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New Delhi, Aug 7: India will boycott a Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting in Islamabad next month in protest against Pakistan not inviting the Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, a decision that comes in the midst of tensions over two terror attacks in Punjab and J and K. "A meeting of Speakers of all states here today unanimously decided that India will boycott the meeting of the CPU if

Chennai, Aug 7: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today took up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi a slew of issues concerning her state, ranging from inter-state river disputes to the GST rollout, besides the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. Jayalalithaa presented a detailed memorandum to Modi during their 50-minute luncheon meeting at her Poes Garden residence here. She called for retrieval of

Mumbai, Aug 7: The Maharashtra government has denied that absconding mafia don Mushtaque alias Tiger Memon allegedly called up his mother and threatened to avenge his brother Yakub Memon's hanging last week, top officials said here on Friday. The Mumbai police, too, denied any such conversation as having taken place, as reported by a leading financial daily. "We want to clarify that we don't have

New Delhi, Aug 7: Accusing External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj of keeping her ministry in dark over Lalitgate, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a blistering attack on the former over her emotional clarification in the Lok Sabha yesterday, and said that Sonia Gandhi would have never done the same thing. "It was a very nice speech, hollow, but it sounded very nice. Sushma

New Delhi, Aug 7: Justice Misra, who led the three-judge bench that rejected the last- minute appeal of Yakub Memon in an unprecedented midnight hearing, has received an anonymous threat letter. According to a NDTV report, the letter addressed to Misra states, "irrespective of the protection you may avail, we will eliminate you." The Delhi Police has registered a case and are investigating upon

New Delhi, Aug 7: The Supreme Court on Thursday stressed the need for a new law to regulate social media to curb malicious and defamatory messages circulated online. Expressing concern over misuse of social media and internet, particularly after the controversial section 66A of the Information Technology Act was scrapped by the Supreme Court, a bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant

Islamabad, Aug 6: Pakistan today rejected India's assertion that a LeT terrorist captured alive after a terror attack in Udhampur yesterday was of Pakistani-origin and asked India to refrain from making "accusations". "We have also seen media reports and I will not offer any comment on that issue. We expect the Indian authorities to share information with us on the claims that are being made in

Panaji, Aug 6: Former Goa Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao has been arrested by the crime branch in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case. Alemao was arrested under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and 120 (B) of the Indian Penal Code. The former minister claimed his arrest was part of a political conspiracy and said he was innocent. "I am happy they

Harda (MP), Aug 5: At least 29 passengers, including 11 women and five children, were killed and 25 others injured when several coaches of two trains, one heading to Mumbai and another to Varanasi, derailed over a railway bridge in Harda district and plunged into the swollen Machak river. Over 250 passengers have been rescued, a railway official said. The Railway Ministry has ordered an inquiry

New Delhi, Aug 4: A combative opposition today launched a united protest in Lok Sabha against the suspension of 25 Congress MPs, as members of the Congress, TMC and NCP boycotted the proceedings and those of the Left, SP and RJD walked out soon after the House met. As soon as the House met for the day, members from Left parties, SP and RJD wanted to raise some issues but were disallowed by Speaker