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From chewing tobacco on duty to driving cars with tinted windows, a total of 34 traffic cops were fined for violating traffic rules in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district, a senior police officer said today.

The Congress today said the resignation of Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has not come as a surprise as all 'financial experts' in Modi government are fed up of its 'colossal economic mismanagement'' and are stepping down.

BJP chief Amit Shah will interact with "social media warriors" of the Delhi unit of the party. He will also hold meetings of its core group and SC Morcha on Thursday, party sources said.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has created an airbridge between Pithoragarh and Gunji to airlift 1080 registered passengers and enable them to continue their journey for the annual Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, which began on June 18.

Some passengers on an AirAsia India flight from Kolkata to Bagdogra got into an altercation with airline staff over deplaning them after the flight was delayed by over four hours, a passenger claimed.

Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday seized Megha Hotel in Lucknow's Charbagh area for not having necessary fire safety equipment.

A Dalit organisation in Haryana has alleged that people from the community in Hisar district's Bhatla village are being socially boycotted by members of the upper castes and have threatened to convert to Buddhism.

With Governor's rule imposed in Jammu and Kashmir, the Home Ministry has prepared a blue chart to set the state machinery in motion so that the state administration can reach out to people.

The BJP today demanded "sacking" of Congress leader Digvijaya Singh from the party over his remarks about Hindu terrorists and their links to the RSS, and asked why did the opposition party's chief Rahul Gandhi take Hindus for granted.

The Press Information Bureau's official YouTube channel is unlikely to be able to live stream International Yoga Day events tomorrow, with the video sharing website blocking it.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal led a BJP campaign to embarrass the Congress, accusing opposition leaders of exploiting the tragedy of Rohith Vemula's death to serve their political interests. But before the Congress could respond, Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika came forward to rebut reports that the opposition got her to address public meetings but did not deliver on its promise to help her financially.

Dineshwar Sharma, the Centre's special representative, will continue to engage with the people of Jammu and Kashmir, even though Governor's Rule has been imposed in the state.

The first batch of the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims comprising 31 pilgrims and two liaison officers successfully crossed over to China from the Nathu-La border route in Sikkim today, officials said.

A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly uploading on YouTube a video of a communal clash which took place in Wadi locality in the city last week, police said today.

In a relief to rebel AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, the Madras High Court today upheld his election from the RK Nagar assembly constituency.