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New Delhi, Jul 20: In an another embarrassment to Congress party, Rahul Gandhi was apparently spotted dozing off in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday during the crucial debate on atrocities on Dalits. The television shot, which has gone viral on the social media accompanied by carping comments, shows the Congress vice-president with closed eyes and head tilting on the right while his party MPs take on

New Delhi, Jul 20: Congress today targeted RSS and BJP in Lok Sabha over attacks on some dalit men in Gujarat for skinning a dead cow, saying the Hindutva organisation was working for "dalit-mukt Bharat" which was "sponsored" by BJP to polarise communities ahead of next year's assembly polls there. The opposition party demanded constitution of a joint parliamentary committee to go into the

New Delhi, Jul 20: In a blistering attack on the Narendra Modi government, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accused it of destabilising institutions, polarising society and mistaking its parliamentary majority for a licence to impose its narrow ideology on people. Addressing the first meeting of Congress Parliamentary Party in the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament, she also slammed

Patna, Jul 19: At least ten CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) commandos belonging to its elite COBRA battalion were killed and five others injured in a Naxal IED blast in the jungles of Bihar's Aurangabad district, officials said. The jawans of the COBRA unit were ambushed in the IED blast after which an encounter started on Monday afternoon between the two resulting in the killing of three

Sasaram (Bihar), Jul 18: A woman has mortgaged her 'mangalsutra' to construct a toilet in her house at Barahkhanna village here following which Rohtas district administration made her the brand ambassador of total sanitation programme recognising her effort. Phool Kumari took the step after she had failed to raise adequate money by working as a cook at a local primary school as her farm labourer

Amritsar, Jul 18: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today washed dishes in the Golden Temple's community kitchen as an apology after his Aam Aadmi Party drew flak for depicting the image of the Sikh shrine with the party symbol - broom - in its 'youth manifesto'. Kejriwal, who had arrived in the city last night for his act of penance, scrubbed utensils in the community kitchen for 45 minutes

New Delhi, Jul 18: Cancelling a flight or denying boarding to a flier is going to cost heavily to domestic airlines as the new guidelines by the aviation regulator DGCA provides for massive compensation in such cases. As per the revised compensation norms, which are effective from August 1, an airline will have to pay up to Rs 10,000 to a flier in the case of cancelling/delaying a flight beyond

New Delhi, Jul 17: Buoyed by the restoration of its governments in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Congress today said it will target the Modi dispensation for "using all tricks" to destabilise opposition ruled states which no longer trusted the Centre. The Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad also cited developments in Kashmir and India's failed bid for NSG membership as

Mumbai, Jul 17: Taking his critics head-on, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has challenged them to show how inflation is "very low" before accusing him of "being behind the curve" in his focus on containing price rise than on growth and debunked such criticism as mere 'dialogues'. Rajan, who has often been seen as being critical of the government and its policies, also said there is "lot of

New Delhi, Jul 17: In the midst of his bitter fight with the Centre on a range of issues, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today accused the Modi dispensation of turning its ties with Delhi government into an "India-Pakistan" type situation and said absence of obstacles would have helped him achieve four times of what has been done so far in the city. In the first edition of his 'Talk to AK' show