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Siliguri (West Bengal), Jun 28: A moderate intensity earthquake hit Assam and the northern part of West Bengal on Sunday, triggering panic among people, authorities said. The quake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale was felt in Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Alipurduar and Cooch Behar districts and people rushed out of their homes in panic, the India Meteorological Department said. No loss of life or

New Delhi, Jun 28: Controversial former Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi has alleged that two leading Indian cricketers and a West Indian player had been bribed by an Indian real estate tycoon, who is also a bookmaker. London-based Modi tweeted a letter he claims to have written to International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Dave Richardson in June 2013, passing on "some information

Patna, Jun 27: A child died and six others fell ill on Saturday in Bihar's Vaishali district after allegedly being administered polio drops, an official said. The incident occurred in Shahpur village near Hajipur, district headquarters of Vaishali, where children aged upto five were administered polio drops on Friday. Vaishal civil surgeon Ramashish Kumar has ordered a probe into the incident. "I

New Delhi, Jun 27: The man who is instrumental in inviting the wrath of the opposition on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leader Narendra Modi now appears to be seeking to make amends, after the party said it would seek an interpol 'red corner notice' against him. Lalit Modi, sitting in London, tweeted on Saturday that Prime Minister Modi was a "most savy (sic) man". The former

New Delhi, Jun 27: Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Lalitgate, Congress today accused him of following "Raje dharma" and "not rajya dharma" by shielding Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. "The Prime Minister should follow 'rajya dharma' and not 'Raje dharma' or 'Lalit dharma'," party spokesman Ajoy Kumar told reporters here even

Melbourne/New Delhi, Jun 27: Indian High Commissioner in New Zealand Ravi Thapar has been "posted back" to New Delhi following allegations that his wife had assaulted a staff member and a detail investigation is being carried out into the matter, the External Affairs Ministry said today. The action has been taken based on report of a team sent to New Zealand last month by the Ministry to conduct

New Delhi, Jun 27: Aviation regulator DGCA is likely to take a call shortly on allowing domestic airlines to charge for check in baggage while providing incentives for passengers who travel light. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has recently received proposals in this regard from as many as three low-cost carriers. A senior DGCA official said SpiceJet, Indigo and AirAsia

New Delhi, Jun 26: On the back foot in the row over its leaders' purported help to Lalit Modi, BJP today alleged links between the former IPL boss and the Gandhi family as it pointed to claims by him of "running into" Priyanka Gandhi in London. BJP, which charged that it was these links which had "prevented" Modi's extradition under UPA rule, demanded that Congress President Sonia Gandhi make a

New Delhi, Jun 26: The Congress hit back at Lalit Modi on Friday after the former cricket administrator tweeted he had "run into" Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra at a London restaurant, saying it was a case of 'chhota Modi' helping 'bada Modi' (Narendra Modi) with lies". Chief spokesperson of the Congress Randeep Surjewala said Priyanka Gandhi and her husband did not interact with the

Washington, Jun 26: Religion-based violence in Indian society “continued to be a concern,” during the first year of Narendra Modi’s rule as Prime Minister, according to a report on worldwide human rights abuses released by the U.S. State Department In its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices unveiled on Thursday the Department said that the most significant human rights problems were