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New Delhi, Mar 26: The detention of two clerics from Delhi's famous Nizamuddin Dargah in Pakistan was likely to have been the result of a botched ISI operation as there was nothing remotely suspicious or out of place in their visit to Lahore. The account now available suggests that the uncle-nephew duo of Asif Nizami and Nizam Nizami were detained by Pakistan intelligence operatives earlier this

New Delhi, Mar 26: Ahead of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s proposed visit to Ayodhya, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has upped the ante on Hindtuva, with its international working president Pravin Togadia reiterating his demand for a law to enable the construction of the Ram temple. Adityanath is set to visit Ayodhya on Monday, his first visit since taking charge of Uttar Pradesh, and after the

Uttar Pradesh, Mar 25: In his first public speech after taking charge as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath said that his government will work for the development of all and there won't be any discrimination on the base of caste, religion. He was addressing the public meeting in his home constituency from where he was elected to Lok Sabha for five times. "Development of all

New Delhi, Mar 25: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders were today put on trial in a criminal defamation case filed by Union Minister Arun Jaitley in the DDCA controversy, amid chaotic scenes in a court room here. Advocates from both the sides indulged in a heated argument over non-appearance of Jaitley after Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Sumit Dass started the

New Delhi, Mar 25: Himanshu Kumar, a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer, was suspended today for "indiscipline". Earlier this week, Kumar alleged on Twitter that the new Adityanath administration is targeting cops from the Yadav community. Kumar, a 2010-batch Indian Police Service officer attached with the Director General of Police's (DGP) office in Lucknow, said in the tweet that those police

Washington, Mar 25: India and the US have pledged to deepen defence partnership and decided to collaborate on a wide range of regional issues including maritime security and counter-terrorism. This was decided during National Security Advisor Ajit K Doval's meetings here with US Defence Secretary General (rtd) James Mattis, Secretary of Homeland Security General (rtd) John Kelly and National

New Delhi, Mar 25: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission on a PIL seeking an investigation into charges of tampering of electronic voting machines in the just-concluded Assembly polls. A three-judge bench presided by Chief Justice J S Khehar sought a response from the poll panel on the petition filed by Advocate M L Sharma in his personal capacity. Register FIR The

New Delhi, Mar 25: Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad had to travel by train on Friday after domestic airlines unitedly “banned” him from flying on their aircraft for assaulting an Air India officer. He boarded August Kranti Express for Mumbai from Hazrat Nizamuddin station, said a senior Railway Ministry official. The Sena MP has booked three berths — 21, 22 and 23 — in coach number A-1 of AC II tier

Lucknow, Mar 24: Serving mutton and chicken to those used to buffalo meat in their daily diet could well mean a tasty delight, but not in the case of carnivorous species in Lucknow zoo and the lion safari in Etawah. With the crackdown on slaughterhouses by the state government, authorities have been forced to switch over to mutton and chicken which is not going down well with the big cats and is

Washington, Mar 24: A bill seeking to prevent US companies from outsourcing jobs overseas by "abusing" H1-B programme has been re-introduced in the House of Representatives and may hit Indian IT firms and professionals. Democratic Congressman Derek Kilmer and his Republican colleague Doug Collins introduced the bill aimed at stopping employers, that are awarded temporary visas through the H-1B