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Tina and Athar’s marriage is termed as “Love Jihad”, demanded “Ghar Wapsi” of Athar
New Delhi: Days after UPSC topper, Tina Dabi announced her plans to marry second ranker Athar Aamir-ul-Shafi Khan, the couple has ended receiving a flak for their ‘love knows no boundaries’ relationship. In a letter to Tina’s father, Hindu Mahasabha’s National Secretary, Munna Kumar Sharma asked
Need to be careful of new Pak general, says ex-army chief Bikram Singh
New Delhi: Former Army Chief Bikram Singh, under whom the new Pakistan Army Chief Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has served on a UN assignment, tonight said India should be “careful” and watchful with regard to his approach. Gen (retd) Singh described Lt Gen Bajwa as a “thorough professional” who gave
Committed to easing citizens’ pain at earliest: RBI Governor
Mumbai: Terming demonetisation as a “once in a lifetime event” that requires mammoth logistics, Governor Urjit Patel today said RBI is taking all necessary actions to “ease the genuine pain of citizens who are honest and who have been hurt” and hoped things will normalise at the earliest. Speakin
“If I was really spreading terror, wouldn’t I have made a few lakh terrorists by now?” – Zakir Naik
Mumbai: Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Sunday claimed that there has been no misuse of funds by his banned NGO and rejected all allegations of involvement in terror-related activities. Remaining non-committal on returning to India, where he has been booked for hate speech and under
Criminal Case: Court rejected special treatment to Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid
New Delhi: Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari cannot take advantage of being a mosque head and try to browbeat powers of courts under “fictitious” and “imaginary” threat of communal tension, a court said while refusing to quash a criminal case against him. While terming as “funny and hilar
India's Waters Can't Be Allowed To Flow Into Pak: PM Narendra Modi On Indus Row
BHATINDA: In election-bound Punjab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that Indus river waters "belong to our farmers" and India has the right to the waters flowing into Pakistan. "The Indus waters, India has the right to those waters...it flows into Pakistan. Flowing through Pakistan, the w
PM Modi failed to fulfil any of his promises, 'unworthy of trust': Congress
"Modiji promised that he would bring back Rs 80 lakh crore black money back to India. Has he fulfilled that promise? No," Congress spokesperson Kapil Sibal said. The Congress accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "not being worthy of trust" as he has failed to fulfil any of his promises. Co
New Rs. 500 Notes With Faulty Printing Valid: RBI
NEW DELHI: They were meant to replace the demonetised currency, but some new 500-rupee notes are causing some confusion -- because of printing errors. Apparently, in a rush to go to print, an unspecified number -- no one knows exactly how many -- of notes of Rs. 500 denomination have visible erro
Zakir Naik: IRF ban knee-jerk reaction by the Modi govt
Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik issued another open letter on Friday reiterating he has always advocated peace and condemned violence in all its forms. The statement comes amidst a case being registered and several raids being conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Na
CBI arrests Samajwadi Party leader Aman Mani Tripathi over wife's murder case
Aman Mani Tripathi is the son of former UP minister Amar Mani Tripathi, who is already in jail in connection with the murder of poet Madhumita Shukla in 2003. Samajwadi Party leader Aman Mani Tripathi, son of jailed politician Amar Mani Tripathi, was on Friday arrested by CBI from Delhi in connec
No counter exchange of old currency notes after midnight today
New Delhi [India]: The Centre on Thursday said that there will be no counter exchange of old Rs. 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes after the midnight today. However, certain exemptions relating to cancellation of legal tender character of old currency notes has been extended up to December 15, inclu
No difference between a militant group and India’s intelligence agency: Former spy
New Delhi: He started off as a taxi driver, went on to become a spy for an Indian intelligence agency, spent 11 years in a Pakistan jail and is now running an association for the welfare of unsung heroes. Disappointed by the lack of support from the Indian government, Vinod Sawhney says there is
No Cash For Fees, Student Kills Himself In Uttar Pradesh
Banda, Uttar Pradesh: An 18-year-old student has allegedly committed suicide after he could not withdraw money to pay his examination fees in Banda district in Uttar Pradesh. According to the police, Suresh had been standing in queue for several days, without luck. After he returned empty-handed
Rs 1.20 lakh crore deposited in SBI: Arundhati Bhattacharya
About the problem of availability of Rs.100 and Rs.500 notes, Bhattacharya said as far as Rs.100 notes were concerned, there were a lot of currencies available. SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya on claimed that nearly Rs.1.20 lakh crore has been deposited during the last 15 days after demoneti
India fire assault on LoC kills 12 Pakistanis, DGMOs speak
Pakistan says 9 on bus killed in shelling, Indian DGMO expresses grief. A day after it promised “heavy retribution” for the killing of three of its soldiers — one of the bodies was mutilated — by Pakistanis who crossed the Line of Control in the Machil sector of north Kashmir, the Indian Ar
No transaction charges on debit card payments till 31 Dec: Govt
All public sector banks and some private lenders have agreed to waive transaction charges on debit cards, economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das said New Delhi Wed, Nov 23 2016:: The government on Wednesday asked banks to waive the merchant discount rate (MDR) or transaction fee charged on debi
Demonetization: Tribal milk producers in Gujarat hit hard
Vadodara , Wed, 23 Nov 2016:The dairy has already deposited Rs 14 crores into the accounts of these cooperative societies to make payments to members who are from poor tribal communities RBI's ban on district cooperative banks exchanging or depositing demonetized notes has hit tribal milk producers
IndiGo launches 28 new domestic flights connecting key cities
TBM Staff | New Delhi, 22 Nov 2016: IndiGo, is further enhancing its customer experience with the launch of 28 new flights on its existing domestic network. The new schedule will see maiden flights on the Guwahati-Lucknow, Lucknow-Ahmedabad, Bengaluru-Indore and Raipur-Patna sectors. With the