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New Delhi, Oct 18: The BJP accused the Congress on Thursday of running a "paid campaign" on Facebook in Pakistan for removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it a serious matter. Its spokesperson Sambit Patra flashed copies of a Facebook page which shows an advertisement of the opposition party calling for "Desh bachao, Modi hatao" (Save country, remove Modi), with Pakistan being

Karur, Oct 18: In potentially controversial remarks that could provoke a backlash, Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan has said the #MeToo movement was started by "people with perverted minds" and wondered if it was fair to level accusations over incidents that happened years ago. The BJP leader made the comments in response to questions by reporters Wednesday amid the raging #MeToo storm which has

New Delhi, Oct 18: Veteran politician N D Tiwari, who had served as the chief minister of two north Indian states – Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand – passed away at Saket’s Max Hospital here on his 93rd birthday today. He is survived by his wife Ujjawala and son Rohit Shekhar. The veteran politician had been associated with the Congress almost all his career before joining the Bharatiya Janata Party

New Delhi, Oct 18: The Government will not push for re-verification of mobile service customers and it will be done only if a customer opts to replace Aadhaar records with any alternate identity or address proof, the Department of Telecom (DoT) and Unique Identity Authority of India said in a joint statement Thursday. The joint statement said, the Supreme Court has prohibited the issue of new SIM

Pamba, Oct 18: A Delhi-based woman journalist of a foreign media outlet, who trekked the Sabarimala Hill, was Thursday stopped midway by Lord Ayyappa devotees opposing entry of women of menstrual age into the hill shrine. The journalist accompanied by her male colleague, a foreigner, descended the hills from Marakkoottam area in the face of mounting protest by Ayyappa devotees. Reporters of

Pathanamthitta, Oct 18: Amid intensifying protest in the region against the entry of women in the menstrual age group in the Sabarimala temple, the state administration on Wednesday imposed Section 144 in four places-- Sannidhanam, Pamba, Nilakkal, and Elavungal. Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) prohibits an assembly of more than four people in an area. According to sources

Lucknow, Oct 18: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has stated that the number of Hindu candidates inviting him to campaign for them has reduced. Azad pointed at the fact, that since his days as a youth leader he has been campaigning across the country for a number of party candidates belonging to the Hindu community. "Since the days of the Youth Congress, I have been campaigning across the

Amravati, Oct 18: Calling actor Nana Patekar "indecent", Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has said the 'Me Too' movement is a serious matter, and should not be debated on social media. Speaking at an event here, the MNS chief said, "I know Nana Patekar; he is indecent. He does crazy things but I don't think he can do such a thing. Court will look into it. What is the media to

Pamba, Oct 18: A woman, said to be a Delhi-based journalist of a foreign media outlet, began trekking to Sabarimala hill amid protests by devotees opposing the entry of girls and women of menstrual age into the hill shrine. Police have thrown a security ring around the woman accompanied by her colleague, a foreigner. However, there is no confirmation regarding her age. Local TV crew said she is in

Sabarimala, Oct 17: BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) extended its support to the 'dawn-to-dusk' hartal called by 'Sabarimala Karma Samiti' on Thursday in protest against the police atrocities against the agitating devotees opposing the Supreme Court order allowing the entry for women of 10-50 age group into Lord Ayyappa temple. Addressing a press conference at Pathanamthitta, Kerala BJP