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Bollywood actor Jeetendra has been booked by the Shimla Police after he was accused by his cousin of sexually assaulting her 47 years ago, police said.The woman, in a complaint to the Director General of Police, in February had alleged that the incident took place in Shimla in January, 1971, when...
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JUST IN: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu directs Telugu Desam Party ministers Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Y S Chowdary to resign as Union ministers.Naidu's move comes hours after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley promised Andhra Pradesh funds equivalent to what a special category...
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A day after spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar pitched for an out of court settlement of the Ayodhya issue, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board said today that only a court order on the matter was acceptable to it.The board also took exception to a recent reported statement made by the Art...
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A statue of Dalit icon B R Ambedkar was vandalised and replaced later in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh, amid an ongoing spate of incidents targeting statues and busts of known figures across the country.Following the incident, members of the Dalit community here blocked the Meerut-Mawana road...
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An Army jawan today allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in the Handwara area of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.Sepoy Birender Sinha, who was posted at the 30 Rashtriya Rifles camp at Langate in Kupwara district, shot himself around 6.45 am, a police...
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Pakistan said on Wednesday it has approved India's humanitarian proposals about exchange of prisoners, issuance of medical visas and revival of a judicial commission, amid tensions between the two countries.Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif after consulting with all the stakeholders, has approved the...
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With Telugu Desam Party threatening to quit the National Democracy Alliance government, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today stepped in to pacify the sulking partner saying the Centre is committed to giving Andhra Pradesh financial assistance equivalent to a special category state.Jaitley...
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The CBI today moved a New Delhi court seeking permission to conduct a narco analysis test on Karti Chidambaram in the INX media case. Special judge Sunil Rana said that the court would take the matter on March 9 along with two other applications seeking production warrants of Karti...
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A CRPF jawan allegedly opened fire and injured two of his colleagues at a camp in the Naxal-infested district of Gadhchiroli near Nagpur, officials said today. The incident took place last night at the Ettapalli camp, where Head Constable Sandre Sanjay had an altercation with two of his fellow...
17:57
Twenty-nine Army personnel lost their lives in nine terror attacks on defence stations and Army camps in Jammu and Kashmir since 2015, the government informed the Lok Sabha today. Twenty terrorists were killed and two civilians lost their lives in the attacks, Minister of State for Defence...
17:36
The wife of Indian pacer Mohammed Shami has claimed that the sportsman is having an extramarital affair. In a bid to expose the pacer's affair, she posted several screenshots of Messenger and Whatsapp messages on her Facebook page. Married to Shami since 2014, Hasin Jahan reportedly claimed...
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There were 4,799 stone-pelting incidents and 872 terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in past three years, the government today informed the Rajya Sabha. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said 730 incidents of stone pelting were reported in 2015. In 2016, he said, 2,808 such...
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday questioned the BJP's silence over the 'needs of its alliance partner Telugu Desam Party.While asking the BJP to deliver its promise of giving 'special category status' to the state, Naidu said Congress...
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Visual of Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty at Bengaluru's Mallya Hospital. His condition is stable now
16:38
The Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the federal and Punjab governments not to arrest or put Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed under house arrest until further orders, DawnNewsTV reported. Read more
16:33
The BSF today withdrew an order deducting a week's salary from a jawan for showing disrespect towards the prime minister during a routine drill after Narendra Modi expressed his displeasure over the punishment, the force said. Modi directed the BSF today to immediately withdraw the order, a...
16:19
Curfew was re-imposed today in Sri Lanka's riot-hit Kandy district with immediate effect until further notice following reports of violence between majority Sinhala Buddhists and minority Muslims in other areas of the multi-ethnic district. The authorities yesterday imposed curfew till this...
16:03
Karnataka HM Ramalinga Reddy on Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty stabbing: He was stabbed by a man at his office in Bengaluru. He was a contractor from Tumakuru. He complained to the Lokayukta about some tenders and assaulted the judge and he was alone. The judge is out of danger now.
16:00
In Kerala, Congress MLA Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan comes to the Assembly carrying a used grenade. Showing the grenade to the Speaker, he said grenades being used to disburse Youth Congress protesters last week were past their expiry date, and the police is still using them.
15:55
Congress President Rahul Gandhi's visit to Singapore begins with a meeting with a young admirer at the airport! tweets @INCIndia. Rahul Gandhi will visit Singapore and Malaysia from March 8-10. The Congress President will meet young professionals and visit universities in the region among...
15:34
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed against BJP leader H Raja on Wednesday with regard to his now deleted Facebook post on Periyar's statue.The PIL was filed by advocate Surya Prakasam in Madras High Court.The matter will come up for hearing in the court today afternoon.Raja, in his now...
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Karnataka Lokayukta Justice P Vishwanatha Shetty was stabbed inside his office in Bengaluru today by a man identified as Tejas Shetty. Justice Shetty has been rushed to hospital and his condition is reported to be stable. Justice Shetty took over as the new Lokayukta in January this year. The...
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In other news, Pakistani troops today shelled mortars in Sunderbani sector along the Line of Control in Rajouri and Jammu districts, drawing retaliation from the Indian Army. Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics and mortars from 1030 hours...
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Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty stabbing: Eyewitness Jay Anna said that, a man hit him (Justice Shetty) three times with his knife. The judge fell on the floor. So you can see what kind of security Siddaramaiah govt has provided us. Situation is very bad.
15:12
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to address the media shortly. Reports say the accused, Tejas Sharma, arrived at the Justice Shetty's office at 12:45 pm and signed the address book, which revealed that he was from Tumkur. He had asked for information on 18 graft cases.
14:19
A school in Denver, Colorado, is trying out a new method of punishing kids for misdemeanors, teaching Yoga.Instead of rebuking the student and putting him in detention, the Doull Elementary is dedicating every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, time slots reserved for detention, to...
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Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who has favoured projecting chief ministerial faces of the party in poll-bound states, today said it is up to the high command to decide. On the issue of projecting a face, not just Congress, but other parties also have varying strategies depending...
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The proceedings of the Lok Sabha were washed out for the third consecutive day today as parties protested on various issues, including vandalisation of statue of Dravidian icon Thanthai Periyar and PNB scam. While the Congress continued to press for prime minister's reply on the Rs...
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked all political parties to ensure that those found desecrating statues are dealt with strictly and said such incidents of vandalism can never be justified. The minister's comments came hours after the Home Ministry said it had sent an advisory to all...
13:36
Jaya Bachchan to be the Samajwadi Party candidate from the Rajya Sabha, reports ANI. The biennial elections will be held on March 23 to replace the 58 Rajya Sabha members who are set to retire later this year.Bachchan was first elected in 2004 as a Samajwadi Party member of parliament,...
13:24
Diamond trader Nirav Modi, accused of pulling off the country's biggest bank fraud, is no longer a part of India's billionaires club. Modi, who had featured in Forbes' 2017 rich list with a fortune of USD 1.8 billion, could not make the cut in this year's rankings. Nirav Modi is among the...
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The BJP's Tamil Nadu unit today sacked a party functionary for allegedly vandalising a statue of rationalist leader E V Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, in Tirupattur in Vellore district.R Muthuraman is being expelled from the party, BJP state chief Tamilisai Soundarrajan said in a brief...
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A Border Security Force jawan who forgot to affix 'honourable' or 'Shri' while referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been penalised by the force, which called the mistake disrespect to the PM. The constable was handed down a seven-day pay cut.The incident took place on February 21 inside...
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Kamal Haasan, actor turned politician, addresses the medi after Periyar's statue was vandalised on Tuesday night. The leader of the Makkal Needhi Maiam said that he believed that the vandalism of the statue was a diversionary tactic and asked the media to focus on the main issue -- the...
12:40
The Delhi high court today questioned the law and order situation in the capital while hearing the bail plea of one of the two AAP MLAs, arrested for allegedly assaulting Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash.The court said it was concerned that if a person can be assaulted in the presence of the Delhi...
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JUST IN: Lok Sabha adjourned for the day.
12:10
Ahead of President Ram Nath Kovind's visit to the Aligarh Muslims University to attend the 65th annual convocation ceremony, the student union Secretary Mohammad Fahad has warned against the presence of any member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at the event.Speaking to ANI, student union...
11:49
Punjab National Bank Managing Director and CEO Sunil Mehta today appeared before the Serious Fraud Investigation Office in Mumbai after being summoned for recording his statement in connection with the Rs 12,636 crore fraud at the bank.Yesterday, officials from Axis Bank and ICICI Bank had also...
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BJP chief Amit Shah today termed the desecration of communist icon Lenin's statues in Tripura and Periyar's statue in Tamil Nadu extremely unfortunate and asserted that any party member found involved in destroying a statue will face severe action.In a series of tweets, Shah distanced the BJP...
11:25
Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon amid protest by various opposition parties over a variety of issues while Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm following opposition uproar over various issues, like demands for special package for Andhra Pradesh.
11:07
With the Centre making it clear that special category status for Andhra Pradesh is not possible and most TDP MLAs and MLCs wanting the party to end its alliance with BJP, TDP president and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is likely to set the separation process in motion beginning with the...
10:30
During the first week of January last year, a group of scholars gathered in a white bungalow on a leafy boulevard in central New Delhi. The focus of their discussion: how to rewrite the history of the nation.The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had quietly appointed the committee of...
10:24
After the Lenin statue in Tripura and the Periyar statue in Vellore, Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mukherjee's bust vandalised in Kalighat, Kolkata. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed strong disapproval after the vandalism. PM Modi, according to a government...
09:53
Just In: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the vandalism of statues in Tripura. The ministry of home affairs asks state government to take strong action.
09:47
After two people were arrested at Tirupattur in Vellore district for allegedly vandalising a statue of rationalist leader E V Ramasamy, popularly known as 'Periyar', BJP leader H Raja said on Wednesday, The post on my Facebook page was done by one of the admins without my permission. As soon as I...
09:24
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will visit Singapore and Malaysia from March 8-10.The Congress president will meet young professionals and visit universities in the region among other engagements.He was recently in Italy to meet his granny, a day before the result of elections in the three states...
09:13
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has become the first person to amass a fortune surpassing $100 billion in Forbes magazines annual ranking of the worlds moguls.Forbes estimates Bezos wealth at $112 billion as of February 9, up from about $73 billion last year, thanks to Amazons surging stock price.It would...
08:27
A US Navy veteran charged with killing of Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla and injuring two others at a suburban Kansas City bar last year, today pleaded guilty to premeditated first-degree murder.Adam Purinton, 52, pleaded guilty before a Kansas court.He was charged with first-degree murder of...
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A petrol bomb was hurled at Bharatiya Janata Party office in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore on Wednesday. No casualty has been reported in the incident so far.As per initial reports, no arrest has been made yet as the assailants who threw the bomb are still unknown.The attack comes after a statue...
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Government sources in South Korea on Tuesday said that summit-level talks with North Korea are likely to take place in late April.This was indicated by a report filed by a foreign news agency.It was also reported by the Yonhap news agency that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had an 'open-hearted...
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