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The promotional fare of Rs 10 would end on Monday and the higher rates were slated to come into force.

Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Shashank Sekhar Bhokta on Monday regretted that an obstructionist stand by certain sections had been stalling the state's development ever since the state was created 14 years ago.

"I have been here for a day and already I can feel the buzz in the air... Good days are coming," George Osborne said.

The government had three years ago started a scheme 'Improving Transparency and Accountability in Government through effective Implementation of RTI'.

As BSP MLAs in Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Monday protested against the Central government over inflation and state government over law and order situation, the House was adjourned sine die after passage of the general and departmental budgets amid din.

"Xi will have first bilateral meeting with new Indian Prime Minister. So the bilateral meeting will have significant strategic importance," Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong said.

Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Monday began a seven-day fast near the Collectorate in Guna to protest the non-payment of compensation to farmers for crop damage and for demanding a CBI probe into the MPPEB scam.

The nurses and the institutions that had offered jobs to them have been called for the meeting, Chandy said during a special mention on the issue in the assembly.

With three new judges, the existing strength of the apex court judges has gone up from 25 to 28. The apex court has a sanctioned strength of 31 judges.

Lava's new phablet runs Android KitKat and sports an 8 megapixel rear camera with BSI sensor.

A Saudi court on Monday sentenced to 15 years in jail a prominent rights lawyer described by Amnesty as a prisoner of conscience, relatives said in a statement posted on Twitter.

Bihar Finance Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav's grandson has been kidnapped from Pipra block area of Supaul district of the state, police said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has expelled Samajwadi Party leader Rajesh Masala for his anti-party activities.

The sixth BRICS summit will take place in the Brazilian cities of Fortaleza and Brasilia.

District administration on Sunday suspended three government teachers for allegedly watching obscene video films in the premises of Panigaon middle school here, an official said.

Raising concerns about spiralling food costs and overall price rise, Congress will hold a state-wide protest in Rajasthan against the Centre as well as the Vasundhra Raje government on July 9.