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New Delhi, Dec 11: The 1975 Emergency was perhaps an "avoidable event" and Congress and Indira Gandhi had to pay a heavy price for this "misadventure" as suspension of fundamental rights and political activity, large scale arrests and press censorship adversely affected people, says President Pranab Mukherjee. A junior minister under Gandhi in those turbulent times, Mukherjee however, is also

New Delhi, Dec 11: Uproar continued in the Lok Sabha Thursday with almost all opposition parties demanding the suspension of the question hour and a discussion on the Agra "conversions". As soon as the house met for the day, members of the Congress, Trinamool Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and CPI-M trooped near the speaker's podium, and also raised slogans like "Modi sarkaar hosh mein aao"

Washington, Dec 11: A team of researchers from India and the US has found that the browning of the Taj Mahal's iconic marble dome and soaring minarets is due to dust and airborne carbon particles. "Our team was able to show that the pollutants discolouring the Taj Mahal are particulate matter: carbon from burning biomass and refuse, fossil fuels, and dust - possibly from agriculture and road

New Delhi,Dec 11: The religious conversion of 100 people in Agra drew sharp protests in Parliament on Wednesday with the Opposition demanding an explanation from the Modi government. An angry Opposition stalled the proceedings in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, demanding action against some RSS-affiliated organisations, which were allegedly carrying out the conversions. In Rajya Sabha, BSP

Oslo, Dec 10: India's Kailash Satyarthi received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 today, sharing it with Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever Nobel laureate, for their work on promoting child rights in the troubled sub-continent, where millions are deprived of their childhood and education. "Satyarthi and Yousafzai are precisely the people whom Alfred Nobel in his will calls 'champions of

Panaji, Dec 10: After outrage on the social media, the opposition is protesting against Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's presence at a book release function in Goa, hours after a major terrorist strike in Jammu and Kashmir. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress have asked the former Goa chief minister to safeguard India's borders and not continue to interfere in state politics

New Delhi, Dec 10: A US-based woman came forward on Tuesday saying she had filed a complaint with Uber against the driver, accused of raping a 25-year-old executive, almost a week ago. However, no action was taken by the app-based cab hailing service, she alleged. Shiv Kumar Yadav has been sent to police custody after the reported attack on Friday, when the woman said he raped her in his taxi

New Delhi, Dec 9: Condemning the rape of a young executive in a cab in the national capital, the Centre today asked all states and Union territories to ensure stoppage of web-based taxi services, including Uber. "The Ministry of Home Affairs has advised the state governments/UT administrations to ensure that the operations of the web-based taxi services are stopped," Home Minister Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, Dec 9: The government on Monday put out an official list of radio cab services that have the requisite licenses to operate in the national capital. “Easy Cab, Mega Cab, Meru Cab, Chanson Cab, Yo Cab and Air Cab are licensed with the Transport Department for operating radio taxis in the NCT of Delhi,” a Transport Department notification said. The notification prohibited unrecognised

Giridih (Jharkhand):, Dec 9: Security forces and Maoists exchanged gunfire near Kendua Pahari under Dhanwar Assembly constituency in Giridih district today. No casualty was reported in the encounter that took place just an hour before polling began at Dhanwar from where former Chief Minister and JVM( Prajatantrik) president Babulal Marandi is contesting, additional Superintendent of Police Kunal