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The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction and life sentence awarded to P Rajagopal, owner of popular south Indian restaurant chain Saravana Bhavan, for murdering one of his employees 18 years ago to take the widow as his third wife.

Lack of quality jobs and increasing wage disparity are key markers of inequality in the Indian labour market, Oxfam India's latest report, 'Mind The Gap - State of Employment in India', has said. Pointing to a decline in rural jobs, the report also says regressive social norms continue to hamper women's participation in the workforce.

Expressing confidence that BJP will improve on its 2014 Lok Sabha performance, PM Narendra Modi said on Friday that the "first family" of Congress will never return to power even as he accused the party of rampant corruption and non-performance when it held office for decades.

While RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti will contest from Patliputra, Patna Sahib has been allocated to Congress, paving the way for sitting MP and BJP rebel Shatrughan Sinha to contest against Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. However, Kirti Azad, sitting BJP MP from Darbhanga who joined Congress recently, could not be allocated the seat of his choice.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi indicated he is open to contesting a second seat, possibly Wayanad in Kerala, and said a decision is to be taken soon. He said there is nothing unusual about contesting two seats and cited PM Narendra Modi running from Varanasi and Vadodara in 2014.

The life-changing dosti of Bhola and Raj in Junglee

The Election Commission told the Supreme Court on Friday that counting VVPAT slips of 50 per cent EVMs, as demanded by 21 non-NDA political parties, could delay declaration of results of the general elections by six days with no gain to the existing 99.99 per cent voter confidence in the voting machines.

Concerned by the appointment of Khalistan supporters to a Pakistani committee on the Kartarpur initiative, India decided to postpone the April 2 meeting with Pakistani officials meant to finalise modalities to open the corridor for pilgrimage. The government also expressed dissatisfaction to Pakistan over the latter's "indifference'' to some proposals made by India for the corridor.

At the bail hearing of fugitive Nirav Modi, his lawyer Clare Montgomery QC had put forward a bail security offer of up to £1 million. However, the UK judge refused to accept and said, "He was attempting to become a citizen of Vanuatu and that is some way away for someone trying to run businesses, which may indicate he has interest to move away from India at this important time".

A UK judge refused fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's second application for bail in a London court on Friday after hearing the Indian government's arguments that he had threatened to kill a witness, had destroyed evidence and even tried to buy citizenship in the remote south Pacific island chain of Vanuatu, near Fiji - though his application was declined.

Here are the big sports events lined up for Saturday (March 30) that comprise the action of India Open badminton tournament in which Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap and PV Sindhu will play their semifinal matches.

Sanju Samson's second IPL ton was overshadowed by David Warner's blistering fifty as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by five wickets to register their first win in the ongoing edition of the tournament.

Sanju Samson's second IPL ton was overshadowed by David Warner's blistering fifty as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by five wickets to register their first win in the ongoing edition of the tournament.

Mishkat and his family have moved to a bigger house so that the actor, in future, can live in with his partner.

Ranveer Singh discloses a little secret about wife Deepika Padukone

Satinder Sartaaj regales Panjab University students with his Sufi music

Akshay Kumar has this to say about son Aarav's Bollywood plans

Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi on Friday failed in his second attempt to get bail in his extradition case at Westminster Magistrates' Court here despite his defence team vehemently trying to establish his close ties to the UK, including having to care for a pet dog.

Will scrap Niti Aayog if Congress voted to power: Rahul Gandhi

This video of Karan Johar crooning to a classic will definitely tickle your funny bone

Kiara Advani opens up on dating rumours with 'Student of the Year' actor Sidharth Malhotra

PM Narendra Modi's Mission Shakti address didn’t violate model code of conduct, says EC

The pilots of Jet Airways will stop flying from April 1, since the airline has not got the interim funding from lenders due to which they have not been told about their four month salary dues. The strike may be averted only if a firm commitment on salary payment is made in next two days and some dues are immediately cleared, say sources.