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Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 20: A court here on Saturday issued summons to four Congress lawmakers on a complaint by two women opposition legislators alleging the ruling party members had molested them on the floor of the assembly on March 13 when the 2015-16 budget was presented. The Congress legislators asked to appear before the chief judicial magistrate court here on April 20, 2016 are Dominic

Pune/Mumbai, Sep 19: Congress in Maharashtra today demanded immediate ban on rightwing outfit Sanatan Sanstha, a member of which has been arrested in connection with murder of Communist leader and rationalist Govind Pansare. "This organisation (Sanathan Sanstha) poses a threat and attacks freedom of thought which is a cultural tradition of Maharashtra. There is an urgent need to ban it with

Ramnagar (Bihar), Sept 19: Kicking off the Congress campaign in poll-bound Bihar, Rahul Gandhi today raked up the "suit boot ki sarkar" jibe to target the Modi government, warning people that they would lose their land and livelihood if NDA came to power. Addressing a rally in West Champaran region where Mahatama Gandhi had waged a battle to free farmers from indigo farming forced by Britishers

Ahmedabad, Sep 19: In a bid to curb spread of rumours after detention of Patel community leader Hardik, the Gujarat administration today banned mobile Internet services across the state. "We have decided to ban mobile Internet service in the state to tackle the law and order situation and to curb the rumours across Gujarat for an indefinite period," Director General of Police PC Thakur told media

Ahmedabad, Sep 19: Gujarat police detained Hardik Patel along with 70 protesters in Surat on Saturday ahead of the protest march. The Gujarat government had on Friday denied permission to Hardik to conduct the Ekta Yatra. But Patel had said he would go ahead with Ekta Yatra at any cost. Hardik said Patels would follow the path of "civil disobedience", but assured that the rally would be held

New Delhi, Sep 19: Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat dominated the national tourism awards presented by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function here on Friday. While Kerala bagged as many as nine national tourism awards under various categories, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat won six and four, respectively. ‘The Oberoi’ in Delhi bagged the Best 5 Star Deluxe hotel award while Mumbai’s ‘Meluha The

Kolkata, Sep 19: Secret documents on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose released here on Friday showed that some members of his family believed that the nationalist leader was alive after 1945, the year he was reportedly killed in an air crash. A declassified file contained a letter written by Netaji’s nephew S K Bose to his father and Netaji’s elder brother Sarat Chandra Bose in 1949 that he had

Ahmedabad/ New Delhi, Sep 18: At least one Indian fisherman was killed in firing off the Gujarat coast today, the Indian Coast Guard said, even as the local fishermen association blamed the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (MSA) for the attack. "One fisherman was killed in the firing today morning on a boat off Gujarat coast. Our team has rushed to the spot," a senior Coast Guard official said

Kolkata, Sep 18: The West Bengal government on Friday made public 64 files on freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to help unravel the mystery behind his disappearance. The digitised version of the declassified 64 files were made available in a set of seven DVDs. The original files have been housed at the Calcutta Police Museum. The files comprise 12,744 pages and are available to

Varanasi, Sep 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi mocked opposition for raising questions against his ambitious Jan Dhan Yojana and asked, "Those who kept poor away from banking facilities even after four decades of nationalization of banks are seeking account of such a scheme of government which has brought Rs 30,000 crores cash in rotation in a record time." While addressing a function of rickshaw