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The West Bengal government's proposal was rejected after an Expert Committee examined it in two rounds of meeting, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.

Kannan was held after the BJP staged a protest and gave the police an ultimatum to arrest the Tamil litterateur by Thursday evening.

The Delhi Traffic Police has been constantly alerting commuters about the vehicular traffic through its official handle on Twitter to avoid any inconvenience.

The telephonic conversation came weeks after Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid paid an official visit to India for the 6th India-Maldives Joint Commission Meeting in New Delhi.

An official of the Valley's premier government-run SMHS hospital said internet services at the medical institution were not restored on Wednesday.

An official at Daulatabad police station said that one of them, who was driving the car, apparently lost control over the wheels near the fort following which the vehicle fell into a roadside well.

Santosh Shende, a resident of Shendepada in Vikramgadh taluka, was earlier booked for assaulting a man who stood guarantee for him in court in a case filed by Shende's estranged wife for seeking maintenance.

The poem was written by Faiz in reference to military dictator Zia-ul-Haq in 1979 and was against the military rule in Pakistan.

Ronny Sen, who suffered a minor injury in the alteration, said the attacker told him to refrain from posting against the CAA and the NRC.

Security was beefed up across the national capital, especially in the vicinity of markets, malls, five-star hotels, restaurants, pubs and bars, in order to ensure orderly celebrations.

He made these remarks responding to a tweet which posted a song wrapping up the achievements of the Modi government in the past year.

The party urged Tamilisai Soundararajan to consider taking appropriate steps on the matter as the Governor is given special powers besides the normal powers with regard to law and order issues in Hyderabad.

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Additional District Magistrate Kamlesh Awasthi on Monday said so far notices against the damage worth Rs 15.35 lakh had been served on 59 people.

The elections had a strong start for BJP, which saw stalwarts like former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda bite the dust even in traditional strongholds, undone by a saffron surge that swept through Karnataka.

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