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Gurgaon, Sep 9: A diplomat from Saudi Arabia is among those booked for gangrape and wrongful confinement after two women — a woman, 44, and her daughter, 20, from Nepal — were rescued from his residence in Gurgaon after a raid on Monday night, police said. The women, who were hired as domestic help, were allegedly kept as “hostages for more than a month”. Their medical examination has confirmed

New Delhi, Sep 8: Sonia Gandhi will continue as the Congress president for up to one year after the party today resolved to push back its internal polls by a year, signalling that Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to take over at its helm in the immediate future. With a view to bringing in massive changes in the wake of its worst showing in the Lok Sabha polls last year, the resolution passed the Congress

Mumbai, Sep 8: Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria was on Tuesday promoted as the new Director General of Police (Home Guards), and Javed Ahmed appointed in his place. A top home department official said Ahmed will take charge from Maria with immediate effect on Tuesday itself in view of the ensuing festive season of Ganeshotsav, Eid and Navratri. Maria - who recently hogged limelight for his

Houston, Sep 8: Seven Indians feature in Forbes Asia's ninth Heroes of Philanthropy list, highlighting most noteworthy contributions to philanthropy from 13 countries across Asia Pacific. Of them, four are co-founders of Infosys, one of India's largest information technology (IT) services companies. Kerala-born entrepreneur Sunny Varkey, who in June pledged about half of his USD 2.25 billion

New Delhi, Sep 8: Amidst the current global economic turmoil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a meeting of the industry leaders today to discuss the present scenario. The industry leaders expected at the meeting include Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Cyrus Mistry, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Anand Mahindra, Shashi Ruia, Gautam Adani and bankers Raghuram Rajan, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chanda

Mumbai, Sep 8: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has imposed a four-day ban on the sale of meat in Mumbai during the eight day fasting period of the Jain community. BMC has ordered the meat and poultry shops to remain closed on September 10, 13, 17 and 18. Earlier, the BMC had imposed an eight day ban on the sale of meat during Paryushan. But, following an uproar from the other non

Belagavi, Sep 8: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that at least 55 terrorists were killed during their infiltration bid from across the border into Indian territory since January this year, while the country had lost 17 jawans in line of duty. Talking to mediapersons on the sidelines of an interactive meeting with entrepreneurs here on Monday, he said that terrorist infiltration could be

New Delhi, Sep 7: Union minister Rajyavardhan Rathore on Monday denied saying that India may plan 'covert operations' against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. The denial came after the minister of state for information and broadcasting was quoted as saying that New Delhi was considering covert operations against the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind who is believed to be living in Pakistan

New Delhi, Sep 7: Hitting back at the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) over its criticism of Vice President Hamid Ansari, leaders of some Muslim outfits said on Wednesday it only reflects its "communal mindset" and lack of respect for Indian Constitution. The leaders defended Mr Ansari over his remarks on the need for "affirmative action" to help the Muslim community, saying the statement was "very

Srinagar, Sep 7: Several leaders of trade bodies were detained here to thwart planned protests against alleged inadequate rehabilitation efforts for victims of last year's floods in Kashmir, which observed a shutdown today. The Opposition National Conference, which had given the call for bandh besides the separatists on the first anniversary of the floods that left nearly 300 persons dead and