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Ahmedabad, Aug 27: Tension prevailed in Gujarat as the death toll in clashes which started on Tuesday during quota agitation by Patel community climbed to nine today and army was deployed in more cities to rein in the violence. Police control room officials said no major violence was reported in the state overnight barring a few incidents of stone pelting. A constable of Chowk Bazaar police

Balakote(JK), Aug 26: Rahul Gandhi today meet the families affected by firing and shelling from Pakistan in areas along the Line of Control in Poonch and said the Centre should meet their demands including on rehabilitation, compensation and insurance cover. The Congress Vice President, who began his three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, spoke to the families of six civilians including a headman

New Delhi, Aug 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today appealed for calm in Gujarat which has been witnessing violence since last night and invoked Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel to emphasise that violence benefits nobody. He underlined that the government is committed to the welfare of all people and that all issues can be resolved peacefully through discussions. "I appeal to all brothers and

New Delhi, Aug 26: About 5,000 paramilitary personnel were today rushed to Gujarat in the wake of violence in several cities during agitation for quota by Patel community. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel this morning and assured her of full central help to tackle the situation. About 5,000 personnel of Rapid Action Force, CRPF and BSF have been

Ahmedabad, Aug 26: Hardik Patel, spearheading the agitation to demand OBC reservation for the Patel community in Gujarat, has called for a state-wide bandh on Wednesday. Patel was briefly detained on Tuesday evening by Gujarat Police for launching a hunger strike without prior permission before being released. He also urged his community members to maintain peace as several parts of the state

New Delhi, Aug 25: Riding high over its hat-trick of wins in a series of civic polls in Bengaluru, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, BJP today hit out at Congress saying people's mandate was against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi's "anti-poor, anti-development and negative" politics. Top party leaders led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed their happiness over the series of victories with Modi calling

Bhagalpur (Bihar), Aug 25: A day after two of its allies said seat sharing in Bihar must conclude within a week, a BJP leader announced on Tuesday that his party will contest 170 of the 243 assembly seats. "The BJP will contest nearly 170 seats, there is no question of anything less than that," Ashwani Kumar Choubey, an MP and a former minister, said here. Choubey was replying to statements from

Ahmedabad, Aug 25: In a mega show of strength for their demand of inclusion in OBC category for reservation, the Patel community today warned that if they are not made eligible for quota, the BJP government in Gujarat will face consequences in 2017 polls. After the rally, the Patel community's young leader Hardik Patel, who is spearheading the agitation, said he will sit on a hunger strike at the

Mumbai, Aug 25: Overlooking global cues, Indian share markets opened higher on Tuesday, a day after the mayhem in the global financial markets and a crash in China spooked a key Mumbai index into shedding some 1,625 points, or nearly 6 percent. The sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) opened at 25,916.26 points, against the previous close at 25,741.56 points, and a few

Nashik, Aug 24: After the theft of 700 kg of onion from a Mumbai shop, robbers have now decamped with about 2,000 kg of the pricey kitchen staple from the godown of a Nashik farmer. Abasaheb Pawar, a farmer from Pimparkhed village in Nandgaon taluka, yesterday lodged a complaint that 20 quintal stock of onions stored in his 'kanda chawl' (storing place) was stolen, Nandgaon Police said today. A