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Ambala, Sep 3: A Dera Sacha Sauda follower, arrested in connection with the violence in Panchkula on August 25, allegedly hung himself in the toilet of the Ambala Central Jail, the police said. The deceased was identified as Ravinder (28), a resident of Sarsawa in Uttar Pradesh. The Dera follower was arrested on August 25 in Panchkula where violence broke out after the conviction of the sect's

Karwar, Sept 3: Anant Kumar Hegde, a hardline Hindutva leader and Member of Parliament from Uttara Kannada constituency in coastal Karnataka was on Sunday inducted as a Minister of State along with eight other faces by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Though Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel were among the aspirants from Karnataka, the PM chose the

Karwar, Sept 3: Anant Kumar Hegde, a hardline Hindutva leader and Member of Parliament from Uttara Kannada constituency in coastal Karnataka was on Sunday inducted as a Minister of State along with eight other faces by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Though Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel were among the aspirants from Karnataka, the PM chose the

New Delhi, Sep 3: Nirmala Sitharaman emerged as the biggest gainer of the cabinet reshuffle today as Prime Minister Modi gave her the heavyweight Defence portfolio, while Piyush Goyal replaced Suresh Prabhu in the Railway Ministry in a major rejig, which saw nine new faces being inducted. Sitharaman became the first woman Defence Minister of the country since Indira Gandhi held the charge

Lucknow, Sept 2: The stringent Gangsters Act would be invoked against those who sacrifice cow, buffalo, camel, or ox as 'Qurbani' during Bakr Id in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district on Saturday. "I have passed the order that in the time of Eid al-Adha (Bakrid), from Septemeber 2 to Septemebr 4, no cow, buffalo, ox and camel will be sacrificed. If it`s done, then under Gangster Act, that particular

New Delhi, Sept 2: A cloud of uncertainty hangs over the participation of the AIADMK and JD(U) in the Union Cabinet as Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertakes its reshuffle tomorrow. Internal troubles in the Tamil Nadu party, which has been hit by a rebellion led by T T V Dhinakaran, can prove to be a stumbling block in its joining the government as it works to defuse the crisis. JD(U) sources

Lucknow, Sept 2: Dr Kafeel Khan, a doctor at Gorakhpur’s BRD College, was arrested on Saturday by a team of Uttar Pradesh’s Special Task Force (STF) in connection with the death of 30 children at the state-run healthcare facility within 24 hours, allegedly due to shortage of oxygen. Khan is among seven people named in the police case over the deaths which had triggered stinging criticism of the

New Delhi, Sept 2: One terrorist has been killed in an encounter with security forces in Tantrypora area of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, news agency ANI reported. A counter-operation is currently underway in the area. According to the reports, the slain militant has been identified as Ishfaq Paddar, a resident of Machiwa. Earlier on Saturday, Border Security Force (BSF)

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 1: Days after asking his fans to be ready to march to Fort St George, where the TN Assembly stands, Kamal Haasan met Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. Speaking to reporters after meeting the veteran communist leader, the actor said "Left leaders are my heroes, I am certainly not saffron.'' "My colour is obviously seen over the forty years I have

Bengaluru, Sept 1: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday inducted three new faces into his council of ministers to fill the vacant slots months ahead of the Assembly polls in Karnataka. At a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan, Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala administered the oath of office and secrecy to H M Revanna, R B Thimmapur and Dr M C Mohan Kumari (Geetha Mahadeva Prasad). Revanna and Thimmapur