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Chennai, Sep 16: Political parties and trade organisations in Tamil Nadu will go ahead with the general strike on Friday to condemn the attacks on Tamilians in Karnataka over the Cauvery water release issue. The call for strike has got support from various quarters amid the Supreme Court rapping the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments for permitting agitations to challenge a judicial order passed

New Delhi, Sep 15: The families of those on board the missing AN-32 aircraft of the IAF have been informed that their relatives are "presumed dead" as the search operations for the ill-fated aircraft continued. There were 29 people on the transport plane which had vanished over the sea after it took off from Chennai for Port Blair on July 22. "The Court of Inquiry, upon very careful scrutiny of

New Delhi, Sep 15: Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain reiterated on Thursday, that Chikungunya cannot cause deaths, according to the information that is available on Google. "People of Delhi have no need to panic. All people need to do is to take precautions and go to the hospital", Jain said. Jain had made a similar statement on Monday. "chikungunya medically cannot cause death and therefore

Lucknow, Sep 15: Amid the raging feud in Mulayam Singh Yadav's family, Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav today said the leadership had committed a "mistake" by removing Akhilesh Yadav as party's UP president and that "differences" had arisen due to some "misunderstanding". Ramgopal, SP national general secretary and Mulayam's cousin, met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav here in a

New Delhi, Sep 15: The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday that two Indian teachers who were abducted in Libya over a year ago have been rescued. "I am happy to inform that T Gopalakrishna and C BalaramKishan who were captive in Libya since July 29, 2015 have been rescued," she tweeted. Gopalakrishna and C BalaramKishan were abducted on their way to Tripoli airport to return to

Geneva, Sep 15: Raising the issue of Balochistan for the first time before the UN, India today accused Pakistan of widespread human rights violations there as well as in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). In a scathing attack on Pakistan during the 33rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council here, India said the main reason for disturbances in Kashmir is the cross-border terrorism sponsored by

Singur, Sep 14: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today handed over land 'parchas' and cheques to the farmers in Singur even as she sent messages to firms saying any company willing to set up auto firm in the state is "welcome". Handing over parchas and cheques following a Supreme Court order in this regard, Banerjee, who had steered the massive agitation against the land acquisition for Tatas' nano

New Delhi, Sep 14: Expressing grave concern at continued use of terrorism for achieving political objectives in the region, India and Afghanistan today called for an end to all sponsorship and sanctuaries to terrorists, in what is seen as a message to Pakistan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani expressed their resolve to counter terrorism and strengthen

New Delhi, Sep 14: The Defence Ministry has asked the CBI to probe allegations that kickbacks were paid in the USD 208 million Embraer aircraft deal that DRDO had struck with the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer during the UPA rule in 2008. Government sources said that since the allegations were of a serious nature, the CBI has been asked to probe. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had earlier this

New Delhi, Sep 14: India on Tuesday defended its decision to reject the request of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to allow him or his representatives to visit Jammu and Kashmir. New Delhi argued that sustained anti-India terrorism launched from Pakistan had aggravated the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. “Terrorism is the grossest violation of human rights and should be so