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Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi took oath as the deputy chief minister after the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state carried out a Cabinet reshuffle. Sanghvi, 40, became the youngest person to hold the post in Gujarat.

Rivaba Jadeja, the wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, and 18 other new ministers were inducted into the Council of Ministers. Read on.

Two hundred and ten Maoists, including a central committee member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur. Among those who surrendered were four members of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee, 21 from the divisional committee and 61 from area committees of the banned organisation.

This came a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that 258 persons associated with the Maoist movement had surrendered in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra on Wednesday and Thursday. Read on.

The Singapore Police Force said it does not suspect foul play in the death of singer Zubeen Garg following preliminary investigations in the matter. It added that the probe may take up to three more months, following which it will be decided if...

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