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The four astronauts will work closely with the Boeing Company and SpaceX to develop their crew transportation systems and provide crew transportation services to and from the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said.

Sixty special trains will become operational during Ganesh Chaturthi festival to clear the extra rush of passengers.

In the first major fallout of the Vyapam scam controversy, the Dental and Medical Admission Test for private colleges in Madhya Pradesh has been cancelled.

Monsoon rains are continuing to wreak havoc across the country with heavy rains bringing Delhi and NCR to a standstill.

BJP on Friday termed the outcome of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Nawaz Sharif as a "glimmer of light" in bilateral relationship.

The mob caught two of the eve teasers and beat them up mercilessly. One of the eve teasers died on the spot while the other succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.

Sources said that Pakistan has realised that harping on Kashmir with Modi government is futile and its leadership is more keen on maintaining peace on the border.

Under the project christened 'Muktir Alo' (Light of Freedom), the first batch of 50 trafficked women will get training in vocational skills.

ED sources say that Modi's lawyers had accepted summons on July 3 and they hold an an acknowledgement from Modi's solicitor.

The Chief Minister was replying to a calling attention motion moved by government chief whip Thomas Unniyadan, who raised this issue in the assembly.

Modi also released the first Uzbek-Hindi dictionary along with his Uzbek counterpart and Indologist Rakhmatov.

The Finance Ministry, in an order issued late last month, asked the agency to "immediately" replace Venugopal for "submitting a note" in 2014, without consulting the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) or the Department of Revenue, on behalf of Rajeshwar Singh...

Congress emerged as the single largest party with 19 seats in the 52-member Bhandara Zilla Parishad, followed by NCP (15), BJP (13), Shiv Sena (1), independent candidate (1), besides three NCP-sponsored candidates.

The plea alleged that the Centre's practice in appointing the member of Election Commission was discriminatory and violative of law.

State-run BSNL's Bengal circle will be rolling out optical fibre connectivity to 2,503 gram panchayats of the state by 2016.