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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

Islamabad, May 24: Pakistani fighter jets flew near the Siachen Glacier today, according to a media report here, but Indian Air Force sources said there was no violation of India's airspace. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter jets made flights near Siachen Glacier this morning, Samaa TV reported. Quoting sources, the report said all of PAF's forward operating bases have been made fully operational

Lucknow, May 24: A day after one Dalit man was killed and several injured in fresh caste-clashes in western Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, four senior officials and additional policemen have been rushed to the area to control the situation. According to reports, a group of Dalits allegedly threw stones at the homes of a few Rajputs in Shabbirpur before BSP chief Mayawati's rally, which led

New Delhi/Islamabad, May 24: The Indian Army on Tuesday said it launched "punitive fire assaults" on Pakistani positions along the Line of Control (LoC) as part of its pre-emptive and pro-active strategy to curb cross-border militant incursion. It also released a video of the military action which showed some structures in a forested area crumbling in a heap under the impact of repeated shelling

Srinagar, May 23: Farooq Ahmed Dar has a question. Is dragging a person for nearly 28 kilometres an act of bravery, he asks. The poser came after the embroidery artisan heard that an army Major, on whose direction he was tied to a jeep as a "human shield" against stone pelters in Kashmir, had been awarded a commendation certificate.Dar said he was yet to be called by the police or the Army --

New Delhi, May 23: Indian Army has launched a "punitive fire assault" to destroy Pakistani posts across the Line of Control, which would help Indian forces to dominate their positions along India's disputed border with Pakistan. "As part of our counter-terrorism strategy, punitive fire assault was undertaken across the Line of Control," Maj Gen Ashok Narula, assistant director general in charge of

New Delhi, May 23: After the poll debacle in the recently concluded Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections, Aam Aadmi Party’s Reshma Nadeem managed to win a seat for her party in the bypoll, which was contested for the Maujpur ward. Her victory came as a surprise for many, as people hadn’t expected the AAP to win and also a few had heard the name of Nadeem, before the elections. Hailing