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Belgavi, May 12: A hoax call on Wednesday created panic among passengers on the Mysore-Ajmer Express train and kept them under an invisible threat for nearly three hours in the afternoon at the Desur Railway Station about 11 km from Belagavi on the Londa-Miraj section of the South Western Railways. The passengers and the Railway officials heaved a sigh of relief after it was found that there was

New Delhi, May 11: With Harish Rawat set to be reinstated as Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Opposition parties today demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologise to Parliament with the Congress hoping he "learns his lesson". As the Congress, AAP and other opposition parties hailed the return of Rawat, asserting that democracy has won, the CPI(M) said the "anti-constitutional conspiracy"

New Delhi, May 11: BJP did its worst but democracy won in Uttarakhand, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said today, hoping that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will "learn" his lesson that people of India will not tolerate "murder" of democracy. Rahul's strong reaction came as Congress is set to return to power in the state one-and-half months after President's rule was imposed. Earlier, the

May 11: Attorney General has told Supreme Court on Wednesday that sacked Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat has proved majority in the assembly. Rawat gets 33 votes out of 61 in floor test, says SC. Harish Rawat will assume office as CM after the President's rule is revoked, said SC. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Harish Rawat, welcomed the decision. Yesterday the SC monitored floor test was

Bengaluru, May 11: Candidates from the state have struck it rich in the Union Public Service Commission civil services exams for 2015. Over 30 candidates from the state have made the cut into the list in the results announced on Tuesday. Darshan S?V, a candidate who has secured 48th rank, is the topper from Karnataka. R Srinivas Gowda, a native of Channarayapatna in Hassan district, has secured

New Delhi, May 10: A PIL has been moved in Delhi High Court against AAP government’s decision to award a job on compassionate grounds to the brother of Rohith Vemula, a Hyderabad University Dalit scholar who had committed suicide in January. The petition has challenged the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s February 24 decision, notified on March 3, to award a group ‘C’ government job to Rohith’s

Dehradun, May 10: Sacked Chief Minister Harish Rawat today appeared to have clinched the numbers in the floor test in the Uttarakhand Assembly with 33 of the 61 MLAs said to have voted for him. With nine disqualified Congress MLAs kept away, Congress MLA Rita Arya claimed that 33 MLAs voted for Rawat while BJP MLAs conceded that their side got only 28 in a House with an effective strength of 61.

Gaya, May 10: Rocky Yadav, son of Janata Dal (United) MLC, accused of killing a youth in a case of road rage in Gaya, has been arrested on Tuesday said Gaya SSP. Earlier, the police raided the house of JD(U) MLC Manorama Devi and questioned her to find the whereabouts of her son, who is accused of killing a youth for overtaking his SUV, police said. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by

New Delhi, May 9: Top BJP leaders today sought to put to rest the escalating row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational qualifications by going public with his degrees and demanded an apology from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of spreading "lies" on the issue. BJP President Amit Shah along with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressed a press conference during which

New Delhi, May 9: Sticking to its charges despite BJP going public with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degrees and marksheets, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today alleged that the documents produced by Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley were "forged", saying there were "glaring discrepancies" in them. Addressing a press conference here, AAP leader Ashutosh said Modi's name does not match in the BA marksheet and