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RSS' Policies A Threat To The Country's Secular Fabric: Ghulam Nabi Azad

SRINAGAR: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad today termed as a "threat to the secular fabric" of the country the policies of RSS and accused the BJP-led central government of dancing to its tune. "The policies of the RSS are a threat to the secular fabric of the nation and the p

17 Dead In Accident On Mumbai-Pune Expressway

MUMBAI, June 6: Seventeen people were killed and around 30 others were injured near Panvel on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway this morning as three vehicles -- two cars and a bus -- fell into a ditch after the bus rammed one of the cars. The mishap took place at around 5.30 AM, said Navi Mumbai police

Charge sheet against IS suspect

Wife says he was only researching about IS, Rajasthan ATS asked him to stop doing namaaz "in a bid to deradicalise him" The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a charge sheet against a marketing manager of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for his alleged links to the militant outf

High Court set to rule on deadly 2002 Gujarat riots tomorrow

AHMEDABAD: High Court is expected to deliver its verdict Thursday on 62 people accused of a massacre during religious riots which swept Gujarat state 14 years ago, a prosecutor said. They are charged with murder, rioting, criminal conspiracy and arson over the deaths of 69 Muslims sheltering in a

Police should reach crime scene in less than 10 minutes: HC

The Delhi High Court today said that the police team should reach the crime scene before the current time of ten minutes so that citizens of the national capital feel they are in safe hands. The court said that maximum response time should be "like a pizza boy delivering the stuff faster than t

'No Links between Muslims and Terrorism' Babulal Gaur

Home Minister of BJP Governed Madhya Pradesh Babulal Gaur has come up with an statement saying, there is no Links between Muslims and terrorism. He said "people link up terrorism with Muslims where as in reality no Muslim is terrorist". he further added " Bhopal is land of sufis and there are people

Court dismisses complaint against Kejriwal for tweets on PM

In a relief to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a Delhi court today dismissed a criminal complaint filed against him for allegedly using "defamatory and seditious" words against Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the CBI raid at his Principal Secretary's office. A complaint was filed against Kej

After 23 years in jail, I am free but what you see now is a living corpse, says Nisar

[embed]https://youtu.be/eBjSLjyEw9U[/embed] He could not walk, he could not sleep. That’s what 23 years in prison had done when they came to an end 17 days ago, in a Jaipur prison late in the evening. Nisar-ud-din Ahmad says when he stepped out, he saw his brother, two years older than him, Zahe

Five Arrested For Attack On 6 Africans In Delhi: 10 Developments

NEW DELHI:  Five people have been arrested for the attack on six Africans in south Delhi's Mehrauli on Thursday night. Police have said the attacks, a week after a Congolese national was beaten to death in the city, were "isolated incidents" not racist in nature. Two of those attacked have alleged

Ramdev Baba's Patanjali rapped for 'false and misleading' claims in its ads

Advertising sector watchdog ASCI has rapped Patanjali Ayurved for "false and misleading" claims in its various advertisements, including for its hair oil and washing powder brands. The watchdog has ruled that the advertisements of the group associated with Yoga Guru Ramdev "unfairly denigrates" o

Farmer earns Re 1 after selling one tonne of onions

PUNE, 24 May, 2016: In a bizarre claim, a farmer has said he could earn only Re 1 from sale of nearly a tonne of onions at the district Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC). According to Devidas Parbhane, 48, the fall in onion prices is already taking a toll and like him, several others ha

PM Modi On Way To Iran, Chabahar Port High On Agenda

NEW DELHI, May 22:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started on his two-day visit to Iran -- his first since taking over office two years ago. The visit comes four months after the sanctions on Iran were lifted and the international community is re-engaging with the nation. Here are the

Azam Khan slams those critical of Madrasa education

Rampur: Slamming those who are critical of Madrasa education, Uttar Pradesh Minister and senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan on Sunday defended functioning of madrassas saying they produce "believers and not terrorists". Addressing the inaugural function of Madrasa Faize Hidayat here las

29 Muslims to enter Assam State Assembly in 2016

The Assam 2016 elections will see 29 Muslim MLAs this year, compared to 28 in 2011, with 15 from Congress, 12 from AIUDF and two from Bhartiya Janata Party. Assam has the second-largest Muslim population After Jammu and Kashmir. As per the 2011 census, Muslims constitute 34% of the state’s popula

Zarina’s charity flows freely, in a Mumbai slum

The water mafia controls the area, but the woman of modest means is undeterred Mumbai , 12 May 2016: She is an unlikely saviour for the struggling, water-starved masses in Mumbai slums. But save them she does, and without any cash reward. Zarina, mother of ten and of low means herself, provides w

Haryana: 72-year-old woman becomes mother for the first time

New Delhi: An Indian woman has given birth at the age of 72 with the help of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) in Hisar, Haryana. On April 19, Daljinder Kaur gave birth to a boy following two years of IVF treatment at a fertility clinic in of Haryana with her 79-year-old husband Mohinder Singh Gill.

World’s largest jet set for Hyderabad stopover

BENGALURU: A few minutes past midnight on Thursday, the deafening roar of six mighty engines on the Antonov An-225 Mriya could throw many out of their beds in Hyderabad. The An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian for ‘dream’) will halt at the GMR-owned R.G.I Shamshabad Airport, Hyderabad, for 20 hours for  refu

Soon, submit income tax return copy to get LPG subsidy

May 11, 2016 Soon you will have to submit a copy of your income tax return (ITR) every year to the LPG dealer to claim subsidy on cooking gas cylinders. With the voluntary GiveItUp scheme not making much progress, the Petroleum Ministry has asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to inc