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The Archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday called for Pakistan to safeguard the rights of its religious minorities and afford them equal treatment under the law.

A local court on Wednesday sent the MLA from Bokaro Samresh Singh to jail in a case of Prevention of Defacement of Property Act 1987, The hearing on Singh's bail petition will be held on Thursday.

The TDP on Wednesday urged the NDA government, of which it is a constituent, to confer the Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civil award, on party founder and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister NT Rama Rao.

The Rajasthan Assembly has far not received resignations from any of the four MLAs who were elected as MPs in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha polls, its Speaker on Wednesday said.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has lauded the central government's decision to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to unearth black money.

Two children died and two others were injured when a newly built house collapsed at Giddha village under Alauli police station in Bihar's Khagaria district on Wednesday. The victims were inside the house when it collapsed, police said.

The repealing of Article 370 has been a poll promise of the BJP. It has been opposing the special status for J&K for a long time.

ADGP P Ravindranath alleged that his senior colleagues had hatched a conspiracy against him.

Caterham owner Tony Fernandes denied that his group of companies, which includes the struggling Formula One team, was up for sale but said it was seeking new investment.

Several ministers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take charge on Wednesday. Here are the latest updates related to the new government.

Vidya Balan, along with a few real detectives, unveiled the trailer of her new film 'Bobby Jasoos' on Tuesday.

Madhu Kishwar has criticised Modi's choice of Smriti Irani as the Minister for Human Resources and questioned Irani's credentials.

Last year's winner, New York middle-schooler Arvind Mahankali, was the sixth Indian American in a row to take the title and a $30,000 scholarship.

A Superintendent of Police in Rajasthan was on Tuesday arrested by ACB sleuths for allegedly taking a bribe to change a chargesheet in favour of a client through a couple, DG ACB said.

Two district police chiefs were among the five IPS officers transferred on Tuesday by the Uttar Pradesh government.

Iraqi officials say a suicide attack on Tuesday in a busy commercial area in Baghdad has killed at least 14 people.