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#Harmony: Hindus and Muslims unite to clean ghats in Allahabad

Allahabad: In a gesture of ‘communal harmony’, volunteers belonging to both Hindu and Muslim communities united on Saturday to clean Allahabad ghats after they were left with heaps of trash by devotees on Friday. Located on river Yamuna, major ghats such as Balua ghat and Gau ghat were cleaned by

Demonetisation foolish step, GST faulty, says P Chidambaram

Terming note ban as foolish step and GST design faulty, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said both the decisions of the government have derailed the economy. The Centre should have admitted that it had made a mistake to scrap high value currency notes last year, the former finance minis

IPS officer, who allegedly slapped BJP worker, dies in Jaipur

A 39-year-old IPS officer, who came into the limelight last year for allegedly slapping a BJP worker in Kota over his misbehavior, died on Sunday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Jaipur. Devashish Deo, a 2013-batch officer, was posted as deputy director at the Rajasthan Police

18 Newborns Die At Ahmedabad Government Hospital In 3 Days

AHMEDABAD: The deaths of 18 newborn babies at the government-run civil hospital in the last three days has triggered a huge controversy in Gujarat with the opposition alleging that lack of proper healthcare facilities in the hospital caused the deaths. Nine of the reported deaths took place within a

Gujarat CM links ISIS suspect to Congress MP Ahmed Patel

New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has demanded Congress MP Ahmed Patel’s resignation from the Rajya Sabha, alleging that a suspected ISIS operative arrested recently used to work at a hospital where Patel had been a trustee earlier. “Ahmed Patel is the person running the sh

Babri Masjid Action Committee denies meeting Ravi Shankar for out-of-court settlement

Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh): The Babri Masjid Action Committee on Friday denied reports of Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s meeting them to solve the dispute. Speaking to ANI, Haji Mehboob, a member of Babri Action Committee, said, “Long back one of Ravi Shankar’s mediators called saying

President heaps praises on Kerala Healthcare, left Yogi red-faced

Thiruvananthapuram: Just weeks after Adityanath’s comment, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday applauded Kerala for its record in public health and education and said that the state was a frontrunner in India’s quest to achieve total literacy. Speaking after launching state’s ambitious Technocity

Journalist’s arrest: Congress accuses BJP of squeezing press freedom

Training guns at the BJP over the arrest of senior journalist Vinod Verma on charges of extortion, the Congress accused it on Friday of squeezing press freedom and demanded immediate release of the scribe. Senior Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken also demanded a judicial probe into the “serious se

Another rape case registered against Asaram Bapu in Gujarat

The Supreme Court of India has ordered Asaram Bapu to approach the chief justice for interim bail tomorrow after yet another case of rape case registered against the self-styled godman in Gujarat. This is the third case of rape which has been registered against Asaram Bapu who is in jail since 20

JNU missing student case: Court reserves order on CBI plea

NEW DELHI: A court here on Friday reserved its order on CBI's plea seeking early hearing on the application seeking consent of nine students for a lie detection test in connection with the missing Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vis

Tracking the fourth bullet that has given new life to Mahatma Gandhi murder case

The evening of January 30, 1948, was a defining moment in Indian history. The Father of the nation was in the lawn of Birla House in Delhi, when a right wing advocate of Hindu nationalism, Nathuram Godse, walked up to him and fired three shots at point blank range. Gandhi died on spot jolting the ba

After court issues warrant, Hardik Patel says his arrest would increase BJP’s trouble

Ahmedabad: Hardik Patel, Patidar agitation spearhead reacting on the non-bailable arrest warrant issued against him, said that it would increase the trouble of BJP. According to the news published in The Quint, he further said that his arrest would be favorable for him. It may be mentioned tha

Guj police arrests 2 ISIS suspects, says they were plotting

Ahmedabad: Two suspected ISIS operatives were today arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), which claimed that they were plotting an attack on a Jewish synagogue in Khadia area of Ahmedabad in “very near future”. The suspects, arrested in Surat, have been identified as Mohammad Kasim

Aadhaar linking deadline to be extended only to those ‘willing to enroll’

The government proposed extending the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts and mobile phones from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2018, but only exclusively for citizens who are “willing to enroll for Aadhaar”. A one-page note, with writing on both sides of it, passed on to

Prakash Raj questions if Taj Mahal will be a 'past in our future'

Actor, director Prakash Raj spoke on the ongoing controversy over the iconic Taj Mahal and questioned if it will be a 'past in our future'. "When do you intend to bring it down. We can at least take our children and show it one last time #JustAsking," Raj tweeted. Taj Mahal has been mired in cont

Gujarat assembly polls on Dec 9 and 14, counting on Dec 18: EC

New Delhi: Assembly elections in Gujarat will be held over two phases on December 9 and 14, the Election Commission announced today, setting the stage for a high-stakes battle between the ruling BJP and the Congress. Counting will take place on December 18, Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti sa

Hizb chief Syed Salahuddin’s son held for receiving funds from terror suspect

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested the son of Hizbul Mujahideen founder Syed Salahuddin in a six-year-old case of terror funding through hawala channels on Tuesday, a day after the Centre appointed an interlocutor to hold a “sustained dialogue” with all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmi

Chandrayaan II, India's space mission to Moon in 2018: Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Atomic Energy and Space Jitendra Singh on Monday said that India's Space mission to Moon 'Chandrayaan II' will take place in 2018, possibly in the first quarter of the year. Singh, who was addressing the annual inaugural session of the five-day Asian