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Kozhikode, Jun 12: Eight fire and safety officials of the Airports Authority of India were arrested today in connection with the June 10 violent incidents which claimed the life of a CISF jawan at Karipur airport near here. Police said they were arrested this afternoon under various IPC sections, including 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). The airport was temporarily shut down after

New Delhi, Jun 12: Reaching out to striking sanitation workers in the city, Rahul Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on the Centre and Delhi Government for "failing to deliver" on their "tall promises" and accused them of passing the buck on each other. Joining a dharna by workers who are on strike since June 2 over non-payment of salaries, the Congress Vice President assured them that they

New Delhi, Jun 12: The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the ruling AAP government here to release the salary dues of east MCD employees by June 15. Sanitation workers of East and North Municipal Corporations have been on strike intermittently to protest non-payment of salaries. Workers from the East Delhi Corporation have in the past dumped garbage in Mayur Vihar and Patparganj areas to protest

New Delhi, Jun 12: Former Bihar chief minister and leader of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) Jitan Ram Manjhi met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah in the capital on Thursday and announced that his party would join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) alliance ahead of the state Assembly polls. Speaking to scribes after his meeting with Shah, Manjhi said, "Saath milke ladenge. Abhi

New Delhi, Jun 11: India's northeastern states are now the most unsafe conflict theatre for security forces with 41 deaths this year. These states accounted for 23 deaths of security personnel in 2014, according to data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism Portal. Eighteen Indian Army soldiers were killed and 11 injured in Manipur's Chandel district in a terrorist ambush on June 4, the worst-such

New Delhi, Jun 11: Appointment of judges is not an integral part of independence of judiciary, asserts Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, who also dismisses fears that the National Judicial Appointments Commission is tilted in favour of the executive. He also asserts that the primacy of the judiciary will always be there in the appointments, notwithstanding the fact that the collegium will not

Bhubaneswar, Jun 11: Accusing NDA of "undermining" Parliamentary democracy and concentrating all powers in the Prime Minister's hands, the CPI on Wednesday said BJP must be defeated in Bihar assembly polls. "Ever since BJP-led NDA came to power, Parliamentary democracy has been considerably undermined while all powers are concentrated with Prime Minister...this is dangerous," CPI National

Chennai, Jun 11: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has questioned the Centre for "entertaining" Kerala's request for approving environment study to construct a new dam at Mullaperiyar in her state, saying it was in contravention to the Supreme Court order. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said the approval of Terms of Reference to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment

New Delhi, Jun 11: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan had warned India that his country cannot be cowed down by the threats from across the border. Attributing the Myanmar operation to “change in mindset”, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today took a dig at Pakistan, saying those who “fear India’s new posture” have already started reacting. “If the thinking pattern changes, lot of

Fatehgarh Sahib, Jun 11: The farmer, who had briefed Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi during his visit to Sirhind, Punjab, on the plight of the farming community, committed suicide in Fatehgarh Sahib district’s Dadu Majra village today. 60-year-old Singh had briefed Gandhi on the plight of the farmers and distress caused to them by crop loss due to unseasonal rains. According to reports, the