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New Delhi, Jun 16: Congress leader and former Home Minister P Chidambaram today accused the Modi government of creating a "fake controversy" over two affidavits filed in the Ishrat Jahan case and preparing a "doctored" report on the missing files. In a statement after a report suggested that the panel probing to find the missing files related to Ishrat Jahan case "tutored" a witness, Chidambaram

New Delhi, Jun 16: A scuffle had broken out between troops of Indian Army and Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) when the 276 Chinese personnel entered the Indian side from four different border points in Arunachal Pradesh last Thursday, according to an official account of the incident today. The incident occurred at 'Shankar Tikri' on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) of Yangtse area in Arunachal

New Delhi, Jun 16: With his alleged role in 1984 anti-sikh riots haunting him, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath tonight gave up charge of Punjab assigned to him three days ago, in a clear bid to control damage in the coming Assembly polls as rivals have been raking up the issue. He wrote a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi who immediately accepted his resignation and relieved him of his

New Delhi, Jun 15: Amidst concerns over wild polio virus (P2 strain) being found in a Hyderabad drain, the Union Health Ministry today said it was a vaccine derived virus and does not change the polio-free status of India. However, as a precautionary measure, the ministry will hold a special immunization drive in the high-risk areas of Telangana. "India continues to be polio free as the country

Hyderabad, Jun 15: The AP government has decided to give gift hampers to about 10 lakh BPL Muslim families in the state on the eve of Id-ul-Fitr, which marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan. The special Ramzan gift is expected to cost the state exchequer about Rs 60 crore. The "Ramzan Tohfa" consisting of five kg wheat flour, two kg sugar, one kg vermicelli and 100 gram ghee will be

Hyderabad, Jun 15: The Telangana government on Tuesday decided to conduct a special campaign against polio after a particular type of polio virus was found in sewerage water in the city. The virus (vaccine derived polio virus type-II) was found in the lab tests conducted on samples of sewerage water collected at Amberpet in Telangana, according to Rajeshwar Tiwari, Principal Secretary (Health) of

Jammu, Jun 15: An ancient temple in Jammu was today allegedly vandalised by a "mentally-disturbed" man, triggering protests in which a mob attacked a police station and set some vehicles on fire, police said. The man allegedly entered the Aap Shambu temple in Roopnagar area of Janipur in the evening and broke some items and windowpanes, a police officer said, adding, he has been arrested

New Delhi, Jun 15: A day after a Delhi government bill that sought to exclude the post of Parliamentary Secretaries from the office of profit didn't get presidential nod, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi even as the Congress and BJP sought the disqualification of 21 AAP MLAs. "Our Parliamentary Secretaries don't get a penny, still everyone is after

New Delhi, Jun 15: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said every state has either supported or accepted the idea of the pan-India Goods and Services Tax (GST) except Tamil Nadu, which has expressed reservations. "So far, every state has given its detailed views on the GST itself. Virtually, every state has supported the idea of GST. Except one state Tamil Nadu, they have made some

Mumbai, Jun 14: Beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya was today declared a proclaimed offender by a special PMLA court here on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate(ED) in connection with its money laundering probe against him in an alleged bank loan default case. "The ED application is allowed and proclamation is issued against Vijay Mallya," ordered Special Judge PR Bhavke. The agency had moved