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The Air Quality Index, based on 33 air quality monitoring centres, was at 211. AQI between 201 to 300 is considered as poor.

K Jagan, also a member of Viplava Rachayitula Sangham (Virasam), a revolutionary writers' association, was picked up from his residence here by a police team from Jogulamba Gadwal district.

The court further said that now there is wide acceptance to move ahead from the 'no means no' rule on sexual consent, to 'yes means yes'.

The bench gave the direction while considering pleas filed by an orthodox priest and others seeking police protection to implement the SC verdict granting them possession of the church and its properties.

Patna accounts for the majority of cases of mosquito-borne diseases with 640 dengue and 74 chikungunya cases.

The husband had filed an appeal in the Supreme court against the 2012 Andhra Pradesh High Court judgement, upholding the family court decision to refuse to pass a decree of divorce against the wife.

Huge protests erupted in Aarey Colony area here on the night of October 4 and on October 5 when the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation began to cut trees for car shed of Metro phase 3.

Venkitaraman, who is under suspension since August, had in his explanation to Chief Secretary Tom Jose earlier stated that he had not driven the car at the time of the accident and had not consumed liquor.

The EPCA chairman said the monitoring plans with details of area specific tasks, nodal officers and patrolling periodicity will be submitted to EPCA and CPCB by october 15.

The Bihar Police has also ordered that the case of sedition be closed against the celebrities that include historian Ramchandra Guha, Mani Ratnam, Aparna Sen and Shyam Benegal.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh responded by assuring the CEO that India is committed to providing the 'right climate' for investments under the 'Make in India' initiative.

The incident took place on October 4 when the girl identified as Rakhi was playing with her 4-year-old brother and was attacked by the leopard.

DMK Chief M K Stalin visited patients suffering from the dengue fever at the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital in Chennai on Sunday.

According to CCTV footage, the dog ‘Dottu’ was last seen playing inside the premises of the owner's home-cum-factory complex in Pune.

At the handover ceremony, Singh called it a historic day for Indian forces, and a milestone moment for Indo-French bilateral ties as he impressed upon Dassault the need to maintain the delivery timeline.

'There is not even a kilometre-long stretch left in Gujarat where one can not find a `potli' (a liquor bottle),' Vaghela said, endorsing Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot's claim that booze was freely available in the Prohibition state.