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Chennai, Jun 22: Robert Payas, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case who has been behind bars for more than 26 years, submitted a request for mercy killing to the prison authorities on Wednesday. Payas was sentenced to life imprisonment but although the state government decided to release all seven convicts in the case, the remission process was blocked by the Supreme Court. Payas, who

Srinagar, Jun 22: Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including an ultra involved in a series of killings, were gunned down in the wee hours today in an encounter that lasted for over six hours in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. Majid Dar, one of the slain militants, was involved in a number of killings including that of sarpanch of Kakapora and district president of Pulwama, a police official

Ahmedabad, Jun21: "Amit Shah has shed his body weight by doing yoga, but has increased his political weight substantially, giving tension to many." The politically-fraught comment on the BJP national president came from yoga guru Ramdev on the International Day of Yoga, which saw nearly three lakh people turning up to stretch, turn and twist their bodies. Shah, along with Gujarat Chief Minister

Shimla, Jun 21: BJP's Kusum Sadret was on Tuesday elected the Shimla Municipal Corporation Mayor and party colleague Rakesh Sharma her deputy, a first for the state's opposition party in three decades, an officer said. Urban Development Department Director DK Gupta, who conducted the election proceedings, confirmed the election of Sadret and Sharma to the top MC posts. The party bagged 17 of the

New Delhi, Jun 20: The consistently falling male-female ratio among India’s youth, which remains hopelessly skewed as a result of preference for a male child in previous decades, could fall below 900 in the next 15 years. The recently published ‘Youth in India 2017’ report has found that the drop in sex ratio is more rapid among the youngsters than what is observed in the overall population. “A

Patna, Jun 20: Income-Tax Department has seized benami properties of Misa Bharti, her husband Shailesh Kumar and Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, according to news agency. Bharti was issued two summons to appear before Delhi investigation wing of I-T dept but failed to appear. I-T dept has seized properties that were raided in May. Earlier, owing to her failure to appear before the court, the

Beijing, June 20, 2017: East Hope Group, one of China's largest private companies, will invest $300 million in setting up manufacturing units at the Mundra SEZ in partnership with Indian infrastructure giant Adani Group. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the two firms proposes to set up manufacturing units in Mundra Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Gujarat to produce solar power

New Delhi, Jun 19: A CBI team today visited Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to probe the disappearance of Najeeb Ahmed, a student who had gone missing from his hostel on October 16, 2016. The team is looking into allegations of a scuffle between Ahmed and ABVP students in JNU's Mahi-Mandvi hostel and the circumstances that may have led to it as well as other events that preceded his

New Delhi, Jun 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wished Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on his birthday. Gandhi turned 47 today. "Birthday greetings to the Congress Vice President, Shri Rahul Gandhi. I pray for his long and healthy life. @OfficeOfRG," Modi wrote on Twitter.

New Delhi, Jun 19: Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind has been named as NDA candidate for upcoming presidential poll due to July 17. BJP national president Amit Shah today announced his name after the key party meeting at New Delhi. The meeting attended by top leaders was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Ram Nath Kovind may file his nomination for president on June 23", Amit Shah said in the