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Lucknow, December 1: A court in Pilibhit district of UP has framed charges against BJP MP Varun Gandhi in one of the 2009 hate speech cases. Varun had allegedly made inflammatory comments against Muslims in his speeches at public meetings in Pilibhit during 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign. The BJP leader has been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the People's

New Delhi, December 1: The human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus is no longer restricted to six states, where it struck first. HIV has spread far and wide all over India with 10 low prevalence states now accounting for 57 per cent of new infections. Eastern India fares the worst. In the last one year, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal accounted for almost one-third of new adult infections

New Delhi, November 30: Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral today passed away after suffering from a infection for which he was hospitalised. He was 93. He may not have ever been a popular leader, often preferring a quiet corner in the rough tumble of Indian politics, but it was Gujral’s diplomacy and ability to keep friends across political borders that helped him stay afloat in various

New Delhi, November 30: Four months ago, acid attack victim Sonali Mukherjee just wanted to die to escape her suffering. Now, the 27-year-old is a rupee millionaire after appearing on 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' and plans to use her experience to help combat the heinous crime of acid violence, which kills hundreds of people every year, most of them women. "I've had 22 operations and nine more are

Ahmedabad, November 30: Shweta Bhatt, the wife of suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, on Friday announced that she will contest the state Assembly elections on a Congress ticket against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi from Maninagar constituency in the city. "Yes, I will be fighting against Modi from Maninagar on a Congress ticket," Shweta Bhatt said. "We have moved far away from democracy in

New Delhi, November 30: It will be mandatory for sleeper- class train passengers to carry identity proof from December 1, this year as Railways firmed up steps to prevent misuse of tickets by touts and facilitate hassle-free travel by bonafide people. From Saturday (December 1), passengers failing to produce original identity proof in sleeper class, as and when asked for, will be treated as

Chandigarh, November 30: It is a sort of an epitome of architectural efficacy. Engineers in Punjab’s Mohali have set their sight on erecting a 10-storey building in the next 48 hours. Work to accomplish the unprecedented feat started on Thursday. Businessman Harpal Singh, who conceived the project, claimed that the “building will be an energy efficient model with one sample floor fully furnished.”

New Delhi, November 29: The Oil Ministry will raise the cap on supply of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) to 9 cylinders per household in a year provided the Finance Ministry agrees to give an additional Rs 3,000 crore in 2012-13. Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily today first met Finance Minister P Chidambaram and then held a two-hour long brainstorming with heads of the three PSU fuel retailers on the

November 29: The 'real' Sonia Gandhi, a young mother of two children, that veteran journalist and columnist Tavleen Singh knew from mingling in Delhi's influential social circles in the mid-70s was a woman partial to expensive shahtoosh shawls and fur coats and one who fervently stated that she would rather see her daughter and son beg on the streets than allow them to join politics. Singh, who

New Delhi, November 29: The four-day logjam in Lok Sabha over the FDI in retail ended today with Speaker Meira Kumar allowing a discussion on the subject under a rule that entails voting. "I have received 30 notices for discussion on FDI in multi-brand retail under Rule 184. I have admitted the motion to allow the discussion. The date and the time will be decided later," the Speaker announced in