

Speaking at the 20th edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit being held at the India Habitat Centre here, the minister said since 1990, 'the world has reduced annual carbon emissions only by half per cent and a lot needs to be done'.

The owner said he had to call the police to control the situation, as at least 500 people have been turning up everyday to purchase the Rs 10-lunch plate during the designated two-hour timing between 12 noon and 2 pm.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh reiterated the Centre should have had taken the state into confidence before taking the step, however, adding that neither he nor Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray have received the Centre's letter in this connection.

The woman surveyor and some other staff had visited the area on Monday to serve notice on the man asking him to stop the work on his house as a status quo order was issued by the High Court in the matter, police said.

The state government said it has stepped up efforts to bring back students from Gujarat, who are currently studying in China, following their appeal to the authorities to evacuate them at the earliest.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde on Tuesday granted bail to 15 convicts in the 2002 Ode riot case, but directed that they shall not live in Gujarat.

Besides her husband and his brother, the woman, who got married last year, has named six other people in her complaint, Station House Officer (SHO), Kotwali, Ravindra Srivasatava, said.

The nearly two months of protests, spearheaded by students, represent the most concerted challenge to the BJP government since it was first elected in 2014.

That compares with at least 140 air purifiers bought for $55,000 during 2014-2017 for the six ministries and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, as previously reported by Reuters.

Sukhdev, 59, who will receive the award alongside conservation biologist Gretchen Daily, has been acknowledged for his work on bringing the economic consequences of environmental degradation and loss to the attention of corporate and political decision-ma...

Arti Dhir and her husband Kaval Raijada are wanted in India for the murder of 11-year-old Gopal and brother-in-law in Gujarat three years ago.