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Srinagar, Apr 15: A sarpanch affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was gunned down by unidentified militants in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday evening. Reports said the militants fired upon Manzoor Ahmad, sarpanch of Goshbugh area of Pattan, leaving him critically injured. He was shifted to hospital, where doctors declared him dead, they said. A police

Palakkad, Apr 15: A 45-year old man was allegedly hacked to death in Kerala's Palakkad district on Friday. Subair, aka Zubair, a local leader of the Popular Front of India, was hacked to death at Elappully in the district on Friday afternoon, police said. He was allegedly waylaid by two cars while on the bike and attacked him using sharp-edged weapons. The incident occurred in front of his father

Former chief minister B S Yediyurappa exuded confidence that BJP leader K S Eshwarappa, who resigned from his ministerial post would become a minister again, soon. "I am confident that he will come out clean on corruption charges and he will become part of the cabinet again." Addressing the media in Shivamogga he said, "If probe into contractor Santosh's suicide case is completed within three

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday took a jab at Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a major Twitter investor who rejected Musk's hostile offer to acquire 100 per cent of the micro-blogging platform for $43 billion. Questioning Saudi Arabia's own media laws, Musk tweeted: "Just two questions, if I may. How much of Twitter does the Kingdom own, directly & indirectly? What are the Kingdom's views

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said the first step towards introducing Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttarakhand has been taken as the state cabinet has given its nod to set up a committee to draft it. Addressing the 63rd foundation day of the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) here which coincided with Ambedkar Jayanti, Dhami said there is a provision for UCC for all citizens in

Bengaluru, Apr 14: Karnataka Minister KS Eshwarappa, whose name appeared in the alleged suicide case of contractor Santosh Patil, says that he will handover his resignation to the Chief Minister tomorrow. “Tomorrow I'm handing over the resignation letter to CM. I thank you all for your co-operation," the minister said. "I decided to resign because I don't want to put in an uncomfortable situation

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev warned Thursday that Russia would deploy nuclear weapons close to the Baltic States and Scandinavia if Finland or Sweden decide to join NATO. Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's security council and president from 2008 to 2012, wrote on Telegram that if the countries joined, this would more than double Russia's land border with NATO members. "Naturally

Belagavi, Apr 15: Former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi said that the team of ‘mahanayaks’ behind his alleged sleaze CD case was behind the death of contractor Santosh Patil. "The alleged sleaze CD case of mine and contractor Santosh Patil’s death cases should be inquired by CBI and RDPR Minister K S Eshwarappa should not resign," he said. He also announced that he would also reveal the facts in a

Bengaluru, Apr 14: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said that any action would be taken only after the post-mortem examination report of Belagavi contractor Santosh Patil. "Post-mortem was done yesterday and now preliminary inquiry(report) will come and based on that we'll proceed," he said. Speculations were rife that the party could ask Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

Bengaluru, Apr 14: Congress leaders D K Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah, and others were detained as Bengaluru Police stopped them from marching towards CM Basavaraj Bommai's residence demanding the removal of Karnataka Minister K S Eshwarappa in connection with contractor Santosh Patil's death. Earlier today, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said that any action would be taken only after the post-mortem