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New Delhi, Jun 15: Angry over the delay in implementation of 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP), hundreds of ex-servicemen are expected to go on a relay hunger strike at Jantar Mantar here on Monday. Hundreds of ex-servicemen on Sunday protested in the national capital against the delay in implementation of the OROP policy. The protest was organised by Indian ex-servicemen Movement (IESM). The IESM had

New Delhi, Jun 14: Congress today demanded resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for her help to Indian fugitive Lalit Modi in getting British travel documents and dragged Prime Minister Narendra Modi into the raging row, saying "needle of suspicion rests" at his door. The main opposition party also posed 11 questions to the Prime Minister, including "what happens to transparency

New Delhi, Jun 14: Rejecting opposition demands for Sushma Swaraj's resignation, the government, the BJP as well as RSS today defended the External Affairs Minister over the Lalit Modi travel documents issue, asserting that she had done no wrong and only acted on "humanitarian" grounds. "We want to make it clear that whatever she has done is right. We justify it and the government completely

New Delhi, Jun 14: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's name has been dragged into the controversy surrounding grant of visa to former IPL chief Lalit Modi by the UK where the matter is before a parliamentary panel. Modi, who has made London his base and avoided coming to India where there is a look-out notice for him for alleged misappropriation of funds in the T20 cricket tournament, was

Uttar Pradesh, Jun 14: The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended five policemen, suspected to be involved in the murder of a scribe in Shahjahanpur district this week, even as the family of the journalist sought CBI probe into the incident. UP minister Ram Murti Verma, who has been accused of orchestrating the murder and was named in the FIR, is reportedly on the run. The deceased journalist's

New Delhi, Jun 14: More trouble is likely in store for ex-law minster of Delhi Jitendra Singh Tomar, who is already embroiled in an alleged fake degree case, as Delhi Police said on Saturday that his BSc degree too has been proven fake. The Delhi Police, which took Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Jitendra Singh Tomar to Faizabad and Ayodhya as part of its investigation in the 'fake degree' case, has

New Delhi: A naval survey ship has picked up signals from Indian Coast Guard's Dornier aircraft, which went missing with three crew members on board on Monday night along the Tamil Nadu coast, announced the Ministry of Defence on Saturday. Intense and sustained efforts to search and locate the missing Coast Guard aircraft have been continuing round the clock by ships of the Indian Coast Guard and

Ludhiana, Jun 13: At least six persons were killed and around 100 others were injured when an ammonia gas tanker leaked early today in the district, police said. The leak occurred when the tanker got stuck under a flyover on the Doraha Bypass Road along a canal, about 25 kms from here, they said. Six persons died due to inhaling of the gas, Doraha Police Station's SHO Rajnish Kumar Sood said

Jaipur, Jun 12: At least 16 persons were electrocuted today when a bus in which they were travelling came in contact with a live wire in Pachewar area of Tonk district of Rajasthan, officials said. 16 deaths are confirmed and several others also received burn injuries, District Collector Rekha Gupta said. Police and district administration officials have reached the spot, the DC said.The death

Ahmedabad, Jun 12: The Gujarat High Court today allowed a Hindu woman to go with her Muslim husband after she refused to be persuaded by her parents who objected to the inter-religion marriage. The order by a division bench comprising Justice Mohinder Pal and Justice R D Kothari came on a habeas corpus petition filed by the parents of the woman Damini Chavda (19) who married Saiyed Irfan Riyazul