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Ranchi, Mar 24: A special CBI court on Saturday sentenced RJD supremo and former chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav to seven years in prison in Dumka treasury case. The CBI court had pronounced him guilty on March 19 in a fourth fodder scam case involving fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury. Earlier in January, a CBI court in Ranchi had sentenced Lalu Prasad to

New Delhi, Mar 24: The BJP has made a significant gain of 11 additional seats while the Congress made an overall loss of four in the biennial elections to 58 Rajya Sabha seats, consolidating the saffron party's position in the House and leaving its main rival far behind. Its 28 candidates emerged victorious in the polls held yesterday against 17 retiring members, while the Congress won only 10

Srinagar, Mar 24: Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces today in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said. Acting on specific information about the presence of militants in Shistragam village in Dooru area of Anantnag, security forces launched a search and cordon operation in the area late last night, a police official said. He said while there was some exchange of

New Delhi, Mar 23: AAP MLAs on Friday claimed that Delhi government officers did not take their phone calls after the EC had disqualified them for holding office-of-profit, but asserted that the development work in their areas will speed up now after the Delhi high court provided them a breather. The court set aside the election commission's decision to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs in the office-of

Kochi, Mar 23: The global economic recovery could be hit if the trade war between the US and China escalate, renowned economist and former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said today. "There are very worrisome scenarios here. I think we should not take this lightly," he said here. "I do hope that better sense sort of prevails and we move off from a full-fledged process of one country

New Delhi, Mar 23: The Congress has decided to move a no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government in the Lok Sabha and is likely to do so on March 27, sources in the party said on March 23. The party has issued a three-line whip to all its MPs in the Lok Sabha to ensure their presence, the sources added. The motion will be moved by Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge

New Delhi, Mar 23: In a big victory for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Delhi High Court today set aside the recommendations of the Election Commission of India (EC) to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs for allegedly holding office of profit. The HC said the disqualification of AAP MLAs was bad in law, and therefore remanded their plea back to the EC which will hear it afresh. The court further said there was

New Delhi, Mar 23: The Delhi High Court today granted bail to Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, in the INX Media corruption case. Karti was arrested on February 28 by the CBI on his return from the United Kingdom, and his 12-day judicial custody was to expire tomorrow in the case. Justice S P Garg directed him to furnish a surety of Rs 10 lakh and imposed additional

Chandigarh, Mar 23: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who went to Shimla to inspect her under-construction house at Chharabra, 15 km from the city, complained of restlessness on Thursday night, following which she was taken to Delhi. The 71-year-old former Congress president was in Shimla along with her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Senior Medical Superintendent at Indira Gandhi Medical College

New Delhi, Mar 23: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said the BJP's "lying factory" was at work again, stymieing a media story on Cambridge Analytica allegedly being paid to sabotage the Congress by spinning "fake news" of the party working with the data firm instead. Picking up from where he left off yesterday, Gandhi today again accused the BJP of making the real news "vanish" by accusing