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Hyderabad, May 5: An engineering graduate from Hyderabad, who joined the terror group ISIS, has died "while fighting in Syria," Intelligence sources today said quoting his family members. Mohd Haneef Waseem, 27, had reportedly joined the ISIS in Syria in February this year, they said. The Telangana Police are in the process of gathering more information about Haneef's alleged links with Islamic

New Delhi, May 5: Gangster Dawood Ibrahim's location is not known and his extradition process will be initiated once he is located, government told Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary, minister of state for home affairs, said Dawood was an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and a red corner notice had been issued against him. "The United Nations Security Council has

Mumbai, May 5: Shiv Sena today criticised Rahul Gandhi for his 'padyatra' in drought-prone Vidarbha district, saying he should have wiped away tears of farmers when the Congress was in power. The Sena also hit out at Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over his Maharashtra Day message, saying that merely being ashamed over farmers' suicides will not solve the problem. "Rahul Gandhi seems to have

Thiruvananthapuram/Coimbatore, May 5: A top Maoist leader, wanted in at least 20 cases in Kerala, his wife and three others, were arrested near Coimbatore in a "big breakthrough" for the police of four southern states. Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said tonight that the arrest of Roopesh and the others were made by Andhra police following a joint operation undertaken by Andhra, Kerala

Aurangabad, May 5: NCP president Sharad Pawar termed the performance of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen in Aurangabad municipal corporation election as just a fluke, and said that parties like AIMIM do not last long. "Parties like AIMIM do not last long (electorally) and may be out of the (political) arena within a year or two," Pawar said responding to a query on the performance of the

New Delhi, May 4: AAP today strongly backed its leader Kumar Vishwas over a controversy surrounding the summon issued to him by Delhi Commission for Women on a party volunteer's complaint, and accused the media of "twisting" the entire story to malign the party's image. Vishwas also termed the woman's allegations as "baseless" and put the onus on Delhi Police which he said did not take any action

Nagaland, May 4: Eight security personnel were killed on Sunday in an ambush by underground militants in Mon district of Nagaland. Seven Assam Rifles personnel and one Territorial Army jawan lost their lives as they were fired upon by underground militants when they had gone to Changlansu in Mon district with water tankers to fetch water, the sources said. The Assam Rifles personnel also fired

New Delhi, May 3: In little over two months after its historic win in the Delhi Assembly polls, the image of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) appears to have taken a beating due to infighting, and it is increasingly being seen as a one-man show, says an opinion poll. The Deccan Herald/Cvoter Opinion Poll, conducted on April 22 by interviewing 1,276 randomly selected respondents across all demographics

New Delhi, May 2: Firing yet another salvo at Narendra Modi government, Rahul Gandhi today claimed it had diluted provisions of Real Estate Regulatory Authority Bill making the legislation pro-builders from being pro-buyers. After meeting several NCR flat buyers today, the Congress Vice President, who has been attacking the Centre over land bill issue and the plight of farmers, said that he had

Moga, May 2: Punjab Education Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra today triggered a controversy by making an insensitive comment that the death of the teenage girl, who was molested and thrown off a bus belonging to the ruling Badal family, was God's will. 'Nobody can stop accidents. Whatever happens does so by God's will. "We can always meet with an accident. We will do more for the people....What has