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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

Lucknow, Oct 3: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) grilled former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati in connection with alleged swindling of funds in the implementation of centrally funded National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam earlier this week. The quizzing of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief was done on Monday as the probe agency has claimed to have got new evidence against her on

Mumbai, Oct 3: In yet another twist in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case, prime accused Indrani Mukerjea had to be rushed to the hospital yesterday after she was found unconscious from drug overdose in the Byculla women's jail dormitory. Suspected to be a suicide attempt, the incident took place on Friday morning, a day after Indrani's mother, Durga Rani Bora passed away in Guwahati. Dr T P

Banka (Bihar), Oct 2: Attacking Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he is "too arrogant" to be trusted with governance and asked people to back development agenda of BJP to change the state's fortunes. Addressing his first public rally after announcement of assembly polls, Modi wooed the youth and the poor promising to address the issue of migration for

New Delhi, Oct 2: The nation today remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 146th birth anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi and other leaders paying floral tributes to him at his memorial here. Vice President Hamid Ansari, Union Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu and Mahesh Sharma, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, BJP leader L K Advani and

New Delhi, Oct 2: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the CBI to reply to a plea made by former minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy for modifying his bail condition to facilitate his visit to Ballari. A bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy gave two weeks time to senior advocate Vibha Datta Makhija to file response to the application made by Reddy. While granting

New Delhi, Oct 1: Concerned over lynching of a man in Dadri for allegedly consuming beef, the Centre today sought a detailed report from the Uttar Pradesh government over the incident and asked it to ensure that no such incident recurs. In a communication, the Home Ministry told the state government that a report about lynching of the 50-year-old man should be sent to it as early as possible and

New Delhi, Oct 1: Nearly 638 people have come out in open and have used a one-time compliance window for disclosing black money. An amount summing to Rs 3,770 crore has been declared, according to CBDT Chairman Anita Kapur on Thursday. Kapur said that those who have declared have until December 31st, 2015 for payment of taxes and penalty. The rush of black money declarants peaked at the Income Tax

Shimla, Oct 1: The Himachal Pradesh High Court today restrained CBI from arresting Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh in connection with the disproportionate assets case but allowed the enquiry in the matter to proceed. Admitting the petition of Virbhadra Singh against whom an FIR was registered by CBI last week, a division bench of High Court comprising justices Rajiv

Lucknow, Oct 1: Two days after a man was lynched to death by a mob accusing him of storing beef at home in Bisada village falling in Greater Noida region, the state government announced that the victim's family will be given a compensation of Rs 10 lakh. Senior police officials reiterated that beef is not banned in Uttar Pradesh. The area which falls under the Gautam Budhnagar district continued