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New York, Oct 6: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has condemned the lynching of a man over beef eating rumour in UP, saying such incidents hurt the country's image. "India is a mature society. We need to rise above these kinds of incidents because they certainly don't give a good name as far as the country is concerned," he told reporters here after a lecture at Columbia University yesterday. He was

Bengaluru, Oct 6: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to visit the Bosch factory at Adugodi and take part in the Nasscom event at Hotel Leela Palace today. She will be sharing the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at both the events. After viewing presentations on Bosch engineering and business solutions and vocational centre, both the leaders will walk through its facilities and

Patna, Oct 5: Latching on to the RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's controversial remarks that the 'Hindus too eat beef', senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today promised to frame a legislation to ban cow slaughter in the state if NDA comes to power in Bihar Assembly elections. "The forthcoming Assembly polls in Bihar is going to be a direct contest between those who justify beef eating and those seeking

Lucknow, Oct 5: Taking the political slugfest over Dadri lynching incident to another level, Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, Monday, declared that he will approach the United Nations to seek justice. Asserting that the Dadri incident is no less than the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992, Khan said that the RSS and the BJP have declared that they will create 'Hindu Rashtra'. “If Hindustan

New Delhi, Oct 5: German Chancellor Angela Merkel met PM Modi at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today to hold bilateral talks in the afternoon. Merkel was greeted with a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Modi has come up with an ambitious program for the development of India and Germany fully intends to support it, said Merkel. Merkel, accompanied by a large delegation of top officials, was

New Delhi, Oct 5: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq, following rumours he had stored beef in his house, is an issue “to which communal colour must not be added.” Mr. Singh’s appeal came even as it emerged that the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has served a show cause notice on the district magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar on the incident. Dadri

New Delhi, Oct 5: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday warned that those who did not declare overseas black money during compliance window will face the consequences as the government will receive information about their wealth under automatic exchange of information, while others who took advantage of the scheme to come clean can "sleep well". The Minister also clarified that Rs 6,500 crore of

Bhagalpur, Oct 3: Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asked people to reject those who divide society and make false promises and alleged that there was match fixing between his party and the RSS on quota issue. Addressing her maiden poll rally in Kahalgaon near here for the upcoming Bihar polls, she attacked BJP on the issue of reservation and

Ahmedabad, Oct 3: Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) today apprehended around 65 fishermen along with their 12 boats off the Gujarat coast, officials of National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) said. This is the biggest and the fourth major incident of apprehending Indian fishermen by PMSA since January this year. "PMSA personnel have apprehended around 65 fishermen and their 12 boats off Gujarat

Greater Noida, Oct 3: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and some local Congress leaders were today stopped from entering Bishada village to meet family of a man lynched for allegedly eating beef after villagers upset over a steady stream of visitors pelted stones at media persons. Daughter (C) of the victim who was killed in the violence at Bishara village in Dadri. Police said the situation in