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New Delhi, Jan 31: Highlighting benefits of the just- announced Crop Insurance Scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said awareness about it should be spread across the country so that at least 50 per cent of the farmers join it within two years. In his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', he also pitched for continued efforts to popularise Khadi and awarness to save girl child, mentioned

Dona Paula (Goa), Jan 31: Veteran BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today tore into Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, saying there is no dialogue and they may meet the same fate as the Indira Gandhi-led Congress which was drubbed in the elections after Emergency. Sinha, who along with some other BJP veterans has been marginalised in the party, was speaking at a panel discussion at the

Hyderabad, Jan 30: Rahul Gandhi today went on a day- long fast at Hyderabad Central University backing protesting students on the Dalit scholar suicide issue and accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS of trying to crush the spirit of students by imposing "one idea from the top". "My main opposition to Mr.Narendra Modi and RSS is that they are trying to crush the spirit of Indian students

Kolkata, Jan 30: Three convicts of the sensational Kamduni gangrape and murder of a 21-year-old college student over two years back were today sentenced to death by a city court while three others got life imprisonment. Additional Sessions Judge Sanchita Sarkar handed out capital sentence to Aminul Ali, Saiful Ali and Ansar Ali, while Imanul Islam, Aminul Islam and Bhola Naskar were sentenced to

Hyderabad, Jan 30: Stepping up the offensive on Dalit scholar suicide issue, Rahul Gandhi today commenced a day-long fast along with agitating students of Hyderabad Central University here after participating in a candle light vigil in the wee hours. The Congress Vice President spent about two hours with agitating students past midnight and participated in the candle light vigil along with 2,000

Bengaluru, Jan 30: Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy has said India and the US should work on an agreement to send 10,000 Indian students to the US to do their PhDs in important areas in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education, every year over the next 50 years. This, he said, would cost the government approximately $5 billion a year - a small sum considering the benefits

Hyderabad, Jan 30: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi rejoined protesting students at the University of Hyderabad on Saturday, barely hours after the interim vice-chancellor went on leave overnight in a new twist to the controversy over the suicide by a Dalit scholar. The Congress leader will be joining a hunger strike early on Saturday morning, National Students Union of India (NHUI) national

Kochi, Jan 29: In a new twist to the solar panel scam, prime accused Saritha S Nair on Friday levelled fresh charges against chief minister Oommen Chandy, saying he had urged her to create a company involving his family members including son Chandy Oommen to do renewable energy business. Saritha, who deposed before Justice Sivarajan Commission probing the solar panel scam, said she had a

Islamabad, Jan 29: Pakistan on Thursday accused India of “hurling unsubstantiated terror allegations” at it, saying it undermines efforts to eliminate terrorism from the region in a “collaborative manner”. At his weekly news briefing in Islamabad, foreign office spokesperson Qazi Khalilullah said, “Terrorism is a problem for Pakistan and the world at large, not just India.” Asked about allegations

Hyderabad, Jan 28: Three teachers of Hyderabad Central University today sat on a one-day hunger strike demanding that Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao Podile be removed and in-charge VC Vipin Srivastava step down, in order to resume academic and administrative activities. The protest by teachers comes a day after a second batch of students on an indefinite fast demanding justice for Dalit research scholar