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Srinagar, Feb 22: A guideline to Kashmiri journalists not to wear 'pherans', a traditional Kashmiri attire, to army press briefings has triggered a row, with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday calling it "unacceptable". An invitation to the press briefing for Saturday of the commander of army's Srinagar-based 15th corps said that journalists should not come wearing 'pherans'

Jammu, Feb 22: A Pakistani prisoner was Saturday morning found hanging inside a jail here, an official said. K. Rajendra Kumar, director general prisons, told reporters here that the body of Showkat Ali, son of Barkat Ali, a resident of Pind Sail Jathan in Sialkot Pakistan, was found hanging from the iron window of a barrack toilet inside the prison Saturday morning. "Pakistani and Bangladeshi

Bhopal, Feb 22: Cheetah, which became extinct from the country about seven decades back, may find a home in India if the Centre agrees to fund WII's Rs 260 crore project for reintroducing the feline in Nauradehi wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district. If the project gets the nod, the spotted animal would be translocated here from Namibia in Africa. "Wildlife Institute of India (WII)

New Delhi, Feb 22: India today said it has asked Italy to provide more security to its embassy in Rome after the mission reported receiving hate mails and a live bullet in retaliation to Italian marines issue. Asserting that India takes such incidents very seriously" and it was a "matter of concern", the spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry said, "We have sensitised our friends in Italy

New Delhi, Feb 22: The Election Commission has asked the government officials involved in the conduct of the ensuing 16th Lok Sabha polls to ensure neutrality and impartiality without any deviation. It stressed on the need for inter-State coordination for ensuring free, fair and peaceful election process. The Commission -- Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath and Election Commissioners H.S

New Delhi, Feb 21: Addressing parliament for the last time, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said the general elections would give people an opportunity to form a new sense of consensus that would take the country on to new pathways. Singh said the Indian parliament, despite differences among members, has the capacity to rise above partisan strife on key matters. Singh, who announced he will

Patna/New Delhi, Feb 21: A fresh controversy has erupted over the movement of two Army units near Delhi in 2012 with the then DGMO Lt Gen A K Choudhary saying there may have been "distrust" between the Army and government on the issue, a view rejected today by the National Security Advisor(NSA). "There was misconception or there was perceptional difference or there may be distrust," Choudhary said

New Delhi, Feb 21: Andhra Pradesh is likely to be put under President's rule amid indications that a decision to this effect may be taken in the next couple of days. The state has been without a full-scale government after CM Kiran Reddy resigned on Wednesday to protest against the passage of the Telangana bill in Lok Sabha. Sources, however, said it was clear that elections to new assemblies of

Lucknow: Fen 21: A day after the Supreme Court ruled that couples could adopt children irrespective of their religious background, Muslim clerics have said that such children would not be entitled to the family name or property. The clerics from prestigious Islamic seminary Darul Uloom in Deoband said that there was nothing wrong in adopting a child and looking after him or her, but made it clear

New Delhi, Feb 20: Telangana was all set to become 29th state of the Union with Parliament tonight approving a historic bill to carve it out of Andhra Pradesh amid vociferous protests by members from Seemandhra region as also from Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena. The suspense over the passage of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014 came to an end with BJP backing the government on it