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Dhahi Khalfan, security head of Emirate of Dubai has called Pakistanis a threat and has praised Indians. Lt Gen Dhahi Khalfan, the head of security of Emirate of Dubai and former Dubai Police Chief has accused Pakistanis of being a “dangerous threat to Gulf nations”. Earlier he had also tweeted in Arabic saying “The Pakistanis pose a serious threat to the Gulf communities for the drug they bring

Bhawanipatna, Apr 4: BJP president Amit Shah today said the central government would neither scrap the policy of reservation for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities in education and jobs nor allow anyone to do so. Addressing a public meeting here, he said that "no one can dare to change" the reservation policy "as set by B R Ambedkar in the Constitution". Shah also held the

Tiruchirappalli (TN), Apr 4: Makkal Neethi Mayyam president Kamal Haasan today accused the Tamil Nadu government of being "subservient" to the Centre rather than upholding the state's rights on the Cauvery issue. The day-long fast observed by the AIADMK yesterday urging the Centre to immediately constitute the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) "was farcical", Haasan told reporters here. Later, in a

Bhopal, Apr 4: Ahead of Assembly elections, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday accorded the `Minister of State' (MoS) status to five Hindu religious leaders, after appointing them to a committee for Narmada conservation. As per the order of General Administration Department's Additional Secretary K K Katiya, the MoS status has been accorded to Narmadanand Maharaj, Hariharanand Maharaj

New Delhi, Apr 4: Hitting out at political parties for politicising the legacy of B R Ambedkar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said no regime had honoured the Dalit icon like his government had. The prime minister said his government had given Ambedkar his rightful place by completing projects conceived in his memory. The 26, Alipur Road house where Ambedkar died would be dedicated to

New Delhi, Apr 4: The Supreme Court has said that Article 370 of the Constitution, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir, is not a temporary provision. The apex court said that in its earlier verdict of 2017 in the SARFESI case, it has been already held that Article 370 was "not a temporary provision". "The issue concerned is covered by the judgement of this court in the 2017 SARFAESI

New Delhi, Apr 3: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the 'fake news' issue. Taking to Twitter, the Congress President said, "Sensing mounting anger on the "fake news" notification, the PM orders a U-Turn on his own order. One can clearly see a loss of control and panic setting in now. #BasEkAurSaal (sic)." An Information and Broadcasting Ministry

New Delhi, Apr 3: Popular Front of India chairman E Abubacker has stated that the organization stands with the Dalit community in their ongoing protests against Supreme Court ruling which diluted Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. A release issued by the PFI, stated that the main reason for such verdicts is that the depressed classes are under-represented and

New Delhi, Apr 2: After saying sorry to four others earlier to wriggle out of defamation cases, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday apologised to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over his comments on the latter's tenure as the head of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA). Kejriwal told Jaitley that the allegations he levelled were based on information provided by some people

New Delhi, Apr 3: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will hear the Centre's plea for the recall of its judgement holding that arrest on a complaint under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was not mandatory. Directing the listing of the matter at 2pm, before a bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the hearing will be in open