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Jabalpur (MP), Jun 17: A 33-year-old man was killed and six others injured, five of them seriously in a clash between two camps in the early hours of the day over an objectionable photo of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in a WhatsApp messenger group, police said here. Area City Superintendent of Police Inderjeet Balsavar said that one Umesh Verma who sustained injuries in the clash, succumbed to his

New Delhi, Jun 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today set a target for the taxmen to double the taxpayer base to 10 crore and warned "the long arm of the law" will catch up with those evading taxes. At the same time, he asked tax officers to be "soft and sober" in their approach and not treat everyone as tax evaders. Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day annual conference of tax

New Delhi, Jun 16: Gold prices surged by Rs 580 today to trade above the Rs 30,000-mark at Rs 30,250 per 10 gram, its highest level in over five weeks at the bullion market, largely in tandem with firming global trend. Furthermore, increased buying by jewellers at the domestic market too supported the upside in the yellow metal. Silver also recaptured the Rs 42,000-mark by rising Rs 700 to Rs 42

New Delhi, Jun 16: In the backdrop of a twitter spat with Bihar minister Ashok Choudhary and other controversies, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani has slammed her critics and asserted she is not a person who subscribes to the conventional wisdom of not responding to humiliations or provocations. In a facebook post, which she signed off as "Aunty National" - an apparent reference to a newspaper's

New Delhi, Jun 16: Congress leader and former Home Minister P Chidambaram today accused the Modi government of creating a "fake controversy" over two affidavits filed in the Ishrat Jahan case and preparing a "doctored" report on the missing files. In a statement after a report suggested that the panel probing to find the missing files related to Ishrat Jahan case "tutored" a witness, Chidambaram

New Delhi, Jun 16: A scuffle had broken out between troops of Indian Army and Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) when the 276 Chinese personnel entered the Indian side from four different border points in Arunachal Pradesh last Thursday, according to an official account of the incident today. The incident occurred at 'Shankar Tikri' on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) of Yangtse area in Arunachal

New Delhi, Jun 16: With his alleged role in 1984 anti-sikh riots haunting him, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath tonight gave up charge of Punjab assigned to him three days ago, in a clear bid to control damage in the coming Assembly polls as rivals have been raking up the issue. He wrote a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi who immediately accepted his resignation and relieved him of his

New Delhi, Jun 15: Amidst concerns over wild polio virus (P2 strain) being found in a Hyderabad drain, the Union Health Ministry today said it was a vaccine derived virus and does not change the polio-free status of India. However, as a precautionary measure, the ministry will hold a special immunization drive in the high-risk areas of Telangana. "India continues to be polio free as the country

Hyderabad, Jun 15: The AP government has decided to give gift hampers to about 10 lakh BPL Muslim families in the state on the eve of Id-ul-Fitr, which marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan. The special Ramzan gift is expected to cost the state exchequer about Rs 60 crore. The "Ramzan Tohfa" consisting of five kg wheat flour, two kg sugar, one kg vermicelli and 100 gram ghee will be

Hyderabad, Jun 15: The Telangana government on Tuesday decided to conduct a special campaign against polio after a particular type of polio virus was found in sewerage water in the city. The virus (vaccine derived polio virus type-II) was found in the lab tests conducted on samples of sewerage water collected at Amberpet in Telangana, according to Rajeshwar Tiwari, Principal Secretary (Health) of