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Haryana Congress chief Kumari Selja alleged on Friday that there has been a "big scam" in the state in purchase of paddy and the BJP-JJP government was not paying heed to the alarm sounded by the main opposition party in the state.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met his Australian counterpart Marise Payne along with Indonesia's Menteri Luar Negeri and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters and held talks on boosting India's Act East policy.

Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan said on Friday that a CSIR lab has developed technology by which plastic waste can be converted into diesel and the process can be scaled up.

Veteran Congress leader Tarun Gogoi on Friday asked the BJP-led central government to make it clear why the final NRC would be scrapped, when the saffron party had taken all the credit and promised to deport 40 lakh illegal immigrants after its draft was published.

Aviation safety regulator DGCA last week conducted surprise alcohol tests on some of the personnel as part of its recently introduced breath analyser (BA) test norms for airside staff, Mumbai International Airport Limited said on Friday.

The Congress wants a "grand temple" to be built in Ayodhya, Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot said on Friday, days after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the construction of the shrine in the city.

The issues discussed at the meeting were not disclosed either by the CMO or by the Bangladesh prime minister's office.

Comparisons are odious but this one tells a tale. At the Banaras Hindu University, a Sanskrit professor has been facing resistance from a section of students because he is a Muslim.

Days after Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das rebuffed allegations of corruption and scam during his tenure, his cabinet minister-turned-political adversary Saryu Roy doubled down on his charges on Friday and claimed to have proof of the Chief Minister's involvement in an illegal mining scam in the state.

The February 2002 Sabarmati train fire, which killed 59 kar sevaks and triggered large-scale riots, was part of a "conspiracy" hatched by Congress's elected members from Godhra, according to a reference book on political history of Gujarat published by a state board.

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday said that the Shiv Sena would not have joined hands with the rival NCP-Congress coalition if the BJP had only agreed to its demand for rotational claim to chief ministership in Maharashtra.

The Indian Railways will require about Rs 50 lakh crores in the next 12 years to meet the demands of new lines, better services and quality of services, said Railway Minister Piyush Goyal at the Rajya Sabha said today.

Thirteen persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the lynching of two youths on suspicion of cattle smuggling in north Bengal's Cooch Behar district, a senior police officer said on Friday.

A case has been registered against AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi based on a court order on a private complaint that accused him of making hate speech at a public meeting in Karimnagar in Telangana in July this year, police said on Friday.

The Gujarat police on Friday said they have approached the immigration department with passport details of a teen and her 21-year-old sister after their parents alleged the two were "detained" and kept in "illegal confinement" at self-styled godman Nithyananda's ashram, officials said.