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New Delhi, Mar 19: Two Indian clerics, including the head priest of Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, who went missing in Pakistan, are safe and will be back in the city tomorrow, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. "I just spoke to Syed Nazim Ali Nizami in Karachi. He told me that they are safe and will be back in Delhi tomorrow," she said in a tweet. The two clerics - Syed Asif

New Delhi, Mar 19: Children who abuse their parents while staying with them in their house can be evicted from the property, the Delhi High Court has ruled. Justice Manmohan, in his ruling, specified that the house need not be self-acquired or owned by the parents. "As long as the parents have the legal possession of the property, they can evict their abusive adult children," the court said

Gandhinagar, Mar 19: The Muslim women "affected by the triple talaq practice voted for the BJP in good numbers" during the recent Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, claimed Union Minister for Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad today. "In Uttar Pradesh, the women who have been affected due to the practice of triple talaq, voted for the BJP in good numbers. The state has the highest number of

Gurgaon, Mar 18: A Gurgaon court today awarded life sentence to 13 former employees of Maruti-Suzuki India Limited, who it had found guilty of murder, in connection with the violence at the automobile giant's Manesar plant in 2012 in which a senior company officer had died. Additional district and session judge RP Goyal granted life sentence to the 13 men, who had been convicted for murder by it

Dehradun, Mar 18: BJP leader Trivendra Singh Rawat was today sworn in as Uttarakhand Chief Minister. Governor K K Paul administered the oath of office and secrecy to 56-year-old Rawat, a former RSS pracharak, and nine ministers at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and other national and state party leaders. Satpal Maharaj, Harak Singh Rawat, Madan Kaushik

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 18: Former UN diplomat and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has rejected an online petition campaign projecting him as UPA's Prime Ministerial candidate in the run-up to general elections 2019. In his face book post, Tharoor, MP from Thiruvananthapuram constituency, wanted the people behind the campaign to withdraw the same. "I was both surprised and touched by the Change.org

Meerut, Mar 18: Two low intensity blast took place in Agra early on Saturday morning. No injury or loss of life was reported because of the explosions. According to officials both the blasts happened at 6:45 a.m. near Agra Cant railway station. While the first blast took place at the dumping ground near the railway track, the other one happened in a house in the nearby slum. The blasts took place

New Delhi, Mar 18: Vice-chairman of the special investigation team (SIT) on black money, Justice Arijit Pasayat, said on Friday that after demonetisation, the Centre has collected around Rs 6,000 crore as tax on unexplained cash deposits so far, and the amount could go up. Tax authorities sought explanation from individuals, who deposited substantial amount of cash after demonetisation of Rs 500

Lucknow, Mar 17: Suspense remained on BJP's chief ministerial pick in Uttar Pradesh as newly-elected MLAs were all set to meet here tomorrow to elect the leader, with Union Minister Manoj Sinha among the frontrunners. "The new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh along with his Cabinet colleagues would take oath on March 19 at 5.00 PM at Kanshiram Smriti Upvan," Governor Ram Naik said in a statement in

Dehradun, Mar 17: Trivendra Singh Rawat was today unanimously elected the leader of Uttarakhand BJP legislature party, paving the way for the former RSS man's swearing in tomorrow as the new Chief Minister of the state. Announcing this after the legislature party meeting at a hotel here, BJP'scentral observer for the election Narendra Singh Tomar said Rawat's name was proposed by Prakash Pant and