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No processions or outdoor celebrations have been planned for Tipu Jayanti this year and CM Kumaraswamy himself will be absent from the main official event.

The pilot had informed the air traffic control (ATC) soon after the smoke alarm went off in the cockpit, the official said.

The 155mm, 39 calibre Ultra light Howitzers have been procured from the USA under Government to Government Foreign Military Sales and will be assembled in India by BAE Systems in partnership with Mahindra Defence.

The stocks worth at least 30 billion rupees ($412.26 million) are part of what India calls "enemy properties" that once belonged to people who went to Pakistan and China, with which India also fought a war.

Iqbal was born in Sialkot, Pakistan and has Kashmiri Brahmin roots. His family converted to Islam decades ago. Writer of Saare Jahan Se Achcha, which was called Taraan-e-Hind, Lord Ram was Imam-e-Hind for him.

Giving a detailed description of the accident on Twitter, Supriyo said the driver managed to control the vehicle and veered it towards the guardrails on the side of the flyover and averted a major mishap.

The complainant, who runs coaching classes, was befriended by a woman on social media in August this year. The woman said her name was Leonie and she ran a salon in Jordan, he told police.

Pence will also participate in meetings with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Singapore premier Lee Hsien Loong, India's Narendra Modi, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, in addition to other b...

According to police, Dipak refused to take Yogesh for shopping since it was Diwali and he wanted to spend quality time with his family, following which a scuffle broke out between the two.

This is the second attack by the Naxals in the poll-bound state in recent days. On October 30, two police personnel and a Doordarshan cameraman were killed in a Naxal attack in Nilawaya village under the Aranpur police station.

"Though the list of financial scams of Modi govt is endless, demonetisation was a self inflicted deep wound on Indian economy which even two years later remains a mystery why the country was pushed into such a disaster?"

The festival is celebrated with pomp and gaiety in Hindu households, and is an extremely special day or the devout followers of Lord Krishna, who is also known as Govardhan dhari. The puja is tied to the great legend of Krishna and mount Govardhan.

The Karnataka bypoll, which saw a close contest between the Congress-JD(S) combine and the BJP, was held on Saturday and saw a 67% turnout.

The pollution monitoring agencies said that the extra load of pollutants coming from stubble burning from neighbouring states also registered a slight drop, leading to improvement though the quality remains in the danger zone.

Malayalam film actor Parvathy says that it was ingrained in her since she was born that women are impure when they menstruate, but she has always been against the idea.

Deepak Kulkarni was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and was expected to be produced before a court Tuesday, the officials said.