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Ahmedabad, Aug 23: A journalist was allegedly murdered by some unidentified persons at the office of a newspaper he was working with in Gujarat's Junagadh district. Kishore Dave (53) was stabbed to death at the office of a Gujarati daily at Vanjari chowk around 9.30 PM on Monday, Superintendent of Police Nilesh Jajadiya said. Dave was the bureau chief of the newspaper which is published from

Bihar, Aug 23: The Centre tonight rushed 10 NDRF teams to flood-hit areas of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in order to launch massive relief and rescue operations to help those marooned in these states. NDRF Director General O P Singh told PTI that while five teams are being airlifted for immediate deployment from its base in Odisha to Uttar Pradesh, the rest five are being picked by choppers from

New Delhi, Aug 22: In a bid to reach out to people of Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed his "deep concern and pain" over the situation there and asked all political parties to work together to find a "permanent and lasting" solution to problems in Jammu and Kashmir. Making an appeal for restoration of normalcy in the Valley where the unrest entered the 45th day, Modi emphasised

New Delhi, Aug 22: A joint delegation of opposition parties led by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of the ground situation with an appeal to adopt a political approach in dealing with the unrest in the Valley. The situation in the Valley, which continues to remain under curfew for last 45 days, prompted all the

Agra, Aug 21: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati today warned the people against the "communal designs" of the RSS and the BJP and urged them not to lose their cool in the run-up to the 2017 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. She accused the Modi government of raising issues of cow slaughter and 'love jihad' to keep the minorities "under fear" as well as of being "anti-Dalit". Describing the

New Delhi, Aug 21: Hang the corrupt but honest civil servants should not be harassed by probe agencies in service or after retirement, an association representing over 4,900 IAS officers said today and decided to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss providing protection to well-meaning officers with integrity. "An honest civil servant should not be harassed by anybody or agency or

New Delhi, Aug 21: Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organisation (FETO), blamed for last month's failed coup to topple President Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey, has "infiltrated" India, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Asserting that FETO is "secretive transnational criminal network" with presence around the world, Cavusoglu said, "Unfortunately, FETO has also infiltrated India through

Srinagar, Aug 21: Army today foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Tangdhar sector of Kashmir, killing three militants who were involved in an attack on a BSF post in the area two days ago. "Army foiled an infiltration bid in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara district. Three terrorists have been killed in the operation," an army official said. He said the slain militants were involved

New Delhi, Aug 20: Modi government promoted Urjit Patel, a deputy governor in charge of monetary policy at the Reserve Bank of India, to serve as its next governor for a three-year term, it said on Saturday. He will replace Raghuram Rajan, a former International Monetary Fund chief economist who stunned financial markets in June by announcing he would step down in September and return to academia

New Delhi, Aug 20: Outspoken BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today came out in support of V K Singh, amid the ongoing row over the Army chief's affidavit against him, saying the Minister was continuously being targeted by "certain corrupt forces" and there was a "paid slander campaign" against him. Swamy said that the government should take steps to protect Singh since as a Minister he cannot defend