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This year, the number of patients in Delhi with severe lung problems has already gone up by up by 25 percent and is expected to increase further after Diwali.

Verma had to resign as the social welfare minister from the Nitish Kumar Cabinet in August after reports suggested "close links" between her husband Chandrashekhar Verma and prime accused Brajesh Thakur in the Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal.

Valsan Thillankeri was seen standing at the temple steps without the Irumudi Kettu which is mandatory for all devotees seeking darshan of Lord Ayyappa.

The DMRC stated that metro train services will run for rest of the day on Diwali from 6 am onwards on all lines and from 4:45 am on the Airport Express Line.

Political observers say Mamata Banerjee not only stole the show from Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal on his home turf, but also emerged as the prime saviour of Bengali-speaking people in Assam.

The clip, which has since gone viral, is from Pillai’s alleged address to the Yuva Morcha state committee in Kozhikode.

Gautam Gambhir slammed the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Cricket Association of Bengal for giving the honour of ringing the Eden Gardens bell to Mohammad Azharuddin before India's first T20I against Windies on Sunday (November 4).

The BJP leader had attacked the AAP government on Friday for violating protocol by not extending an invite to him.

Tigress Avni, believed to have been responsible for the deaths of 13 people in Maharashtra in the past two years, was shot dead in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra on Friday.

"The complainant's religious sentiments were hurt and accused deliberately did this malicious act, intending to outrage religious feeling of Lord Shiva devotees by insulting their religious believes," it said.

Prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC banning assembly of four or more people would be clamped at Pamba, Nilackal and Illuvangal. The shrine had been opened for five days from October 17-22 for poojas when it witnessed angry protests by devotees and o...

After South Korean President Moon Jae-in tweeted pictures of the sleeveless jackets, a controversy broke out on Twitter with some claiming that these were actually Nehru Jackets, popularised by the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

The woman wanted to marry Harish and he had agreed to it but had demanded a sum of Rs 15 lakh in return.

The swearing-in ceremony started at 10:30 am in court number 1 of the apex court and Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi administered oath of office to the four judges.

"Based on the Supreme Court verdict, the Tamil Nadu government permits bursting of crackers between 6 am and 7 am and 7 pm and 8 pm," the release said.

During the recruitment process, a list with names of 23 candidates had surfaced, out of which 21 had failed in the exam but were declared qualified.