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London, Apr 23: The Indian passport has been ranked 48th in a list of 50 most powerful travel document in the world, according to a global survey topped by Sweden. Germany-based Go Euro travel comparison website ranked the top 50 countries of the world based on their passport's eligibility for visa-free entry, cost of application as well as number of hours worked to acquire the document. India

Panaji, April 22: A Goa trial court on Wednesday issued a search warrant for Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's official residence in Delhi for former archives and archaeology minister Francisco Pacheco, who has been reported missing for a fortnight. The trial court was conducting proceedings related to the formal arrest of Pacheco, whose conviction for an assault was upheld by the Supreme Court

New Delhi, Apr 22: The suicide by a farmer at a rally addressed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today triggered a blame game with AAP and BJP attacking each other for the tragedy. The Congress targeted both AAP and BJP for the suicide by Gajendra Singh, a distressed farmer from Rajasthan, demanding registration of a case of abetment to suicide against the Centre and Delhi governments

New Delhi, Apr 22: A farmer who hanged himself at an AAP rally called here on Wednesday to protest against the government's land bill is dead, doctors said. Doctors at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital said that the farmer, identified as Gajender Singh of Rajasthan, was brought dead from the site of the rally where he hanged himself from a tree. Aam Aadmi Party volunteers said the man was unconscious

New Delhi, Apr 22: After Rahul Gandhi's kisan rally, it's now the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is going to hold a mega farmers rally today in New Delhi for opposing the amendments in the land bill. The AAP chief will be addressing the mega farmers rally at Jantar Mantar at around 1 p.m. Kejriwal has asked the Delhi cops to keep the reporters away from him while he is addressing the

New Delhi, Apr 22: As the Opposition mounted a united attack on the government for being a “mute witness” to the intimidation of minorities by prominent members of the ruling party and its affiliates, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh sought to assure the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the government did not endorse the anti-minority views expressed in recent weeks. Mr. Singh intervened after the issue

Ahmedabad, Apr 21: A suspicious boat carrying narcotics worth around Rs 600 crore was seized and eight Pakistani nationals onboard were apprehended from international waters off Gujarat coast, in a joint operation by the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard. "In a closely coordinated operation undertaken by the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard, a boat carrying a large quantity of narcotics was

Bhubaneswar, Apr 21: Former Odisha Chief Minister and ex-Assam Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik passed away in Tirupati early today. He was 89. The veteran Congress leader was admitted to a hospital in the temple town following a chest pain around mid-night but could not be saved, his family said. Patnaik, a three-time Odisha chief minister, was in Tirupati to attend the convocation ceremony of the

New Delhi, Apr 20: Rahul Gandhi today led the opposition attack in the Lok Sabha on the government over the problems being faced by farmers, saying it had "failed" them and specifically targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over it. In his first speech in the Budget Session, the Congress Vice President said the government was "ignoring" the farming community and favouring the industrialists and

New Delhi, Apr 20: The controversial land bill led to an uproar in Lok Sabha on the first day of the second phase of the Budget Session with a united opposition protesting the repromulgation of an ordinance on the issue. Agitated members of Congress, Left, TMC, SP, RJD and others stormed the Well of the House as soon as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy laid a copy of