It is the latest in a series of defections from the Congress days after Rahul Gandhi kicked off a 3,700 km-long foot march to revive the party’s flagging electoral fortunes amid internal turmoil

J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha extended condolences to the bereaved families and announced ₹5 lakh as ex gratia for the next of kin of deceased.

The violence marks yet another face-off between the BJP and the TMC in a state that saw a fiercely fought assembly election last year that the latter won.

Cheetahs, one of the oldest big cat species with ancestors dating back to about 8.5 million years, were once widely dispersed throughout Asia and Africa but now occupy less than nine per cent of their historic range

While the daily positivity rate is at 1.44 percent, the weekly positivity rate is at 1.70 percent.

According to the police, the first firing was reported from an area under the Teghra police station limits shortly after 6pm.

Demanding a probe into how the Vedanta deal went to Gujarat, MNS chief Raj Thackeray said Maharashtra was the preference of the investors.

As the country is observing the Hindi Diwas, Union home minister Amit Shah said that the language “unites the whole nation in a thread of unity”.

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