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Chennai, Jun 5: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today said he was reading Upanishads and the Bhagwad Gita to take on the RSS and BJP. "Nowadays I study the Upanishads and the Gita since I am fighting the RSS and BJP," he said addressing party functionaries here. "I ask them (RSS men), my friend, you are doing this, you are oppressing people, but it is written in the Upanishad that all people

New Delhi, Jun 5: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government of India said it was open to suggestions from various groups on the May 23 cattle slaughter notification and was not viewing it as a prestige issue. Speaking to reporters here, Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said the intention behind the notification was not to harm any particular group, influence food habits or affect the

New Delhi, Jun 4: Only five of the 545 members clocked cent per cent attendance in three years of the current Lok Sabha during which Congress President Sonia Gandhi attended more sittings than her son Rahul. Bhairon Prasad Mishra, the MP from Banda, Uttar Pradesh, participated in 1,468 debates and discussions, the highest in the Lok Sabha and has 100 per cent attendance record. Twenty-two

Bengaluru, Jun 4: Former Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara today said there was no issue of divided leadership in Congress following his continuation as KPCC chief. "There is no issue of divided leadership in Congress following my continuation as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President," he told reporters here. Parameshwara said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's opinion also will be taken

New Delhi, Jun 4: In a transformational move, the Indian Army is all set to open up combat positions for women, a gender barrier broken by only a few countries globally. Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat said the process to allow women in the combat role, currently an exclusive domain of men, is moving fast and initially, women will be recruited for positions in military police. "I am looking at women

Lucknow, Jun 4: Almost 25 years after the Babri Masjid was razed in Ayodhya, the spotlight has once again turned on the Ram Janmabhoomi issue in Uttar Pradesh, galvanising the workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party, back in power in the state after 15 years. Daily hearings at a special CBI court in Lucknow on a case relating to the 1992 demolition of the mosque has put the focus on the temple -- on

Chamoli (Uttarakhand), Jun 4: A suspected Chinese helicopter was sighted flying above Indian territory in Chamoli district, close to Sino-India border. The helicopter was traced yesterday at around 9.15 a.m. Superintendent of Police (SP) Chamoli Tripti Bhatt said, "The helicopter violated Indian airspace for over three to five minutes". The violation, whether intentional or unintentional, has

Srinagar, Jun 3: Two jawans were killed and four others injured when militants attacked an Army convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in south Kashmir's Kulgam district today. The militants attacked the convoy near Lower Munda toll post in Qazigund area of the district, 100 km from here, injuring six army personnel, an army official said. He said the injured were evacuated to Army's 92

New Delhi, Jun 3: Selling stake in Air India will be "very, very difficult" with its debt burden of Rs 52,000 crore and the government has to decide if there should be partial or full write-off of debt, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya said on Friday. Loss-making Air India, surviving on taxpayers' money, is facing tough business conditions amid stiff competition. Stressing that the

New Delhi, Jun 3: The National Intelligence Agency on Saturday raided 14 places in Kashmir and 8 in Delhi in connection with reports of terror funding in the Valley. “Raids are being conducted at 8 locations in Delhi-Haryana and 14 locations in Kashmir,” NIA sources told news agency. The agency had earlier registered a Preliminary Enquiry into the case which was later converted into regular case