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Mekedatu, Dec 8: Karnataka minister for Water Resources D K Shivakumar today expressed surprise over Tamil Nadu calling for a special Legislature session over Mekedatu drinking water project taken up within the state and said that the riparian State should realise benefits as it was not an irrigation project. Speaking to reporters at the proposed dam site on the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

New Delhi: Days, after a police inspector was killed during the Bulandshahr violence, erupted over alleged cow slaughter, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called the murder an 'accident', adding that whoever responsible for it will be punished. Adityanath also said that the cop's killing was not an incident of 'mob lynching'. The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's statement came reportedly

New Delhi, Dec 8: Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leaders, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the “ruling party [in India] is anti-Muslim.” In an interview with the Washington Post, the Pakistani premier said: “The ruling party [in India] has an anti-Muslim, anti-Pakistan approach.” Khan was answering a question about why his gestures towards India were

Chandigarh, Dec 8: Two years after the surgical strikes carried out by the Army across the Line of Control, Lt Gen (retd) D S Hooda Friday said it was natural to have an initial euphoria over the success but the constant hype around the operation was unwarranted. Gen Hooda was the Northern Army commander when the surgical strikes were carried out on September 29, 2016 across the LoC as a response

Vienna, Dec 8: In an aim to boost global oil markets, member countries of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies on Friday decided to slash crude oil production by 1.2 million barrels per day. The agreement is set to be implemented in January 2019, Xinhua reported. The 15-member group agreed to cut crude oil output by 800,000 barrels per day, while Russia and

Washington, Dec 8: U.S. prosecutors said on Friday President Donald Trump directed his personal lawyer to make illegal hush payments to two women ahead of the 2016 election, and also detailed a previously unknown attempt by a Russian to help the Trump campaign. In court filings, federal prosecutors in New York and those working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller made the case for why Trump's

New Delhi, Dec 8: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday carried out searches against three people linked to Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, in connection with its probe into alleged "commissions received by some suspects in defence deals" and illegal assets stashed abroad, officials said. This is for the first time that Vadra's associates have been linked to alleged

Jaipur, Dec 7: Over 72 per cent of the 4.74 crore registered voters had cast their vote by 5 pm in Rajasthan where elections were held on Friday for 199 of the 200 assembly seats. The exit polls for Rajasthan, which has switched governments every election, show Congress ahead though what people have decided will be revealed only on December 11 when the votes are counted. Two exit polls predict a

The exit polls for Telangana assembly elections are out. There are 119 constituencies in the state. As many as 1,821 candidates including a transgender are in the fray. The Congress has stitched together 'Praja Kutami' (People's Front) along with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) to take on the ruling TRS, which is seeking a second

Ahmednagar, Dec 7: Union Minister for Shipping Nitin Gadkari fainted and collapsed during a function in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, on Friday. The incident occurred when he was standing with other dignitaries for the National Anthem at the convocation function of the Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV) Agricultural University. Gadkari started feeling uneasy, lost his balance and collapsed on the