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Indore, Feb 22: BJP MP Varun Gandhi recalled how he broke down after reading a suicide letter written by the Hyderabad University Ph.D scholar Rohit Vemula before he hanged himself on the campus in January 2016. "Rohit Vemula, a dalit Ph.D student from Hyderabad committed suicide last year. When I read his letter, I broke into tears. Rohit wrote that he was taking the extreme step because he had

New Delhi, Feb 22: Depositors of cash worth Rs 5 lakh or above, during the demonetisation period, who failed to verify the same will be taken on strictly by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), as per a report published in Times of India. However, the department may go easy on 'low-risk cases.' The number comes at 18 lakh of people who have deposited more than Rs 5 lakh cash in their bank

New Delhi, Feb 21: India and the UK today held discussions on various issues pertaining to pending cases relating to deportation and extradition. According to officials, Joint Secretary in-charge of the UK in the External Affairs Ministry held the consular dialogue with his British counterpart, assisted by officials including those from crown prosecution. No official details were available about

Allahabad, Feb 21: A sea of humanity flooded the streets of the 'Sangam' city on the last day of campaigning for fourth phase of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh today, with road shows conducted by Rahul Gandhi with ally Akhilesh Yadav and BJP president Amit Shah. Rahul had stayed overnight at the historic Swaraj Bhavan here, the birth place of his grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira

New Delhi, Feb 21: Reliance Jio has crossed the 100 million customers mark in 170 days of launch, its Chairman Mukesh Ambani said today as he announced a slew of offers, including 20 per cent more data than any rival from April. Reliance Jio, he said, will continue to offer free voice calls and national roaming post April 1, when its promotional free voice and data offer ends. For existing

Mumbai, Feb 21: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may introduce a new series of Rs 1,000 notes, to replace the earlier notes of similar denomination that were demonetised on November 8, last year. According to a report appeared in an English daily, RBI has already started production of new Rs 1,000 notes. Quoting an official, the report says that the note was supposed to be introduced in January

New Delhi, Feb 21: In a first, the CBI on Monday conducted searches at the residence of its former chief Amar Pratap Singh after registering a case against him for allegedly favouring controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi. Agency sources said a Regular Case (RC) equivalent to FIR in police parlance has been registered against Singh, Qureshi, his employee Aditya Sharma besides owner of Trimax

New Delhi, Feb 20: The Congress today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of vitiating the atmosphere in Uttar Pradesh to polarise the society and asked the Election Commission to take appropriate action. Congress' senior spokesperson Anand Sharma told reporters here that Modi has been making objectionable remarks at election rallies and his statement yesterday that if there was a 'kabaristaan'

Jalaun/Sultanpur (UP), Feb 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BSP chief Mayawati today traded barbs with her party dubbed as 'Behenji Sampatti Party' and she punning on his initials calling him 'Mr Negative Dalit Man'. Modi while mocking at Mayawati's opposition to note ban, said BSP is no longer Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) but 'Behenji Sampatti Party'(Behenji Assets Party). Mayawati is popularly

Beijing, Feb 20: India has done a better job than China in promoting satellite launch technology which could prompt Beijing to fast-track commercialisation of its rocket launches to vie for the world's small satellite launch market, Chinese officials said on Monday. " The launch+ indicated that India can send commercial satellites into space at lower costs, giving the country's competitiveness in