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New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) The Congress alleged today that the Modi government had not come out with any original initiative except for demonetisation, and that it repackaged and renamed 23 welfare schemes started by the previous dispensations. Senior Congress leader Rajeev Shukla said the Modi government had inherited 23 welfare […]

Srinagar, Sep 20 (PTI) Enthusiasm overshadowed fear in Bangus valley, close to Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, when thousands of people turned up to witness a football match in an area where access is otherwise restricted due to security reasons. Jammu and Kashmir Football Association held the […]

Hyderabad, Sep 19 (PTI) A man had been arrested for allegedly killing his 13-year-old daughter as he was suspicious about her “character” and opposed to her “hobby of singing” in Nalgonda district of Telangana, the police said today. The mother of the deceased girl has also been arrested for allegedly causing […]

  New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) Congress leader Manish Tewari today triggered a row with a twitter post using abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, evoking sharp reactions from the BJP and the twitterati with both demanding an apology from Sonia Gandhi.  Tewari is the second Congress leader after party general […]

Jammu,Sep 16 (PTI) The Jammu Police today arrested two people who were smuggling nearly 485 kg of poppy out of the state. The arrest was made during routine checking at a road in Jammu city, when a police team flagged down a truck. On seeing the police, the driver and […]

Ghaziabad, Sep 16 (PTI) The Ghaziabad Police today arrested a self-styled godman for his alleged involvement in the 2013 killing of BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj. Machendra Nath alias Pratibha Nand, who was carrying a bounty of Rs one lakh on his head, had allegedly taken a “contract” for Rs 5 […]

New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today mourned the death of Marshal Arjan Singh and said India will never forget his excellent leadership in the 1965 India- Pakistan war when the Indian Air Force saw substantial action. “India mourns the unfortunate demise of Marshal of the Indian […]

New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today hit out at dynastic politics, saying dynasty in democracy is “nasty”, days after Rahul Gandhi talked about the phenomenon being present in the Indian system. “There is discussion about dynasty. Dynasty and democracy cannot go together. Very simple… it weakens […]

Karachi, Sep 15 (PTI) A Christian man in Pakistan was today sentenced to death for blasphemy after he sent a WhatsApp message to a friend that insulted Islam, his lawyer said. Nadeem James Masih was charged in July after his friend Yasir Bashir told the police that he sent him a […]

Mumbai, Sep 13 (PTI) The Bombay High Court today extended till tomorrow the interim protection from arrest granted to the trustees of Ryan International Group, even as the father of the seven-year-old boy killed on the group’s Gurgaon campus sought to oppose their anticipatory bail pleas. The high court directed the […]