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Jaipur, Jul 17: Sharpening his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the land bill, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said farmers will reduce his "56-inch chest" to "5.6 inches" in six months and not an inch of land will be ceded. He also took on the Vasundhara Raje government over her links with Lalit Modi, charging the Rajasthan government was being run by the ex-IPL boss' remote in

New Delhi, Jul 17: The BJP has suspended Gulab Singh Kirar, a party leader from Madhya Pradesh, who is allegedly involved in Vyapam scam, according to TV reports. Kirar was suspended on Thursday a day after CBI named him in an FIR. The agency has also registered an FIR against his son, Shakti Pratap Singh for his alleged involvement in pre-medical test scam. Currently, Kirar is the Chairman of

Varanasi, July 16: As rains led to the cancellation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to his parliamentary constituency on Thursday, for the second time in the past one month, a staggering Rs.17 crore of the tax payer's money also has gone down the drain. Literally! If local district and protocol officials are to be believed, washed out trip has cost the exchequer more than Rs.17 crores

Patna, Jul 16: BJP president Amit Shah will launch the party's campaign for the coming Bihar Assembly polls by rolling out 160 'raths' (chariots) tomorrow which will fan out in different directions and traverse the length and breadth of the state. "BJP President Amit Shah is coming tomorrow to launch 160 raths which will embark on 'parivartan yatra' (journey of change) across the state. They will

Bhopal/New Delhi, Jul 16: The CBI on Wednesday registered three FIRs and formally launched its probe in the Vyapam scam, which generated more political heat, with Congress alleging an accused in the scandal extended favours to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other BJP and RSS leaders, a charge denied by them. The CBI team, which has been camping in Bhopal for the last two days, registered

New Delhi, Jul 15: Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today denied any favour from Vyapam scam accused Sudhir Sharma saying his tickets for visit to Bhopal in May 2010 were procured by the Party. "I never got tickets from anybody, as a Party General Secretary my tickets were booked by the party headquarters," he said here. The Congress has demanded Prdahan's resignation following his name allegedly

New Delhi, Jul 15: Chief Ministers of nine Congress- ruled states as well as those of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha today kept away from NITI Aayog's Governing Council meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss various issues, including the land Bill. The second meeting of the NITI Aayog's Governing Council, was, however, attended by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish

New Delhi, Jul 15: Anticipating an end to sanctions against Iran, India, which had reduced its oil imports from Tehran under western pressure, stepped up its oil imports from the Gulf nation from April this year, upping it by over 50% from the same period last year. It was an early signal to Tehran that while India resisted the sanctions, it plans to enter Iran in a big way. Welcoming the deal

Mumbai, Jul 15: Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case will be hanged to death on July 30, if the apex court rejects his mercy plea on July 21, according to reports. In 2014, President Pranab Mukherjee had turned down Memon's clemency plea . Memon has been described as the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts that claimed 257 lives and left 713 injured. The

Vijayawada, Jul 14: At least 27 pilgrims, 13 of them women, died and 20 others injured in a stampede at a major bathing spot on the banks of the Godavari river where a huge crowd of devotees had gathered on the opening day of 'Pushkaram' festival here today. A major religious event held once in 12 years, hundreds of people drawn from different parts of the state had converged on the river bank to