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Jaipur, Feb 22: A day after BJP MLA in Rajasthan was declared positive for the deadly H1N1 virus while sitting in the Rajasthan Assembly, health department officials on Wednesday collected swab samples of 15 MLAs for swine flu test. While sitting in the Rajasthan Assembly on Tuesday, Amrita Meghwal, Jalore MLA received a phone call from SMS hospital after her Swab tested positive for H1N1 virus

Madurai, Feb 21: Amid fanfare, actor Kamal Haasan today launched his political party, naming it "Makkal Needhi Mayyam," and unveiled its flag that symbolises the strength of unity. "I am not your leader, I am your tool.. this gathering is full of leaders," he said moments before announcing the party's name that roughly translates to "Centre for People's Justice." The party flag was unveiled just

New Delhi, Feb 21: The Centre today opposed in the Supreme Court a PIL seeking an independent probe and deportation of billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi in the over Rs 11,000 crore PNB fraud case, saying an FIR has been lodged and a probe was on. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said it would not say anything on the matter now and listed

Shillong, Feb 21: Congress President Rahul Gandhi here on Tuesday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling him an instrument of corruption. The Congress President while addressing the media during a roadshow here said, "Modi is not against corruption, he is an instrument of corruption." Rahul Gandhi's statement comes as the country is mired in several scams - Punjab National Bank scam, in

Ahmedabad, Feb 21: A special CBI court on Wednesday discharged former Gujarat DGP PP Pandey in the case of alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others in 2004. Special CBI court judge JK Pandya allowed Pandey’s discharge application on the ground that there was no evidence against him related to the kidnapping and murder of Ishrat Jahan and three others. The CBI, which investigated the

Ayodhaya, Feb 21: Union minister Manoj Sinha today said the Railways Ministry would submit a proposal to the Union Cabinet to re-construct the Ayodhya railway station as a replica of the Ram temple. The minister of state for railways made the announcement after laying the foundation stone of projects worth more than Rs 200 crore, including Rs 80 crore for the reconstruction of the railway station

Islamabad, Feb 21: Imran dated Bushra when I was his wife, said Reham Khan, the second wife of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former Pakistan cricketer. Imran Khan, 65, tied the knot with Bushra Maneka in a private ceremony in Lahore on Sunday. In an interview with The Times, Reham alleged that her ex-husband knew Bushra for the last three years and continued to see her even

A Class 7 student from a reputed school in Haryana’s Gurugram has threatened to rape his class teacher and her daughter, who studies with him in the same class. Ever since the boy sent the threat on social media, both the teacher and her daughter are too traumatised. Although the teacher, reluctantly, has returned to her school routine, the daughter is still too scared to come back. Another

A Class 7 student from a reputed school in Haryana’s Gurugram has threatened to rape his class teacher and her daughter, who studies with him in the same class. Ever since the boy sent the threat on social media, both the teacher and her daughter are too traumatised. Although the teacher, reluctantly, has returned to her school routine, the daughter is still too scared to come back. Another

New Delhi, Feb 21: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Wednesday, arrested a General Manager rank officer of state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) in connection with the Rs 11,400 cr scam. The CBI had earlier arrested Vipul Ambani and four other senior executives of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi companies, on Tuesday, in the alleged PNB fraud case that continued for six years. Modi