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Mumbai, Sept 2: Union Minister of State for Social Justice, Ramdas Athawale on Saturday termed the death by suicide of Dalit student Anitha as unfortunate, but appealed to students to abide by examination rules. Seventeen-year-old Anitha, a resident of Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur district, was spearheading the fight against National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) exams. Anitha, 17, whose

New Delhi, Sept 2: A cloud of uncertainty hangs over the participation of the AIADMK and JD(U) in the Union Cabinet as Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertakes its reshuffle tomorrow. Internal troubles in the Tamil Nadu party, which has been hit by a rebellion led by T T V Dhinakaran, can prove to be a stumbling block in its joining the government as it works to defuse the crisis. JD(U) sources

Chennai, Sept 2: Hundreds of slogan-shouting protesters across Tamil Nadu staged rallies and blocked roads on Saturday, blaming the BJP-led government at the Centre for the death of a 17-year-old Dalit medical aspirant who was found hanging in her home. Anitha S is believed to have committed suicide, few months after the Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by her and a few other students

Chandigarh, Sep 2: The family of a girl, who was living in the Dera Sacha Sauda complex in Sirsa, has claimed that she has been missing after the rape conviction of the sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim. The family from Haryana's Tiwala claimed that they had not been in touch with Shraddha since 2008. Her cousin, Parminder Singh, said the last time they got information about her was from a Dera-run

Srinagar, Sep 2: Clashes broke out between groups of youths and security forces at few places in Kashmir valley after Eid prayers today, police said. Clashes were reported from Srinagar, Anantnag and Sopore in the valley after the culmination of congregational Eid prayers at these places, a police official said. He said immediately after the prayers were over at the Eidgah here, a group of youths

Lucknow, Sept 2: Dr Kafeel Khan, a doctor at Gorakhpur’s BRD College, was arrested on Saturday by a team of Uttar Pradesh’s Special Task Force (STF) in connection with the death of 30 children at the state-run healthcare facility within 24 hours, allegedly due to shortage of oxygen. Khan is among seven people named in the police case over the deaths which had triggered stinging criticism of the

New Delhi, Sept 2: One terrorist has been killed in an encounter with security forces in Tantrypora area of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, news agency ANI reported. A counter-operation is currently underway in the area. According to the reports, the slain militant has been identified as Ishfaq Paddar, a resident of Machiwa. Earlier on Saturday, Border Security Force (BSF)

New Delhi, Sep 1: Swedish defence giant Saab and Indian conglomerate Adani group today announced a collaboration in defence manufacturing entailing billions of dollars of investment, mainly eyeing a contract for single- engine fighter jets for the Indian Air Force. Announcing the deal, the two companies said the project would encompass design, development and production of Gripen jets for India in

Patna, Sept 1: Rats seem to be the biggest problem that Bihar is facing right now. Some time back, Bihar police had claimed that the rodents had finished off hundreds of litres of alcohol after the government imposed a complete ban on liquor in the state. Now, state ministers have blamed the same for causing the devastating floods in Bihar that have already claimed over 500 lives. Water resources

New Delhi, Sep 1: A portion of a garbage dump in east Delhi's Ghazipur landfill site collapsed today due to rains, killing two persons, including a woman, officials said. Four people have been rescued from under the garbage dump, they said. According to the officials, a car, a scooter and two motorcycles, which were moving on a nearby road, fell into the Kondli canal after the garbage dump