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The problem of unemployment would not have acquired such proportions if India had initiated the skilling mission for its youth soon after Independence, Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said here on Sunday.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti tweeted for the first time today by posting a five-minute promotional film on the state's culture.

Addressing Sangh volunteers here on the Vijayadashmi Utsav organised by the Sangh, the joint general secretary of RSS said no person living in "our streets, our towns can be untouchable".

An institute founded by Harsh Mander, the former IAS officer who is running a nationwide campaign against lynchings by cow vigilantes, has come under the radar of the Income Tax department.

A Pakistani court conducting the trial of seven Mumbai terror attack suspects has ordered the Federal Investigation Agency to appoint a focal person to press for bringing 24 Indian witnesses in Lahore to record their statements in the case.

Bangalore-based TeamIndus - the only Indian entrant in an international Google contest for landing a rover on the moon - will start its countdown to the space race worth $30 million in prizes with an anthem to be released on Monday.

Veteran Assamese film and theatre personality Abdul Majid died today following protracted illness, his family said.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said his government would consider facilitating housing facility to electronic media journalists and press photographers in the state capital.

Bihar's veteran politician Lalu Yadav will be interrogated today by the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI, which is investigating the multiple corruption cases against the family.

The CIC has directed the National Commission for Women to probe the reason behind the abrupt removal of its joint secretary, who was hearing an RTI plea of a former employee who had filed a sexual harassment complaint against an NCW official.

The Congress on Sunday slammed the Narendra Modi government over the visit of absconding don Dawood Ibrahim's wife to Mumbai last year, terming it a "failure of intelligence" and a "serious threat to national security".

In a crucial turn of events in the battle for supremacy in the Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh Yadav is likely to announce a new outfit tomorrow along with virtually defunct Lok Dal, and retain the 'samajwadi' tag in its name, sources in the two parties have indicated.

To boost the Congress's campaign for the forthcoming Gujarat assembly elections, party Vice President Rahul Gandhi will start a three-day roadshow in the politically significant Saurashtra region on Monday.

The NIA has issued summons to a Kashmir university PhD student, the head of a trader's body and two Hurriyat leaders to appear before it tomorrow in connection with a case related to the funding of terror activities in Kashmir, officials said today.

The controversy over Durga idol immersion on Vijaya Dashami, a day before Muharram, which tore through Bengal last week, has reached Bihar and is creating ripples within the BJP, which is ruling the state along with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United or JDU.