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New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to former television serial producer Suhaib Ilyasi for killing his wife Anju 17 years ago.

Additional Sessions Judge S K Malhotra also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on Ilyasi, who was convicted on 16th December for stabbing to death his wife.

The court also directed that Rs 10 lakh would be paid as compensation to the parents of Anju.

New Delhi: The government and the opposition held elaborate discussions to resolve the deadlock in Rajya Sabha over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "conspiracy with Pak" remark against his predecessor Manmohan Singh during the Gujarat poll campaign, but the stalemate on the issue continued.

Opposition leaders met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar and his deputy Vijay Goel in Parliament and sought a resolution of the issue.

They demanded that the prime minister should clarify his remarks in the Rajya Sabha.

New Delhi: Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today suspended its four officials, including the in-charge of the Kalindi Kunj depot, where an empty train crashed into a wall yesterday while being taken for washing. 

According to DMRC Chief Spokesperson, Corporation's managing director approved the orders of suspension based on an inquiry done by a team of three Executive Director-rank officials. 

The four officials who were suspended include one deputy general manager who was the depot in-charge, one assistant manager, a junior engineer and an assistant section engineer. 

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has congratulated  Patidar leader Hardik Patel for his "tremendous work" in the Gujarat Assembly election, the results of which were announced on Monday.

"He (Patel) has done so well (in the Gujarat election) at a young age. I called him up to congratulate him for the feat," she told reporters at the state secretariat in Kolkata.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo said she would also call up young Dalit leader of Gujarat Jignesh Mevani and OBC leader Alpesh Thakor for their "positive show" in the polls.