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New Delhi, Jun 16: The first meeting between the government and the opposition over the July 17 presidential election ended inconclusively today without any names being discussed by the either side. Union ministers Rajnath Singh and M Venkaiah Naidu met Congress President Sonia Gandhi to discuss the presidential poll as part of the ruling BJP's outreach to stitch a consensus on the official

New York, Jun 16: A woman who was raped by an Uber driver in India in 2014 has filed a lawsuit against the ride- hailing company and its embattled chief executive Travis Kalanick for "unlawfully" obtaining and sharing her medical records related to the sexual assault. The woman, identified only as Jane Doe in the lawsuit filed in federal court in California, said in the complaint that she was

Mumbai, Jun 16: A special anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted notorious criminal Abu Salem Abdul Qayoom Ansari and dreaded smuggler Mustafa Dossa alias Mustafa Majnu and four others in connection with the 12 March 1993 serial blasts case. The verdict was delivered by a special court set up under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) which is presided over by

Bengaluru Jun 16: The state government is ready with the rules and procedures to implement Goods and Services Tax (GST) and will notify the same on June 19, a top official said. “We have already finalised the rules and procedures for the smooth rollout of GST during the GST Council meeting last week. We will issue the formal notification on June 19,” B V Murali Krishna, joint commissioner of

Patna, Jun 15: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said he will keep visiting Bihar “till the lotus blooms in the State” which has never seen a BJP Chief Minister here till date. Launching a blistering attack on Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad, Yogi, who visited Bihar for the first time after taking over the reigns of UP CM, said, “Their (Lalu-Nitish) alliance is an unholy and

Darjeeling, Jun 15: Protesters and riot police hurled stones at each other and a car was set ablaze after a series of raids today on premises connected with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief, whose separatist campaign was spiralling deeper into violence. The demand by the GJM for a separate Gorkhaland state to be carved out of the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal state is fast turning into a major

Panaji, Jun 15: Amid the raging debate over cow slaughter and consumption of beef, a sadhvi attending a meet of various Hindu outfits here has said those who consider eating beef as a status symbol should be hanged. The remarks made by Sadhvi Saraswati here last evening triggered a sharp reaction from the Congress, which said her speech would spark communal hatred and asked the BJP-led government

Mumbai, Jun 15: The Shiv Sena today lashed out at the Madhya Pradesh government for preventing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from entering trouble-hit Mandsaur, saying it is detrimental to democracy and wrong to create a wall between the Opposition leaders and "victims". The BJP constantly terms Rahul Gandhi as a "weak and an ineffective leader", the Sena pointed out and said if that was so, it had

Jammu, Jun 15: Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in fierce retaliation by Indian troops as Pakistan Army today violated ceasefire thrice along the Line of Control in two sectors in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistan Army resorted to shelling of mortar bombs and firing of small arms and automatic weapons on forward posts and civilians areas in the region. There have

Lucknow, Jun 14: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against absconding liquor baron Vijay Mallya and others in connection with the Rs 900-crore money laundering case in the IDBI Bank-Kingfisher Airlines loan case. The development comes a day after the now London-based 61-year-old Mallya, before Westminister Magistrate Court, claimed that he had “enough evidence” to