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Chennai, May 22: Security forces were deployed near Tamil actor Rajinikanth's residence since Monday morning after Thamizhar Munnetra Padai, a pro-Tamil group, was planning to stage protest near actor's house. Cadres of various pro-Tamil organisations including TMP and Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam were protesting against Rajinikanth's plan to entering Tamil Nadu politics. Thamizhar Munnetra Padai

New Delhi, May 22: Union minister Arun Jaitley today filed a fresh civil defamation suit of Rs 10 crore against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal whose lawyer allegedly used an objectionable word against him in court last week. Jaitley, who holds the twin portfolios of Finance and Defence, filed the fresh suit after Kejriwal's counsel Ram Jethmalani allegedly abused him in open court during the

New Delhi, May 22: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife today appeared in a special court here in connection with a nearly Rs 10 crore disproportionate assets case and sought bail. However, the judge posted the matter for argument to May 29 after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought time to file a reply to the bail pleas by Singh, his wife Pratibha and the

New Delhi, May 22: United States President Donald Trump, during his speech at the Arab-Islamic-US summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, acknowledged that India is a victim of terrorism and said that every country must ensure that terrorists don't find sanctuaries within their borders. "India, Russia, China, and Australia have all been victims" of terrorism, Trump said, adding that the countries, as well

Pelling (Sikkim), May 21: "Kashmir is ours, Kashmiris are ours and Kashmiriyat is also ours," Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today, asserting that the Modi government will find a "permanent solution" to the Kashmir problem.The home minister's assertion came amid continued unrest in the Kashmir valley. Addressing a public reception here in this tiny northeastern state, Singh accused

New Delhi, May 21: A number of large foreign funds, managing trillions of dollars of investor assets globally, have flagged 'persisting religious conflicts' and 'Kashmir dispute' as potential risks to their investments in India, saying such "tensions" could destabilise the Indian economy. JPMorgan, one of the largest wealth managers in the world with asset under management of over USD 1.7 trillion

Ahmedabad, May 21: On the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to his home state, Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel and 50 of his community youths tonsured their heads on Sunday to kick start Nyay Yatra. The two-day Nyay Yatra (march for justice) began from Lathidal in Botad and will cover 51 villages before concluding in Bhavnagar on Monday. “Nyay Yatra is for pressing our

New Delhi, May 21: The BJP is yet to take a decision on its candidate for the upcoming Presidential poll, even as the party virtually rejected Shiv Sena's proposal for RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to be the ruling combine's nominee. Replying to a question on the BJP-led NDA's candidate for the Presidential polls in July as the opposition was already working on putting up a joint candidate, said BJP

Lucknow, May 21: The RSS's Muslim wing will organise iftars on Fridays in Uttar Pradesh this Ramzan and serve only cow milk and its products to drive home the message of 'save the cow' and that consumption of its meat invites diseases. Mahiraj Dhwaj Singh, national co-convenor (organisation) of Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, said it is for the "first time" that

Dehradun, May 20: Of the around 2,000 people stranded after a landslide in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, 800 have resumed their onward journey and work is on to clear the debris, officials said today. The Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway was closed near Vishnuprayag, one of the five confluences of Alaknanda river, between Joshimath (also known as Jyotirmath) and Badrinath, the famous pilgrim