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Hyderabad, Apr 8: A magisterial inquiry has been ordered by the Chittoor District Collector into the "police encounter" in which 20 alleged red sanders smugglers were shot dead in Seshachalam hill ranges in Andhra Pradesh. "The Additional District Magistrate, who is also the District Revenue Officer (DRO), has been asked to inquire into the entire events and submit a report to me. It will be

Mumbai, Apr 7: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today sought to defuse the row over the statement of the state Advocate General on cow slaughter ban, saying the beef ban will not be extended to any other meat. As the purported remarks by Advocate General Sunil Manohar before the Mumbai High Court that the government might consider extending the ban to other animals as well triggered a

New Delhi, Apr 7: Over 1,000 people were evacuated from strife-torn Yemen on Monday by India which also received requests for assistance from 26 countries including the US and France. Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the coordinated efforts by various ministries, and especially lauded his colleagues Sushma Swaraj and V.K. Singh. External affairs ministry's spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted

New Delhi, Apr 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'five-star activists' remark on Judiciary has evoked sharp reaction with Congress leader Digvijay Singh and lawyer Prashant Bhushan terming it as contempt of court. CPI's Brinda Karat said Modi talks of five-star activists as he himself wears a Rs 10 lakh suit. "It is a very damaging comment against independence (of judiciary). He has levelled a

Mumbai, Apr 6: A suit filed by the grandchildren of Dr Vijaypath Singhania, chairman emeritus of Raymond Ltd, seeking claim on the ancestral property, was today adjourned till April 20 by the Bombay High Court to allow all respondents to file their reply affidavits. Singhania's grandchildren - Ananya (29), Rasaalika (26), Tharini (20) and Raivathari (18) - had filed a suit in the High Court

New Delhi, Apr 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that Indians must change their lifestyle to be able to think of ways of reducing carbon emissions while launching the national air quality index in New Delhi. Modi was speaking at inauguration of two-day conference of state environment and forest ministers. "We are trying to think of ways of reducing carbon emissions, but we are not

Mathura, Apr 6: Samajwadi Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Cabinet minister Azam Khan today asked the BJP-led Central government to impose a ban on the export of beef, saying it will help stop slaughtering of cows. "Slaughtering of the cow can only stop if the Union government imposes a ban on export of beef," Khan said after inaugurating a Gaushala in Goverdhan town opened by Goverdhan

New Delhi, Apr 6: Highlighting the lack of infrastructure and low judge-population ratio, Chief Justice of India Justice H L Dattu on Sunday said a decision has been taken to put a maximum time limit of five years to complete trial in a criminal case. Giving information about the outcome of the joint conference of chief justices of high courts and chief ministers, he said: “We have taken a

New Delhi, Apr 6: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government’s event to launch the anti-corruption helpline on Sunday came in for strong criticism from Congress, which showed pictures of VIP boards placed at the event and said “in 50 days Aam Aadmi has become VIP”. Delhi Congress Chief Ajay Maken posted a picture showing VIP parking and VVIP boards outside Talkatora stadium where AAP chief and

New Delhi, Apr 5: Amidst heavy shelling in Aden, India took great caution in evacuating 439 of its nationals to the naval ship INS Mumbai anchored off the coast –- ferrying the people in small batches by boat to the ship. On Saturday, over 1,200 Indians were evacuated from Yemen by air and by sea, adding to the around 1,000 Indians who have arrived back in India so far, the government said. India