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Noida, Dec 27: A Hindu religious event scheduled to be held on government land in Greater Noida was cancelled after authorities found it did not have requisite permission, officials said, days after the Noida Police asked private companies in sector 58 to stop their Muslim employees from offering namaaz at a park here. A nine-day Bhagwat Katha, the Hindu religious programme, was scheduled to begin

Noida, Dec 27: A Hindu religious event scheduled to be held on government land in Greater Noida was cancelled after authorities found it did not have requisite permission, officials said, days after the Noida Police asked private companies in sector 58 to stop their Muslim employees from offering namaaz at a park here. A nine-day Bhagwat Katha, the Hindu religious programme, was scheduled to begin

Madurai, Dec 26: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has said it was "very difficult" to predict the country's next Prime Minister in view of the current political situation. Noting that he was "not focussed" on politics, the 53-year-old yoga guru said he would not support or oppose anyone in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Talking to reporters at the airport here Tuesday, Ramdev said, "We can't say who will

New Delhi, Dec 26: A country-made rocket launcher, 12 pistols, 100 alarm clocks, 100 mobile phones, 135 SIM cards and laptops were among the other things recovered by the National Investigation Agency after busting an ISIS-inspired terror module on Wednesday. Inspector General of Police (NIA) Alok Mittal said the module was planning attacks on important political and security offices in Delhi. The

Hyderabad, Dec 26: AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh Government over a Noida police order against the offering of Friday prayers at a local park, saying it was "showering petals on Kanwariyas" (devotees of Lord Shiva) but was issuing notice to Muslim faithful who want to offer prayers in public places. The police in Noida had recently sent notices to 23 private

Washington, Dec 26: Three Indian teenaged siblings were among four people killed in a fire at a house in the US state of Tennessee, just two days before Christmas, according to media reports. The fire killed a woman and three Indian teens from Telangana who were staying with her family through the holidays in a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee, the USA Today reported. "Kari Coudriet - of Collierville

New Delhi, Dec 26: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday made a fervent appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to save 15 people trapped in a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya since December 13, alleging the government was not organising high-pressure pumps for the rescue operation. He accused Modi of instead posing for cameras and strutting on the Bogibeel bridge on the mighty Brahmaputra river

Bahraich, Dec 26: Ace golfer Jyoti Randhawa was arrested on Wednesday on charges of poaching in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve protected area in Uttar Pradesh, an official said. A fire arm was seized from Randhawa, whose full name is Jyotinder Singh Randhawa, field officer Ramesh Pandey said. A vehicle bearing a Haryana registration number and other equipment were also recovered from him. Another person

New Delhi, Dec 26: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Wednesday said it is recalling 5,900 units of its light commercial vehicle Super Carry to replace the faulty fuel filter. The company will inspect a possible defect in fuel filter of 5,900 Super Carry vehicles manufactured between April 26, 2018, and August 1, 2018, MSI said in a regulatory filing. The recall also includes

Noida,Dec 26: A day after a notice by the Noida police triggered furore in the city’s industrial hub, the district administration and the police on Tuesday said private companies would not be held liable for Friday prayers by employees in public places. They also said the notice, asking companies not to allow their employees to offer prayers in parks, was not religion-specific as was being made