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The UN refugee agency said a family of Rohingya asylum-seekers was sent back to Myanmar on Thursday after being detained in Assam, where they had been serving a prison term since 2013 for illegal entry into India.

The Biju Janata Dall (BJD) also announced that it is going to organise a mega rally, to be addressed by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, at the Talkatora Stadium on January 8.

In a letter to Irani, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said the Pratapgarh-Bhopal Express would stop at Jais station — 31 km from Amethi town.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul said everything on the issue has to come on record through an affidavit.

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Jhabua-based Krishi Vigyan Kendra's senior scientist wrote to (BCCI) and Kohli, and said 'Kadaknath' has low cholesterol and high protein and iron content, and suggested the cricketer to switch over to this chicken breed.

Shajila was heckled, abused and threatened with dire consequences but her camera had kept rolling. She had been assigned to get reactions from BJP leaders about Bindu Ammini and Kanakadurga’s historic feat of offering prayers at the Sabarimala shrine.

RSS saha prantha karyavahak M Radhakrishnan said that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is open to reform as long as it was done by the right stakeholders.

A small hamlet known as "Sakchi" was rechristened as "Jamshedpur" on this day in 1919, by the then Viceroy of India, in memory of Tata Steel founder.

While Bhavnagar Superintendent of Police (SP) PL Mall said four policemen were injured in the clashes, local villagers claimed around 15 people, including women and girls, were wounded.

Kiren Rijiju said as per the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010, all associations and NGOs, which are registered under the Act or which are given prior permission to receive foreign contribution under it are required to submit their annual...

The metro services were also suspended for around half-an-hour between Dum Dum and Kavi Subhash stations on Tuesday evening, following a problem on the tracks.

The police sources in Thiruvananthapuram, quoting DGP Loknath Behara, said details were being collected on the news that two women of menstrual age entered the temple premises on Wednesday.

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Militants fired upon SPO Sameer Ahmad near his residence in the Hanjan area of Pulwama in south Kashmir, a police official said.

The firing in the Shahkot Sector along the LoC resulted in the death of the woman, identified as Asia Bibi, and injured seven others on Monday.