How the Congress Working Committee is constituted, and how it has worked over the years

What is the Congress Working Committee (CWC), and why was it reconstituted Tuesday? The Working Committee is the “highest executive authority” of the Congress, and has the final say in interpreting and applying the provisions of its constitution

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Police officer, Army veteran killed by his own gun the day before marking 6 years on the force: Chief

A Massachusetts police officer, Army veteran and father of two who died this weekend after being shot by his own weapon would have marked his six-year anniversary on the force Monday, authorities said. Weymouth police officer Michael Chesna and a local ...

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After 30 years, police say they've captured a child

The message was slashed onto the weather-beaten planks of a barn in the empty farmland not far from where the girl's body had been found. Police in northern Indiana stared at the jerky handwritten scrawl in May 1990, realizing this was the most

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After 30 years, police say they've captured a child killer who left a sickening trail of taunts

The message was slashed onto the weather-beaten planks of a barn in the empty farmland not far from where the girl's body had been found. Police in northern Indiana stared at the jerky handwritten scrawl in May 1990, realizing this was the most

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In 10 years, Badals spent Rs 121 crore on chartered flights, claims Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu

Former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son and ex-deputy CM Sukhbir Badal could well earn the epithet of 'Flying Jatts', if the reply of an RTI query is an indication. The information, shared by local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu at a

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