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Rae Bareli, May 2: Far from the rough and tumble of hectic electioneering, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday met snake charmers in Raebareli constituency of Uttar Pradesh and boldly held a reptile, saying "it's fine". Photojournalists covering Vadra's election campaign caught the rare sight on camera as she halted at Kuchariya village in an obscure nook on her way to Belavela

New Delhi, May 2: Girls outshone boys in the CBSE Class 12 examinations announced on Thursday, with toppers Hansika Shukla from Ghaziabad and Karishma Arora from Muzaffarnagar scoring 499 out of 500 marks. Rishikesh's Gaurangi Chawala, Raebareli's Aishwarya and Bhavya from Jind bagged the second rank, scoring 498 out of 500 marks. Neeraj Jindal and Mehak Talwar from Delhi are among 18 students to

Ahmedabad, May 2: A special CBI court in Ahmedabad Thursday discharged former police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. Vanzara and Amin had filed discharge applications in the court after the Gujarat government refused to grant sanctions to the CBI to prosecute the two former police officers. Special CBI court judge J K Pandya said that since the

May 2: CBSE Class 12 result 2019: CBSE 12th result 2019 has been declared by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). CBSE released Class 12 result 2019 on its official website cbse.nic.in or cbseresults.nic.in. 83.4 per cent students passed CBSE 12th exams this year. In a surprise move, CBSE will soon declare toppers' list and CBSE Class 12 result 2019 at a press conference scheduled to be

Bhubaneshwar/New Delhi, May 2: India will use boats, buses and trains to evacuate 800,000 people along its east coast on Thursday ahead of an approaching cyclone that is forecast to make landfall within 24 hours, officials said. Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani was centred in the west of the Bay of Bengal, the India Meteorological Office said. The south coast of Odisha state was also expected to get

New Delhi, May 1: Accusing the BJP of indulging in horse trading, AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday alleged that seven of his party MLAs in the national capital have been offered ₹10 crore each to join the saffron party. The BJP however rubbished the claim terming it "bizarre allegation" and a "desperate bid to gain attention". Sisodia alleged the BJP had

New Delhi, May 1: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi got former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's nomination "cancelled" as he was "afraid" to contest against him from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. Yadav's nomination as the Samajwadi Party candidate from the seat was rejected Wednesday over "discrepancies" in the two sets of nomination papers submitted by him

Mumbai, May 1: Citing a ban on the burqa in Sri Lanka after the deadly Easter Sunday attacks, Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamna' on Wednesday demanded the imposition of a similar ban in India. The Sena's proposal, however, was rejected by another NDA ally, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India, who said that burqa should not be banned as it forms part of the country's

May 1: Naxals on Wednesday blasted a police vehicle in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, said police. An IED blast was executed by naxals on a police vehicle carrying 16 security personnel. 15 security personnel have been confirmed dead in the IED blast by Naxals, news agency reported citing official sources. The death toll is likely to rise. "We suspect that 15 police jawaans and a driver have

New Delhi, May 1: An Indian national and three persons of Indian-origin have been killed in Cincinnati in the US and the matter is being investigated by police there, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Tuesday. However, Swaraj ruled out the possibility of a hate crime. "Indian Ambassador in United States @IndianEmbassyUS has informed me about the killing of four persons in Cincinnati on