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In a call for restraint in the backdrop of concerns over mob violence, President Ram Nath Kovind has said that violence has no place in society and it is necessary to recall the value of Mahatma Gandhi’s mantra of “ahimsa”.

The country's deputy transport minister warned that the toll could climb further.

They said the Chinese troops came to the Indian side of the border in the garb of nomads and pitched the tents.

The envoy emphasised that 'peaceful relations' with all Pakistan's neighbours, including India, were accorded 'high priority' in the foreign policy vision outlined by the incoming leadership in Pakistan.

The Tribunal said the equitable distribution of Mahadayi waters among three states is 'neither necessary nor feasible' at this stage.

Among the series of questions raised were how self-loading riffles found their way out of the armoury and came to be used in the firing, how snipers were perched atop vehicles and how persons came to be shot in the face and chest.

After the publication of the final list of NRC, those people whose name will figure in it will be given usual Aadhaar number as applicable to legal residents in the country.

Rifleman Aurangzeb, who belonged to the 44 Rashtriya Rifles, was on way back home on June 14 to celebrate Eid when terrorists abducted him.

The weatherman has warned of heavy rains in some places in the state till August 18. The picturesque Munnar town in Idukki district was almost totally cut off and traffic was disrupted. The rains and landslides had destroyed 10,000 km of roads in the state.

Sepoy Vrahma Pal Singh of Rajput Regiment, who heroically laid down his life in a fierce counter-insurgency operation in which three terrorists were killed at Pulwama in J&K last November, has been posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra, the country’s second-highest peacetime bravery medal.

Saudi Arabia has accumulated a stake in electric carmaker Tesla for about $2 billion through its Public Investment Fund and aims to be part of any investor pool that emerges to take the company private. That’s on top of a $3.5 billion investment in ride-sharing company Uber, a $45 billion commitment to SoftBank Group’s $100 billion technology fund and a planned investment of about $1 billion in Virgin Group’s space companies.

In a candid interview with TimesofIndia.com Gautam Gambhir analyses India's two losses vs England that has left Team India trailing 0-2 in the five-match series and also shared his thoughts about home team advantage in Tests.

On the eve of Independence Day, President Ramnath Kovind addresses the country.

Touching upon a range of issues, the President also said women were entitled to a life of their choice and security to fulfil their potential, amid concerns over their privacy and safety.

South Asian countries including India have fared poorly in a ranking of the world's most livable cities topped by Austrian capital Vienna, with New Delhi figuring at 112th and Mumbai 117th position in a list of 140 cities.

In his televised address to the nation on the eve of India's 72nd Independence Day, Kovind recalled Mahatma Gandhi's "most noble mantra" on the power of 'ahinsa' (non-violence) being far greater than the power of 'hinsa' (violence), remarks that come against the backdrop of incidents of lynching and mob violence in some parts of the country.

Industrialist and Congress leader Naveen Jindal along with 14 others have been summoned as accused by a Delhi court for alleged money laundering in a case pertaining to irregularities in allocation of a Jharkhand coal block.

All-rounder Ben Stokes, who was deemed not guilty of affray charges by a Bristol court on Tuesday, has subsequently been added to the England squad for the third Test starting on Saturday in Nottingham.