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New Delhi, Apr 3: The Congress on Monday demanded that petrol and diesel be brought under the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime, and accused the Modi government of "betraying" the trust of the common people and "miserably failing" to curtail the rise in fuel prices. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram dubbed the BJP government as "anti-poor" and "anti-middle class" as these sections have to bear

New Delhi/Bhopal/Lucknow/Jaipir, Apr 3 : At least seven people were killed and many injured in violence on Monday as Dalit protesters went on a rampage during a nationwide bandh against the dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. While five people were killed in cross-firing in Madhya Pradesh alone, one each died in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, according to officials there. Curfew

New Delhi, Apr 2: Four people were killed today in Madhya Pradesh as violence broke out in several parts of the country due to anger over a Supreme Court ruling on atrocities against Dalit. A 'Bharat Bandh' called by several organisations today, and supported by some political parties, saw security forces clashing with protesters with reports of vandalism, stone-pelting and firing by police in not

New Delhi, Apr 2: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Sanjay Singh and Ashutosh, in a joint letter on Monday, sought an apology from Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over the comments made against him. "Therefore, I unequivocally withdraw all the allegations made by me in a question whether made in print, electronic or social media against you. I offer my

Chandigarh, Apr 2: In view of a bandh called by a number of Dalit organizations today to protest the alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act, the Punjab government has ordered a security clampdown as a precautionary measure, while the Army and paramilitary forces have been asked to be on standby. Schools will remain shut and buses off the road tomorrow. A spokesperson of the Punjab government said

New Delhi, Apr 1: In the wake of the recent CBSE question paper leaks row, the Central Board of Secondary Education issued a notification, presaging students against the circulation of a fake class X Sanskrit question paper that is doing the rounds on social media. "It has been brought to notice that a question paper of Class X - Sanskrit is being circulated on social media through Youtube link

Srinagar, Apr 1: At least one civilian protester was killed while dozens others were injured in security forces action near encounter sites at Dragad and Kachdora areas of southern Shopian district on Sunday. A police official said a youth identified as Zubair Bhat suffered injuries near encounter site at Kachdora when security forces fired upon the protesters. He was shifted to a hospital, where

Srinagar, Apr 1: At least a dozen suspected militants were killed and two army men sustained injuries in separate ongoing encounters in Shopian and Anantnag districts of south Kashmir on Sunday. Director General of Police (DGP) Shesh Pal Vaid in a tweet said that seven bodies of militants have been recovered from the site of a gunfight in Dragad village of Shopian. He said the slain included top

Bhavnagar, Mar 31: Three people were detained on Friday night after a 21-year-old Dalit man was allegedly killed for riding a horse in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district. The deceased identified as Pradeep Rathod, was objected and threatened by some of his co-villagers to not ride the horse a few days back. "Pradeep had intended to sell the horse following the threats but I had convinced him of not

The police have arrested a dozen miscreants from Bihar and Jharkhand including a prominent leader of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the students wing of BJP in connection with the leak of question papers of CBSE for Mathematics (Class X) and Economics (Class XII) . This information was revealed by Akhilesh B Variar, Superintendent of Police, Chatra district (Jharkhand) in a press