Asaram rape case witness Rahul Sachan stabbed in court premises

New Delhi/Jodhpur: In yet another attack on the witness of the Surat rape case against controversial 'godman' Asaram, Rahul Sharma alias Rahul Sachan alias 'Laptop Baba' was on Friday attacked by unidentified man with a knife in Jodhpur court premises. According to reports, Sachan was immediately...

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AAP govt to pursue corruption charges against Sheila Dikshit, Mukesh Ambani, Veerappa Moily

New Delhi: Delhi's AAP government to be sworn in tomorrow will pursue allegations of corruption against ex-Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and industrialist Mukesh Ambani and others, Deputy Chief Minister-designate Manish Sisodia said on Friday. All the cases that were registered last year during Kejriwal...

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Gulbarg fund case: SC stays arrest of Teesta Setalvad till February 19

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing on the anticipatory bail plea of social activist Teesta Setalvad till February 19, in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Gulbarg society, devastated in the 2002 riots. The court has also given protection from arrest to...

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Delhi: Parties condemn incident of vandalism at Christian school

New Delhi: Cutting across party lines, leaders on Friday denounced the alleged vandalisation of a prominent Christian school in South Delhi with Aam Admi Party saying both the Centre and the state have to think about how to prevent such "unacceptable" incidents. "This is an incident which cannot...

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PM Modi sending Foreign Secretary Jaishankar to Pak soon since calling off talks over Kashmir

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sending Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyan Jaishankar to Pakistan as part of a regional tour, the first top-ranking visit since Modi broke off talks last year over the disputed region of Kashmir. The sign of a thaw in ties comes weeks after a visit to India...

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Pics: Peshawar: Blast outside Shiite mosque; 20 killed, 55 injured

At least 20 people were killed and over 55 others injured when Pakistani Taliban militants attacked a Shia mosque in Peshawar city during Friday prayers, police and hospital officials said. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack, Dawn quoted citing...

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India's annual consumer inflation accelerates to 5.11%

New Delhi: Retail inflation moved up to 5.11% in January month-on-month, measured on a new base year 2012, mainly due to dearer food items including fruits and vegetables. In December, retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was at 4.28% (recalculated with new base year). The...

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AIB Roast: Trouble mounts for AIB team, another FIR registered

Mumbai: In continuing trouble for the organisers and participants of the AIB Knockout show which raised the hackles of moral brigade, a court here has ordered police to register a first information report (FIR). An FIR has already been filed in Pune, while Maharashtra government has announced an inquiry. "The...

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Marathon Ukraine talks end with peace deal

MINSK, Belarus: Guns will fall silent, heavy weapons will pull back from the front, and Ukraine will trade a broad autonomy for the east for control of the Russian border by the end of the year under a peace deal hammered out Thursday in all-night negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany  The...

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Bihar Crisis: Nitish Kumar hits out at PM Modi, accuses him of horse-trading

Patna: JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "encouraging" horse-trading in Bihar and alleged that the Centre "pressured" the Governor into giving the incumbent Chief Minister a long time to prove his majority so that MLAs could be "lured". In a frontal...

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'PM Modi won't be able to attend Kejriwal's swearing-in ceremony'

New Delhi: Delhi's Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed a range of issues related to the national capital including granting full statehood. Kejriwal, who was accompanied by senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia, reached the PM's residence...

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Swine flu: Swiss woman dies in Jodhpur

Jodhpur: A 70-year-old woman from Switzerland on Thursday died of swine flu at a hospital in Jodhpur, an official said. Meanwhile, in Gujarat and Rajasthan 10 and 8 more persons died respectively.  The deceased identified as Animarie succumbed to the flu this morning, Jodhpur Chief Medical...

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Gulbarg fund case: Supreme Court stays Teesta Setalvad's arrest till Friday

New Delhi: Supreme Court today stayed till Friday the arrest of social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband, soon after Gujarat High Court rejected their anticipatory bail plea in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Gulbarg society, devastated in the 2002 riots. A bench...

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Maken's 'style' has not helped; Congress was demoralised: Sheila Dikshit

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said she 'pitied' Ajay Maken, who was the party's chief ministerial candidate for the recently held Delhi assembly polls, adding that his 'style' had not helped the grand old party. "The signals that went from the Congress party did...

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US, Britain and France shut down embassies in Yemen following security concerns

Sanaa: The United States, Britain and France closed their embassies in Yemen over security fears as the takeover of the country by a Shi'ite Muslim militia group threatened all-out civil war. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the central city of Taiz on Wednesday and hundreds...

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Beck doesn't deserve Grammy: Kanye West

Los Angeles: Rapper Kanye West, who crashed Beck's Grammy acceptance speech, says he was not joking and the award should have gone to Beyonce. West's stunt at the Grammy, reminiscent of his VMA moment with Taylor Swift, was thought to be a joke initially but the rapper said he was serious as...

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Stray incidents of ISIS radicalisation taken care of, says former RAW chief

New Delhi: A top security official on Wednesday sought to downplay threat of radicalisation of Indian youths by terror group ISIS, saying there were some "stray" incidents and those have been "taken care of" by security agencies. The Officer on Special Duty to National Technical Research Organisation...

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White House calls climate change greater threat to US than terrorism

Washington: The White House says that climate change is a bigger threat to Americans than terrorism. According to the Washington Times, speaking to reporters, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Americans no longer face the same threat of attack that they did prior to 9/ 11, 2001, crediting...

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Kiran Bedi seeks probe by EC into the fatwa by Bukhari to support AAP

New Delhi: Kiran Bedi on Wednesday appeared to blame a "fatwa" by Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari, appealing Muslims to support AAP, for her defeat in BJP's traditional stronghold of Krishna Nagar in East Delhi and sought a probe into it by the Election Commission. She said the Election...

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Kejriwal hits Delhi road running, lists 4 must-do things before Modi govt

New Delhi: A day after leading his party to a landslide victory in Delhi Assembly polls against the mighty Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal today met Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu and discussed various issues with him including...

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Narendra Modi govt encouraging horse-trading of MLAs in Bihar: Nitish Kumar

New Delhi: Janta Dal (U) leader Nitish Kumar, who will present over 130 MLAs before the President this evening to show that he enjoys majority support in the Bihar Assembly, accused the Modi government of encouraging “horse-trading” of MLAs in the state and alleged collusion by the Governor. The...

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Radhika Apte's Leaked Photos Go Viral

"Shor in the City" actress Radhika Apte's naked selfies have gone viral on online platforms including the messaging app, WhatsApp. In the leaked pictures, the woman is seen bearing almost everything and taking sleazy pictures of hers mostly in washroom. A prominent face in Bollywood as well as down...

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Modi's 'I, me, myself' style may have hurt BJP (Comment: Special to IANS)

What the Delhi poll outcome has confirmed is that theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can be stopped in its tracks by a determined opponent, even one not as well-entrenched as established regional parties like the AIADMK, the Biju Janata Dal or the Trinamool Congress were in their respective states in last year's general election. In contrast to what happened in Tamil Nadu and the two other states, the...

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Boko Haram wages new attack in Niger

Niamey: Boko Haram fighters waged a new attack on Sunday in a southeastern border town in Niger, where a blast killed at least one person and left 10 injured, witnesses and hospital sources said. The Islamist militants launched their assault around the town of Diffa before dawn, two days after...

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Rohtak shocker: SIT to probe rape, murder of a mentally challenged woman

Rohtak: A Special Investigative Team (SIT) has been constituted to probe the rape and murder of the 28-year-old mentally challenged woman from Nepal in Rohtak, Haryana. Victim's body was found in a decomposed state without key organs on Wednesday. Police say sticks, stones and condoms were stuffed...

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Bihar crisis: Manjhi meets PM as JD (U) stakes claim to form government

New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who is under sharp criticism from the Janata Dal (United) for being defiant and reluctant to step down from his post, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official 7, Race Course Road (RCR) residence on Sunday evening to discuss the political situation...

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Kerry denies split between U.S. and Europe on Russia policy

Munich: Secretary of State John Kerry denied on Sunday that a split has emerged between Washington and Europe over how to handle Russia, after leading U.S. senators sharply criticized Germany and other countries who oppose sending arms to the Ukraine military. "Let me assure everybody there...

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Sydney siege: Survivors tell of terror at hands of gunman

Sydney: Survivors of a 16-hour siege in a Sydney cafe on Sunday told of their terror during the deadly standoff, as a jihadist gunman threatened to kill people "one by one". Iranian-born, self-styled cleric Man Haron Monis, 50, held 17 people hostage at the Lindt chocolate cafe in the heart of...

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Government reveals details of Indo-US nuclear deal

New Delhi: Foreign suppliers of atomic reactors to India cannot be sued for the damages by victims of a nuclear accident but can be held liable by the operator who has the right of recourse, government said today releasing details of the understanding reached with the US recently. In a seven-page...

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