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Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 4: All 46 Indian nurses abducted from Tikrit in strife-torn Iraq were released by ISIS militants on Friday. The development came as a rare piece of positive news amid a bloody war raged by the Sunni insurgents. The nurses will fly back to Kerala on Saturday morning, IANS quoted chief minister Oommen Chandy as saying. Chandy told the news agency over telephone from New Delhi

Katra(J and K), Jul 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today declared that the Centre wants to win the hearts of people of Jammu and Kashmir through development as he flagged off the train linking Katra--the base camp for pilgrims headed to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine nestled in the Trikuta hills. Suggesting that the train be named 'Shree Shakti Express', Modi, who is on his maiden visit to J and K

New Delhi/thiruvananthapuram, Jul 4: As the situation in Iraq worsened with at least 85 Indians now in captivity and the ISIS militants forcing the 46 nurses stranded in Tikrit to move out, reportedly to Mosul, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called up the foreign ministers of six Gulf countries and sought their help on Thursday. Officials at the level of National Security Advisors and

New Delhi, Jul 4: As many as 31 air conditioners and 25 heaters were among a number of electrical appliances installed in the official bungalow of Sheila Dikshit in Delhi when she was the Chief Minister. An official response to an RTI query said Mrs. Dikshit's residence on 3-Motilal Nehru Marg, which has now been allotted to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, had at least 31 air conditioners

New Delhi, Jul 3: The Supreme Court today refused to entertain self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's bail plea in a rape case lodged against him in Surat in Gujarat but agreed to hear his petition for bail in another rape case filed in Jodhpur in Rajasthan. A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur asked the 76-year old controversial godman, who has been in jail since September last year, to approach the

New Delhi, Jul 3: The 46 Indian nurses stranded in Iraq's Tikrit town that has been overrun by ISIS militants have been told to board a bus by unknown men and proceed to Mosul. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy confirmed the development. The Indian embassy in Baghdad has advised the nurses to "try and hold on till (Thursday) morning". The nurses have not left, an official source said. The nurses

New Delhi, Jul 3: In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court has said that the dowry law is misused and automatic arrests in such cases should be stopped. This came as the apex court expressed concerns over the misuse of this law by disgruntled housewives against their husbands and in-laws. The court has directed all state governments to ensure that the police satisfy themselves before making an

New Delhi, Jul 2: AIIMS today rejected allegations levelled by its Head of Department of Forensic Medicine Sudhir Gupta that he was pressurised to manipulate the post mortem report of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of then Union Minister Shashi Tharoor. "The AIIMS administration categorically denies any such allegation that there was any attempt to pressurise Sudhir Gupta to change the postmortem report,"

New Delhi, Jul 2: Reacting strongly to reports of BJP being spied upon by US National Security Agency (NSA), India today summoned a top US diplomat here to raise the issue, saying it was "totally unacceptable" that an Indian organisation or Indian individual's privacy was transgressed upon. India also sought an assurance from the US that it will not happen again. However, officials did not say who

New Delhi, Jul 2: The government today sought a detailed report from the AIIMS on the reported allegation by a senior forensic doctor that he was pressurised to manipulate the report of the autopsy of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor. "After I became the Health Minister, Dr Sudhir Gupta of AIIMS had written to our department regarding his promotion. But after TV