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New Delhi, Aug 6: Rejecting government argument that existing laws are enough to deal with mob lynching and cow vigilantism, a Rajya Sabha MP has now sought amendments to the penal code to provide stricter punishments for such crimes. Congress MP from Maharashtra Husain Dalwai has moved a private member's bill -- The Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 2017 -- last week saying there can be "no

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 6: Union minister Arun Jaitley today met family members of slain RSS functionary Rajesh, a victim of political violence in Kerala, at his house in Sreekaryam near here. During the visit, Jaitley spoke with the three-year old son of Rajesh and his aged parents. Jaitley's visit is widely seen as an attempt by the BJP to bring to national focus the issue of alleged increasing

Pune, Aug 6: Seven gau rakshaks were injured when a group of around 50 local residents attacked them in Ahmednagar district on Saturday evening, according to media reports. The incident occurred when a tempo suspected of transporting cows for slaughter was reportedly intercepted near Shrigonda police station by the cow vigilantes. The gau rakshaks belong to the Pune-based group Akhil Bhartiya

Chandigarh, Aug 6: Haryana state BJP president Subhash Barala’s son was on Saturday arrested by the Chandigarh Police for stalking and harassing the daughter of a senior Haryana cadre bureaucrat. Barala’s 23-year-old son Vikas, along with one of his friends, was arrested, said police sources. The incident took place in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday when the 28-year-old daughter of

Ahmedabad, Aug 5: Gujarat Police arrested Jayesh Darji, secretary of the Banaskantha district youth BJP, in connection with the attack on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s SUV on Friday. Mr Gandhi’s car was hit with a stone that smashed the rear seat windows and injured an SPG guard while the Congress Vice President sitting in the front seat escaped unhurt. “We have arrested Jayesh Darji, who

NDA nominee M Venkaiah Naidu was today elected as the next Vice President of India by securing over two-thirds of votes leaving opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi far behind. Naidu got 516 votes out of total 771 votes cast while Gandhi could only manage 244 votes. Of the total 771 votes polled, 11 were found to be invalid. Although 785 MPs are there in both the Houses of Parliament, 14 MPs

New Delhi, Aug 5: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said the attack on his convoy in Gujarat was carried out by people from the BJP and the RSS. Gandhi yesterday faced protests in flood-hit Gujarat where alleged BJP supporters hurled a cement brick at his car and showed him black flags, forcing him to cut short his address at a gathering and leave in a huff. "Attack on me was carried out

Haridwar, Aug 5: In the wake of ongoing standoff between India and China in the Doklam area of Sikkim, yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday urged Indians to boycott Chinese products. Talking to news agency, Ramdev said,"China is openly supporting the terrorists of Pakistan. We need to give a befitting reply to Pakistan and for this firstly we have to merge Pakistan Occupied Kashmir ( PoK) with India

Sopore, Aug 5: Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore this morning, police said. A soldier was also injured in the gunfight. The encounter began late last night after terrorists opened fire on the patrol party carrying out a search operation in North Kashmir's Amargarh area after receiving information about the presence of terrorists. "The

Dhanera, Aug 4: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s car was pelted with stones on Friday during his visit to the flood-affected town of Dhanera in Gujarat but he escaped unhurt, police said. Banaskantha Superintendent of Police Neeraj Badgujar said a man threw stones at Gandhi’s car, breaking its rear glass when he was on his way from Lal Chowk to the helipad. “We have detained the person who