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New Delhi, Jul 3: Slamming AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi over his decision to provide legal help to men arrested for allegedly being members of an ISIS module, BJP today accused him of "betraying" the country and sought action against him for "helping" the terror group. Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi alleged that Owaisi is giving "oxygen" to terrorists and that he is seen as "standing with

New Delhi, Jul 3: The Delhi High Court has put on hold the rustication of a JNU student who had accused a hostel warden of sexual harassment, saying the university did not follow the prescribed procedure while taking the decision. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva stayed the May 30 decision of Jawaharlal Nehru University to rusticate the female student for one semester saying the varsity did not provide

New Delhi, Jul 3: Isolated on the Goods and Services Tax Bill, the Congress has admitted that differences with the Modi government on the indirect tax reform measure have “narrowed down”. A senior leader said the Bill could be passed in the monsoon session of the Parliament beginning July 18 if the NDA government’s interlocutors reach out to the Congress to iron out the differences over the lone

Mumbai, Jul 2: Immediately after Sheena Bora's murder and the subsequent disposal of her body on 24 April, 2012, key accused Indrani Mukerjea allegedly threatened her then driver Shyamvar Rai, who has now turned approver, saying "it won't be good" for him if he disclosed the incident. In his confessional statement, which was unsealed by the special CBI court on Friday, following a Bombay High

Bengaluru, Jul 1: The Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas has been inducted into the Indian Air Force in Bengaluru on Friday. State-run HAL handed over the first two Tejas aircraft to IAF which will make up the 'Flying Daggers' 45, the name of the first squadron of the LCA. The LCA squadron induction ceremony was held at the Aircraft System Testing Establishment here in the presence of Air Marshal Jasbir

New Delhi, Jul 1: The Supreme Court on Thursday clarified that its verdict — recognising transgenders as a third category, other than male or female — does not include lesbians, gays and bisexuals. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and N V Ramana, however, pulled up the Union government for seeking a modification of the April 15, 2014, judgment, saying it was amply clear. “Our judgment is self

Bengaluru, June 30: Bowing to pressure from grape growers and wineries, the Karnataka government has decided to slash hike in excise duty on fortified wine by 120 percent from July 1, a top official said on Thursday. "The state finance department will be issuing a fresh order by Friday reducing the increase in excise duty on fortified wine by 120 percent to 57 percent from 177 percent notified on

Balasore (Odisha), Jun 30: India today successfully test fired a new surface-to-air missile, developed jointly with Israel, from a defence base off Odisha coast. The medium range missile (MR-SAM), a product of joint venture between India and Israel, was successfully test launched from a mobile launcher in the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur at around 08.15 hours, a DRDO official said.

Mumbai, Jun 30: Nine persons, including five children, were killed and a fireman was injured when a fire broke out at a medical store in a chawl in suburban Andheri this morning, police said. Among the five deceased children was a 3-month-old infant, they said. The fire occurred early this morning at 'Wafa' medical store located on the ground floor of a chawl in Juhi Galli on Wireless Road in

New Delhi, Jun 29: The Supreme Court today referred the plea of some celebrities, who claim to be part of the LGBT community, seeking quashing of section 377 of the IPC which criminalises homosexuality in the country, to a bench already seized of the matter. A bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and Ashok Bhushan said the matter will be listed before a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India