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Ahmedabad, Apr 20: A week after hardline Hindutva leader Swami Aseemanand was acquitted by an NIA court in the Makkah Masjid terror attack case, the Gujarat High Court today acquitted former state BJP minister Mayaben Kodnani in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case. The Naroda Patiya massacre was one of the worst incidents during the Gujarat genocide of 2002. At least 97 innocent Muslims were

New Delhi, Apr 20: Opposition parties led by the Congress on Friday met Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and handed over a notice for the impeachment of Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra. According to sources, over 60 Rajya Sabha MPs from seven political parties submitted the notice for the impeachment against the CJI. The MPs who signed the notice belong to the

London, Apr 20: Some groups protesting against atrocities in India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit here turned violent after a tricolour was torn down from one of the official flagpoles set up for all 53 Commonwealth countries. Modi, who is in the UK for bilateral talks and the multilateral Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), was greeted by protesters as he met his

London, Apr 20: Some groups protesting against atrocities in India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit here turned violent after a tricolour was torn down from one of the official flagpoles set up for all 53 Commonwealth countries. Modi, who is in the UK for bilateral talks and the multilateral Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), was greeted by protesters as he met his

Mbabane, Apr 20: Swaziland's King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch, said on Thursday he was officially renaming the country as the Kingdom of eSwatini. He announced the change to eSwatini, meaning "land of the Swazis", in the local Swati language at Golden Jubilee celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Swazi independence and of his 50th birthday. The king has referred to the "Kingdom of

Apr 20: IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday called on India's leader to focus more on women in the wake of the "revolting" rape and murder of two young girls. While she praised the nation's economic performance, "what has happened is just revolting," Lagarde said when asked about the incidents in the past week involving a seven- and an eight-year-old girl. "I would hope that the Indian

Kafeel Khan, who is an accused in the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College/Hospital tragedy case, said on Thursday that he is being wrongly framed by the administration in the case. Khan, who was a doctor at the BRD hospital, when over 30 children died in August allegedly due to disruption in oxygen supply, was brought to a district hospital for medical checkup earlier today after his wife

Lucknow, Apr 19: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict turning down the pleas to probe the death of special CBI judge B H Loya and mounted attack on Congress President Rahul Gandhi. "Rahul does not want that any person other than someone from the Gandhi family should run the country. The Congress stands exposed," he tweeted. Referring to

Hyderabad, Apr 19: AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has sought a re-trial in the Mecca Masjid blast case or an appeal against the verdict which set free all the five accused. Addressing a public meeting here last evening, the Hyderabad MP said he would meet Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana E S L Narasimhan and place before him the facts of the case. "Re-investigation can be taken up under the

Apr 19: Australia Test captain Tim Paine pledged Thursday to embark on a new era of "respectful" cricket and rebuild public trust after the ball-tampering scandal that rocked the sport. The newly appointed leader said the fallout from the tampering episode was greater than players had anticipated and promised a different style of cricket in the future. "Going forward we have a clean slate. We can