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Shimla, November 6 The BJP has promised Uniform Civil Code, 8 lakh jobs, 33 per cent reservation for women in government recruitment and a slew of sops for different segments in its manifesto for the Himachal Assembly elections that was released here today. Maintaining that their focus was on…

Vibha SharmaNew Delhi, November 6The BJP won four of the seven seats in byelections across six states — Haryana, UP, Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra and Telangana. The RJD, TRS and the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) bagged one seat each. The byelections were held on November 3.The BJP won the Adampur…

Geetanjali GayatriChandigarh, November 6The Adampur bypoll victory in Haryana has come as a shot in the arm for the BJP, the party having suffered two consecutive defeats in Baroda and Ellenabad over the past two years.Congratulating BJP candidate Bhavya Bishnoi, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said the result showed the…

Chandigarh, November 6The Shiromani Akali Dal on Sunday gave its suspended leader Bibi Jagir Kaur another chance to reply to a showcause notice issued to her for “anti-party” activities, even as she refused to reconsider her stand on contesting the SGPC presidential poll.Kaur, who was Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)…

Amritsar, November 6The main accused in the Shiv Sena (Taksali) leader Sudhir Suri murder case was “self-radicalised” and committed a hate crime, police said on Sunday.A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to further probe the case, they said.The SIT will be supervised by Additional Director General of Police…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, November 6 The BJP on Sunday won four of the seven seats in Assembly bypolls across six states — Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra and Telangana — with regional parties the RJD, Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) bagging one seat each….

New Delhi, November 6The Centre’s air quality panel on Sunday directed authorities to lift the ban on plying of non-BS VI diesel-run light motor vehicles in Delhi-NCR and entry of trucks into the capital imposed under the final stage of the Graded Response Action Plan.The restrictions were imposed three days…

Nairobi, November 6 A small passenger plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria on approach to an airport in Tanzania, and the country’s prime minister says 19 people on board were killed. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa gave the new death toll, up from three. Earlier, local authorities said 26 of…

Dar Es Salaam, November 6 A passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while attempting to land in stormy weather at an airport in the lakeside city of Bukoba, the state broadcaster said. Fifteen people have been rescued so far but it was not known how many…

Dehradun, November 6 Mild tremors were felt in parts of Uttarakhand’s Garhwal region on Sunday triggering panic as people rushed out of their houses, officials said. The earthquake of 4.5 magnitude occurred at 8.33 am. Its epicentre was in Tehri district, the National Centre for Seismology said. The tremors were…

New Delhi, November 6 Eligible employees who had not opted for enhanced pension coverage prior to 2014 can jointly do so with their employers within the next four months after the Supreme Court upheld the Employees’ Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014. Employees who were existing EPS members as on September 1,…

Melbourne, November 6 Suryakumar Yadav reaffirmed his status as a short-format magician with another magnificent effort as India crushed Zimbabwe by 71 runs here on Sunday to set up a T20 World Cup semifinal date with the mighty England. Surya, who has matched the peerless Virat Kohli stroke-for-stroke in this…

Melbourne, November 6 Suryakumar Yadav reaffirmed his status as a short-format magician with another magnificent effort as India crushed Zimbabwe by 71 runs here on Sunday to set up a T20 World Cup semifinal date with the mighty England. Surya, who has matched the peerless Virat Kohli stroke-for-stroke in this…

Mumbai, November 6 Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor have become parents to a baby girl. Alia, who announced her pregnancy in June this year, gave birth to her and Ranbir’s first child at HN Reliance hospital in South Mumbai, an insider told PTI. “It’s a girl. She arrived at the…

Shimla, November 6 The Himachal Pradesh BJP has released its election manifesto in Shimla. The party has termed it as Sankalp Patra. BJP national president JP Nadda released the Sankalp Patra this morning, which focuses on 11 points. हमारा संकल्प हमारी प्रतिबद्धता है – हिमाचल की समग्र प्रगति के…