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SC dismisses plea questioning Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship

New Delhi, May 9: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Centre and the Election Commission to debar Congress President Rahul Gandhi from contesting Lok Sabha elections till the issue of his citizenship is decided.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi rejected the contention of the petitioners, who said that...

Rajiv Gandhi died due to their hatred: Ahmed Patel hits out at BJP

New Delhi, May 9: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) for "abusing" former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and said Gandhi died due to the "hatred" of BJP-backed VP Singh government in 1991.

The statement comes in the backdrop of recent comments made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the late prime minister....

Gandhi family used INS Viraat as ‘personal taxi’: PM Modi

New Delhi, May 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the Gandhi family of using warship INS Viraat as its “personal taxi” for a holiday when Rajiv Gandhi was at the helm, launching a fresh attack on the late Congress leader days after throwing the “Bhrashtachari No. 1” barb at him.

Addressing his first poll rally...

'Congress not campaigning where they have fight with BJP'

New Delhi, May 8: Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are not going to places like Rajasthan and MP where their party is in a direct fight with the BJP, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal claimed on Wednesday.

He also said Priyanka Gandhi, the Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh (East), will be "wasting"...

Indian doc gets huge divorce bill as he accuses judge of spreading her legs

Singapore, May 8: The ex-wife of an Indian-origin neurologist in Singapore has been granted Singapore dollars 25 million in assets, child support and spousal support by a British Columbia court, in one of the biggest divorce payouts abroad.

Gobinathan Devathasan, 69, whose behaviour was described as "reprehensible" during the litigation, was ordered on April 29 to pay his ex-wife...

‘Chowkidar chor hai’ remark: Rahul Gandhi tenders unconditional apology to Supreme Court

New Delhi, May 8: Congress president Rahul Gandhi tendered an unconditional apology in the Supreme Court for wrongfully attributing to the apex court the ‘chowkidar chor hai’ remark in the Rafale verdict.

Gandhi uses the remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attack him on the Rafale issue.

In a fresh three-page affidavit, the Congress...

CJI sexual harassment case: 55 detained outside SC for holding protest

New Delhi, May 8: Fifty-five protesters, mostly women lawyers and activists, were detained outside the Supreme Court here on Tuesday while they were agitating against the procedure adopted to deal with a sexual harassment case against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

Justice Gogoi on Monday got a clean chit from the apex court’s In-House Inquiry Committee which “has...

Sri Lanka still faces threat of IS terror attacks, says PM Ranil Wickremesinghe

Colombo, May 8: Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said that authorities have arrested or killed all the terrorists responsible for the deadly Easter blasts, but warned that the country still faces the threat of IS terror attacks. Speaking in Parliament during a debate on the current security situation in the country, Wickremesinghe said all those directly linked...

Modi should get 'tight slap' of democracy, Mamata Banerjee says

Ranibandh/Raghunathpur, May 8: "Narendra Modi should get a tight slap of democracy," a furious TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday, hitting back at the prime minister for alleging repeatedly that her government is run by extortionist syndicates.

She also questioned the BJP's nationalistic and patriotic claims, saying it was an "RSS man" who killed Mahatma Gandhi....

9 killed in Pak suicide blast outside shrine in Lahore

Lahore, May 8: At least nine persons, including five police personnel, were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a major Sufi shrine in Pakistan's Lahore on Wednesday as the country marks the fasting month of Ramzan, officials said.

The blast took place around 8:45 am (local time) outside Gate number 2 of the Data Darbar shrine,...