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New Delhi, Apr 2: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the country is united against any kind of violence and Muslims have realised that terrorism is an attempt to defame Islam. "The whole country is united against terrorism. The Muslims have realised that terrorism is an attempt to defame Islam," he told reporters here when asked about the violence perpetrated by militants in Jammu and

New Delhi, Apr 2: Former AAP leader Prashant Bhushan today fell afoul of the Hindutva squad thanks to his tweet commenting about Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath's new 'anti-Romeo squads'.The 'anti-Romeo squads' are supposed to crack down on 'eve teasing.' And 'eve teasing' is the benign term used in India for sexual harassment. Bhushan, who's also a public interest lawyer and founder of

Chitradurga, Apr 2: The Hosadurga, Hiriyur taluks and surrounding areas within the 20 km radius in Chitradurga district experienced tremors around 6.43 a.m. on Sunday morning for a few seconds. In panic, residents in Kanchipura, Kittadal, Chikbyaladkere and Nagathihalli came out of their houses to open areas for safety. Ramakka, 72, from Kanchipur village in Hosadurga taluk was attempting to run

New Delhi, Apr 2: The Election Commission is set to buy next generation EVMs that become "inoperable" the moment attempts are made to tinker with it, a move which comes amid claims by some parties that the machines were tampered with during the recent assembly polls. The 'M3'-type electronic voting machines (EVMs) are also equipped with a self-diagnostic system for authentication of genuineness of

Lahore, Apr 2: At least 20 people, including six members of a family, were tortured and killed at a shrine allegedly by its "mentally ill" custodian and his associates in Sargodha in Pakistan's Punjab province. Sargodha Deputy Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta said the incident took place at the dargah (shrine) of Muhammad Ali Gujjar in a village in Sargodha district, some 200 km from Lahore, at

Dubai, Apr 2: A large fire broke out early Sunday at a high-rise complex under construction near Dubai’s largest shopping mall, sending thick gray smoke billowing over the heart of the city. The site is next to the Dubai Mall and near the 63-story The Address Downtown Dubai tower, which was heavily damaged in a fire on New Year’s Eve on 2015. Flames licked out of the podium level of the building

Mangaluru, Apr 2: The police have arrested three persons for allegedly assaulting a minor gir sexually under the limits of Dharmasthala police station in Dakshina Kannada district. According to the police, the 17-year-old victim was admitted to a hospital in Dharmsthala where they noticed she was seven months pregnant. The hospital authorities informed the police who registered a case under the

New Delhi, Apr 2: Union Minister Smriti Irani was allegedly chased by four men in the Capital on Saturday near the Myanmar embassy. The accused were detained by the police after Ms Irani lodged a complaint at the Chanakyapuri police station. According to the police, the incident happened on Saturday evening when Ms Irani was in her car with security officials. The accused allegedly made

Mangaluru, Apr 2: A 27-year-old married woman from Dakshina Kannada, who travelled to Bengaluru earlier this week after a person known to her promised her a good job, was allegedly gang-raped by four men from morning to evening at an apartment. In her complaint to the police, the woman claimed that a person named Manju, who is also from Dakshina Kannada, took her to an apartment in Bengaluru in

Mangaluru, Apr 2: In what could have been a major catastrophe, a Bengaluru-bound KSRTC bus went up in flames all of a sudden near near Gunday in Shiradi Ghat on Saturday. However, the driver’s presence of mind saved lives of all passengers on board the ill-fated bus. The incident occurred around noon, according to police personnel of Sakleshpur rural police station. The bus, which was carrying 30