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Lucknow, Jun 3: Uttar Pradesh Police has made 368 arrests in connection with the violence in Mathura even as the four main accused in the clashes between police and members of a sect are absconding. "Police has registered a case under sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 302, 353, 186, 188 of IPC and section 7 of Criminal Law Amendment Act against 11 named and 2500-3000 unnamed persons," Uttar Pradesh IG

New Delhi, June 2: Ruling out the possibility of a deficient monsoon, India Meteorological Department on Thursday said 96% chances are that the rainfall this year would be normal to excess. Releasing the second long-range forecast, IMD Director General Laxman Singh Rathore said North-West India will recieve 108% rainfall of the Long Period Average while central India and southern peninsula will

New Delhi, Jun 2: Tasked by markets regulator Sebi to sell land parcels of Sahara, HDFC Realty will e-auction on July 4 five properties owned by the beleaguered group at a reserve price of Rs 722 crore. HDFC Realty has been asked to auction a total of 31 land parcels at Rs 2,400 crore, while SBI Cap has been tasked to auction another 30 land properties with an estimated market value of about Rs 4

New Delhi, Jun 2: HRD minister Smriti Z Irani tells Akshaya Mukul the reason she gets into scraps on social media is because she gives back whenever she is attacked personally. She also says Rahul Gandhi becoming Congress president would be achhe din for BJP, and speaks about her policy initiatives. How have you done in two years? There was a bit of apprehension as to what is it that I will bring

New Delhi, Jun 2: The BJP has taken a dig at the Congress over demands of elevation for its vice president Rahul Gandhi as the party president, and said the country will move further towards Congress-free India if this happens. “Though it’s an internal matter of the Congress, but if such a decision is taken, the country will move ahead in the direction of a Congress-free India,” Bharatiya Janata

New Delhi, Jun 2: Consumers will feel the pinch further with oil companies on Wednesday steeply hiking the price of non-subsidised LPG and aviation turbine fuel. The hike comes a day after petrol and diesel prices were revised. In addition to these, the introduction of a 0.5% Krishi Kalyan Cess on Wednesday would make eating out, phone bills, internet, movies, healthcare and banking transactions

Los Angeles, Jun 1: Two men died today in a murder- suicide at the University of California's Los Angeles campus, prompting a lockdown and a massive security deployment at the sprawling facility. Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck said both victims were found with gunshot wounds in an office on campus. At least three shots were fired and a gun was found at the scene. "At about 10:00 this

Chandigarh, June 1: As speculation raged over the issue, Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh today said that time is right for Rahul Gandhi to take over from his mother as Congress President and favoured Priyanka's entry into active politics. "Sonia Gandhi is a brilliant leader. I have said that she has been working (as Congress President) for the last 20 years. If she feels that time has

New Delhi, June 1: In late 2014, the knives were out for RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. Finance ministry officials were frustrated by his reluctance to cut interest rates to stimulate growth, and moves were afoot to ease him out of the job. Some were airing their reservations about Rajan's hawkish stance in the media. Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting of senior finance ministry staff

New Delhi, Jun 1: Over 50,000 Muslim women and men have signed a petition spearheaded by Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) seeking a ban on triple talaq. The women have sought support to abolish the “heinous” practice, which they have termed as “un-Quranic” The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) wrote to the National Commission for Women and sought its support to make the practice that