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New Delhi, Oct 8: The Arvind Kejriwal government today invited Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali to perform in the national capital after his concert in Mumbai was cancelled due to Shiv Sena protests, saying "music has no boundaries". Delhi Culture Minister Kapil Mishra said the Pakistani Singer is welcome to come to Delhi for holding a performance. "Sad that #GhulamAli is not being allowed in Mumbai, I

Begusarai, Oct 8: Mounting a fresh offensive against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi today alleged he was more concerned about presentation of his foreign visits and his clothes and took a dig, saying he was seen in "16 dresses" during his recent US visit. Reviving his "Suit boot ki Sarkar" barb against the Modi government, Gandhi alleged that the Prime Minister was not bothered about

Bengaluru, Oct 8: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) which questioned the custody of the golden throne and the golden howdah that is housed inside the Mysuru Palace and are used during the Dasara. A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice S K Mukherjee and Justice B V Nagarathna passed an order stating that it is left to the wisdom of the

New Delhi, Oct 7: President Pranab Mukherjee today said the core values of diversity, tolerance and plurality of Indian civilisation must be kept in mind and cannot be allowed to be wasted, in remarks that come against the backdrop of the Dadri lynching over rumours of beef eating. "I firmly believe that we cannot allow the core values of our civilization to be wasted and the core values is what

New Delhi, Oct 7: After eminent writer Nayantara Sahgal, former Lalit Kala Akademi chairman Ashok Vajpeyi has returned the Sahitya Akademi Award to protest the "assault on right to freedom of both life and expression". Voicing displeasure over the Dadri lynching incident and and a string of killings of rationalists, he also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's continued silence on these.

Dadri, Oct 7: Firebrand VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi was today denied entry into Dadri's Bishada village in view of prohibitory orders imposed by the administration following the lynching of a man over rumours of alleged beef consumption. Prachi alleged "conspiracy" behind the administration's move and asked why AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's entry was not curbed in a similar manner. "I wanted to meet

New Delhi, Oct 7: Strongest possible action will be taken against those who try to disrupt communal harmony in the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today, days after a man was lynched in UP's Dadri district over beef consumption rumours. "Be it the state government or the central government, strongest possible action will be taken against those who try to break communal harmony in the

New Delhi, Oct 7: A young man here is seeking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention after the railways denied him a job although he secured 96 percent in a recruitment exam. It was in December 2013 that 31-year-old Lalit Kumar appeared in the Northern Railway Group D exam. When the results came out, he was declared not selected. Convinced that something was wrong, he chose to file a query

New Delhi, Oct 7: Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta has criticised the report of the expert committee on the revision of salary and allowances of MLAs, demanding its review to make it more "rational". The three-member committee chaired by former Secretary General of Lok Sabha PDT Achary, in its report submitted to Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, has favoured a 400 per cent

New Delhi, Oct 6: Eminent author and niece of Jawaharlal Nehru, Nayantara Sehgal on Tuesday returned the Sahitya Akademi award in protest against increasing intolerance towards right to dissent in the country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on the "reign of terror". Sehgal, who received a Sahitya Akademi award in 1986 for her English novel 'Rich Like Us (1985)', said, "The ruling