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New Delhi, Mar 28: Both the Hyderabad Central University (HCU) and JNU events were “ultra-Left movements” also involving a small section of “jehadis”, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley contended on Sunday. In the case of JNU, the predominant section of those involved in the agitation was “ultra-Left” barring a small section of “jehadis”, who had their faces masked during a demonstration on the campus

New Delhi, Mar 27: Uttarakhand was today brought under President's rule by the Centre on grounds of "breakdown of governance" in a controversial decision which comes in the wake of a political crisis triggered by a rebellion in the ruling Congress. President Pranab Mukherjee signed the proclamation under Art 356 of the Constitution dismissing the Congress government headed by Harish Rawat and

Dehradun, Mar 27: Suspense continued over the fate of the nine rebel Congress MLAs ahead of the trial of strength in Uttarakhand Assembly as lawyers of these legislators today met Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal in a last ditch attempt to prevent action against them. About half-a-dozen lawyers met Kunjwal in his chamber in the state Assembly seeking personal hearing and more evidence in support of

Bengaluru, March 27:Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Mallikarjun Kharge and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah have never seen eye-to-eye. The Kharge camp has always felt that it was Siddaramaiah who came in the way of their leader from becoming the chief minister of the state in 2013. There has been a buzz in the State Congress that Kharge will replace Siddaramaiah before the 2018

Mumbai, Mar 26: Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley today told a special court trying the 26/11 attack case that he has "no personal knowledge" about Ishrat Jehan and he had learnt about the case from the media. "It would be correct to say that I have no personal knowledge about Ishrat Jahan," he said during cross- examination via video link before judge G A Sanap. While deposing

New Delhi, Mar 26: India is making all efforts to secure the release of a priest from Kerala who was abducted by a terror group in Yemen last month, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. The minister's remarks came in the backdrop of reports claiming that the terror group planned to execute the priest on Good Friday yesterday. However, there is no report of any harm having come to

Madurai, Mar 26: MDMK leader Vaiko on Friday alleged that the DMK and BJP had made offers, including money, to DMDK leader Vijayakant, who had rejected them to join the People's Welfare Front (PWF) to fight the coming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. Talking to reporters here, he claimed the DMK had "offered" 80 (assembly) seats and Rs 500 crore to Vijayakant for joining its alliance while BJP

New Delhi, Mar 26: Former Research and Analysis Wing chief AK Verma on Friday rubbished Pakistan's claim that they have arrested an Indian intelligence operative from Quetta, saying that Islamabad is fabricating a tale to back its allegations of India brewing unrest in Balochistan. Verma said that Pakistan does not have enough evidence to substantiate its claim that the arrested individual was

Islamabad/New Delhi, Mar 25: A former Indian Navy officer has been arrested in Pakistan for alleged involvement in 'subversive' activities in Balochistan, but India quickly distanced itself from him by stating that he had no link with the government since his "premature retirement" from the navy. Kul Yadav Bhushan, described by Pakistan as a Commander- rank officer of the Indian Navy working for

Jammu, Mar 25: The BJP on Friday elected Nirmal Singh as its leader in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly and nominated him for the deputy chief minister’s post in the new PDP-BJP alliance government to be headed by PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti. Speaking after BJP legislators met here, state BJP president Sat Pal Sharma said: “The BJP legislature party has elected Nirmal Singh as its leader and nominated