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Met department had earlier predicted that the monsoon will be delayed this year and will be setting in only by June 7.

Dismissing media reports that a US-made rocket launcher was found by the Uttar Pradesh bomb disposal squad in Jawahar bagh area, he said the weapon that was recovered along with other arms and ammunition was a tear gas gun.

Modi, who arrived in the city from the US, is expected to discuss a host of issues with Nieto including India's NSG membership bid.

Ram Bahadur Rai claimed that BR Ambedkar's role was limited to correcting the language.

An FIR has been registered against three toppers of the Bihar school boards and three others on a complaint filed by the state education department for alleged irregularities in the exams, police said.

The FIR has been filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at the Lajpat Nagar police station.

Along with her teenaged daughter Sagarika, this 38-year-old housewife in Bishalgarh, about 30 kilometres from Tripura capital Agartala, cleared this year's secondary examination by scoring 255 out of 700 marks. Sagarika too passed the test, scoring 238.

Twenty nine people, including an SP and an SHO, have been killed in the massive clash between police and encroachers that broke out in Mathura on June 2.

The Gulbarg Society case shook the nation when a mob set about attacking the society in the heart of Ahmedabad and killed the residents, including Jafri.

Rest 11 toppers who had appeared for the retest and interview before an expert team have been given clean chit, the Board chairman had said.

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav also announced extraordinary pension to the families of two martyred policemen and job to one member from each family

The administration has specified one spot in each district where people can peacefully hold dharna, officials said.

A splinter group of a so-called spiritual guru Jai Gurudev, who died four years ago, is being blamed for the violence.

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his younger brother Shivpal Singh Yadav are also said to be his supporters.

The Jat representatives assured that peace of Gurgaon would not be disturbed and maintenance of peace would be ensured.

A special SIT court in Ahmedabad convicted 24 of the 66 accused in the 2002 post-Godhra Gulbarg society massacre, which left 69 people.