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Ram Rahim tells HC: ‘Have renounced the world, no money to pay fine’

New Delhi: Rape convict, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, moved to Punjab and Haryana High Court and told them that he has renounced the world and does not have money to pay the fine of Rs 30 lakh, which special CBI court had imposed on him. Dera Chief has been sentenced to 20 years in prison along with the fi

Soldiers killed on China front get less benefits than those on Pakistan’s

As a matter of fact, which several people don’t know, Army soldiers are treated differently on the basis of where they are being deployed. Soldiers who take care of the China front, that is ‘Line of Actual Control’ (LAC) get fewer benefits than those who are deployed on Pakistan front or Line of Con

Uddhav Thackeray dares BJP to resign from Maharashtra govt, face mid-term polls

Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday dared his party’s ruling ally BJP to “resign” from the Maharashtra government and face midterm polls. The state’s ruling partners are also part of the NDA at the Centre, but relations between them are strained for quite some time. “I challenge

RSS resorting to attack Muslims, Dalits across the country: Prakash Karat

Vijayawada: The CPM senior leader Prakash Karat has alleged that the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS) indulging in attacks on Muslims and Dalits across the nation. Addressing a program ‘Neo-liberal policies, authoritarianism, communal policies-alternatives” organized by the CPM, on the occasion of ce

Mumbai Cops Claim That Rats Have Eaten 34 Kg Of Narcotic Drugs Worth Rs 3.4 Crore

The narcotics which was estimated to be worth Rs 3.4  crore in the market went missing from the customs godown in Sewri in 2014. Now, after three years police have closed the case by filing an 'A summary' (classifying the case as true, but undetected) Mid Day reported. The drugs were part of a ne

BJP workers killed in Kerala on orders of CM: Amit Shah

New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah on Sunday slammed the CPI-M government in Kerala over the “political killings” of BJP-RSS workers in the state, saying it was being done to “instil fear” among the people and prevent the BJP from expanding in the state. Shah, addressing a Jan Raksha Yatra in the

PM Modi can’t differentiate between truth and lies, says Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Saturday while addressing a rally at Mandi said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi can’t differentiate between truth and lies. He also said that Mr Modi makes false promises by befooling people leaving a serious impact on India’s economy. “Modi can’t differentiate between tr

Woman gang-raped in front of husband, 3-month-old child in broad daylight

Muzaffarnagar, October 7 : In a horrifying incident, a 30-year-old-woman was gang-raped in front of her husband by four men who held the family, including a three-month old baby, hostage. The crime was committed when the family was returning home after visiting a pediatrician in Bhopa area of Muzaff

Backed by Amit Shah, RSS to have greater say in affairs of BJP

DEHRADUN: The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) will keep a close watch on all wings and fronts of the BJP’s Uttarakhand unit and will keep the party brass updated about organisational preparedness, sources in the Sangh said. Already two former Sangh pracharaks — Jyoti Prasad Gairola and Sanjay K

PM Modi visits Gujarat again, third time in a month

In poll-bound Gujarat, once again the stage is set for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit. Modi will be visiting his home state for two days beginning Saturday. From early this year, Modi has been visiting Gujarat at regular intervals to attend one programme or the other, leading a scope for debat

Four of a family, guard found murdered in northeast Delhi

New Delhi, October 7: Five people, including at least three women, were found murdered at a house in Mansarovar Park in northeast Delhi on Saturday morning. Four of the deceased belonged to the same family. The family members have been identified as Nupur Jindal (35), Anjali Jindal (33), Urmila (

600 ceasefire violations along India-Pak border so far in 2017, highest in last decade

New Delhi: Pakistan has violated the ceasefire over 600 times so far this year, the highest in the last one decade, an official said Pakistani troops have opened fire on Indian territories more than 600 times till September 30. Eight civilians and 16 security personnel were killed in the firing,

Rajasthan: Muslims forced to leave village after threats from upper caste Hindus

October 7, Dantal About twenty Muslim families left their village in western Rajasthan following alleged threats from Hindu upper caste villagers, in a string of events starting with the murder of a folk singer, police said on Friday. The 200-odd Muslim people, including women and children, ar

Govt reduces GST rates on 27 items, gives relief to small and medium businesses

October 6, Three months after the rollout of the new indirect tax regime, the GST Council on Friday made sweeping changes to give relief to small and medium businesses on filing and payment of taxes, eased rules for exporters and cut tax rates on more than two dozen items. Businesses with annual t

Kids Unsafe In Capital: Class 1 Girl Raped At Delhi School By Cleaning Staff

October 6, New Delhi Within a month of the murder of 7-year-old student Pradhyumn Thakur inside a toilet in Ryan School and the rape of a 5-year-old girl by a peon in an east Delhi school, a six-year-old girl was raped, allegedly by a member of the housekeeping team, inside the toilet of a privat

Mahatma Gandhi assassination: SC appoints amicus curiae on plea seeking reprobe

The Supreme Court on Friday appointed senior advocate and former additional solicitor general Amrender Sharan as amicus curiae on a petition seeking reprobe into the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. After a brief hearing, a bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao appointed Sharan to

Farmers find novel way to protest land acquisition in Rajasthan

October 5, Jaipur Protesting against the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) notice to acquire 1,300 bigha of agricultural land for a housing scheme, 22 farmers on Monday buried themselves neck-deep in sand pits at Ninder village on the outskirts of Jaipur. Families of hundreds of other farmers sat

UP gang-rape victim turns up at SSP’s doorstep with suspect’s severed ear, forces cops to file FIR

October 5, Aligarh Following a failed attempt to get a FIR registered on her gang-rape complaint, a woman reached the Aligarh senior superintendent of police’s office on Thursday with a startling piece of evidence – a severed ear. As the senior officer was not present, she produced the mutilat