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Washington, Sep 7: The US has sought more progress in the trial of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks being held in Pakistan and said it wants to see "accountability and justice" for the 166 people, including six Americans, killed in the incident. "We've been very clear that we want to see accountability and justice in the case," State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner told reporters yesterday.

Bengaluru, Sep 7: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the state government had no option but to abide by the direction of the Supreme Court to release Cauvery River water to Tamil Nadu. However, he did not specify from when the water will be released. “Despite severe hardship due to paucity of rains, Karnataka will abide by the court’s order. At the same time, the state government will

New Delhi, Sep 6: State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has termed Reliance Jio 's entry into the market as a "challenge" for all operators, but said it expects to match the intense competition "tariff-by-tariff". BSNL chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava told PTI that the telecom PSU will adopt an aggressive stance on tariffs going forward. BSNL, which unveiled a promotional unlimited

New Delhi, Sep 6: In an unprecedented move, 15 joint secretaries serving in the MHA today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and urged him to reconsider the decision to suspend senior IAS officer G K Dwivedi for renewal of FCRA licence of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's NGO. They conveyed to the Home Minister that Dwivedi, who was serving as Joint Secretary (Foreigners) in the Home

Deoria, Sep 6: Chaos struck a gathering Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi addressed on Monday after people carried home cots the party had organised for a ‘khat sabha’ before launching a ‘kisan yatra’ in election-bound Uttar Pradesh. Around 1,000 cots had been arranged for the event in Deoria’s Rudrapur district. There was no official announcement by the Congress about their distribution to the

Mumbai, Sep 6: A special women's court today convicted Ankur Lal Panwar for murder in connection with the Preeti Rathi acid attack case. Special Judge A S Shende convicted Panwar under Sections 302(murder) and 326B (Voluntarily throwing acid) of the IPC and is likely to hear arguments on the quantum of sentence tomorrow. Rathi, who hailed from Delhi, had died of multiple organ failure after hotel

Srinagar, Sep 6: Curfew was today lifted from entire Srinagar city following improvement in the situation even as the death toll in the clashes between security forces and protestors climbed to 72 with a youth succumbing to injuries. Musaib Nagoo, who was injured during clashes between protestors and security forces on Sunday in Sopore town of Baramulla district, succumbed to injuries at a

New Delhi, Sep 6: Sharing his experience in politics of India post-Independence, PresidentPranab Mukherjee on Monday said that India is currently a victim of cross-border terrorism and not a homegrown one. He said homegrown terrorism is the biggest menace in the world today, but India has been broadly spared from it. Mukherjee said: "We certainly face attack but from cross-border terrorism

New Delhi, Sep 6: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be away from the national capital for nearly a fortnight for a throat surgery and to take stock of AAP's preparations in poll-bound Punjab. He will undergo the surgery on September 13 to cure his chronic cough problem. He will take a 10-day rest there. "Before leaving for Bengaluru, the CM will embark on a 4-day visit to Punjab starting

Hangzhou, Sep 6: In an apparent reference to Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that one single nation in South Asia was spreading agents of terror in the region. "Indeed one single nation in South Asia is spreading these agents of terror in countries of our region," PM Modi said. Speaking at the G20 Summit in China, PM Modi urged the international community to act in unity and