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New Delhi, Feb 5: Making his maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha, BJP chief Amit Shah on Monday tore into the Congress over its criticism of GST, "failure" to tackle unemployment and other issues, as he listed his government's achievements on various fronts. Initiating the debate on the Motion of Thanks for the President's address, Shah took on senior Congress leader P Chidambaram for his "pakoda"

New Delhi: Days after 23-year-old photographer, Ankit Saxena, was brutally stabbed to death by the family of his Muslim girlfriend in west Delhi's busy area Khyala in full public view, the bereaved father of Ankit said that the murder should not be given a communal twist and exploited to whip up trouble. "I don't want any inflammatory statements. I feel very saddened by what happened, but I don't

New Delhi, Feb 5: A "fake encounter" in Noida rocked the Rajya Sabha leading to a washout of the morning session on Monday with chairman M Venkaiah Naidu admonishing MPs for disrupting the proceedings. As soon as the House assembled for the Zero Hour, Samajwadi Party MPs, led by Naresh Agrawal, were on their feet demanding that the business of the House be suspended to discuss the near-fatal

Lucknow, Feb 5: A senior Uttar Pradesh IPS officer, who was reportedly a BJP member during his leave of absence, was made the additional director general (ADG) of police, Gorakhpur zone, by the state government. Gorakhpur is the home town of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. According to sources, the IPS officer, Dawa Sherpa, had applied for voluntary retirement (VRS) - which was

New Delhi, Feb 5: India witnessed the second largest outflow of millionaires with 7,000 high net worth individuals changing their domicile during 2017, according to a report. In 2016, the figure stood at 6,000, while in 2015 as many as 4,000 millionaires shifted base, the report by New World Wealth stated. China tops the global list with 10,000 super-rich Chinese changing their domicile in 2017

Jammu, Feb 5: A young army captain and three jawans were killed and at least four people were injured on Sunday in heavy Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The Indian Army was giving a befitting reply and heavy exchanges were on, they added. Pakistani forces opened unprovoked heavy firing and shelling along the LoC in Bhimbher

New Delhi, Feb 4: The Aam Aadmi Party seems to have jumped on to the bandwagon of traders protesting against a sealing drive with renewed aggression after the recent disqualification of 20 of its MLAs. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal plans to approach the Supreme Court for a temporary ban on the sealing. Over the last week, he has addressed a press conference on the ongoing drive and demanded

Agartala, Feb 4: The coming Assembly election in Tripura is likely to witness a fight between the CPI(M)-led Left Front and the BJP in the state. The state had in the past witnessed an electoral battle between the CPI(M) and the Congress. Sudip Roy Burman, former state Congress president and an MLA who had joined the BJP, said, "The Congress was not serious about fighting the CPI(M)" and claimed

Within days after a senior IAS officer virtually accused the saffron outfits of inciting communal tension in Uttar Pradesh, a senior Uttar Pradesh government official has revealed that Kasganj communal riot victim Chandan Gupta was killed by the saffron activists. Rashmi Varun, Deputy Director in Statistics Department and currently posted at Saharanpur, also lent support to Raghavendra Vikram

New Delhi, Feb 3: Union drinking water and sanitation minister Uma Bharati was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here after she complained of "severe knee pain". "She had this knee ailment for some years now. Last evening the pain was unbearable for her. She had to be admitted to AIIMS last night", a close aid of Bharati said on Saturday. Bharati is undergoing