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Beijing, Apr 6: China should not hesitate to answer "blows with blows" if India chooses to play dirty by allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh, the Chinese official media said today. Two English newspapers -- China Daily and Global Times -- have launched a scathing attack on India after Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said that Arunachal Pradesh -- which China claims as part

New Delhi, Apr 6: The three-member Shunglu committee, formed by the then Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, has pointed out "gross abuse of power" by the Arvind Kejriwal government in its report. The committee has flagged decisions including the allotment of land to the AAP for its party office, appointment of Minister Satyendra Jain's daughter as mission director of Delhi State Health Mission and a number

New Delhi, Apr 5: The US ban on large electronic devices as hand luggage on flights originating from some Gulf countries pushed up Air India's ticket sales to the US by 100 per cent in the last week of March over the period a year ago. Air India saw bookings surge to 300 per day per flight in the period between March 25-31 this year as against a sale of 150 tickets per day per flight in the

New Delhi, Apr 5: Finance Minister and Leader of Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley was today equated with the mythological Ramayana figure, Hanuman, by a Samajwadi Party member who asked him to restore the Rajya Sabha's legislative powers alleging that these were being curtailed. SP leader Naresh Agarwal also asked the government to bring a legislation to amend the Constitution for the purpose, as the

Mirzapur (UP), Apr 5: Asserting that the split in the Samajwadi Party was now complete, expelled leader Amar Singh today said he will never return to that party. "The split in the Samajwadi Party is now complete...they have no political mechanism to save it, he told PTI. Singh, accompanied by actress and another expelled SP leader Jaya Prada, was here to pay a visit to the Vindhvasini Devi shrine

Ajmer, Apr 5: The spiritual head of Ajmer dargah, who had supported a ban on the sale of beef, was on Wednesday "sacked" by his brother. On Monday, Syed Zainul Abedin had also urged the government to ban the slaughter of all bovine animals to promote communal harmony in the country. However, his support has not gone down well with his brother who on Wednesday "sacked" him for the "blasphemous"

New Delhi, Apr 5: Opposition Congress, SP and BSP today forced a brief adjournment of proceedings in Rajya Sabha over alleged tampering of electronic voting machines (EVM) to favour the ruling BJP. Opposition members trooped into the Well of the House calling the government a "cheat", forcing Deputy Chairman P J Kurien to adjourn the proceedings for about 7 minutes. The Government vehemently

New Delhi, Apr 5: India rejected the comments by US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley suggesting a proactive role for America in India-Pakistan ties, saying the outstanding issues between the sub-continental neighbours should be sorted out bilaterally. "The government's position for bilateral redressal of all India-Pakistan issues in an environment free of terror and violence hasn't changed," the

New Delhi, Apr 5: The Supreme Court is likely to consider on Thursday Karnataka government's plea for recovery of Rs 100 crore fine in the J Jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case. A bench of Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy would decide the review petition filed by the state government against the February 14 judgement that abated the proceedings against the former Tamil Nadu chief minister

Lucknow, Apr 5: As promised in BJP's election manifesto, the Yogi Adityanath government, in its first cabinet meeting on Tuesday, waived crop loans of around 86 lakh small and marginal farmers of Uttar Pradesh, incurring a total cost of over Rs 36,000 crore. In a farmer-friendly decision, the Yogi government also decided to set up 5,000 wheat purchasing centres across the state. To avoid middlemen