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Guwahati, Sept 6: The Assam unit of Rashtriya Bajrang Dal has called a 12-hour state-wide shutdown on Friday to press its demand for scrapping final NRC list published on August 31, its president Dinesh Kalita said. The shutdown will begin at 5 am, Kalita had said. The Rashtirya Bajrang Dal is also demanding the preparation of a fresh citizens register with 1951 as the cut-off year instead of

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday declined a sprawling sofa kept especially for him at a photo session here and instead chose to sit on a chair along with others. In a video posted by Railways Minister Piyush Goyal, Modi was being welcomed by officials at the photo session. The Prime Minister was seen opting for the chair over the sofa. Following this, the officials replaced the

Lucknow, Sept 5: A 25-year-old man was beaten to death by a hotel owner and its waiters following a dispute over a bill of ₹180 in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi district, police said on Thursday. Suraj Singh and Vishal Dubey were beaten up with sticks and rods on Wednesday after they got into an argument with Gurmail Singh over their dinner bill, Superintendent of Police (SP) Ram Badan Singh said

New Delhi, Sept 5: A Delhi court Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in Aircel Maxis cases filed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate. Special Judge O P Saini granted relief to the Chidambarams and directed them to join the probe in the cases. "In event of arrest, they will be released on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and one surety of

New Delhi, Sept 5: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday assured the crisis-hit automobile industry of all possible support from the government, including taking up the demand of GST reduction with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Reiterating that the government would help the industry, the road transport and highways minister also said his ministry would give out 68 road projects worth up

Vladivostok, Sept 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India will walk shoulder-to-shoulder with Russia in its development of the Far East and announced a $1 billion line of credit for the development of the resource-rich region. Addressing the plenary session of the 5th Eastern Economic Forum here, Prime Minister Modi said the friendship between India and Russia was not restricted to

Vladivostok, Sept 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India will walk shoulder-to-shoulder with Russia in its development of the Far East and announced a $1 billion line of credit for the development of the resource-rich region. Addressing the plenary session of the 5th Eastern Economic Forum here, Prime Minister Modi said the friendship between India and Russia was not restricted to

New Delhi, Sept 5: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to intervene against a Delhi High Court order to protect former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram from arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing money laundering charges against him in the INX Media case. In a short order, a Bench of Justices R. Banumathi and A.S. Bopanna said anticipatory bail could not be expected as a matter

Sept 5: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Iltija Javed, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, to meet her mother who is under detention following the restrictions imposed in the region. Ms. Javed, who moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday, submitted that she is concerned about her mother’s health as she has not met her in a month. Her advocate Aakarsh Kamra said

Batala, Sept 5: Sahib Singh of Jangla village who suffered injuries in the Batala firecracker factory blast in Punjab's Gurdaspur district said he was fortunate enough to survive the tragedy, which claimed 23 lives and left 27 injured on Wednesday evening. "It (blast) was so powerful that I fell unconscious for a long time," said Singh, who had gone to the factory to buy firecrackers for the 532nd