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Over 15,000 protesting farmers set to enter Delhi; heavy security deployed

NEW DELHI, Sep 21 (Agencies): More than 15,000 farmers, who are protesting under the banner of Bharat Kisan Union (BKU), are slated to enter the national capital on Saturday. Heavy security has been deployed along the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in the wake of the prote...

SC to extend Ayodhya hearing for an hour on Monday

NEW DELHI, Sep 21 (Agencies): The Supreme Court, which had set a deadline of concluding the hearing of the Ayodhya title dispute before October 18, on Friday decided to hear the matter for an additional hour on next Monday. A five-judge Constitution bench, headed by C...

Is Shivpal Singh Yadav returning to Samajwadi Party?

Akhilesh suggests it’s possible
LUCKNOW, Sep 21 (Agencies): Bonhomie seems to be returning to the warring factions of the Yadav family in Uttar Pradesh. Remarks from former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav suggest that the latter might make a comeback to the Samajwad...

After pitching for NRC, Manohar Lal Khattar says foreigners can't stay in India without permission

Chandigarh, Sep 21 (Agencies): Days after saying that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be implemented in his state, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that foreigners can't stay in India without permission. "The central governmen...

Don't use plastic, polythene in campaign material: EC

NEW DELHI, Sep 21: In line with PM Narendra Modi's appeal to banish single-use plastic in the country, the Election Commission on Saturday urged the political parties, candidates and their agents in Haryana and Maharashtra to refrain from using plastic, polythene and o...

There is no space for tolerance in India, just 'black or white' as choices now: Tharoor

NEW DELHI, Sep 21 (Agencies): India is now a country with just "black or white" as choices and no space in between for tolerance, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday at the Pune International Literary Festival. He blamed this "polarisation" of polit...

Only Pulwama attack-like situation can help BJP in Maharashtra elections: Sharad Pawar

MUMBAI, Sep 21 (Agencies): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has triggered a row with his remark ahead of announcement of Assembly elections in Maharashtra. Speaking to mediapersons, the Maharashtra strongman said that people are angry with the ruling...

Sonia wants Congress to target state CMs, no personal attack on Modi

NEW DELHI, Sep 21 (Agencies): The Election Commission, on Saturday, announced the schedule for elections to the Maharashtra and Haryana assemblies and by-elections in 64 assembly seats across 18 states. All the elections will be held simultaneously on October 21 and th...

Mehrauli BJP chief removed from post after allegedly slapping wife at party's Delhi office

NEW DELHI, Sep 20 (Agencies): In an embarrassment to the BJP, its Mehrauli district chief Azad Singh on Thursday allegedly assaulted his wife, an ex-South Delhi mayor, at the party's Delhi office, right after a poll-preparedness meeting with senior leader Prakash Javad...

Shiv Sena-BJP alliance intact; Maharashtra seat-sharing deal to be finalised soon: Uddhav Thackeray

MUMBAI, Sep 20 (Agencies): Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that there is no rift within the alliance with BJP and the two parties will finalise the seat-sharing agreement for contesting the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra very soon. “We have...

Rape accused Chinmayanand ‘ashamed’ of his acts, accepts ‘all evidence’: Police

NEW DELHI, Sep 20 (Agencies): After he was arrested on Friday, BJP leader and former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand has accepted “all evidence” against him and said “he is ashamed of it”, police said. Chinmayanand was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police. He was charge...

Babul Supriyo posts video of Jadavpur University assault, challenges Mamata govt to arrest his attackers

KOLKATA, Sep 20 (Agencies): A day after he was allegedly heckled and attacked by a group of students at the Jadavpur University campus, BJP leader and Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Friday virtually challenged the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in W...

'We will soar high if Pakistan stoops low by raising J&K issue at UN': Indian Envoy

NEW DELHI, Sep 20 (Agencies): India will soar high if Pakistan "stoops low" by raising the Kashmir issue at a high-level UN General Assembly session here next week, India's top envoy to the United Nations has asserted, warning that Islamabad may want to mainstream hate...

Nitish confident of NDA winning 200 plus seats in 2020 Bihar assembly election

PATNA, Sep 20 (Agencies): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that his party will contest the 2020 assembly election in the state together with the BJP and their alliance - NDA - will more than 200 seats, putting an end to speculations that all was not wel...

There should be no imposition nor opposition to any language: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

NEW DELHI, Sep 20: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday called upon the people to learn as many languages as possible and asserted that there should not be the imposition of any language, nor should there be opposition to any particular language. Interacting with...

DRDO's 'Rustom-2' Drone crashes in Karnataka during trial

CHITRADURGA, Sep 17 (Agencies): An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Defence Research and Development Organisation crashed during a trial in an agriculture field in Chitradurga district on Tuesday, police said. However, no casualties were reported. The i...

IAF LCA Tejas to have a special pilot; Rajnath to fly in the fighter in Bengaluru

BENGLURU, Sep 17 (Agencies): In a major boost to India's indigenous defence sector, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be flying in the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas in Bengaluru on September 19, 2019. Singh will take to the skies in a twin-seater version of the T...

Dalit man thrashed, set blaze by girl's family members in Hardoi

NEW DELHI, Sep 17 (Agencies): A 20-year-old Dalit man was thrashed and put on fire by his lover's family members over their relationship in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi. The incident took place on Sunday. The man, identified as Abhishek, had gone to meet a girl from anothe...

Today, people are committing rapes in saffron clothes: Digvijaya

BHOPAL, Sep 17 (Agencies): Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday claimed that these days people are doing business and rapes are happening inside temples. Digivijaya Singh, who is infamous for making controversial statements, made the remarks while addressi...

India aims for a better, stronger neighbourhood, but Pak-sponsored terrorism a challenge: MEA

NEW DELHI, Sep 17 (Agencies): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday asserted India's aim to build a better and stronger neighbourhood but added that it would remain a challenge as there is the issue of cross border terrorism from one neighbour. Addressing ...

On his 69th birthday, Modi says Art-370 abrogation was Sardar Patel's vision

GUJARAT, Sep 17 (Agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who turned 69 on Tuesday, said the central government's decision on Kashmir was inspired by former Home Minister Sardar Patel and was an attempt to find a solution to a decades-old problem. "The country has tak...

CBI at West Bengal secretariat, seeks to know about Rajeev Kumar

Kolkata, Sep 16(Agencies): The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday sent letters to Bengal Chief Secretary, Home Secretary and Director General of Police seeking the whereabouts of senior IPS officer Rajiv Kumar even as the former Kolkata Commissioner of Police co...

Toll in AP boat tragedy rises to 12; search on for 21 missing

AP, Sep 16(Agencies): The toll in the boat tragedy in Andhra Pradesh rose to 12 with the recovery of four more bodies including that of an infant, on Monday morning, official sources said. With 21 more people missing, extensive search operations were being carried out...

'No Shah, Sultan or Samrat must renege on' unity in diversity Promise, says Kamal on Hindi imposition

Chennai, Sep 16(Agencies): Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan on Monday opposed any attempts to "impose" Hindi saying it was a promise made to the country decades back which "no Shah, Sultan or Samrat must renege on." Further, India was an "excellent feast...

BJP will get 'unprecedented' mandate in Maha polls: Fadnavis

Maharashtra, Sep 16(Agencies): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday expressed confidence that the BJP will come back to power in the state with an "unprecedented" mandate after the upcoming Assembly polls. The BJP is currently holding talks with its ...

11 dead after tourist boat carrying 61 people capsizes in Godavari; AP CM announces compensation

Devipatnam, Sep 15(Agencies): A tourist boat capsized in the Godavari River in Devipatnnam in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday resulting in the death of at least 11 people. The death toll is likely to go up, the authorities said. According to reports,...

350 students, 50 teachers stranded in flooded school in Rajasthan amid incessant rain

Chittorgarh, Sep 15(Agencies): As many as 350 students and 50 teachers have been stranded in a school in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh for over 24 hours due to flood-like situation in the district following heaving rainfall in the region. The students got stuck inside the s...

NCP chief Sharad Pawar praises Pakistan, slams government for revoking Article 370

MAHARASHTRA, Sep 15(Agencies): Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday praised Pakistan for its hospitality and said that people in Pakistan and happy but the BJP-led government at the Centre has been spreading lies about Pakistan only for political g...

2 Naxals killed in encounter with security forces in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli

MAHARASHTRA, Sep 15(Agencies): At least two Naxals, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Gyarapatti forest of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra on Sunday. Sources told Zee Media that six Naxals got injured in the encounter and th...

Madhusudan Mistry to head Congress screening panel for Haryana assembly polls

New Delhi, Sep 15(Agencies): Congress party on Saturday constituted a six-member screening committee for the upcoming Haryana assembly elections, with senior party leader Madhusudan Mistry as its chairman. The announcement regarding the new appointments was made by par...

Modi likely to witness Sardar Sarovar dam reach full capacity in Gujarat on his birthday

Narmada, Sep 15(Agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Sardar Sarovar Dam (SSD) in Gujarat's Narmada district and offer prayers there on September 17, his birthday. The water level of the dam reached the historic height of 138 metres, just 68 centimet...

Ram temple construction will commence in November, claims Subramanian Swamy

NEW DELHI, Sep 15(Agencies): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy has claimed that the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya will commence by November. He also expressed confidence that the decision of the Supreme Court, in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri mo...
 

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