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New Delhi, July 20: The number of Indians giving up their citizenship has further increased during the second tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The government has admitted in the Parliament that more than 3.9 lakh Indians have renounced their citizenship in the past three years to settle abroad. The government data shows that America has emerged as the top choice among 103 countries where

Bengaluru, July 20: Amidst concerns over intensified saffronisation of education, Karnataka School Education minister BC Nagesh has said the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 model will be introduced once it is over. He also said mainstream subjects will be introduced in madrasas on the lines of the decision taken by the Uttar Pradesh government. “The current focus of the government is the

For the first time on record, Britain suffered under temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius — 104 Fahrenheit — on Tuesday, as a ferocious heat wave moved northwest, leaving a trail of raging wildfires, lost lives and evacuated homes across a Europe frighteningly ill-equipped to cope with the new reality of extreme weather. While the heat’s effects cascaded from Greece to Scotland, the greatest

New Delhi, July 19: In a U-turn, the Supreme Court of India today granted suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma protection from coercive action in connection with FIRs/complaints filed against her in several states over her provocative remarks on the Prophet Muhammad made during a TV debate show. Nupur Sharma cannot be arrested in the nine cases against her over her comments on Prophet Muhammad

Bengaluru, July 19: The Karnataka government has made it mandatory for the madrasas to hoist the national flag on the occasion of celebration of 75 years of Independence for six days from August 11 - August 17. The Education Department has been asked to implement the programme effectively by the government. The government issued the order and the Commissioner of Public Instruction Department will

New Delhi, July 19: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday alleged that the Indian Army was using caste as a factor in recruiting youth under the Agnipath scheme, prompting a swift rebuttal from Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who rejected the charge as "a rumour". AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh tweeted that for the first time in the history of India, candidates have been asked to mention their caste in

Bengaluru, July 19: The police have managed to crack the case of bomb threat to a private school in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in South Bengaluru after tracing a boy who had sent the threatening email. The accused is a student studying in the same school, who was not prepared for the upcoming class 10 exams, the police said. The police traced the boy late in the night on Monday with the help of the IP

New Delhi, July 19: The Indian currency depreciated for the eighth consecutive session on Tuesday to fall past 80-mark against the US dollar for the first-time ever. At the interbank forex market, rupee was trading at 79.93 at 9.31am, after breaching the 80-mark against the US dollar- a historic low for the Indian currency. It sank to 80.06 against dollar in opening trade. The rupee had ended at

Kollam, July 19: Police in Kerala on Tuesday registered a case in connection with an alleged incident, where young women and girls who appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, were asked to remove undergarments to be allowed to write the exam in the Kollam district. Police said a case has been registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman

Mumbai, July 19: Uddhav Thackeray, watching hordes of Shiv Sena leaders switching to the rival faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, will start losing his MPs soon. A dozen Shiv Sena MPs are in touch with Eknath Shinde and may form a separate group in the Lok Sabha, sources say. This coincides with the Chief Minister's visit to Delhi for discussions with the BJP leadership on