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J&K Separatist Leader Yasin Malik Arrested in Srinagar
Separatist leader Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested in Srinagar on Friday amid protests against the proposal to grant citizenship rights to refugees from West Pakistan settled in the Jammu region. The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front…
Italian Marines Case: India Rejects European Resolution
India Friday blasted the European Parliament for adopting a resolution calling for the repatriation of two Italian marines charged with killing two Indian fishermen. "The case involving the two Italian marines ... is sub judice and is being…
Sonia Gandhi’s Biography ‘My Red Sari’ to Release in India
Publisher Roli Books, set to release Congress president Sonia Gandhi's biography, said Friday said the book was never banned in India but its Spanish publisher had found "the atmosphere was not right" to publish it in 2008. Written by…
BJP Questions UP Govt. on Bodies Found in Ganga, Betwa
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday questioned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's silence on the recovery of as many as 110 bodies in the Ganga and Betwa rivers in the last few days. Saying that the chief minister should have…
Second Swine Flu Death in Uttar Pradesh
Swine flu has claimed its second victim in Uttar Pradesh in two days, sending alarm bells ringing in the health department and the state government. The second death was reported from the from Command Army Hospital when a 48-year-old woman…
West Bengal Minister Manjul Krishna Thakur joins BJP
In a big jolt to West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress ahead of the Bangaon Lok Sabha by-polls, minister Manjul Krishna Thakur Thursday quit the party and joined the BJP, calling Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee "unprincipled" and the party…
Former IPS Officer Kiran Bedi joins BJP, to contest Polls
As speculated earlier, India's first woman IPS officer and leading social activist of India, Kiran Bedi, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of party President Amit Shah and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.…
18 Army Officers held for attacking Cops in Nashik
At least 18 army officers involved in attacks on police personnel and a police station in Nashik, have been arrested, police said Thursday. "We have arrested 18 lieutenants from among the more than 150 army officers involved in the…
US Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi
A US court has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failure to control the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying as a sitting head of government he was entitled to immunity. In dismissing the case filed by human rights group…
Naqvi sentenced for breaching Prohibitory Orders in 2009
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister of State for Minority and Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has been convicted and sentenced to one year in jail for breaching prohibitory orders or Section 144 during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls in…