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First woman pilot of Indian Navy will join Naval operations in Kochi on December 2, two days ahead of Navy Day on December 4, a Defence source told PTI on Thursday.

An improvised explosive device (IED) was on Thursday recovered and later defused by security forces on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Kulgam district, police said.

India said on Thursday it has received full understanding from across the political spectrum in the US over its decision relating to withdrawal of special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

The deceased hails from Japan and was in IITG on an exchange programme for three month from Gifu University at Japan.

Twice the toll amount will be charged from December 1 for passing through FASTag lanes without the tags at toll plazas on national highways, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.

The JNU Teachers' Association (JNUTA) met the HRD Ministry-appointed high-powered committee on Thursday and demanded complete roll-back of the hiked hostel fee and removal of the university vice-chancellor.

India's ancient traditions of non-violence, kindness, love and compassion are needed in today's world where people are fighting on the basis of religion and countries over territorial disputes, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said in New Delhi today.

The centre referred a legislation seeking a ban on commercial surrogacy to a 23-member select committee of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, after members suggested modifications to some of its more contentious provisions. "I move the motion that the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill-2019, as passed by the Lok Sabha, be referred to a select committee of the Rajya Sabha," Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.

The Congress is taking disciplinary action against several party members in Uttar Pradesh following opposition to the revamp of the state unit in October.

The police told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that officials who had handled the passport application of real estate baron Sushil Ansal have not yet joined the investigation into how he got the travel document despite his conviction.

A special CBI court has granted bail to suspended IPS officer SMH Mirza in the Narada sting tapes case on a plea that his son was ill and that he had been in custody for 55 days, his lawyer said on Thursday.

Six months after joining the Congress, rebel Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amarjit Singh Sandoa withdrew his resignation, saying he did not want to put an "additional financial burden" of bypoll on people.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said there is nothing "objectionable" in an MP resigning and switching over to other party as it is permitted in a democracy, days after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh talked about "enforced migration" in the Upper House.

Congress's V Narayanasamy -- who has repeatedly demanded statehood for Puducherry -- created a stir today, complaining that the Centre was inconsistent in its treatment of the Union Territory.

Slamming the government over the appointment of controversial BJP MP Pragya Thakur to a consultative committee on defence, the Congress todaysaid Prime Minister Narendra Modi "not forgiving" her for the "Nathuram Godse patriot" remark was "only for the elections".