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Ahmedabad, Dec 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cast his vote here after waiting in a queue to exercise his right at a polling booth set up at a school in Sabarmati constituency of Ahmedabad district. After casting the vote at the Nishan High School, he showed his inked finger to thousands of supporters who had gathered outside the school in Ranip locality of Sabaramati constituency, amid

Kochi, Dec 14: A city court has awarded death sentence to Ameerul Islam, the lone convict found guilty in the rape and murder case of a 30-year old Dalit law student in Kerala last year. Ernakulam Principal Sessions court judge N Anil Kumar awarded death penalty to Islam, a migrant labourer from Assam, for committing murder of the law student at nearby Perumbavoor. Islam has been awarded life

London, Dec 14: Vijay Mallya, who is undergoing an extradition trial in a UK court over Rs 9,000-crore fraud and money laundering charges, will face next year a parallel litigation brought by 13 Indian banks to freeze nearly USD 1.5 billion of his assets. According to court documents submitted at the UK High Court, the claim brought by the Indian banks against the 61- year-old embattled liquor

Hyderabad, Dec 14: Eight extremists, members of a newly formed group which allegedly indulged in extortion and violence, were today killed in an exchange of fire with police in Telangana's Bhadradri Kothagudem district, an official said. The face-off took place in a forest area falling under Tekulapalli mandal of the district around 6.30 am, a senior police official said. "Eight extremists have

Lucknow, Dec 13: A BJP Lok Sabha member was caught on camera threatening an IAS officer over an 'anti-encroachment' drive in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district. ''Jeena mushkil kar doongi...ye Barabanki hai,'' (I will make life difficult for you...this is Barabanki), Priyanka Singh Rawat, who represents Barabanki in the Lok Sabha, was heard telling Ajai Kumar Dwivedi, a trainee IAS officer

New Delhi, Dec 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has commissioned scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari into the Indian Navy in Mumbai today. "This is a fine example of the fast growing strategic partnership between India and France," said PM Modi while dedicating the submarine to the nation. Named after the first Foxtort-class submarine, INS Kalvari was inducted into the Navy on December 8, 1967

Ahmedabad, Dec 14: Voting for the second and final phase of Gujarat assembly elections began today on 93 seats of North and Central Gujarat. After an acrimonious campaign, around 2.22 crore voters would be exercising their franchise to choose between the two main contenders, the BJP and the Congress. A total of 851 candidates are in the fray for the second phase. Prominent candidates in the fray

Ahmedabad, Dec 13: Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi today alleged that Gujarat's ruling BJP had "distorted" his image using money and manpower. Campaigning for the Gujarat assembly polls ended yesterday. Speaking to Gujarati news channels a day ahead of the second and final phase of polling, Gandhi expressed confidence that the Congress would win. The results would be "zabardast", Gandhi said

New Delhi, Dec 13: The government has extended till further notice the December 31 deadline for mandatory quoting of national biometric identifier Aadhaar and PAN for certain financial transactions like opening of a bank account. While the deadline has been withdrawn through a Gazette notification issued yesterday, new timelines will be intimated later. The new rule notified in the Gazette

New Delhi, Dec 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met and shook hands with his predecessor Manmohan Singh on Wednesday. The meeting comes after Modi baselessly accused Singh of being part of a secret meeting held with an ex Pakistani envoy over Gujarat elections. The brief handshake between Modi and Singh was held when leaders gathered in Delhi to pay tribute to those who lost lives in the 2001