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New Delhi, Dec 6: The Taj Mahal is the second best UNESCO world heritage site in the world, according to a new survey. With over 8 million visitors per year, the monument built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, is rated after Cambodia's Angkor Wat. Conducted by online travel portal TripAdvisor, the survey lists the UNESCO Cultural and Natural heritage

New Delhi, Dec 6: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Bombay High Court to conduct a trial and examination of the witnesses in the rape case against former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal. The apex court has also asked the state high court to decide on Tarun Tejpal's plea seeking discharge. Earlier on September 28, a Goa court charged Tejpal with rape, sexual harassment and outraging

Ahmedabad, Dec 6: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress party, comparing it with Mughal Raj and calling Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as “Aurangzeb Raj,” the Congress vice-president on Tuesday hit out at Mr. Modi, saying he devotes 60% of his speeches to the Congress while campaigning in Gujarat. “Yesterday, I saw Prime Minister Modiji’s election rally speech. From what I saw

Lucknow, Dec 6: The hearing of the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid tittle suits may have begun in the Supreme Court, raising hopes of an early settlement of the vexed issue but the progress in the mosque demolition case remains tardy. A judicial verdict seems a long way off even 25 years after the disputed structure was razed by thousands of karsevaks on December 6, 1992, in Ayodhya. Currently, the

New Delhi, Dec 5: As many as 39 people have perished and 167 fishermen were still missing after cyclone Ockhi hit Tamil Nadu and Kerala coasts while 809 others were swept away to Maharashtra, the Union Home Ministry said today. Joint Secretary in the ministry Sanjeev Kumar Jindal also said the cyclone is slowing down and would have no impact in Gujarat, where the first of the two-phased assembly

Ayodhya, Dec 5: The key litigants in the 25-year-old Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute will not be part of the final proceedings in the Supreme Court. The reached the local court in 1949 when Mahant Ramchandradas Paramhans approached it for allowing 'darshan and pujan' (worshipping and paying obeisance) to Ram Lalla. In the same city, Hashim Ansari also approached the court for removing Lord

Mumbai, Dec 5: Mumbai braced for Cyclone Ockhi, with areas near the metropolis witnessing a spell of hailstorm, while schools and colleges in the city and adjoining districts have been closed on Tuesday as a precautionary measure. Some parts of the Munbai-Pune Expressway experienced a hailstorm early on Tuesday, police said. The weather department has forecast intermittent rains in Mumbai and

New Delhi, Dec 5: A Patiala House Court in Delhi on Tuesday said it will pronounce the verdict in the 2G spectrum scam cases, involving former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others as accused, on December 21. Special Judge OP Saini has been exclusively dealing with the cases – two filed by the CBI and the third by the Enforcement Directorate – arising out of the 2G spectrum scam

New Delhi, Dec 5: The Gujarat elections could be a dead heat between BJP and Congress with the former just scraping through to a win, according to an opinion poll released on Monday. The poll predicted that both parties would get 43% of the votes but BJP could win between 91 and 99 seats in the 182-member assembly while Congress would have to settle for between 78 and 86 seats. The latest

Bhopal, Dec 5: Madhya Pradesh may soon become the first state in the country where raping a girl aged 12 years or less could invite death penalty, with the state Assembly on Monday passing a bill to this effect. The landmark legislation, passed unanimously by the House, also provides for tougher punishment for stalking a woman and some other offences against them. The Penal Law (Madhya Pradesh