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Chennai, Dec 1: Heavy rainfalls and winds battered Kanyakumari and have killed four people on Thursday. The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority has asked civic bodies to be ready for rescue operations. Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy, who reviewed the preparations taken up in the wake of the cyclone alert at the state secretariat, dispatched senior IAS officials and state ministers to

Gosaba, Nov 30: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused the BJP of trying to destabilise the state administration and asked people to be alert against provocation that might foment communal problem in the state. Addressing a gathering after her brief meeting with the South 24 Parganas district administration here, Banerjee also asked police officials to remain alert on the issue.

New Delhi, Nov 30: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said on Thursday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not a real Hindu, a day later Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) questioned Rahul Gandhi's faith following his visit to Somnath Temple. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not a real Hindu. These people (BJP) have forgotten the Hindu religion and adopted 'Hindutva' instead," the Congress leader told

New Delhi, Nov 30: Continuing his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today asked him why the people of Gujarat should pay the price for his "financial mismanagement and publicity". Gandhi, who began his 'one question a day' series yesterday with the BJP's promises in the last polls, today focused on Gujarat's debt burden. My second question to prime

United States, Nov 30: The United States on Wednesday warned that North Korea's leadership will be "utterly destroyed" if war breaks out as it called on countries to cut all diplomatic and trade ties with North Korea -- including Chinese oil shipments to Pyongyang. Washington urged tough action at an emergency meeting of the Security Council called to respond to North Korea's launch of an

New Delhi, Nov 30: Border Security Force (BSF) Director General K.K. Sharma said on Wednesday that they had instructions to push back the Rohingya to Bangladesh as they become a “liability” once they are arrested. Addressing a press conference here, Mr. Sharma said this year they apprehended 87 Rohingya Muslims along the border, and 76 were “sent back to Bangladesh.” He said it was difficult to

New Delhi, Nov 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that he is ready to pay the political price for the steps taken by him for a better India and asserted he would not be deterred. Addressing a gathering here, he said his government is committed to developing a development-centric eco system which is free of corruption and is citizen centric. He also said that post demonetisation, the black

Washington DC, Nov 30: The United States administration of President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) which is being held in India's Hyderabad and said that its tremendous success is indicative of the strong bilateral relationship between the two great nations. Calling the GES Summit a "tremendous success", the Spokesperson for the United States Department of

New Delhi, Nov 29: Stepping up his offensive against Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the Gujarat elections, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today sought to make the state's ruling BJP accountable for its promises in the last polls. Gandhi also brought up the BJP's 22-year rule in Gujarat and said people were demanding answers. 22 salon ka hisaab, Gujarat mange jawaab (Gujarat demands

Pakistan’s former president and military chief Pervez Musharraf said that he is the biggest supporter of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as it is involved in targetting Indian Army in Kashmir region. Musharraf appeared on a TV talk show on a Pakistan-based channel, and revealed that he likes the LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and met him recently. “I’m the biggest supporter of Lashkar-e-Taiba and I know the LeT