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PM Modi created two Indias, one for rich and another for poor: Rahul Gandhi

Dahod (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of creating two Indias, one for the rich and another for the poor, and claimed that the resources of the country are being given to a few wealthy people. Launching his party's campaign for this year's Gujara

UP: Man held for making 'objectionable' comments against PM Modi on social media

Sambhal (UP)(PTI): A man was held for allegedly making objectionable comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media, police said on Tuesday. Irfan Hussain of Darani village in Kudh Fatehgarh area was arrested following a complaint by BJP workers, Superintendent of Police Chakresh M

Students dance to 'Pushpa' song, headmistress suspended

Berhampur, May 6: The headmistress of a high school in Odisha's Ganjam district has been suspended after a video of some students dancing in a classroom to a song of Telugu blockbuster 'Pushpa' went viral on social media, an official said. Several Class 10 students assembled in the smart classroo

Don't want Congress to completely disappear, Oppn needed, says Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

Panaji, May 6: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said the BJP did not want the complete disappearance of the Congress as there is need for an opposition. Speaking at Goa Fest 2022, the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas also said the Narendra Modi government is "not completely

Raj Thackeray won't get political benefit from loudspeaker row: Union minister Athawale

Solapur (PTI): Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Thursday slammed MNS chief Raj Thackeray over his call for removal of loudspeakers from mosques, and said the MNS leader will not get any political benefit from his "hard stand" on the issue. Addressing a press conference here, the Republican Party

ISRO plans mission to Venus, eyes Dec 2024 launch window

New Delhi, May 5: After sending missions to the Moon and Mars, ISRO is now readying a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below the surface of the hottest planet in the solar system and also unravel the mysteries under the sulfuric acid clouds enveloping it. Addressing a day-long meeting

Eight eminent artistes given time till May 2 to vacate govt accommodation

New Delhi (PTI): The Centre Wednesday asked eight eminent artistes, who were allotted government accommodations years ago but which were cancelled in 2014, to vacate the facilities by May 2, a move that comes a day after eviction proceedings were conducted against 90-year-old Padma Shri awardee and

11 persons electrocuted during temple chariot procession in TN

Thanjavur, Apr 27 (PT) As many as 11 persons were electrocuted during a temple chariot procession in the district when it came into contact with a high tension transmission line, police said Wednesday. The deceased included children. The tragic incident occurred early today at nearby Kalimedu

Three members of family killed by unidentified men in UP's Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur (UP) (PTI): Unidentified men killed a man, his wife and their 20-year-old daughter by slitting their throats with sharp-edged weapons here on Monday, police said. One of the accused has been arrested in connection with the incident, they said. The deceased have been identified as Gama N

Maharashtra: Man ties 'faulty' electric scooter to donkey, parades it round town

Aurangabad, Apr 25: A businessman in Maharashtra's Parli Vaijanath tied his electric scooter to a donkey with a rope and paraded it around the town as a mark of protest against its manufacture for not fixing the fault in the two-wheeler after it stopped working just 15 days post delivery. Feeling

MP Navneet Rana lodged in Mumbai's Byculla jail, her MLA husband shifted to Taloja jail

Mumbai(PTI): The Mumbai Police have shifted independent MP Navneet Rana to the Byculla women's jail here, while her MLA husband Ravi Rana was taken to Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai amid tight security, an official said on Monday. The couple was arrested on Saturday after they gave a cal

'Propagandist' newspaper distributed on train, alleges passenger; Railway initiates enquiry

New Delhi, Apr 22: A "propagandist" newspaper distributed on board the Bangalore-Chennai Shatabdi Express has snowballed into a controversy, drawing political reactions and prompting the IRCTC to initiate an enquiry in the matter. The IRCTC has admitted that the paper -- "The Aryavarth Express" -

2 teachers lock up girl students on school roof to get transfer orders cancelled

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), Apr 22 (PTI) Around 24 students of the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya at Behjam in Lakhimpur Kheri district were allegedly locked on the roof of the school by two teachers to pressure the district authorities into cancelling their transfer orders, officials said on Friday.

We are on road to hell: P Chidambaram on Jahangirpuri demolition

New Delhi, Apr 21: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday attacked the BJP over bulldozers razing several structures in violence-hit Jahangirpuri during an anti-encroachment drive, saying "we see the rule of law break down everyday" and soon there will be "no law and no rules". Several

BJP, associates trying to create 'communal situation' in country: Sharad Pawar

Mumbai(PTI): The BJP and its associates are trying to create "communal situation" in the country, NCP chief Sharad Pawar alleged on Monday, comments coming in the backdrop of violence in several states during Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti celebrations and the issue of loudspeakers atop mosques ragi

BJP fumes over ally Jitan Ram Manjhi's Lord Ram 'not god' comment

Patna, April 15: The BJP was on Friday up in arms against former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, its ally in the state, for asserting that Lord Ram was a mythical character and "not a god". Manjhi had made the remark in Jamui district on Thursday while addressing a function held on BR Ambe

Elderly man fires at daughter-in-law for not serving breakfast

Thane (PTI): A woman was injured when her father-in-law allegedly opened fire at her from his revolver at their residence in Thane city apparently for not serving breakfast to him, police said on Friday. The 42-year-old woman, a resident of the Rabodi locality, suffered bullet injuries in her abd

Violence in Madhya Pradesh, some other states is 'state-complicit violence': Asaduddin Owaisi

Hyderabad, Apr 12: Alleging that the violence in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone city was a "state-complicit violence", AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday accused the state's Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his government of giving "collective punishment to the Muslim community by demoli