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New Delhi, Aug 18: There is no report of any Indian casualty in the Barcelona terror attack, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said who is in constant touch with Indian embassy in Spain. Swaraj also retweeted emergency numbers in Barcelona given by the Indian Embassy. In case of emergency #Barcelona, please contact +34-608769335. — India in Spain (@IndiainSpain) August 17, 2017 "I am in

New Delhi, Aug 17: The BJP has started early preparations for 2019 polls as party president Amit Shah got into a huddle with top leaders on Thursday to appoint managers to curate 120 Lok Sabha seats it never won. Shah, said BJP sources, took a meeting of about a dozen union and UP ministers and ten general secretaries at the party's Ashoka Road headquarters, to identify leaders who can work as

Lucknow, Aug 17: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has kicked up a huge storm by making a reference to offering 'namaz' (prayers) on the roads and comparing it with 'Kanwar Yatra' (carrying of pitchers filled with Ganga waters for offering at Shiva temples) and 'Janmashtami' celebrations inside police stations. ''If I cannot stop offering of namaz on the roads then I have no right to

Chennai, Aug 17: In a major turn of events, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Palaniswami said that a Commission will be formed under a retired judge to probe the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. He also announced that her(Jayalalithaa) Poes Garden residence in Chennai will be made into a memorial. These developments are in accordance to the rival faction led by O Panneerselvam for the

New Selhi, Aug 17: The National Investigation Agency on Thursday admitted before the Supreme Court that there have been “several inconsistencies” in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case. But it opposed bail plea by accused Lt Col Srikant Prasad Purohit, saying these things, including retractions of witnesses, could be examined during the trial only. Purohit, for his part, claimed, “he was caught in

New Delhi, Aug 17: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the government for not being able to keep its promises and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to create a 'Swachch Bharat' but people wanted a 'sach Bharat'. Addressing a meeting of opposition leaders, hosted by rebel JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, Gandhi also took a dig at the government's flagship programme ‘Make in India

Kashmir, Aug 17: The United States has designated Hizbul Mujahideen, the largest armed group in Indian-administered Kashmir, as a "foreign terrorist" organisation, imposing sanctions on it including the freezing of assets it may hold in the US. The US Department of State said in a statement on Wednesday that Washington is seeking to deny the group "the resources it needs to carry out terrorist

Lucknow, Aug 16: The Uttar Pradesh government is contemplating stern action against 'madrasas' (Islamic Seminaries), where the national anthem was not sung during the Independence Day celebrations on Tuesday in defiance of its directives. According to the sources here on Tuesday, the government has taken a strong view of the reports that national anthem had not been sung at many 'madrasas'

Mumbai, Aug 16: In a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address, the Shiv Sena today dared the Centre to abolish the Article 370 of the Constitution so that people from across the nation can "visit Kashmir and embrace its people." Modi, in his Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red fort yesterday, said, "Na gaali se samasya sulajhne wali hai, na goli se, samasya

New Delhi/Srinagar, Aug 16: Indian and Chinese soldiers were allegedly involved in an altercation in the western Himalayas on Tuesday, said sources in the government. Indian soldiers reportedly foiled an infiltration bid by Chinese People's Liberation Army to enter Ladakh, near the Pangong lake. The incident took place on the morning of Indian Independence Day, August 15. "There was an altercation