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New Delhi, Dec 7: Pressing for the Centre to declare Bhagwad Gita as a 'Rashtriya Granth' (national scripture), External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today only a formality remained to be done in this regard, triggering a controversy with Trinamool Congress saying Constitution is the "Holy Book" in a democracy. Swaraj was speaking at 'Gita Prerna Mahotsav', organised "to celebrate 5,151

Bahraich, Dec 7: After Azam Khan's demand of handing over the Taj Mahal to UP Waqf Board, the state's BJP chief Laxmi Kant Bajpai today sought to drag the famed mausoleum into another row by claiming that it was a part of an ancient temple. Bajpai told reporters here that Mughal emperor Shah Jahan "purchased a part of Tejo Mahalaya temple's land from Raja Jai Singh" and claimed that documents to

New Delhi, Dec 7: Opposing the Centre's move to create a new body which would replace the Planning Commission, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiha today said there is no merit or justification in the decision to dismantle the existing one created six decades ago. Speaking at a Chief Ministers' meet convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the proposal, he said the Commission in its

Mangaluru, Dec 7: Amidst police department's claim that normalcy has returned to Vamanjoor, Gurupura and Ulaibettu villages Mangaluru taluk, Sangh Parivar outfits have been gearing up to impose a bandh in the violence-hit areas on Monday, December 8. Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and other saffron outfits that unleashed violence in Vamanjoor and Ulaibettu in the intervening night of Friday

Panaji, Dec 7: Iqbal Husain, the Andhra Pradesh zonal president of Students Islamic Organisation of India, has been elected the national president of the student's wing of Jamaath-e-Islami Hind for the term 2015-16. The announcement was made at the SIO's all India zonal advisory council meeting held in Goa in the presence of outgoing SIO national president Ashfaq Ahmed Shareef and senior leaders

Mangaluru, Dec 7: Hundreds of cycling enthusiasts of all the age groups exhibited their pedal power battling the early morning chill at the eighth annual Rxlife Hercules Cycle Rally which was flagged off from Lady Hill Circle in the city at 6.30 a.m. on Sunday. City Police Chief R Hithendra formally inaugurated the rally, which covered a distance of 18 Kms, passing through Kottara, Kuloor

Ahmedabad, Dec 7: A Muslim girl can marry when she attains puberty or completes 15 years of age, the Gujarat High Court has said. The court made the observation while quashing legal proceedings under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act against a Muslim youth who had married a 17-year-old girl of his community. Justice J B Pardiwala in the order passed on December 2 said that according to the

Udupi, Dec 7: Three members of a family were killed and two children were injured when a speed lorry rammed into the car they were travelling in on Sunday morning at Hiriadka in Udupi district. The victims have been identified as Manohar (45), his mother Manorama (65) and his wife Swathi (35). Manohar's two children Manasa (8) and Sanjana (6) are the injured. They have been admitted to a private

Bengaluru, Dec 7: The Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Prevention Bill and three other bills are likely to come up before the Council during the session, according to Council Chairman D?H?Shankaramurthy. The other three are bills for amending Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, Essential Services Maintenance Act (Esma) and the Constitution amendment bill to scrap collegium system for

Bengaluru, Dec 7: As many as 30,000 poor senior citizens will get free dentures as part of the Danta Bhagya'scheme formally launched by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on Saturday. Nagarathna, 70, of Bengaluru became the first beneficiary under the scheme with Siddaramaiah giving her a set of dentures at the launch event held at Vidhana Soudha. In private hospitals, a set of dentures