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New Delhi, Aug 31: The Supreme Court today ruled out Rajasthan High Court's order declaring 'Santhara' as illegal and granted Jains the permission to fast unto death. The Rajasthan HC had declared the practise of 'Santhara', i.e fasting unto death, as a criminal and suicidal act. On August 10, the Rajasthan High Court held the practice punishable under section 309 of the IPC. As per the customs of

Mumbai, Aug 31: Indrani Mukerjea, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and her driver Shyam Rai will be produced before a local court today where the police probing the sensational Sheena Bora murder case are likely to seek extension of their police custody. Police will slap fresh charges of attempt to murder against Indrani, Sanjeev and the driver for allegedly trying to kill Mikhail Bora, officials

New Delhi, Aug 31: The government has identified 305 cities and towns across nine states for implementation of its ambitious 'Housing for All' scheme. As many as 305 cities and towns have been identified in nine states for beginning of construction of houses for the urban poor under the scheme, said a senior Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) Ministry official. The HUPA Ministry would

New Delhi, Aug 31: Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla and Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh will on Monday in Patna jointly launch the first pilot project as part of a skill development programme for madrasa students. The project will be inaugurated on the same day in two madrasas in Motihari district as well via remote video link side by side with the main launch event in Patna, which

Mumbai, Aug 31: As investigators continued to probe different angles in Sheena Bora murder case, Indrani Mukerjea has admitted that she "hated" her daughter but added that she could not kill her. With claims and counter-claims and new leads emerging in the investigation, the exact motive behind the Sheena Bora murder case remains shrouded in confusion. Meanwhile, Indrani has also admitted that she

New Delhi: Aug 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that the controversial land acquisition ordinance would be allowed to lapse on Monday. This was viewed as an attempt to blunt the “anti-farmer” tag the Opposition has been politically cashing in on ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls. In the absence of the ordinance re-promulgated thrice with some amendments that hit the Opposition

New Delhi, Aug 30: After providing LPG in easy-to- carry 5-kg cylinders, the government is planning to launch 2-kg bottles at local kirana stores even as it introduced online booking of new connections for subsidised cooking fuel. LPG is traditionally available in 14.2-kg cylinders, which are not very convenient to carry and its cost at Rs 418 is considered high for poor and rural population. A 5

Patna, Aug 30: On a day top leaders from the grand secular alliance assembled here to address 'Swabhiman Rally'to counter the NDA, RJD president Lalu Prasad today attacked the BJP on social media saying it "will face a debacle worse than Delhi" in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. "The public is outraged over non-keeping of promises by the BJP (on) corruption, unemployment and inflation. BJP

New Delhi, Aug 30: The arrest of over 370 persons and detention of around 2,400 - who are alleged to be habitual eve-teasers and stalkers - in just 20 days under an initiative launched by Delhi Police, has once again thrown light on the extent of harassment women have to face in the streets of the national capital. Areas around shopping malls, university campus and the ones with large migrant

New Delhi, Aug 30: The government has decided to allow the land acquisition ordinance to lapse tomorrow and include 13 points in the rules to provide direct financial benefit to the farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. "We had brought in an ordinance (on land acquisition) which is lapsing on August 31, and I have decided to let it lapse," the Prime Minister said in his radio programme