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New Delhi, Oct 25: A former Navy chief Admiral L. Ramdas has written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee in the wake of attacks on minorities and Dalits. The octogenarian Magsaysay awardee writes, he was forced to hang his head in shame over the attacks on minorities and Dalits under the rule of the current government. He regrets that such serious attacks

New Delhi, Oct 25: Invoking Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel ahead of his birth anniversary, he strongly batted for 'unity in diversity' while asserting that peace, harmony and unity are the key to progress. "The mantra of unity should always be the medium of our thinking, our behaviour and expression," Modi said in his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat'. "India is full of diversity. It has different

New Delhi, Oct 25: The former Parliamentarian, who often fought against attempts by the judiciary to encroach upon the legislature's turf, says it was time the judiciary engaged in some introspection in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment which brought back the collegium system. Chatterjee, who is a barrister and was a senior advocate in the Supreme Court for several years, told PTI the

Gurgaon, Oct 25: Around 5-6 young men claiming to be Shiv Sainiks climbed atop the stage at an open air theatre in Gurgaon, on Delhi’s outskirts, where a group of seven Pakistani actors were staging a play “Banjh” (infertile). “They shouted slogans like ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ and ‘Pakistan Murdabad’ and disrupted the show for about 5-10 minutes,” said Satbir Rohilla, PRO of Municipal Corporation of

New Delhi, Oct 24:The first women fighter pilots would be selected from the batch which is presently undergoing training at the Air Force Academy, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. "This progressive step is in keeping with the aspirations of Indian women and is in line with contemporary trends in armed forces of developed nations," the Ministry said. It said that the performance of women

Amritsar, Oct 24: Terming as painful the alleged incidents of desecration of holy books, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said it was a "willful act" to disturb Punjab as he prayed at the Golden Temple here for "return of peace" in the state. It "is unfortunate and painful. It seems it is a willful act by somebody who wanted to disturb peace in the state," Kejriwal told reporters here

Jammu, Oct 24: Pakistan Rangers violated ceasefire with heavy firing and mortar shelling overnight that targeted nine border outposts (BoPs) of the BSF in Samba district along the international border (IB), leaving a labourer injured. The fresh round of ceasefire violations along the IB has killed one civilian and injured three so far. “Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on BSF posts

Rampur, Oct 24: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today held mobile phones responsible for rape of minors saying misuse of these gadgets by the younger generation has led to an alarming rise in such cases. He also demanded that the Centre should take steps to divert the attention of the younger generation towards constructive activities. "Two-and-a-half-year olds getting raped, why? It's because of

New Delhi, Oct 23: India today downplayed the reference to Kashmir in a US-Pakistan joint statement, affirming its commitment to resolve issues with Pakistan bilaterally and welcomed the focus on terror networks in the statement. Asserting that the statement devotes considerable space to the issue of terrorism and that it was for the first time that LeT and Haqqani network are specifically

New Delhi, Oct 23: Aam Aadmi Party today filed a police complaint against Union minister V K Singh over his controversial "dog" remark on the Dalit killing in Faridabad and demanded that an FIR be registered against him under the SC/ST Act. Party legislators Saurabh Bhardwaj, Vishesh Ravi, Rakhi Birla, Hajarilal Chauhan and spokesperson Ashutosh met police officials at Central Delhi's Prasad Nagar