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Opposition seeks action against Raj for remarks on new auto permits

MUMBAI, March 10, 2016:Slamming Raj Thackeray’s remarks on non-Marathis getting autorickshaw permits, the Opposition Congress and NCP today accused him of pursuing “hate politics” and demanded that BJP-Shiv Sena government take legal action against the MNS president. Claiming that 70 per cent of

Lok Sabha passes Aadhaar Bill

NEW DELHI, March 11, 2016: The Bill intends to empower the government in providing targeted services to the intended beneficiaries by assigning them unique identity numbers The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Aadhaar Bill to provide a unique identity to residents and give legal teeth to the govern

Chasing Vijay Mallya, From London To His 'Secret' Country Home

LONDON/HERTFORSHIRE, ENGLAND:  The world's most famous can be seen at the Madame Tussauds wax museum on Baker Street in the heart of London. Two buildings away is the home of industrialist Vijay Mallya. He has not been seen recently at this home; the Supreme Court has asked for a notice to be sen

Smriti refused to help, say victim's kin

Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani landed in fresh row on Monday after the family of a doctor killed in a road accident on the Yamuna Expressway claimed that she ignored their pleas for help. According to Sandali Nagar, the 15-year-old daughter of Dr Ramesh Nagar, her father d

4 States, Puducherry to go to polls between April 4 and May 16

The Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam and Union Territory of Puducherry will be held between April 4, 2016 and May 16, 2016, spread over 43 days. It will be a single-day polling in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry on May 16, while it will be in six phases in West Be

Majority of Hindus in India are secular, says Cardinal

Emphasising that India was a pluralistic country, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) and Archbishop of Trivananthapuram, Baselios Cleemis Cardinal Thottunkal, on Tuesday asserted that the majority of Hindus in the country were secular. "Politics is certainly good, but n

A macabre end to a ‘get-together’

A property dispute is said to be the reason behind the murders. A family get-together in Thane ended late on Saturday night with a 35-year-old man killing 14 members of his family, including his parents, wife and sisters.The victims also included children and babies, the youngest of whom was five m

Cops watched as I was assaulted: Kanhaiya

JNU Students Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar has told a Supreme Court-appointed investigation committee that he was beaten up, pushed to the ground and injured by men in lawyers’ robes in the presence of police during his production before the Patiala House Court on February 17. "When the

JNU row: Former prof to return award to HRD

New Delhi, Feb 25 (PTI) After returning his Sahitya Akademi award to protest alleged intolerance, retired JNU professor Chaman Lal has decided to give back an award to the HRD Ministry in the wake of the raging row at the varsity. "I have decided to return the award containing a citation and Rs 5

Congress hoists national flag atop RSS office in Indore

Amid the raging JNU row, Congress today hoisted the tricolour at the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh office here even as it accused the organisation of merely doing a "lip service" to the cause of patriotism. Though police beefed up security anticipating trouble, the RSS workers present in their offi

Jat Reservation Protests: Centre Calls For Truce As Violence Rages

ROHTAK/NEW DELHI:  Violence continued in different parts of Haryana, particularly Rohtak and Jind, as protesters demanding reservation in jobs and education for the Jat community set fire to police vehicles, buses, hotels and a mall. Despite a curfew and army presence, protesters continued violence

JNU Row: SC to hear Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea today

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider a bail plea of JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Friday. Kumar, through his counsels, senior advocate Soli Sorabjee, Raju Ramachandran and Vrinda Grover, filed a petition under Article 32 (writ jurisdiction) of the Constitution, conte

Siachen braveheart loses battle for life

Siachen avalanche survivor Lance Naik Hanmanthappa Koppad breathed his last on Thursday morning after battling for his life for two days at the Army’s Research & Referral (R&R) hospital in New Delhi. Six members of the Dharwad soldier’s family, including mother Basamma, wife Mahadevi and

BJP, RSS working for betterment of Muslims: Indresh

(PTI) Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar today said the BJP and the Sangh Parivar were working for the upliftment and betterment of the Muslim community. Referring to RSS's Muslim Rashtriya Manch, he said a lot has been done for Muslims including providing them employment, proper education, housing,

Massive security arrangements for Republic Day

The national capital was today brought under an unprecedented ground-to-air security cover with thousands of armed personnel keeping a tight vigil for the 67th Republic Day celebrations where French President Francois Hollande was the chief guest. The area around Central Delhi was turned into vir

In 2 days, 7 homeless in Delhi die in cold

NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old man dressed in a red jacket and blue jeans joined the list of "unknown" dead taken to the government mortuaries every day due to lack of an identity. The mark of piercing cold on his body showed that he had died in the open. But this also raised the question as to why he was

Rohith's suicide: Subramanian stokes controversy, terms protesters 'dogs'

New Delhi: In a fresh development which can further add fuel to the fire, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday, in a controversial tweet, termed the protesters who are agitating against the suicide of the dalit scholar Rohith Vemula as 'dogs'. The development comes on the very same day when PM

Preach To Your Wife About India's Prestige: Ram Madhav To Aamir Khan

NEW DELHI:  Denouncing actor Aamir Khan's recent remarks on perceived intolerance in the country, BJP leader Ram Madhav on Thursday said the Bollywood superstar should not preach only to an auto-rickshaw driver about India's prestige but also to his wife. "It will not work that you preach to an a