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New Delhi, Mar 27: AAP MLA Ved Prakash Satish resigned from the party to join the BJP today, saying the Aam Aadmi Party has "failed" to deliver on the promises it had made in the run up to the 2015 assembly elections. The Bawana MLA said he would also resign from the assembly and other government-run bodies. "I am going to give my resignation letter to the Assembly Speaker," he said. The move is

Bhopal, Mar 27: In yet another instance of healthcare horror in Madhya Pradesh, dogs have eaten up the body of a 70-year-old woman who went missing from a government hospital in Rajgarh on March 22. This is the fifth such incident in the state in less than 10 months. Some sanitation workers chanced upon the grisly remains when they went looking for the source of the stench that had been troubling

New Delhi, Mar 27: Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory by the government for extending benefits of its welfare schemes, the Supreme Court said today. The government, however, cannot be stopped from using Aadhaar in other schemes like opening of bank accounts, the court said. A seven-judge bench has to be set up to hear petitions challenging Aadhaar but right now it is not possible, says said the

Lucknow/New Delhi, Mar 27: Meat sellers across Uttar Pradesh would go on an indefinite strike from today against the crackdown on illegal and mechanised slaughterhouses. Fish vendors were also claimed to have resolved to join the stir which has seen non-vegetarian delicacies go off the menu in several parts of the state. "We have decided to intensify our strike from tomorrow. All shops will remain

New Delhi, Mar 26: Terrorism has thrown a big challenge to humanity and people should draw inspiration from ancient scriptures to take on the menace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. "Terrorism has gripped the entire world. It has thrown a challenge to humanity. If we try to analyse incidents mentioned in ancient scriptures and set those in the present context, I would say that Jatayu was

Srinagar, Mar 26: Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants were today killed when they tried to ambush a police party that included three officers of the rank of superintendent of police in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. One of the slain militants has been identified as Shahbaz Safi Wani alias Rayees Kachru, who was active in the area since June, 2016. Wani was involved in an attack on a security picket

Gorakhpur, Mar 26: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Aditya Nath Yogi today asked all BJP office bearers and public representatives not to undertake any contractual work and instead monitor them for effective execution. He said BJP's unprecedented win the recent Assembly elections had only increased the responsibilities of the party and its workers. "No office bearer of the party or any public

Chennai, Mar 26: A businessman from Tiruchengode at Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu got into legal trouble after depositing Rs 246 crore cash at an Indian Overseas Bank branch, said reports. IT officials were quoted as saying that the man (whose name has not been revealed) was being tracked for 15 days after he deposited the case in demonetised currency notes. Though he tried to hide, after a

Gorakhpur, Mar 26: Unable to repay his loan, a man today tried to immolate himself in Gorakhnath temple, where Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was attending an event. Rajkumar Bharti, a resident of Rajpur Devri in Ballia district, poured petrol on himself and tried to set himself afire during the CM's programme, police said. He was, however, caught by the people present at the site

New delhi, Mar 26: Asking the people to take the fight against black money and graft to the "next level", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged them to use less cash in their daily lives and continue to support the movement towards digital payments started after the note ban. In his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' programme, he also spoke of building a 'New India', which he said can be achieved when 125