Chandigarh,  The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday suspended senior leader Jagir Kaur from the party and issued a two-day ultimatum to her to stop anti-party activities, failing which strict disciplinary action would be taken against her.

Announcing this, SAD Disciplinary Committee Chairman Sikander

New Delhi,  The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to examine the possibility of putting people with disabilities under different categories in civil services.

Attorney General R. Venkataramani, representing the Centre, contended that the government was looking into the matter and sought time fr

Kolkata,  Despite the Calcutta High Court's insistence, the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) has expressed its inability to provide certificates to candidates appearing in the primary teachers' eligibility tests in 2014 and 2017.

At a meeting between the counsel of WBBPE and the pet

Shillong,  Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma's chopper had to make an emergency landing near Shillong on Wednesday due to inclement weather, officials said.

An official of the Chief Minister's Office said that Sangma was flying from Tura to Shillong after attending a function in West Garo

Thiruvananthapuram,  The war of words between Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Governor Arif Mohammed Khan intensified on Wednesday with Vijayan asking the latter to "behave" and reminding that "this is Kerala".

"Some (Governor) here are trying to run a parallel government her

Shimla,  Shyam Saran Negi, believed to be India's first voter at 105 years of age, cast his vote on Wednesday in the Kinnaur assembly constituency in Himachal Pradesh.

As per official record, Negi had also participated in the 1951-52 general elections, the country's first.

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Perth,  Former India captain Virat Kohli and his actor wife Anushka Sharma have reacted strongly to a fan allegedly breaching the cricketer's hotel privacy in Perth and taking a video of his room while the charismatic batter was playing the ICC T20 World Cup Super-12 game against South Africa here on Sunday evening

Brisbane (Queensland),  England assistant coach Paul Collingwood has conceded there is "frustration" in his side after their mouth-watering Super 12 fixture against Australia in the ICC T20 World Cup was washed out, adding the players have trained really hard over the last couple of days to keep their morale

Brisbane,  England will be banking heavily on allrounder Ben Stokes to bring his 'A' game to the fore in the crunch Super 12 game against New Zealand here on Tuesday, and their assistant coach Paul Collingwood said as much, expressing confidence that a match-defining innings from the Test skipper was round the

Perth,  Being the senior spinner in the squad and the presence of a plethora of left-handers in the South Africa batting line-up perhaps got India's Ravichandran Ashwin the nod ahead of Axar Patel on a seamers' pitch and in cold weather conditions in the ICC T20 World Cup game at the Perth Stadium on Sunday nig