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Lucknow, Oct 22: Udayveer Singh, a Samajwadi Party MLC and one of the closest aides of Akhilesh Yadav, was today expelled from the party for "undignified" conduct days after he wrote to SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav suggesting him to elevate the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister as the party's national president. A decision to expel Singh was taken after the inaugural meeting of the executive

Mumbai, Oct 22: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has imposed a fine of Rs five crore on films with Pakistan actors, say media reports. MNS chief Raj Thackeray made the announcement on Saturday after meeting Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and as a condition for allowing films with Pak actors to release in India. The meeting was also attended by Bollywood personalities such as Karan Kohar, Mukesh

Jammu, Oct 22: A Pakistani spy was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district for passing on vital information regarding deployment and movement of security forces to Pakistan. Two Pakistani SIM cards and a map showing deployment of security forces was recovered from his possession. "Based on information received from Military Intelligence on involvement of one Bodh Raj of village Changiia

New Delhi, Oct 22: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday claimed to have killed at least seven Pakistan Rangers personnel in Hiranagar, Jammu, in retaliation for a sniper attack that injured one of their men along the International Border. A BSF official said the sniping incident came after a lull of almost 15 months. Officials cautioned that it was a worrying development as the 192 km IB in

Lucknow, Oct 21: The chasm in UP's ruling Samajwadi Party grew wider today with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav skipping an important meeting called by state party chief Shivpal Yadav to strategise for the assembly polls due early next year where the latter declared him the party's chief ministerial face. Akhilesh, however, met the delegates, who earlier attended the meeting called by Shivpal, at

New Delhi, Oct 21: In the wake of apprehending of a few persons in Tamil Nadu for allegedly circulated rumours regarding Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's health status, NHRC chairperson Justice H L Dattu today said arrest may not be an answer and there are other avenues for checking rumour-mongering. "People have the fundamental right to express. And, whether it is (IPC section) 500 or 505, arrest

New Delhi, Oct 21: A US-based lawyer has alleged that his former business partner and controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma "honey-trapped" BJP MP Varun Gandhi and some senior military officers with foreign sex workers to extractsensitive information about defence deals. The allegations have been made in two letters sent to PM Modi's office on August 25 and September 16 by lawyer-turned

New Delhi, Oct 20: BJP MP Varun Gandhi was at the centre of a controversy over allegations that he had leaked defence secrets to middleman Abhishek Verma and arms manufacturers after being "honey trapped", a charge he stoutly denied. At a press conference here, Swaraj Abhiyan leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav released a letter written by Edmonds Allen, a New York-based lawyer, to the PMO

New Delhi, Oct 20: Mother of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing from the campus since Saturday today said that she wants her son back as she alleged that the administration has been "insensitive" towards her. "Mujhe mera beta lauta do (Return my son to me). I won't demand any action against anybody. I just want him back and I will leave once he is handed over to me," Fatima Nafees told

Mumbai, Oct 20: More than 32 lakh debit cards of customers have been blocked or recalled by banks to prevent them from falling prey to any financial fraud after a major security breach at a payment services provider that manages ATM network of a private sector bank. While some of the banks like SBI have recalled around six lakh cards, others like Bank of Baroda, IDBI Bank, Central Bank and Andhra