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Samuel Johnson is referred as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history" by none other than the prestigious Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

As a mark of respect to the departed dignitary, a state funeral will be accorded and national flag will fly half-mast on the day of the funeral in Delhi on all buildings where it is flown regularly.

The investigative agency had made the request in this regard to the Madhya Pradesh HC which allowed the plea through an order on September 11.

The plea by Shafeen Jahan urges the top court to recall its order and alleges that the National Investigation Agency isn’t being “fair” in its probe.

Advocate-General Kishore Dutta told the Calcutta High Court bench of acting Chief Justice Nishita Mhatre and Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty about the government’s decision.

Open prisons are jails with minimal supervision and physical control over inmates. Prisoners are allowed to take up regular employments; they can walk out of jail campus in morning and come back in evening after their work hours.

In the first six months of 2017, 29 train accidents were reported of which 20 were due to derailments, according to a Parliamentary question in Lok Sabha on July 19, 2017.

The girls, found at the Hoshangabad station late on Tuesday, revealed that they were given the task to run away from their homes in Agra and the admin of the game threatened to hurt their family members if they didn't comply, Hoshangabad GRP in-charge S.N...

A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was martyred early on Friday when Pakistan Rangers violated ceasefire along the International Border in Arnia area of RS Pura sector in Jammu district.

The candidates selected in Grade A & Grade B Phase 2 Mains exam will now appear in Interviews for final selection.

The Karnataka government on Thursday said it does not want to share any details pertaining to the killing of the journalist, who was gunned down at her residence by unidentified assailants on September 5 night.

Modi expressed gratitude to Japan for providing technology and financial assistance of Rs 88,000 crore at 0.1 percent interest. He emphasised that the Bullet train is in a way a big gift from Japan to India.

The National Green Tribunal noted that emissions from diesel vehicles is carcinogenic in nature and one diesel vehicle causes pollution equivalent to 24 petrol vehicles or otherwise 40 CNG vehicles.

VTU had conducted the regular exams for Bachelor of Engineering VII and VIII Semester in the months of June and July 2017 and declared the results of the same on 10th August, last month.

The apex court bench, which was given the names of seven Lok Sabha MPs and 98 MLAs across the country by the CBDT whose assets had seen a substantial hike in between two elections, also said it had perused the names of these politicians and will examine t...

The online registration process for admissions in Veterinary Colleges under the 15% All India Quota will close on September 13.