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Sadia (Assam), May 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Dhola-Sadia Bridge, the country's longest river bridge, over the Lohit in the eastern most tip of Assam connecting Arunachal Pradesh. After inaugurating the Rs 2,056 crore strategic bridge at Sadia in Assam's Tinsukia district, Modi walked a short distance over it. A vehicle carrying the prime minister, union minister Nitin

Hyderabad, May 26: A resident of Vatepally was promised the job of a maid in Dubai and was told that she would get Rs 80,000 salary a month. Ms Rubina Fatima, 46, flew to Dubai on February 3 and from there she was taken to Oman by one Md Abdul Sattar of Ababil Group Tours and Travels. In Oman she was sold to Rajat Arabi. Since three months she is being continuously transported from one place to

New Delhi, May 26: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will on Friday host a luncheon meet where deliberations on a consensus presidential candidate will take place. The Congress leader has invited prominent opposition leaders for the meet in the Parliament House Library on a day that also marks the third anniversary of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre. Bihar Chief

New Delhi, May 26:"Pakistan is like a well of death", said Uzma Ahmed, the Indian woman repatriated to the country from Pakistan where she was allegedly forced and duped into marrying against her choice. "I am an orphan. I am an adopted child and have nobody," Uzma told reporters here, hours after she crossed into India through the Wagah border, a day after the Islamabad High Court permitted her

Thiruvananthapuram, May 25: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today informed the state assembly that he would take up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the issue of release of priest Tom Uzhunnalil, abducted by IS terrorists in war-torn Yemen last year. Replying to a calling attention motion in the House, he said the government was viewing the matter with utmost seriousness and would inform

New Delhi, May 25: An Indian woman who has been staying at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, after accusing a Pakistani man named Tahir Ali of marrying her at gun point, is returned to India on Thursday, said an official. Accompanied by Indian mission officials and escorted by Pakistani police personnel, she crossed into India through the Wagah Border crossing near Amritsar. "The Indian

Nashik, May 25: An internal inquiry has been ordered against police officials in Nashik after they reportedly attended the wedding of a woman, whose family is believed to be related to underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim. City police commissioner Ravindra Singhal has asked for the matter to be investigated. The wedding ceremony, which was held in an upscale mall in Nashik's Mahatma Nagar area was

Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 25: Fresh violence was witnessed in Saharanpur in which three persons were injured on Wednesday, prompting the government to suspend the district magistrate and the senior superintendent of police (SSP). The Divisional Commissioner and the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) were transfered in the wake of the continuing violence in this district of Uttar Pradesh which

Lucknow, May 24: A special CBI court hearing the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition cases is likely to frame additional charges tomorrow against BJP leader L K Advani and other accused after the Supreme Court ordered restoring of the serious criminal conspiracy offence against them. The court today granted bail to former Shiv Sena MP Satish Pradhan after he surrendered here in another Babri Masjid

Kathmandu, May 24: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' today resigned after a brief stint of nine months, honouring a power-sharing understanding with the ruling coalition partner Nepali Congress to hand over the country's leadership to the largest party in Parliament. His resignation has cleared way for his former political rival and Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba