Better employment opportunities, availability of water for agriculture and better healthcare facilities are the top priorities for Himachal Pradesh voters, as per a report.


Jobs, healthcare top priority for Himachal voters


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Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian forces across the Line of Control (LoC) which it said killed three civilians.


Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ceasefire violations


Uttarakhand Congress leader Anupam Sharma, who was arrested along with three policemen in an alleged case of robbery last month, has been granted bail by a court here, police said on Wednesday.


Uttarakhand Congress leader granted bail in robbery case


Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, sentenced to seven years in prison in a corruption case, has returned to jail after being out on bail for six weeks owing to illness.


Sharif returns to jail after bail expires


Journalists in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh district have accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to bribe them.


Leh reporters accuse BJP of bribery, party denies


US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made an unannounced visit to Iraq after abruptly cancelling a planned trip to Germany amid escalating tensions with Iran.


Pompeo visits Iraq amid tensions with Iran


Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's love for animals is well known and this recently came to the fore here from where Gandhi is contesting the Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket.


Maneka comes as saviour for ailing donkey


Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was cleared by the country's Supreme Court of blasphemy charges last year after spending eight years on death row, has left Pakistan and arrived in Canada to reunite with her family, her lawyer and government officials said on Wednesday.


Aasia Bibi arrives in Canada after blasphemy acquittal


The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to examine a writ petition filed by Congress MP Sushmita Dev against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah for breaching the Model Code of Conduct during the ongoing polls after it came across an order already passed by the Election Commission on the same complaint.


Rightly or wrongly EC has taken a call: SC junks Dev's plea


A BJP delegation approached the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday to demand stringent action against those who attacked the convoy of Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the party's West Bengal unit President Dilip Ghosh.


BJP urges action against assault on Ghosh, Sarma


The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to examine the appeal filed by former BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav against the rejection of his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency.


SC asks EC to look into Tej Bahadur's plea


Bollywood star Akshay Kumar has thanked Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju for supporting him amid a row over his citizenship and has committed himself to the cause of the government-led fund-raising initiative Bharat Ke Veer.


Akshay thanks Rijiju for support in citizenship row


Invoking his Army background and participation in the 1965 India-Pakistan war, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday went nostalgic when he met an Army war veteran.


Punjab CM goes nostalgic with 1965 war hero


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected a plea seeking direction to restrain the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from promising to grant full statehood to the national capital.


Plea to stop AAP from promising full statehood rejected


Iran will partially withdraw from the 2015 landmark nuclear deal signed with six other nations, President Hassan Rouhani announced on Wednesday, a move that comes a year after the US unilaterally withdrew from the pact.


Iran announces partial withdrawal from nuclear deal


The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to extend the deadline for the finalisation of National Register for Citizens (NRC) in Assam.


SC refuses to extend NRC deadline in Assam


Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday in an affidavit tendered his "unconditional apology" to the Supreme Court for "unintentionally" linking the top court in the Rafale review plea to his party's political slogan "cowkidar chor hai" aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


Rahul apologises to SC for 'chowkidar' goof-up


With Brexit delayed, the UK will have to hold European elections, despite hopes from the government that the deal would be done by then, said the Prime Minister's de facto deputy. The vote is due from May 23 to 26.


Brexit delay: UK will take part in European polls


Mahatma Gandhi's maiden visit to the Punjab in the aftermath of Jallianwala Bagh massacre changed him from an "Empire loyalist" to the "implacable opponent" of the British rule, contends a book published on the occasion of the centenary anniversary of the incident.


Jallianwala Bagh massacre changed Gandhi from "Empire loyalist" to opponent of British: Book


The convoy of two prominent BJP leaders - Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and party's West Bengal President Dilip Ghosh - was attacked by alleged Trinamool Congress-backed goons in East Midnapore district on Tuesday but both were unhurt.


BJP leaders Dilip Ghosh, Sarma's convoy attacked in Bengal


The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday decided to lift  restrictions on civilian traffic on the Udhampur-Srinagar National Highway on Wednesdays from May 13 onwards.

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