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New Delhi, Oct 18: The BJP accused the Congress on Thursday of running a "paid campaign" on Facebook in Pakistan for removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it a serious matter. Its spokesperson Sambit Patra flashed copies of a Facebook page which shows an advertisement of the opposition party calling for "Desh bachao, Modi hatao" (Save country, remove Modi), with Pakistan being

New Delhi, Oct 18: The BJP accused the Congress on Thursday of running a "paid campaign" on Facebook in Pakistan for removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it a serious matter. Its spokesperson Sambit Patra flashed copies of a Facebook page which shows an advertisement of the opposition party calling for "Desh bachao, Modi hatao" (Save country, remove Modi), with Pakistan being

Karur, Oct 18: In potentially controversial remarks that could provoke a backlash, Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan has said the #MeToo movement was started by "people with perverted minds" and wondered if it was fair to level accusations over incidents that happened years ago. The BJP leader made the comments in response to questions by reporters Wednesday amid the raging #MeToo storm which has

New Delhi, Oct 18: Veteran politician N D Tiwari, who had served as the chief minister of two north Indian states – Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand – passed away at Saket’s Max Hospital here on his 93rd birthday today. He is survived by his wife Ujjawala and son Rohit Shekhar. The veteran politician had been associated with the Congress almost all his career before joining the Bharatiya Janata Party

New Delhi, Oct 18: The Government will not push for re-verification of mobile service customers and it will be done only if a customer opts to replace Aadhaar records with any alternate identity or address proof, the Department of Telecom (DoT) and Unique Identity Authority of India said in a joint statement Thursday. The joint statement said, the Supreme Court has prohibited the issue of new SIM

Los Angeles, Oct 18: A diet rich in walnuts may not lead to weight gain or increase the risk of obesity, a study conducted in healthy elders claims. The study, published in the journal Nutrients, found that healthy elders consuming nearly 300 calories of walnuts daily did not show any negative effects on body weight and composition. The findings by researchers at Loma Linda University (LLU) in the

Davis, Oct 18: A high school student mixed her cremated grandfather's ashes into homemade sugar cookies and shared them with several classmates, police in Northern California said Wednesday. The student and a friend baked the cookies and shared them with at least nine classmates at their public charter high school near Sacramento on Oct. 4, said Davis Police Lt. Paul Doroshov. He said the Da Vinci

Washington, Oct 18: The US could remove India from its currency monitoring list of major trading partners, the Treasury Department has said, citing certain developments and steps being taken by New Delhi which address some of its major concerns. India for the first time was placed by the US in its currency monitoring list of countries with potentially questionable foreign exchange policies in

Pathanamthitta, Oct 18: Amid intensifying protest in the region against the entry of women in the menstrual age group in the Sabarimala temple, the state administration on Wednesday imposed Section 144 in four places-- Sannidhanam, Pamba, Nilakkal, and Elavungal. Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) prohibits an assembly of more than four people in an area. According to sources

Tehran, Oct 18: Iran has been playing it cool as it watches the 'furore' over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi create a crisis for its regional rival Saudi Arabia. As of Wednesday, the Iran government is yet to put forth any official statement on the alleged murder of Khashoggi, who vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct 2. Barraged by questions during a