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Patna, Jun 14: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shatrughan Sinha, who is known for his criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s failures, has stated that the BJP was his party but Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad and his kin were like a family to him. Sinha said this at the Iftar party hosted by the RJD on Wednesday skipped the party of ally JD-U. "Lalu Ji, Rabri Ji

Jaipur, Jun 14: A hard-line Rajput outfit has threatened to chop off Rajasthan Education Minister and BJP leader Kiran Maheshwari’s nose and ears for allegedly equating Rajputs with “rats”. The Shree Rajput Karni Sena has demanded an immediate apology in the case, even as the Minister said she was not referring to the community. On the other hand the Congress slammed her statement. In a routine

New Delhi, Jun 14: The air quality in Delhi today deteriorated beyond the "severe" level because of a ground-level dust storm in western India which increased coarser particles in the air, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed. The CPCB data showed that the PM10 (particles with diameter less than 10mm) level was beyond "severe" at 778 in Delhi-NCR area and 824 in Delhi

Godda (Jharkhand), Jun 13: A gang of miscreants, having links with a saffron outfit, lynched two Muslim men to death on suspicion of cattle theft in Jharkhand today. The victims have been identified as Sirabuddin Ansari (35) and Murtaza Ansari (30). According to police, a group of people in Dullu village of Godda district caught hold of the two youth and accused them of stealing 13 buffaloes from

New Delhi, Jun 13: Chess player Soumya Swaminathan has been left a bit shaken by the storm triggered by her pullout from a tournament in Iran over the issue of compulsory headscarf but remains firm in her belief that religious diktats should not extend beyond places of worship. The 29-year-old woman grandmaster, who is also a former junior world champion, opted out of the Asian Team Chess

New Delhi, Jun 13: The Aadhaar-issuing body UIDAI has delayed the introduction of face recognition facility for authentication by one month to August 1 in order to get enough time to prepare for a smooth rollout. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey told PTI that some more time will be needed to prepare for the rollout of the new facility which was earlier

Mumbai, Jun 13: A major broke out in a commercial premises at Appasaheb Marathe Marg in Worli, Mumbai. The blazeis said to have occurred on the 25th floor of the 34-storey Beaumonde building. According to reports. Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone lives in the same building on the 26th floor. Fire fighters and police are on the spot.”They are trying to do their best and douse the fire,” the

Dubai, Jun 13: Popular Indian origin Chef Atul Kochhar on Wednesday said he was ‘deeply upset’ by a Dubai hotel’s decision to cut ties with him, following his inflammatory tweet that caused outrage on social media amid accusations of racism, bigotry and Islamophobia. “The decision by JW Marriott Marquis Dubai is deeply upsetting, however I fully accept the great pain I have caused and the

London, Jun 13: A 28-year-old Indian-origin student in the UK has been racially attacked by a white man, shouting "Brexit, go back home" after the Briton made sexist remarks towards a hijab-clad woman, media reports said. Rickesh Advani, a political science student at Cambridge University, confronted the man for his comments towards the woman, only to be hit with an outburst of racial abuse

New Delhi, Jun 13: Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's brother and PML-N chief Shehbaz Sharif has asked India to resume peace talkswith Islamabad, saying the Singapore summit between the US and North Korea should set a good precedent for both the bickering neighbours to follow. Marking an epoch in the history of the decades-long tense relationship between the US and North Korea