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New Delhi, Oct 12: Expressing frustration over Supreme Court ban on the sale of firecrackers across Delhi-NCR, yoga guru Baba Ramdev has claimed that one particular community is being targeted. Speaking to a television channel, the Ramdev also asserted that the way Hindu festivals have come under the radar is wrong. He launched an attack on senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for supporting

A hardline Hindutva leader has indirectly advised the Hindu father of Akhila aka Hadiya, who embraced Islam and married a Muslim man in Kerala, to go to jail after murdering her instead of allowing her to lead life with her Muslim husband. “Had I been the father of Akhila (Hadiya), I would have torn her veil, thrown it into fire and separated her head from her body”, wrote C P Sugathan, state

A hardline Hindutva leader has indirectly advised the Hindu father of Akhila aka Hadiya, who embraced Islam and married a Muslim man in Kerala, to go to jail after murdering her instead of allowing her to lead life with her Muslim husband. “Had I been the father of Akhila (Hadiya), I would have torn her veil, thrown it into fire and separated her head from her body”, wrote C P Sugathan, state

New Delhi, Oct 12: A Division Bench, comprising Justices A.K. Mishra and B.K. Narayana, gave the benefit of doubt in favour of the Talwars saying the parents didn't murder their child. The Allahabad High Court on Thursday acquitted dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar and quashed their conviction in the 2008 murder of their teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. A Division Bench

Ahmedabad, Oct 12: A metropolitan court here today adjourned the hearing of the criminal defamation case filed by BJP president Amit Shah’s son Jay against The Wire as the complainant’s advocate was not present in the court. A lawyer for Jay Shah sought time from additional chief metropolitan magistrate S.K. Gadhvi, saying that senior advocate S.V. Raju could not be present in the court as he was

New Delhi, Oct 12: Five years after 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar and domestic help Hemraj were found murdered, Special CBI Judge S Lal held Aarushi’s parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar guilty of murder and conspiracy. Nine years since the 2008 double murder that shook the nation, the Allahabad High Court is likely to pronounce its judgment on the conviction of the Talwars on Thursday. Judge S Lal’s

Mangaluru, Oct 11: the City police have arrested five persons in connection with the murder of Zubair at Mukkachery in Ullal on October 4. The arrested are Suhail alias Abdul Rahman Suhail (23) of Mukkachery, Nijamuddin (23) of Ullal, Mohammed Mustafa (21) of Sankolige, Tajuddin alias Hassan Tajuddin (24) of Dharma Nagara in Ullal, and Asif alias Manda Asif (40) of Mukkachery. The arrested were

Patna, Oct 11: Kashmir erroneously figured as a country in a question for students appearing in an examination conducted under the central government's Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in a Bihar district, an education department official said today. The class 7 students were asked to provide the names of the people residing in four "countries", with Kashmir figuring among the list. The Bihar Education

Washington, Oct 11: India's GDP may slow from 8.6 per cent in 2015 to 7.0 per cent in 2017 because of disruptions by demonetisation and the GST, the World Bank has forecast and warned that subdued private investment due to internal bottlenecks could put downside pressures on the country's potential growth. The International Monetary Fund yesterday also lowered India's growth projection to 6.7 per

Mumbai, Oct 11: What comes as another feather in his cap, veteran actor Anupam Kher has been appointed the new chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), located in Pune. He has replaced former television actor Gajendra Chauhan, whose stint at the FTII was riddled with controversies. Kher is a well-known name in the film industry, and has done over 500 films, including theatre