Gandhinagar, March 11 (IANS) Some 178 women ended their lives due to dowry demands in a span of three years while 529 arrests have been made in cases related to dowry, the Gujarat government stated in the Assembly.

Replying to a series of questions put up to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani by the Congress

New Delhi, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday expressed confidence that the implementation of the New Education Policy would usher in an era of modern learning and education.

The President said the policy would create a brigade of researchers and professionals who would take our country to the great heights of

Lucknow, The Congress will hold a two-day training camp for 155 block presidents of 11 districts on March 13 and 14 in Gorakhpur which, incidentally, is the constituency of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address the camp virtually and give s

Chennai,  Puducherry LG Tamilisai Soundararajan has cleared all the pending projects which were held up her predecessor Kiran Bedi including the grant-in-aid (GIA) to 33 schools for the payment of salaries and pension of around 800 staff members and 300 pensioners.

Several welfare schemes, salary disburs

Patna,  The claim of zero tolerance against corruption by the Nitish Kumar government seems to be falling apart as the state health department promoted a tainted official as Additional Director, who is an accused in a bribery case.

Dr. Roop Narayan Kumar, who has been promoted as Additio

Chennai,  The Tamil Nadu government's decision to make the e-pass mandatory for those entering from Kerala has caused difficulties to thousands of passengers. The border towns of Coimbatore and Nagercoil witnessed people travelling to Tamil Nadu being stopped and not allowed to enter until the e-pass registration w

New Delhi,  A war of words ensued in West Bengal over the alleged attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with the BJP terming it fake and a political stunt to gain voters sympathy.

The party questioned how it could happen despite so much security. On Wednesday evening, Banerjee claimed she was attacked

Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was injured during her campaigning in Nandigram, was seen with a plastered leg lying in a Kolkata hospital after Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, who is also her nephew, shared the picture on Twitter.

"BJP4Bengal Brace yourselves to see the power of

Parbhani/Mumbai,  The dream of the late Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj to help a deaf-mute girl -- who had strayed into Pakistan some 20 years ago -- reunite with her family, was finally fulfilled here last week.

The girl, named as 'Geeta', 29, returned to her home in Parbhani, after

Lucknow,  The state executive meeting of the UP BJP will be held on March 15.

The meeting will be inaugurated by defence minister Rajnath Singh and will be presided over by UP BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will also attend the meeting.

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