Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Yash Chopra can&rsquo;t get it wrong. Not on Diwali day. Jab Tak Hai Jaan (JTHJ), Chopra&rsquo;s last directorial venture, which releases tomorrow, will be a blockbuster. That, says every trade analyst, is a given.

What the future holds for Yash Raj's films

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Concerned over the slow pace of developmental activities in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, his cabinet colleagues and senior administrative officers would visit various districts and review the progress of development projects after Diwali.

Bahuguna to review projects after Diwali

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai says he remains fit to this day due to his walking habit on Mall Road here in Himachal Pradesh during his student days.

Thanks to Mall Road, Prez Karzai is 'slim and fit'

Violence resurfaced in Bodo-heartland of Assam as at least three persons have been killed in Kokrajhar district since November 10. The recent spate of killings came after a lull of two months when Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD), along with adjoining districts of Dhubri and Bongaigaon were rocked by a series of clashes, arson and killings between the indigenous Bodo tribe and illegal Bangladeshi settlers.

Violence returns to Assam's Bodo heartland, three killed

After taking serious note of illegal mining beyond leasehold area in Odisha, the Shah Commission of enquiry has urged the state government officials and Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) to undertake joint field verification of such cases.

Shah panel seeks report on mining beyond lease area

Sharpening her attack on the Mamata Banerjee government, Union minister Deepa Dasmunshi on Monday said it had failed to come up with a land policy and was taking West Bengal downhill.

Deepa slams Bengal govt for not framing land policy

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A total of 108 lessees are in dock for producing ore in excess of the quantum approved under EP Act. For the balance 97 lessees, collectors of respective districts have been asked to initiate prosecution.

Odisha prosecutes 11 miners for violating environment Act

In a fresh attempt to woo the IT (information technology) investors and project Odisha as a favourable IT destination, the state IT department plans to organise road shows both at the national and international circuits.

Odisha plans road shows to woo IT investors

Four new additional judges of Gujarat High Court took oath of office in Ahmedabad on Monday.

Four new Gujarat HC judges take oath

A farmer died in police firing at Nandre village in Sangli district of Maharashtra on Monday, police said.

Farmer dies in police firing in Sangli dist

Diwali celebrations in Himachal Pradesh is likely to be a low-key affair as shopping activities has come down for the second year in a row due to inflation, which has hit most sections in the hill state .

Poll fatigue, price rise take Diwali light away in Himachal

The new land allotment policy prescribes various guidelines, including the extent of land for a particular project in case of allotment by the government or its agencies, and also puts similar limitations on private land acquisitions, though indirectly.

AP's new land policy puts limit on  pvt acquisitions too

The Uttarakhand government has decided to regularise all unauthorised colonies, most of which are concentrated near river banks and fall under flood-prone areas.

Uttarakhand to regularise unauthorised colonies

Himachal Pradesh&rsquo;s biggest trade fair, the centuries-old annual Lavi fair, ended Wednesday on an insipid note, thanks to the relentless inflation, crop failures and a recently concluded prolonged hectic election campaign in the state.

Lavi fair ends on a dull note in Himachal

The Uttar Pradesh government has started proceedings to withdraw four cases against senior Cabinet minister Mohammad Azam Khan.

Respite for Azam Khan as UP withdraws four cases

The Tamil Nadu government would construct 2,500 durable houses for Sri Lankan Tamils in the state. The government has earmarked Rs 25 crore towards this - each house would involve Rs 1 lakh.

TN to build houses for Lankan Tamils

In a major breakthrough in anti-Naxal operation, security personnel gunned down five ultras at Bhaliagada jungle on the border of south Odisha&rsquo;s Ganjam and Gajapati districts on Wednesday in an encounter.

Five Naxals gunned down in encounter

Carved out of southern Bihar as a new state of India on November 15, 2000, Jharkhand was plagued by adverse initial conditions, low average income, very high incidence of poverty and little social development like education, health , communication, etc.

Jharkhand celebrates 13th statehood day

The Assam government will take all steps to ensure that the militants involved in the killing of tea planter and businessman Adilur Rahman are brought to book, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Wednesday.

Govt to take all steps to apprehend Rahman's killers: Gogoi

The Scheduled Castes Commission in Punjab has issued strict instructions to penalise government and private educational institutions which are found illegally charging fee from students belonging to scheduled castes.

Institutes taking money from SC students to be penalised

With no let-up in violent activities in Bodoland, indefinite curfew has been clamped in Gossaigaon and Kokrajhar sub-divisions on Thursday. In an attempt to restore peace, Army, which was called in on Wednesday evening, also staged flag-marches in the disturbed and sensitive areas.

Situation tense in Assam, curfew imposed

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