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Patna, Jul 12: Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav, who is in the eye of storm ever since he was named as an accused in the FIR lodged by the CBI, on Wednesday said there was no threat to the Grand Alliance Government in Bihar. “There is no question of my resignation as I have done no wrong while discharging my duties as the State’s Dy CM,” said Tejaswi, after attending the Cabinet meeting

New Delhi, Jul 12: The Supreme Court today said that its five-judge Constitution Bench will sit on July 18 and 19 to hear matters relating to Aadhaar, including the aspect of right to privacy. The matter was mentioned before a bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud which said that its five-judge Constitution Bench will hear Aadhaar-related matters. Attorney General K

Jammu, Jul 12: Unfazed by the brazen terror attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, the largest batch of Amarnath pilgrims left for Pahalgam and Baltal on Wednesday. Monday's attack was the second such strike on Amarnath pilgrims in the past 17 years. According to news agency, the batch left amid unprecedented security put in place by the state and

Srinagar, Jul 12: Three militants were today killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in central Kashmir's Budgam district, police said. "Three militants were killed this morning in the encounter," a police official said. He said security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Redbug area of Budgam last evening after receiving specific intelligence inputs about the presence

Ahmedabad, Jul 11: A class IV Hindi textbook of the the Gujarat State School Textbook Board has defined the Urdu word "roza," which denotes the fasting during the holy month of Ramzan, as "an infectious disease that causes diarrhoea." The serious error figures in the glossary carried at the end of legendary writer Premchand's story "Idgah." In this section, "roza" has been defined as

Muzaffarnagar, Jul 11: The mother of Sandeep Kumar Sharma, arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police for being an Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, says her son should be punished he is a militant. Sharma's mother Parvati and sister-in-law Rekha were interrogated by a team of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and released from custody late last night, police said. "If my son is a militant

New Delhi, Jul 11: Eighteen opposition parties have decided to field former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi as their joint candidate for the post of vice president, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said here today. Gopalkrishna Gandhi's name was endorsed by all 18 opposition parties, including the JD(U), which is backing the NDA's candidate in the presidential poll. "The 18 opposition parties

Srinagar, Jul 11: Seven pilgrims on the Amarnath Yatra - six of them women - were killed on Monday in a terror attack in Anantnag at about 8:30 pm. At least 19 people were injured in one the worst terror strikes in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Terrorists opened fire on a bus with the pilgrims who were returning after visiting the holy shrine that is located in a narrow gorge at the end of a

New Delhi, Jul 10: The Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Monday directed the state government to provide Rs 10 lakh as "compensation" to the civilian allegedly used as a human shield by the Army earlier this year. "I have asked the state government to compensate Farooq Ahmad Dar for endangering his life and dignity," Justice Bilal Nazki,Chairman SHRC, said. However, the

New Delhi, Jul 10: Embattled businessman Vijay Mallya, who was held guilty of contempt, today failed to make a personal appearance before the Supreme Court despite being directed to do so. A bench comprising of Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit fixed the matter for hearing on July 14 and sought the assistance of the Solicitor General in the case. The apex court had on May 9 held Mallya, who is