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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Tuesday said Geeta, a hearing and speech impaired person who was brought to India from Pakistan three years ago, would never be sent back.

Four Maoists have been arrested along with arms and ammunition in Dumka district, a senior police officer said today.

Air India's former director for operations Capt Arvind Kathpalia, who lost the post early this month for twice failing to clear alcohol tests before operating a flight, has been reverted to the position of executive director (ED), an airline source said.

Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's elder son Ajay Chautala on Tuesday said his new party will contest next year's assembly elections and Lok Sabha polls from all 10 seats in the state.

Two close aides of Brajesh Thakur, the prime accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal case, including his associate Shaista Parveen alias Madhu were arrested by the CBI today, the officials said. The CBI alleged that the girls at the shelter home were taken to Parveen's residence where they "were taught dance and soliciting men" but she claimed she was not an accused and no warrant had been issued against her.

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal, whose party has announced to contest both the Lok Sabha and the state Assembly elections in Haryana, will hold rallies covering each of the 10 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. AAP state unit president Naveen Jaihind said the party would hold a public rally in Gurugram on November 24.

The Uttar Pradesh government will be purchasing 112 vehicles, including jammers, mainly for the security of VIPs during their stay, a state government spokesperson said. The decision was taken today at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the spokesperson said.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today hit out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and accused him of misleading people on demonetisation and GST.

BJP President Amit Shah Tuesday accused the Congress-led Mizoram government of misusing the funds the Centre gave it for developmental projects.

The Delhi High Court today directed two social media platforms to block the weblinks of an offending article levelling "scandalous" allegations against a sitting judge of the high court. The court was hearing a plea in a contempt case against Swaminathan Gurumurthy, the editor of the Chennai-based weekly 'Thuglak' magazine, for his tweets against the judge.

The Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia), a newly floated political outfit, Tuesday suggested that opposition parties were delaying the formation of a "mahagathbandhan" due to the fear of the CBI.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday moved a resolution in the Assembly, seeking 33 per cent reservation for women in legislative assemblies and Parliament. "I initiate the discussion on this historic motion for providing 33 per cent reservation for women in legislative assemblies and the Parliament," Mr Patnaik said, while moving the resolution for the consideration of the House.

Train 18, the country's first engine-less semi-high speed train, is likely to start operating by December 15, a senior railway ministry official told PTI.

Jet Airways today said it was in active discussion with various investors to secure sustainable financing.

An estimated 71.1 per cent of voters exercised their franchise Tuesday in the second phase of panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir which concluded peacefully amid tight security arrangements, officials said.