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Patna, Nov 3: After the death of a cop in Patna, who was suffering from dengue and was denied medical leave, trainee constables opened fire, attacked their seniors and vandalised the police line. Vehicles, including those belonging to officers were damaged and overturned. Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj, donning riot gear, was stopped by his juniors from entering the police lines

New Delhi, Nov 2: Suspected Indian militants shot dead five Bengali-speaking Hindu men in a sensitive border state late on Thursday, police said, as tension grows over a controversial citizenship test to identify illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh. India’s northeastern state of Assam, home to 33 million people, has suffered years of violence as residents, including tribal groups, have

New Delhi, Nov 2: Launching a fresh attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi termed the Rafale deal as a PM Modi-Anil Ambani partnership on Friday. Addressing a press conference, Rahul alleged that Dassault Aviation paid Rs 284 crore to Reliance Defence as the first tranche of 'kickbacks'. He added that the Dassault CEO is lying and by doing that he is

New Delhi, Nov 2: The Centre on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it has made changes in the Hajj policy and allowed disabled persons to also perform the annual pilgrimage. Central government standing counsel Ajay Digpaul told a Bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice I.S. Mehta that only persons with serious illnesses such as cancer or tuberculosis are barred from the pilgrimage

Jammu, Nov 2: A senior BJP leader and his brother were shot dead by militants in the communally-sensitive Kishtwar district Thursday night, prompting the Jammu and Kashmir administration to impose curfew and call out the Army as people staged angry protests and started manhandling senior police personnel, officials said today. BJP state secretary Anil Parihar, 52, and his brother Ajeet, 55, were

New Delhi, Nov 1: Opposition parties would work together to defeat the extremely corrupt BJP, said Congress president Rahul Gandhi on November 1 in the presence of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. The parties would work to ensure an end to the ''attack on democratic institutions'', Mr. Gandhi said after a meeting with Mr. Naidu, who is trying

Kolkata, Nov 1: More than 100 passengers were stranded at Kolkata airport early on Thursday after a water tanker hit a Qatar Airways aircraft, which was preparing to take off for Doha. Around 2.30am, when passengers were boarding the plane, a water tanker hit the belly of the Doha-bound flight, near the landing gear, an official of Airports Authority of India (AAI) said. The plane was immediately

Thiruvantahpuaram, Nov 1: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Wednesday wanted to know why BJP had not built a bigger statue for Mahatma Gandhi while they erected a 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, his disciple. Addressing a function at the district Congress committee office here, the Congress leader said there was no such gigantic statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the country. "The biggest one

Bengaluru, Nov 1: In a first since the reorganization of states in 1956, the government will hold limited Rajyotsava celebrations because of the model code of conduct in seven districts for the November 3 Lok Sabha and assembly byelections. Rajyotsava awards — a major feature of the state formation day in which achievers from many spectrums are feted — will be announced after the first week of

New Delhi, Oct 31: India improved its ranking on the World Bank's 'ease of doing business' report for the second straight year, jumping 23 places to the 77th position on the back of reforms related to insolvency, taxation and other areas. India was ranked 100th in the World Bank's Doing Business report last year. The ranking comes as a shot in the arm for the Narendra Modi government which faces