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Mumbai, Dec 29: The '1 Above' pub, where a massive blaze killed 14 people, did not follow fire safety norms and violated regulations on encroachment with obstructions blocking its emergency exit, police and civic officials said on Friday. In its daily crime report, the police also said the pub's manager and other staff fled from the spot instead of helping the customers injured in the blaze. "No

Mumbai, Dec 29: Fourteen people were killed and 19 others injured after a major fire broke out in a building in Kamala Mills Compound in Lower Parel here, an official said today. The fire broke out shortly after midnight on the third floor of the four-storeyed building on Senapati Bapat Marg, a commercial hub of the city, a civic official told PTI. "The cooling operations are underway. Some of the

Srinagar, Dec 28: Tassaduq Mufti, the younger brother of Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Thursday was trolled on social media after he accidentally said he swore in the name of "dog" instead of the name of "god" during an oath-taking ceremony as a minister. While taking the oath, delivered by Governor N N Vohra in the lawns of the Raj Bhavan in Jammu, Tassaduq pronounced god as

New Delhi, Dec 28: India today slammed Pakistan for making "absurd" charges of a chip, camera or a recorder being installed in the footwear of the wife of Indian death row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav and said Islamabad has frittered away an opportunity to move forward in ties by turning his meeting with his family as a propaganda tool. In identical statements in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, External

New Delhi, Dec 28: In his first address as Congress president, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday marked a clear distinction between his party and the BJP. "The Congress accepts the truth and fights for it, while the BJP believes that a lie can be used for political benefit. "What is happening in our country today is a web of deceit. The BJP is operating on the basic idea that a lie can be used for

Kannur, Dec 28: A CPI(M) worker suffered serious injuries in an attack by suspected BJP workers at Panoor in the politically volatile district of Kannur in Kerala. Police said the legs of 55-year-old Chandran were almost severed in the attack and he was rushed to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital. The ruling CPI(M) alleged that the BJP activists were behind the attack. The attack comes a day

New Delhi, Dec 28: In his first address as Congress president, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday marked a clear distinction between his party and the BJP. "The Congress accepts the truth and fights for it, while the BJP believes that a lie can be used for political benefit. "What is happening in our country today is a web of deceit. The BJP is operating on the basic idea that a lie can be used for

New Delhi, Dec 28: The Central government today introduced the so called Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill) 2017 in the Lok Sabha for discussion. The Bill aims to criminalise the rare practice of instant triple talaq, which the Supreme court had earlier deemed unconstitutional and arbitrary, while introducing a 3-year-long prison sentence along with a fine for anyone who uses

Bengaluru, Dec 28: Jammu and Kashmir is a safe haven for tourists said Priya Sethi, Minister of State for Tourism and Culture, Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking to media in the city on Wednesday, she said, "In a bid to revive tourism in the state and attract tourists from India and beyond, the tourism department of J&K is offering 50% discount for the tourists." "It is the warmest place," she said while

New Delhi, Dec 28: The government will make a statement in the Lok Sabha today on the treatment meted out by Pakistan to the family members of Kulbhushan Jadhav, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said. During the Zero Hour, members of various political parties, including the Congress, Shiv Sena, Trinamool Congress and AIADMK, strongly protested the way Jadhav's family members were treated by