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New Delhi, Sep 18: Known for being quite vocal about his opinions, former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju on Thursday backed government's decision to discontinue Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi's stamps while also raising questions on their credentials as the former PMs of India. Former chairman of Press Council of India, Katju in his blog said that though he is not an admirer of BJP government

Lucknow, Sep 17: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday joined hands with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and two other outfits and announced the formation of a 'Third Front' for the Bihar assembly elections. Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav announced the alliance and said that other than the SP and NCP, former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma's National People's Party and Samajwadi Janata

New Delhi: Sep 17: Saudi Arabia has withdrawn its diplomat, who has been accused of raping two women from Nepal at his residence in Gurgaon near New Delhi. The Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi late on Wednesday confirmed that the diplomat had left India. “We learn that Saudi embassy First Secretary, Mr Majed Hassan Ashoor, who is allegedly accused of abusing two Nepali maids, has left

New Delhi, Sep 16: The government wants to enact a comprehensive bail law that clearly sets out conditions for grant of relief to end the discretion of courts and quell the perception that the existing system is "inextricably linked to the financial well-being of the accused". "All is not well with the way cases relating to grant of bail are being handled. While those with resources are able to

New Delhi, Sep 16: A controversy erupted today over the decision to discontinue postage stamps of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi with the government saying only one family can not get this honour, even as the Congress termed the move as "insult to the history" and demanded an apology. Defending the move, Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also said that an advisory committee has suggested to

Lucknow, Sep 16: What could be the height of unemployment? The answer to this lies in UP where more than 23 lakh persons have applied against 368 posts of peon in the state secretariat. The number is almost half the population of Lucknow, which is 45 lakhs. What is even more shocking is that over two lakh applicants are at least graduate with BTech, BSc, MSc and Mcom degrees. Applications also

New Delhi, Sep 16: The Election Commission today ruled out a "blanket ban" on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann ki baat' radio programme amid reports that the Congress is likely to approach the poll body with such a demand alleging it "violates" the Model Code of Conduct in force due to Bihar assembly polls. A senior EC official said they can take "cognizance" of any such demand only after

Gurgaon, Sep 16: The Gurgaon Police, in a report to the Ministry of External Affairs, said the wife and daughter of the Saudi diplomat abused them while trying to rescue the two Nepalese women, who have alleged rape by the diplomat. As per the report, the team managed to rescue the victims “after a great deal of persuasion.” It said, while the investigation team and others accompanying them were

Indore, Sep 16: After detaining his family members from Manpur near Indore on Tuesday night, police have arrested the prime accused of an explosion in Petlawad town in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district, a report said. Rajendra Kasawa was nabbed in Maharashtra. Three days after the explosion in Jhabua district that left 89 people dead and nearly 100 wounded, police had on Tuesday detained two

New Delhi, Sep 16: BJP on Tuesday night released the first list of 43 candidates for the high-stakes Bihar polls, giving about 60 per cent representation to those from SC and backward castes in an apparent attempt to target the base of rival JD(U)-RJD combine. Five nominees in the list are Yadavs, the most numerous OBC group which has traditionally backed RJD's Lalu Prasad but is being vigorously