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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has defended before the high court its notification, saying it is not demonetisation but a statutory exercise.

The police, assisted by the Army and the CRPF, immediately set up a cordon and conducted house-to-house searches but did not find any suspicious people, the officials said.

The death toll from clashes since ethnic rioting began on May 3 has gone up to 80 according to officials.

The Indian Railways is set to give a makeover to the 120-year-old Kalka-Shimla Railway by replacing its coaches, built during the British time, with indigenously manufactured coaches.

The move came after the HSSC, which comes under the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), expressed ‘its willingness to recognise AIIMS as its CoE.’

Nayana Motamma is very clear about demarcations between her personal life and public service, and unapologetically so.

The show cause notice to Rai was sent on April 27.

While four IEDs including 20 kg and 12 kg were recovered from a forest near Tumbahaka village, one 5 kg IED planted in a forest area was found between Chota Kuira and Maradiri villages.

A senior police officer said the accused suspected the victim of having an affair with her ex-boyfriend and had allegedly threatened her a few days ago that he would kill her.

Soon after, the Delhi Police cleared the site of their over-month-long sit-in at Jantar Mantar and said they would not be allowed to return there.

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, was killed on May 29 when he, along with his friend and cousin, was travelling in a jeep to Jawahar Ke village in Mansa.

A 27-year-old Ambala resident was allegedly thrashed in front of his wife and friends by the bouncers of a club here in Sector 29 over a minor confrontation, police said on Monday.

Congress leader Satej Patil said funds were being unequally distributed among ruling alliance and opposition legislators, with even works using local area development funds not being sanctioned.

Cops reached the spot after getting information about the accident and tried to retrieve all the bodies by cutting through the mangled remains of the vehicle.

The agency has named as accused Rolls-Royce PLC, Tim Jones, Director, Rolls Royce India Pvt Ltd, alleged arms dealers Sudhir Choudhrie and Bhanu Choudhire, and British Aerospace systems.

Union minister of state for home, Nityanand Rai, who has been in the state since May 25, visited some affected districts and held meetings with various organisations and community leaders.

Delhi Police PRO Suman Nalwa said the police force had been co-operating with the protesters but Sunday's incident forced them to take the extreme step and clear the protest site.

On Sunday, the victim planned to attend the birthday party of her friend's son but was intercepted and stabbed repeatedly.

FIR stated that unarmed police staff were deployed at Jantar Mantar in anticipation of the wrestlers marching towards the New Parliament building which was being inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi.

According to the NIA's investigations, they were providing support to the CPI (Maoist) for furthering its terror and violence-related activities and waging a war against the government of India.