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New Delhi, Jul 24: The absconding principal of the school in Saran district where 23 children died after taking poisoned food was on Wednesday taken into custody by police, eight days after the midday meal tragedy that rocked Bihar. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the principal is being questioned and the incident will be probed from all possible angles. “The investigation is on. The

New Delhi, Jul 24: Political parties, including UPA constituent NCP, today rubbished the Planning Commission's claim that the number of poor people had declined to 21.9 per cent and said the criteria for identifying them should be updated. BJP slammed the figures as a "political gimmick" and a "conspiracy" of the Congress to deprive the poor of the benefits of government schemes while CPI(M) said

Mumbai, Jul 24: Heavy rains today lashed Mumbai, Konkan and other areas of Maharashtra, prompting the civic agency in the financial capital to advise people to stay at home and schools to shut as a precautionary measure. Rail and road traffic was also disrupted due to the heavy rains which have disrupted normal life in the metropolis. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today advised

New Delhi, Jul 24: Senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday denied having signed any letter seeking denial of US visa for Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, saying it suggested a "cut and paste" job. "I deny having signed any such letter. It is neither in my character nor in the principles of my party - the CPM - to petition any sovereign country on matters that fall strictly within the

Mumbai, Jul 24: Heavy rains today lashed Mumbai, Konkan and other areas of Maharashtra, prompting the civic agency in the financial capital to advise people to stay at home and schools to shut as a precautionary measure. Rail and road traffic was also disrupted due to the heavy rains which have disrupted normal life in the metropolis. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today advised

Washington, Jul 24: Arguing that "human rights are universal", secular Indian American groups have justified the letter written by 65 Members of Parliament to US President Barack Obama urging him to maintain the current policy of denying visa to BJP leader Narendra Modi. These Indian American groups, who have been in the forefront of the anti-Modi campaign for more than eight years now and have

Bangalore, Jul 24: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said two police officers who are facing corruption charges in illegal mining cases are still working in the Lokayukta. Disclosing this in the Legislative Assembly while replying to Mallikarjuna S Khuba (JD-S), the chief minister said police inspectors Nagaraj M Madalli and M Dharmendra, who had earlier worked in Bellary district, are facing

Washington, Jul 23: As BJP President Rajnath Singh is here batting for visa for Narendra Modi, 65 Members of Parliament have written letters to President Barack Obama, urging the US Administration to maintain the current policy of denying visa to him. "We wish to respectfully urge you to maintain the current policy of denying Mr. Modi a visa to the United States," the MPs belonging to 12 parties

Patna, Jul 23: A day after Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan hailed L K Advani as BJP's supreme leader, another voice of support for the party patriarch came on Tuesday when Shatrughan Sinha described him as the "most seasoned and mature" leader who must be at the "helm of affairs". Sinha also appeared to lend his support to murmurs of discontent in the party over projection of

New Delhi, Jul 23: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed actor Sanjay Dutt's petition that his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case be reconsidered. A curative petition was filed after the dismissal of the review petition. The 53-year-old actor, who has been convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case for illegal possession of weapons, is currently lodged in Pune's Yerawada Jail. In 2007