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Palghar, Jun 12: India is set to miss a December deadline to acquire land for a Japan-backed $17 billion bullet train project following protests by fruit growers, government officials said, likely delaying one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s most ambitious projects. PM Modi`s office is now monitoring the project week-to-week, as Indian officials seek to reassure Tokyo that the hurdles can be

New Delhi, Jun 11: The security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be strengthened in the wake of reports of an assassination plot against him by the Maoists, the Home Ministry said on Monday. Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday held a high-level meeting in which National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and Director Intelligence Bureau Rajiv Jain were present to

Ahmedabad, Jun 11: A lesbian couple allegedly committed suicide after throwing a three-year-old child of one of them in the Sabarmati river here today, the police said. The women also scribbled a suicide note along the riverfront's concrete walkway near Ellisbridge where they jumped into the water body, an official at the Sabarmati Riverfront (West) police station said. They purportedly mentioned

Gorakhpur, Jun 11: A day after his brother was shot at by unidentified assailants, Dr Kafeel Khan, who was allegedly made scapegoat by Yogi Adiyanath led Uttar Pradesh government in the case of death of dozens of children at BRD Medical Hospital, today said he was not going to bend. His brother, Kashif Jameel, was operated on successfully and the bullets removed, Khan said. "Allah rahem kare. M

Vienna, Jun 11: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has vowed a crackdown on what he termed as “radical Islam” and announced that his government would shut down seven mosques and could expel dozens of foreign-funded imams from the country. According to reports, at least one of the mosques the government will close is said to be linked to Turkish nationalists, and the six others are run by a group

Indore, Jun 11: Sunny Leone has found a supporter in Patidar quota leader Hardik Patel who today said she deserved respect, irrespective of her past, like any other Bollywoodactress. "Why can't we view Sunny Leone as an actress on screen independent of her old image? What's the problem if we look at her the way we look at actresses Nargis, Sridevi, or Madhuri Dixit. If our thinking is such that we

Indore, Jun 11: Sunny Leone has found a supporter in Patidar quota leader Hardik Patel who today said she deserved respect, irrespective of her past, like any other Bollywoodactress. "Why can't we view Sunny Leone as an actress on screen independent of her old image? What's the problem if we look at her the way we look at actresses Nargis, Sridevi, or Madhuri Dixit. If our thinking is such that we

Mumbai, Jun 11: The Shiv Sena on Monday dubbed as "laughable" the alleged Maoist letter suggesting a Maoist plot to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the conspiracy does not seem legitimate and appears like the story of a horror film. In remarks laced with sarcasm, it said high-profile leaders ought to be provided elaborate security cover irrespective of lakhs of people dying in attacks

New Delhi, Jun 11: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was today admitted to New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for what doctors described as a routine check-up and investigations. He was hospitalised on the advice of doctors. AT AIIMS, he will be under the supervision of Dr Randeep Guleria, a pulmonologist and currently director at AIIMS. Dr Guleria has served as

Guwahati, Jun 11: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale today rocked Assam, according to the Regional Seismological Centre. There was no immediate report of any damage or casualty, officials said. According to a report of the Regional Seismological Centre at Shillong, the epicentre of the medium intensity earthquake, was at a place 22 kilometre from Dhing in Nagaon district. The