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The family of the girl, however, alleged that she was upset with police inaction and comments passed at her by women in the neighbourhood which led her to kill herself.

According to the order issued by Jammu District Magistrate Sushma Chauhan, all schools, colleges and academic institutions may resume their functioning normally from August 10.

Rail, road and air transport took a hit in the state with several trains being cancelled and the Cochin International Airport shut till August 11 due to waterlogging in almost 60 per cent region of its operational area.

While Pakistan's Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced in Islamabad this would be the last Jodhpur-Karachi train, Indian officials said this had not been communicated to them.

The bill was passed in the Rajasthan Assembly on Monday to curb incidents of 'honour-killing' in the state with the provision of punishment of life imprisonment.

The opposition Nationalist Congress Party hit out saying that the BJP minister was 'on tourism' and asked CM Devendra Fadnavis to seek his resignation.

The 18-year-old scribbled a 'suicide note' on the wall of his house in Ambejogai in Maharashtra before hanging himself in his study room using his mother's saree.

After his capture in February, Wing Commander Varthaman was taken off flying duties due to injuries sustained in Pakistan after ejecting from his MiG-21.

As per the apex court's procedural norms, on Mondays and Fridays, the registry lists fresh, miscellaneous and after-notice cases for hearing before the benches.

When asked about party colleague Jyotiraditya Scindia coming out in support of the Modi government's move on Article 370, Nath said, 'He is with CWC's proposal on the issue and will support the party's resolution on it.'

States like Maharashtra, Odisha, and Karnataka are reeling under heavy rainfall, and suffering from a host of rain-related accidents.

Several instances of violence against the protesters on part of police officials were reported from the state, as junior doctors continued to strike the National Medical Commission Bill.

Pakistan expelled Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria and downgraded diplomatic ties with India over what it called New Delhi's 'unilateral and illegal' move to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

The body of the deceased has been handed over to the police to ascertain the cause of death, a senior health official said.

In a letter to Swaraj's husband Swaraj Kaushal, Rahul Gandhi said he was deeply saddened by her untimely demise. 'We have lost an extraordinary parliamentarian and a gifted orator,' Gandhi said.

Sixteen deaths in rain- and flood-related incidents were reported from the western areas of the state in the last seven days, officials said.