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United Nations, Oct 13: India was elected to the United Nations' top human rights bodyon Friday for a period of three years beginning January 1, 2019, getting 188 votes in the Asia-Pacific category, the highest number of votes among all candidates. The 193-member UN General Assembly held elections here for new members to the UN Human Rights Council. The 18 new members were elected by absolute

New Delhi, Oct 12: The Women and Child Development Ministry plans to set up a panel of legal experts to look into allegations of sexual harassment that have surfaced in the #MeToo campaign, Minister Maneka Gandhi said on Friday. She asserted that she believed in the “pain and trauma” of every complainant. More women should come out and address the issue of sexual harassment and narrate their

Chennai, Oct 12: Shankar Devarajan, founder and CEO of Shankar IAS Academy, was found dead Friday morning at his home in Mylapore, Chennai. Shankar allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself due to some personal issues. Police said Shankaran committed suicide after a fight with his wife Vaishnavi. The couple had had some issues for the last few months, police said. The 45-year-old professor

New Delhi, Oct 12: Expressing discontentment, district presidents of the Congress party from various states told party president Rahul Gandhi that issues such as indiscipline among the party cadre, ego and lobby of senior leaders are creating problems for the party. Sources told ANI that as part of an organisation-building exercise Rahul Gandhi had a telephonic interaction with party members

Mumbai, Oct 12: Amid sexual harassment allegations against director Sajid Khan and actor Nana Patekar, actor Akshay Kumar has called off the shooting of "Housefull 4" "I have just landed back in the country last night and reading all the news has been very disturbing. I have requested the producers of 'Housefull 4' to cancel the shoot until further investigation," Akshay tweeted on Friday morning

Washington, Oct 12: The US President, Donald Trump has announced the investigation of Jamal Khashoggi who vanished at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. According to the report published in The Guardian,Trump said,“We’re being very tough. And we have investigators over there and we’re working with Turkey, and frankly we’re working with Saudi Arabia. We want to find out what happened,” When It was

New Delhi, Oct 12: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday hailed environmental activist G D Agarwal for his contribution towards saving the Ganga and vowed to take his fight forward. Agarwal passed away at a hospital in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, on Thursday, 111 days after he began a fast for a pollution-free Ganga. He was 86. Describing Agarwal as "the true son of mother Ganga", Gandhi said he gave

New Delhi, Oct 12: Rejecting Rahul Gandhi's allegation of corruption against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rafale deal, the BJP on Thursday accused the Congress chief of "lying through his teeth shamelessly" and indulging in "politics of misinformation" to build his political career. Repeatedly calling Gandhi a "clown prince", the BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra at a press conference also

Amaravati(AP)/Bhubaneswar, Oct 11: Cyclone 'Titli' made landfall on the eastern coast of the country early on Thursday claiming eight lives and wrecking havoc in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh, while causing widespread damage in neighbouring Odisha. While no loss of lives were reported in Odisha, the "very severe" cyclonic storm left a trail of destruction in Gajapati and

Haridwar, Oct 11: Noted environmentalist, IITian-turned-seer Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand (Professor GD Agarwal) who was on an indefinite fast for nearly past four months to exert pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union the government to clean river Ganga, breathed his last today at AIIMS-Rishikesh. He was 87. He had begun his fast on June 22 in the Matri Sadan ashram in Haridwar