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Shillong, Feb 21: Congress President Rahul Gandhi here on Tuesday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling him an instrument of corruption. The Congress President while addressing the media during a roadshow here said, "Modi is not against corruption, he is an instrument of corruption." Rahul Gandhi's statement comes as the country is mired in several scams - Punjab National Bank scam, in

Ahmedabad, Feb 21: A special CBI court on Wednesday discharged former Gujarat DGP PP Pandey in the case of alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others in 2004. Special CBI court judge JK Pandya allowed Pandey’s discharge application on the ground that there was no evidence against him related to the kidnapping and murder of Ishrat Jahan and three others. The CBI, which investigated the

Ayodhaya, Feb 21: Union minister Manoj Sinha today said the Railways Ministry would submit a proposal to the Union Cabinet to re-construct the Ayodhya railway station as a replica of the Ram temple. The minister of state for railways made the announcement after laying the foundation stone of projects worth more than Rs 200 crore, including Rs 80 crore for the reconstruction of the railway station

Islamabad, Feb 21: Imran dated Bushra when I was his wife, said Reham Khan, the second wife of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former Pakistan cricketer. Imran Khan, 65, tied the knot with Bushra Maneka in a private ceremony in Lahore on Sunday. In an interview with The Times, Reham alleged that her ex-husband knew Bushra for the last three years and continued to see her even

A Class 7 student from a reputed school in Haryana’s Gurugram has threatened to rape his class teacher and her daughter, who studies with him in the same class. Ever since the boy sent the threat on social media, both the teacher and her daughter are too traumatised. Although the teacher, reluctantly, has returned to her school routine, the daughter is still too scared to come back. Another

A Class 7 student from a reputed school in Haryana’s Gurugram has threatened to rape his class teacher and her daughter, who studies with him in the same class. Ever since the boy sent the threat on social media, both the teacher and her daughter are too traumatised. Although the teacher, reluctantly, has returned to her school routine, the daughter is still too scared to come back. Another

New Delhi, Feb 21: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Wednesday, arrested a General Manager rank officer of state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) in connection with the Rs 11,400 cr scam. The CBI had earlier arrested Vipul Ambani and four other senior executives of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi companies, on Tuesday, in the alleged PNB fraud case that continued for six years. Modi

Dhaka, Feb 21: Bangladesh has said it will sell 25 percent stakes in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) to a Chinese consortium, rejecting a rival bid from India's National Stock Exchange, Nasdaq of the US and others. Bangladesh's premier bourse directors had decided to accept the Chinese consortium's proposal on February 10 as it looked acceptable to them considering financial and technological

Rameswaram (TN), Feb 21: Hours before launching his political party, veteran actor Kamal Haasan today visited the residence of former President APJ Abdul Kalam here, and interacted with his family members. Haasan visited Kalam House at Rameswaram in the district, and was warmly received by the family members of the former President. The actor briefly interacted with Kalam's non-agenarian brother

Balrampur, Feb 20: Angry over the birth of a girl, a man and his family members allegedly killed his one-month-old daughter and later beat up his wife for protesting here, police said today. Additional Superintendent of Police Shailendra Kumar Singh said the incident took place yesterday. Rajesh Chauhan had married Sangita almost three years ago. A month back they had a daughter, but Rajesh and