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New Delhi, Dec 5: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has said a university should come up at the site of the disputed Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. He emphasised that ‘Ram Rajya’ can be ushered through education and not by constructing a grand temple. “My stand is that with a consensus from both sides (Hindus and Muslims), let’s build a good university at

New Delhi, Dec 5: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi showed his need to prove his superiority by questioning Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and asserting that Kartarpur went to Pakistan due to the lack of wisdom of the leaders of that time. His attack on Modi came a day after the prime minister alleged that Kartarpur went to Pakistan at the time of independence

Hyderabad, Dec 5: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday ruled out his party joining the TRS government in the event of it returning to power for second term in office. The Hyderabad Lok Sabha member said the TRS would form a government on its own. "No, we will not join the government. I am pretty much sure that the people of Telangana will bless KCR (as caretaker Chief Minister K

London, Dec 5: The husband of a 34-year-old Indian-origin pharmacist found dead in her home in Middlesborough, northern England, earlier this year has been found guilty of her murder on Tuesday. Mitesh Patel, 37, had denied killing his wife Jessica, whose body was found at their home in May. His murder trial at Teesside Crown Court opened last month and on Tuesday a jury found him guilty of

Abu Dhabi, Dec 5: India and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday signed a currency swap agreement to boost investment and enable direct trade without using dollars or other international currencies. The swap is for 200 crore dirhams or Rs. 3,500 crore ($496 million), depending on which central bank requests the amount, an official statement said. "The bilateral currency swap agreement between India

New Delhi, Dec 5: Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Wednesday appealed to various Indian banks to accept his offer to pay back 100 per cent of the principal loan amount he owes to them, days ahead of a UK court’s decision on his plea not to extradite him to India. The 62-year-old former Kingfisher Airline boss, who has been on bail in the UK on an extradition warrant since his arrest in April

New Delhi: Christian Michel James, the alleged middleman in politically-sensitive Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal, was brought to India late on Tuesday night following his extradition by the UAE, the CBI said. He was questioned by the central investigating agency through the night. Michel will be produced in court on Wednesday. Here are key highlights to this big story: • Michel, 57

Paris, Dec 5: In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby, researchers reported Wednesday. The breakthrough operation, performed two years ago in Brazil, shows that such transplants are feasible and could help thousands of women unable to have children due to uterine problems, according to a study published in The Lancet medical

Tehran, Dec 4: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani struck a defiant stance against US sanctions on Tuesday, renewing his threat to cut off international oil sales from the Gulf. "America should know... it is not capable of preventing the export of Iran's oil," Rouhani said at a televised rally in Semnan province. "If it ever tries to do so... no oil will be exported from the Persian Gulf," he added

Ballia, Dec 4: The police inspector who died during the Bulandshahr violence was killed in police firing, BJP MLA Surendra Singh claimed on Tuesday, denying any role of Bajrang Dal members in the death. Terming the incident "unfortunate", the Rohaniya legislator said police did not "murder" him deliberately. Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, who had initially probed the 2015 lynching of Mohammed