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Naya Gaon, Jun 8: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was today detained by police when he tried to force his way into Madhya Pradesh with surging crowds of Congress supporters shouting slogans in praise of the farmer. Hundreds of Congress workers as well as senior leaders like Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot and Madhya Pradesh legislator Jaiwardhan Singh also courted arrest. They were

Bhopal, Jun 8: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh today said that the five casualties during farmers' agitation in Mandsaur occurred during police firing. "Five persons were killed in police firing," Singh said over the phone. The minister's remarks assume significance as the authorities had been claiming that the police had not fired during protests at Pipliamandi in Mandsaur district

New Delhi, Jun 8: Popular Front of India Chairman E Abubacker in a statement has strongly condemned the killing of six farmers who protested demanding debt relief in Mandausar in Madhya Pradesh. E Abubacker has said that the way people's democratic protest was dealt with is inhuman and a shame on a democratic society. By this brutal killing, the BJP government is setting new precedent to quell

New Delhi/Mandsaur, Jun 8: Contingents of Rapid Action Force (RAF) were on Thursday deployed in Madhya Pradesh's violence-hit Mandsaur district where the situation remained tense. Two companies of RAF, comprising around 100 men each, have moved into Pipliamandi in Mandsaur, the site of Tuesday's shooting of five farmers, police said. While two companies of RAF have been posted in Garoth area in

Lucknow, Jun 7: The special CBI court hearing the Babri Masjid demolition case on Wednesday granted exemption to senior BJP leaders L.K.Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi from personal appearance during the hearing in view of their age. The court also granted a similar exemption to Union Minister Uma Bharti, another accused, observing that daily appearance could affect her work. The court had a few

New Delhi, Jun 7: Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced that the polling to elect the new President of India will be held on July 17, 2017. The term of the current President Pranab Mukherjee will end on July 25, 2017. Nasim Zaidi, Chief Election Commissioner, announced the date for presidential polls on Wednesday. He said that the notification for the presidential polls would be

Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), Jun 7: A BSP leader and another person have been arrested for allegedly posting an objectionable picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Facebook. BSP leader Shankar Lal Pippal and one Javed Alam were arrested late last night, the police said.Pippal, a resident of Jalali town in the district, had on June 4 posted an

New Delhi, Jun 7: There were no raids on NDTV with the CBI not entering any office of the channel, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said today while dimissing allegations that the searches were an infringement on press freedom. The Central Bureau of Investigation's raids on the properties of NDTV founder Prannoy Roy on June 5 on allegations of bank fraud had drawn

Bhopal, Jun 7: At least five persons were killed on Tuesday as the farmers' agitation turned violent in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, prompting the authorities to clamp curfew in the trouble-hit area. Some eyewitnesses alleged that the victims suffered bullet wounds, but Mandsaur district authorities denied that police fired on the protesters, who were on a rampage. As tension prevailed

New Delhi, Jun 6: The CBI today sought to clarify its decision on carrying out raids against NDTV bosses saying the agency respects freedom of press and the action was taken as per the due process of law. The statement comes in the wake of various media organisations, including the much-powerful Editors Guild of India, expressing deep concern over the raids conducted by the CBI on the offices of