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New Delhi, Jul 3: The Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 today painted a grim picture of rural India, indicating that one out of three families living in villages is landless and depends on manual labour for livelihood. The SECC 2011, also the first paperless census conducted on hand-held electronic devices by the government, said 23.52 per cent rural families have no literate adult above

New Delhi, Jul 2: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had expressed his discontent over the 2002 Gujarat riots and called it "our mistake", according to former RAW Chief A S Dulat. Dulat said this while recalling a meeting with Vajpayee. In an interview to Karan Thapar on his India Today TV programme telecast tonight, Dulat briefly mentioned about his last meeting with the former Prime

New Delhi, Jul 3: After a row erupted over Air India flights delayed by BJP leaders, Union Aviation Minister Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Thursday issued an apology to all passengers who faced inconvenience. The Aviation Minister further added that he will ensure that any such incident will be avoided in future. "We will avoid such incidents in future, will ensure such incidents don't recur,"

New Delhi, Jul 2: A major controversy erupted today after reports that three members of a family were offloaded from a Leh-Delhi flight to accommodate Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh and an aide, forcing the government to apologise today. As the media highlighted the incident that came to light days after a similar case involving Maharashtra Chief

Chennai, Jul 2: DMK leader M K Stalin was in the midst of a controversy today after a video showed him allegedly slapping a fellow passenger on board a metro train here. "I did not slap him, I only gestured him to move away from a woman whose feet was being trampled by the passenger. My hand (inadvertently) touched his face while gesturing," Stalin told reporters when asked on the issue. Video

New Delhi, Jul 2: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today brushed aside concerns of Parliament's upcoming monsoon session being disrupted over the Lalit Modi controversy, saying some people may be relevant to TV channels but not to governance. Jaitley said the Bills to amend the Land Acquisition Act and bring in a uniform pan-India Goods and Services Tax (GST) are very crucial for development and

New Delhi, Jul 2: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju was at the centre of a controversy for delaying an Air India flight from Leh to Delhi for about an hour and for the offloading of three of its passengers, including a child, allegedly to accommodate him and his aide. According to sources, the aircraft doors were shut for takeoff on June 24 but the flight did not depart at its scheduled time as Rijuju

New Delhi, Jul 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the "Digital India Week" as part of the larger initiative to empower the people and extend services better with the use of information technology and its tools. The prime minister calculated Rs 4.5 lakh crore investment has been committed for Digital India and employment for 18 lakh people. The prime minister also unveiled a logo

New Delhi, Jul 1: Realty portal Housing.com's board today sacked its CEO and co-founder Rahul Yadav with immediate effect, saying that his behaviour towards investors and media was not "befitting" of a CEO. Yadav will not be an employee or part of the SoftBank backed portal in any manner, the company said. "Housing.com has released its CEO Rahul Yadav, with immediate effect, after a regular board

New Delhi, Jul 1: AAP government has curtailed the powers of Lt Governor-backed Anti-Corruption Branch chief MK Meena, asking him to only look after training work and monitoring of cases undergoing trial till the High Court decides on the validity of his appointment. The government has asked ACB's Additional Commissioner S S Yadav, backed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, to supervise the main