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New Delhi, Mar 18: The National Commission for Minorities has issued a notice to JNU authorities over a professor's alleged remarks calling Dalits and Muslim teachers "anti-national", days after the National Commission for Scheduled Caste issued a similar notice. Amita Singh, who is the chairperson of the varsity's school of governance has made the alleged comments in an interview to a web portal

Pokhara (Nepal), Mar 17: A Pakistani Joint Investigation Team will arrive in India on March 27 to carry forward its probe into the Pathankot terror attack, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced here today. The announcement came after Swaraj's 20-minute meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, who hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Premier

Mumbai, Mar 17: The Bombay High Court today quashed the death penalty awarded to lone convict Himayat Baig in the 2010 German Bakery blast in Pune due to lack of evidence, but confirmed the life sentence imposed on him for possession of explosives. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and S B Shukre said Baig is acquitted of all charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), under

Mumbai, Mar 17: E-auction for beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher House closed as lenders failed to get any bids on Thursday. Lenders to long-grounded Kingfisher Airlines today morning began auctioning the KFA headquarters - Kingfisher House - situated near the domestic airport here. The property, with a built-up area of over 17,000 sq ft in Vile Parle area, is being auctioned by

New York, Mar 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the most influential people on the Internet, TIME magazine said, describing the Indian leader as an "Internet star" who often uses social media to "conduct diplomacy". The magazine cited Modi's unconventional announcement on Twitter of his visit to Pakistan last year while naming him among 'The 30 Most Influential People on the Internet' for

New Delhi, Mar 16: The Election Commission and Delhi University (DU) were today directed by a court here to bring the documents related to records of educational qualification of Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani against whom a complaint was filed for allegedly giving false information in affidavits to the poll panel. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh noted that in pursuance to court's earlier

Jammu, Mar 16: The Centre should not give into "provocation" and continue its engagement with Pakistan, the RSS today said and ridiculed the separatists who have been invited by Pakistan for 'Pakistan Day' function at its High Commission in Delhi. "They (separatists) don't want us to be friendly with that country (Pakistan). We want good relations with our neighbours. We should continue on our

New Delhi, Mar 16: Provocative slogans at the controversial February 9 event on JNU campus were raised by a group of outsiders, a high-level inquiry committee of the varsity has said, noting it was "unfortunate" that the students allowed that to happen. It said holding of the event despite cancellation of permission was an act which amounts to "willful defiance". The panel has also pointed out

New Delhi, Mar 15: It will now be difficult for promoters and builders to delay projects, with Parliament today giving nod to a bill which gives relief to home-buyers and proposes imprisonment of up to three years besides monetary penalties for any violation of rules. The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013, approved by Lok Sabha today, five days after its passage by Rajya Sabha

New Delhi, Mar 15: As outrage over the brutal attack on a horse by BJP legislator Ganesh Joshi in Dehradun grew, the Uttarakhand politician has denied attacking the animal and claimed that he was not there at the march organised by his party. "I was not there at the march," Joshi told India Today TV on phone, even as he could clearly see visuals of him attacking the horse with a stick on his TV