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New Delhi, May 6: Rahul Gandhi's Twitter outreach has played a key role in changing perceptions about him, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said urging the party chief to maintain his "unique communication" with the people and to ignore "trolls and troglodytes". Tharoor, who was recently edged out by Gandhi as the most-followed Congress leader on Twitter, also said social media could

New Delhi, May 6: Thunderstorm along with rain is likely in some places of Delhi and adjoining NCR on Sunday, the home ministry said. The Home Ministry spokesperson, quoting an advisory of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), said thunderstorm and rain would occur over some places in Delhi and adjoining NCR, including Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Khurja, Greater Noida, and Bulandshahr on Sunday

Hubballi, May 6: Referring to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), former Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that under BJP’s watch, a Dalit suffered an atrocity every 12 minutes and six Dalit women were raped every day. Addressing presspersons along with AICC General Secretary Mukul Wasnik and spokesperson Pavan Khera, Mr Shinde said that highest crimes against Adivasis

New Delhi, May 5: Patanjali Ayurved Limited has been ranked as India's most trusted Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) brand in the TRA's Brand Trust Report 2018. Baba Ramdev took to his Twitter handle to make the announcement as he wrote, "Patanjali is India's number #1 trusted FMCG Brand accordingly to 'The Brand Trust Report', India Study 2018 #BTR2018 - @TRA_Research." The Patanjali Ayurved

Uttar Pradesh, May 5: A day after stinging people to the quick with her 'mosquito' remark, Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister Anupama Jaiswal has found herself back in the headlines. At an event attended by the Basic Education Minister in Bahraich, school children were allegedly kept hungry and made to wait for eight hours before her arrival. The students were reportedly called in

New Delhi, May 5: A day after a report emerged regarding the alleged conversion of a small tomb into a temple at Safdarjung Enclave's Humayunpur village, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Director-Projects Amit Kumar said the structure has been mentioned as tomb in historical documents. Speaking to media, Kumar said the structure is a national heritage, is some 500 years

Shamli, May 4: Uttar Pradesh Education Minister Anupma Jaiswal got embroiled in a controversy on Friday when she said that ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are ensuring proper implementation of the schemes by visiting Dalit households, despite getting bitten by mosquitoes. Jaiswal is the third BJP minister to have made such a gaffe in a week. When asked about the controversy on Uttar

New Delhi, May 4: Supreme Court (SC) on Friday reserved its order on the review petition filed by the December 16 gangrape and murder case death row convicts, Pawan (22), Vinay Sharma (23) and Mukesh (29). However, the apex court today granted three weeks time to the fourth convict, Akshay Kumar Singh (31), for filing a review petition in connection with the case. Lawyer A.P. Singh, appearing for

May 4: Severe winds and rapid-fire lightning strikes from a violent dust storm demolished homes and displaced trees across India on Wednesday, killing at least 125 people and injuring more than 200 others - with more potentially deadly weather still to come, officials said. At least 111 people were killed in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab, with many of them in Agra, the

Washington, May 4: If the United States wants to improve its ties with India, it can no longer ignore or sideline Uttar Pradesh, a visiting delegation from the most populous Indian state has said. Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Sidhartha Nath Singh is leading the high-powered delegation of top state officials to the US. "It is important for the Government of the United States to understand that for