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Lucknow, May 31: Bollywood film “Peepli Live” seems to be re-enacted in real life at the village of Aruna Shanbaug’s assaulter Sohanlal Bhartha Walmiki in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur district, 400 km from here. Mediapersons have been making a beeline in front of his house since Thursday after his whereabouts came to light. TV news channels are competing with each other to get a byte from Sohanlal and

New Delhi, May 30: In a strong response to Rahul Gandhi's 'suit boot ki sarkar' jibe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said "Suit boot is definitely more acceptable than suitcase." He also said that the contentious Land Acquisition Bill is not "a matter of life or death for me" and that he was prepared to accept any suggestions. "Suit boot is definitely more acceptable than suitcase. After ruling

New Delhi, May 30: The Union Cabinet today recommended re-promulgation of the controversial Land Acquisition Ordinance. The land ordinance will be issued for the third time. The Ordinance was promulgated for the first time in December last year to amend the 2013 Act. Despite being passed in Lok Sabha, the government did not take it to Rajya Sabha as it lacked numbers there. The Ordinance was re

Chennai/New Delhi, May 30: With the decision of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, to derecognise temporarily a student group, Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle), for alleged criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi attracting nationwide criticism on Friday, the institute authorities and the Union Human Resource Ministry went into a fire-fighting mode. The IIT said the derecognition was

New Delhi, May 30: India has overtaken China to become the world's fastest growing economy by clocking 7.5 percent GDP for the March quarter, prompting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to say that the economy is clearly on "a recovery path". The economic growth rate on sequential basis improved from 6.6 percent in the third quarter (October-December) of the financial year 2014-15. For the fiscal as a

Chennai, May 29: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras was at the centre of row today over derecognition of a students group, many of whom are Dalits, following a complaint that it was critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, triggering protests from Congress and AAP. In Assam (rpt) Assam, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani backed IIT's action, saying the institution has clearly stated that some

New Delhi, May 29: Power Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha was today appointed as the next Cabinet Secretary of the government. He will succeed Ajit Seth who has been holding the position for the last four years. Sinha, a 1977-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been asked to take over as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in Cabinet Secretariat, an official release said. He will formally take

New Delhi, May 29: A leak of radioactive substance, which had come from Turkey, was detected at the cargo complex of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here today. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, while addressing a press conference here, said the leakage has been "plugged." A team of atomic energy department has also reached the spot, the Home Minister said. Sources said about four

New Delhi, May 29: Stepping up the offensive, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at BJP's ideological mentor RSS saying its belief was "murdering" individuality and that thought process is now running the country in which only one man knows everything from farmers to clothes. In a brief but sharp speech at the national convention of NSUI, the Congress Vice President also took a dig at the Prime

New Delhi, May 28: The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is mandatory if the Army has to be deployed in Jammu and Kashmir or any other state for internal security, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said. "Mine is not the Ministry to decide about it (AFSPA). It is very simple that if the Act is existing in that particular area, the Army can operate in that area. If it is not there, Army