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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the central land acquisition bill did not favour the state's tribal people, and told reporters Sunday that he would raise the issue with the union government.

Salman will reportedly celebrate the Ganesh Chaturthi at his sister Arpita's apartment in Bandra, this year.

More than 5 lakh Ganesh idols have already been sold in Bangalore and Hyderabad.

In the wake of the violence in Muzaffarnagar, the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday transferred Saharanpur DIG DD Mishra. Mishra has been replaced by A M Jain, who was posted in police recruitment board as DIG, official sources said. Mishra has been atta...

With the 10-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival beginning Monday, authorities are trying to promote more eco-friendly celebrations, including popularising clay idols and minimising immersion in water bodies, including in the famous Hussain Sagar Lake.

A 107-year-old man was killed after SWAT officers shot back at him during a standoff at a home, police in the southeastern Arkansas city of Pine Bluff said on Sunday.

Claiming the rise of Narendra Modi as one of the main reasons behind spiralling incidents of communal violence in the country, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Sunday accused a section of large capitalists of supporting Modi.

BJP has constituted a fact-finding committee headed by party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Muzaffarnagar riots, which will visit the riot-hit district on Monday.

The policeman later had to undergo treatment at a hospital following which he was released.

All primary schools and degree colleges in Meerut are to remain shut on Monday after district officials, on Sunday, issued orders to that effect in view of tensions in the neighbouring Muzaffarnagar district.

Jammu: Shots were fired at an Observation Post (OP) of BSF in Akhnoor sub-sector of Jammu district by Pakistani snippers on Sunday prompting Indian troops to retaliate.

New Delhi: Committing himself to exposing the "corruption" of the Congress, yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday announced a countrywide agitation against the Congress government from Sep 13.

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray has criticised Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh's statement that Ganesh mandals should protect women devotees who come to seek blessings.

Ferrari are ready to decide who will partner Fernando Alonso at their Formula One team next season, president Luca di Montezemolo said on Saturday.

The actor says he has tried to balance commercial and non-commercial projects in his filmography.

Hockey India now has 18 associate members, with 27 affiliated members and two State Olympic Association members.