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Imphal, Aug 22: Social activist Irom Chanu Sharmila was today forcibly taken away by the police from a small makeshift shelter outside the government-run hospital in the city where she was continuing her fast after being released from jail on Wednesday. Sources said 42-year-old Sharmila was being taken for a medical check-up after she declined to eat or drink. After her release from a make-shift

New Delhi: Aug 22: The Digital India programme approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday has the ambitious plan of providing wi-fi facility at 2.5 lakh schools, all universities and create public wi-fi hotspots for citizens and generate 1.7 crore direct and 8.5 crore indirect jobs. The scheme, which will be implemented in a phased manner by 2019, plans at providing broadband and free wi-fi

New Delhi, Aug 21: The politics of heckling in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued today with Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren becoming the third victim, while Maharashtra CM Prithiviraj Chavan refused to share the dais with Modi. The war of words between Congress and BJP escalated over the issue as Jharkhand CM, an ally of Congress, alleged that heckling of opponents by

Ranchi, Aug 21: After Maharashtra and Haryana Chief Ministers, it was the turn of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to be hooted by crowds in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a function here today to inaugurate a power project. The audience that included BJP activists chanted 'Modi, Modi' as soon as Soren, the JMM leader who runs a coalition with Congress and RJD, took the

Patna, Aug 21: Polling in the crucial bypolls for 10 Assembly seats in Bihar was peaceful today, but marked by low turnout, with average of 11.9 per voter turnout by 10 AM, state Election Commission (EC) said. Of the 10 seats, Parbatta constituency in Khagaria district recorded the highest turnout of 14 per cent while it was the lowest in Bhagalpur with just 8 per cent polling. The EC arranged for

New Delhi, Aug 21: Shaken by the booing of their Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday, Congress chief ministers are wary of sharing the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in election-bound states, fearing that BJP would use these events to embarrass them by orchestrating protests. Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan has decided to skip a function in Nagpur where he was to lay the

Guwahati, Aug 21: Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju is likely to meet chief ministers of Assam and Nagaland on Thursday as the border row between the two states intensified and two people were killed in police firing after curfew was clamped in Golaghat on Wednesday. After Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi blamed the central government for not taking the situation seriously, Rijiju refuted

New Delhi, Aug 20: The Gujarat government has been asked to explain in four weeks why nearly 100 children are forced to swim a river every day to get to school. The explanation has been sought by the National Human Rights Commission which cited media reports on the children. The rights group said that the children's right to education and safety are being violated. Last month, media reported that

Srinagar, Aug 20: The body of an Indian Army soldier, which was found 18 years after he went missing from the Siachen Glacier in Jammu and Kashmir, was sent to his home in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, police said. Police sources said that Havaldar Gaya Prasad of the 15 Rajput Regiment had gone missing from the Siachen Glacier in 1996. "The body of Havaldar Gaya Prasad was found a few days back buried

Pune, Aug 20: World-renowned yoga guru and founder of the Iyengar School of Yoga B K S Iyengar passed away here early this morning following illness. 96-year-old Iyengar had been ailing since some time and was admitted to a private hospital here a week back. He was put on dialysis after his condition worsened two days back.He breathed his last at 3.15 AM. Iyengar, honoured with Padma Vibhushan, is