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Dhaka, Sept 15: India is pushing Myanmar both bilaterally and multilaterally to take back Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled the Buddhist-majority nation following the ethnic violence, a top aide of Bangladesh Prime Minister quoted External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as saying. More than 300,000 Rohingya have poured into Bangladesh since the latest flare-up in violence on August 25, adding to

Chandigarh, Sept 15: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's troubles seem to be unending. Last month, the self-styled godman was convicted and then sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for raping two of his female disciples at the ashram. Now, a former Dera member has claimed that Gurmeet had also been abusing several minor girls who were students at a school run by the Dera. The new

New Delhi, Sept 15: Former finance minister P Chidambaram today said the CBI should be questioning him instead of harassing his son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis case and accused the probe agency of spreading misinformation. The Central Bureau of Investigation had called Karti for questioning yesterday in connection with the foreign investment clearance given in the Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006 when his

Hyderabad, Sept 15: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his government's plan to deport Rohingya Muslims refugees staying in India. Addressing a public gathering, the Lok Sabha MP questioned Modi government's decision to send back the Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, saying if Bangladeshi writer Taslima

Srinagar, Sept 15: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan - Constable Brijendra Bahadur Singh - died after being injured in firing during ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Arnia international border area of Jammu and Kashmir's RS Pura sector. One civilian has also been injured. This is the sixth ceasefire violation by Pakistan in a span of five days. On Friday morning, Pakistan Army resorted to

New Delhi, Sep 14: A senior US official today sought to allay India's concerns on the H-1B visa programme, which is being "reviewed" by the Trump administration, saying there are no "restrictions" in place. The official said around 70 per cent of the visas issued under the H-1B category over the past nine months have gone to Indians and that a record 1.2 million visas of Indians were adjudicated

Srinagar, Sep 14: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Abu Ismail, the mastermind behind the July 10 attack on Amarnath yatra pilgrims, was among two terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces here today, police said. The identity of the second terrorist is being ascertained, a police official said. The encounter took place at Aribagh in Nowgam area on the outskirts of Srinagar, the

New Delhi, Sept 14: The Rajasthan police has given a clean chit to the six people who were named by Pehlu Khan as being responsible for his lynching, according to media reports. In April, Pehlu Khan was brutally beaten up by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan's Alwar district and died in a hospital where he was admitted for treatment. Khan and four others were injured when a mob attacked nearly 15

Ahmedabad, Sep 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe today laid the foundation stone for India's first bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. On the occasion, Abe said the Indo-Japan partnership is special, strategic and global. "A strong India is in Japan's interest and a strong Japan is in India's interest," Abe said after laying the foundation stone of the

Lucknow, Sept 14: After a detailed investigation for about two months, the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to stop the grant given by the government to 46 madrasas, who were not as per the standards set by the government. At present, the state government gives grant to 560 madrasas across Uttar Pradesh. A joint committee of District Magistrate, District Inspector of