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Washington, Jun 13:The United States government has approved a deal to sell the Indian military six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for $930 million, the State Department said Tuesday. The agreement has been passed to the US Congress for approval, but if no US lawmaker raises an objection the contract is expected to go ahead. Boeing and Indian partner Tata have begun to produce Apache fuselages

Varanasi, Jun 12: Even a union minister is not safe from eve-teasers in Uttar Pradesh under the rule of chief minister Yogi Adityanath? Anupriya Patel, the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, who was travelling in a car between Aurai and Mirzamurad regions last night were targeted by the eve-teasers. Patel was returning to Varanasi after attending programmes at her Lok Sabha

Patna/New Delhi, Jun 12: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today seized 11 plots of land in Patna worth Rs 44.75 crore, attached by the agency in the name of a firm linked to RJD chief Lalu Prasad's family, as part of the IRCTC hotel money laundering case. The central probe agency was allowed to take possession of the seized assets by a designated PMLA authority recently. Officials said possession

New Delhi, Jun 12: Retail inflation inched up to 4.87 in May on increase in prices of certain items in the food basket, as per the government data released on Tuesday. Based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the inflation was at 4.58 percent in the preceding month April. In May last year, it was 2.18 percent. As per the data of the Central Statistics Office (CSO), food inflation rose to 3.10

Thane, Jun 12: A court here today (June 12) framed charges against Congress president Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker to which the Congress leader pleaded not guilty. Rahul arrived at the court in Bhiwandi at 11:05 am amid heavy security cover and was greeted by people raising slogans in his support. The court framed charges against

Mumbai, Jun 12: Congress president Rahul Gandhi will appear before a court in the adjoining Thane district on Tuesday in connection with a defamation case filed against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker. Gandhi arrived in Mumbai this morning on a two-day visit to Maharashtra. He will appear before the court at Bhiwandi in Thane at 11 am today, a Congress leader earlier said. The

New Delhi, Jun 12: In a rhetorical speech in the Delhi assembly, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the AAP would campaign for the BJP during the 2019 Lok Sabha election if Delhi was granted full statehood. He also warned that if the Modi government failed to do so, the party would conduct a "BJP, quit Delhi" campaign. "I want to say to BJP, give full statehood status to Delhi before

Palghar, Jun 12: India is set to miss a December deadline to acquire land for a Japan-backed $17 billion bullet train project following protests by fruit growers, government officials said, likely delaying one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s most ambitious projects. PM Modi`s office is now monitoring the project week-to-week, as Indian officials seek to reassure Tokyo that the hurdles can be

New Delhi, Jun 11: The security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be strengthened in the wake of reports of an assassination plot against him by the Maoists, the Home Ministry said on Monday. Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday held a high-level meeting in which National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and Director Intelligence Bureau Rajiv Jain were present to

Gorakhpur, Jun 11: A day after his brother was shot at by unidentified assailants, Dr Kafeel Khan, who was allegedly made scapegoat by Yogi Adiyanath led Uttar Pradesh government in the case of death of dozens of children at BRD Medical Hospital, today said he was not going to bend. His brother, Kashif Jameel, was operated on successfully and the bullets removed, Khan said. "Allah rahem kare. M