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New Delhi, Jul 27: The entire nation should speak in one voice and no party should indulge in politics over the terror attack in Punjab, union minister Venkaiah Naidu said here on Monday. "On the issues of terrorism, the entire nation should speak in one voice," Naidu said. Slamming the Congress, the urban development minister said, "It is unfortunate that a party like the Congress has started

New Delhi, Jul 27: India tightened security on the border with Pakistan on Monday after heavily armed men stormed a police station at Dinanagar town in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, killing five people and wounding seven. Armed police were exchanging fire with the gunmen, who were holed up in the police station, officials said. Counter-terrorism teams were on their way to the scene, the government

New Delhi, Jul 27: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on a petition by the Karnataka government challenging the state high court verdict acquitting her and three others in a disproportionate assets case. An apex court bench headed by Justice P.C Ghose also issued notice returnable in eight weeks on the petition by DMK leader K. Anbazhagan and BJP

Gurdaspur, Jul 27: In the first major terror strike in Punjab in eight years, heavily-armed militants in army uniform today sprayed bullets on a moving bus and stormed a police station, killing six persons, including an SP, and injuring eight others in Gurdaspur bordering Pakistan. One militant was killed and another seriously injured in the gunbattle with security forces that stretched for over

New Delhi, Jul 26: The BJP on Sunday said efforts were being made to give a communal colour to the death penalty given to Yakub Menon, convicted in the Mumbai blast case, and asked people not to question the court verdict. "Every court has upheld the decision of giving the death penalty to Yakub Menon. After more than 20 years, there is now a sense of closure. But even now, people are playing

New Delhi, Jul 26: Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday voiced his support to ex-servicemen protesting here over non-implementation of the One Rank One Pension scheme. "Assurances from the government are not enough. We need implementation of the scheme," Hazare told the 'Run for OROP' event here, organised by retired soldiers. He also attacked the Narendra Modi government, saying many promises

New Delhi, Jul 26: On Vijay Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tributes to the Indian armed forces, and hailed their valour and sacrifices which was demonstrated in the Kargil conflict in 1999. "I salute the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the beloved nation," he tweeted.The Kargil Diwas reminds us of the valour and sacrifices of the Indian armed forces, the Prime Minister said

Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh), Jul 26: The first punishment in the Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal or Vyapam scam has come, with a court in this Madhya Pradesh town sentencing two accused of fraud to five-year jail terms, an official said on Saturday. Khandwa's Superintendent of Police M.S. Sikarwar said that the district court sentenced the two - Arun Kumar and Devendra Kaushal - in a case relating to the

New Delhi, Jul 25: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday reiterated that she did not recommend travel documents to former IPL chief Lalit Modi. "I am saying this time and again that I never requested or recommended travel documents for Lalit Modi," she said in a string of tweets in response to questions. "I left this to the UK government to decide under their own laws and regulations

Patna, Jul 25: In a clear bid to divide the anti-BJP opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded Chief Minister Nitish Kumar but targeted his allies RJD leader Lalu Prasad and the Congress on the issue of Bihar's development. Modi, who arrived here earlier in the day, referred to Nitish Kumar seven times in his speech here, praising him for his various requests and suggestions