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In the light of coverage of the recent terror operations, Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry is likely to issue another advisory to TV channels not to divulge operational details.

The pictures of Param Shradhey Shri Radhe Maa or popularly known as Radhe Maa, the self-styled godwoman in a red miniskirt have gone viral on social media sites.

Following ED's plea, special court in Mumbai issued a non-bailable warrant against Lalit Modi in an ongoing money laundering investigation.

After facing severe criticism for its order to ban porn, the Indian government directed intermediaries to restore access to those sites out of the 857 banned ones which did not feature child pornography.

Government of India has plans to set up an ombudsman to keep a check on pornography and other objectionable content on the internet.

Shah Rukh Khan, the co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders has expressed his gratitude towards the MCA (Mumbai Cricket Association) for showing "graciousness" in lifting the 5 year ban levied on him from entering the Wankhede Stadium.

The government would bring major amendments to the consumer protection bill to update it according to the changing needs of the economy, trade, businesses and consumers.

The fresh petition filed by Yakub after rejection of mercy plea, was heard by SC in the wee hours of 30 July between 2AM and 5AM.

The Gurdaspur attack seems similar to a number of attacks that have taken place in Jammu recently, with the same pattern as this one.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam passed away today at the age of 83.

Today, the Supreme Court of India agreed for a detailed hearing of Yakub's plea seeking stay of his scheduled execution.

CBSE prescribed a dress-code for AIPMT candidates taking up the re-scheduled exams on 25 July.

Mahesh Sharma announced that the Government had cleared the proposal for the second airport in NCR, contrary to his previous comments.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi showered accolades on Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for his speech on India at the University of Oxford.

Amitabh Bachchan denied charging money for the promotion of Doordarshan Kisan channel.

Arvind Kejriwal led AAP Government in Delhi has scrapped the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) corridor system. The decision was taken through a meeting chaired by Kejriwal.

In an interesting turn of events, writer-activist Madhu Kishwar is running a campaign against those who were demanding that Rajiv Malhotra's books be 'pulped' for outrightly plagiarising several western scholars.

The South Korean steel giant POSCO suspended its $12 billion project in Odisha due to various regulatory approvals.

While India is planning to choose Grigorivich frigates for its navy, Russia has partnered with Anil Ambani-led Pipavav Defence to build these ships.

Under pressure from the US, the Modi government gave permission to the Ford Foundation to 'partially' resume operations in India.

Nine Congress-ruled states Chief Ministers and those of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh refrained from attending the meeting of NITI Aayog's governing council in New Delhi.

The 1993 Mumbai blasts accused Yakub Memon was issued a death warrant by a TADA court in Mumbai.

At least 27 people were killed with many others injured as a stampede occured on the first day of the Godavari Maha Pushkaram in Andhra Pradesh.

Kripal Singh, another witness in the Asaram Bapu rape case was shot by unidentified shooters in Shajanpur district. Singh died later after surgery.

Nestle India has paid Rs 20 crores to Ambuja Cement to burn the recalled packets of Maggi at its cement plant in Chandrapur.

Valson Thampu whose name has been dragged in a sexual harassment case said that he would resign if "he was a cause of embarrassment to the institution".

Ex-RAW Chief AS Dulat claimed that the Vajpayee government 'goofed up' the Kandahar hijack incident.

IIPM will close down all its campuses in October 2015, after the current batches finish their courses. All 18 campuses which were operating on rented premises will be closed.

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) will be available nationwide from 3 July.

After Delhi, Kolkata, Jaipur, Mumbai and Bengaluru, Chennai finally experienced its first metro ride yesterday.

Congress has constituted a 7 member board to examine the events leading to Nabakalebara disorganisation, particularly the recent Brahma Paribartan (soul transfer) embarassment in Jagannath temple, Puri.

The Madhya Pradesh Professional Education Board scam got enmeshed in further problems as 2 more people accused died, making the number of total deceased in the case 25 (earlier reports had claimed 40 such deaths).

As a follow on to the yoga day, Ministry of Ayush announced on 23 June, a Rs 500 crore project to promote yoga in the country.

The head of the Missionaries of Charity - Sister Nirmala Joshi who succeeded Mother Teresa passed away in Kolkata today. She was 81.

Following the sexual harassment and rape scandal, Greenpeace India has fired two of it employees, one being accused of rape and the other being accused of harassing numerous employees.

The AIPMT result announcement (2015) was canceled by the Supreme Court and an order was issued to conduct the re-test within 4 weeks.

A Haryana village has lauched a "Selfie with Daughter" scheme to save the girl child, as part of the "Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao" campaign in the state, which has an extermely poor sex-ratio.

United States came victorious in the ongoing poultry dispute with India.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that the government would only buy 36 Rafale fighter jets through the French Government under a G2G (Government to Government) contract.

According to a local newspaper, Sohanlal Bhartha Walmiki - Aruna's attacker has been working as a labourer in UP. He had been jailed in 1980 and was released soon after. When questioned, he said he does not remember anything that happened that day. Mumbai Police has stated that it will seek legal counsel to figure out if they should re-open the case or not.