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New Delhi, May 3: Seven people chargesheeted in the Nido Tania racial killing case on Friday will face charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, illegal confinement, and offences under the SC/ST Atrocities Act, but not murder. CBI, which took over the investigation two months ago, dropped the murder charge pressed by Delhi Police on the ground that the fatal assault on Tania was not

Chennai, May 3: In a find that could help crack the mystery behind the May Day twin blasts in a train at the Chennai Central railway station, the State police on Friday released the CCTV footage of a man running on the platform soon after the train’s arrival. The Crime-Branch CID, investigating the blasts on board the Bangalore-Guwahati Express that killed a woman passenger and injured 14

Greater Noida, May 2: An RTI activist was found dead in a burnt car near Eldeco Crossing in Greater Noida, police said on Friday. Chandra Mohan Sharma’s charred body was found inside his car on Thursday night after passersby informed the police that the vehicle caught fire, a police official said. Mr. Sharma was an employee at Honda car company and he was returning home on Thursday night after

Mumbai, May 2: A day after making comments that Muslims who do not vote for his party are not "true Muslims", Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi today said true Muslims cannot vote for BJP. "BJP has always been cruel and unjust towards Muslims. Then how can a true Muslim vote for the BJP? When Mulayam Singh was the chief minister, he saved the Babri Masjid from getting demolished," Azmi told PTI

Amethi, May 2: In a veiled attack on Narendra Modi, Priyanka Gandhi on Friday said there is a leader in the country who wants power for himself and makes repeated demands to strengthen him. Campaigning for her mother Sonia Gandhi in Amethi, she also alleged that books with baseless material written about her family were being dumped a night before at places where her public meetings were scheduled

Guwahati, May 2: Heavily armed NDFB (S) militants unleashed violence in two districts of Assam falling under Bodoland Territorial Administration area, killing 11 people, including three children, and leaving three others seriously injured since last night. A group of 20 to 25 NDFB-Songbijit militants, armed with AK-47 rifles, swooped down on three houses at Balapara-I village in Kokrajhar district

Chennai, May 2: Even after the twin blasts at the Chennai central railway station left one person dead and 14 injured, political parties did not wait for long to get into a blame game. The DMK blamed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for going easy on terror. The BJP said that Narendra Modi did not have enough security despite him being a target for terrorists. When asked if the BJP was

Ahmedabad, May 1: A day after Narendra Modi was booked for making a speech at a polling booth while displaying BJP's election symbol in violation of electoral laws, a preliminary probe by Gujarat police has found he addressed the gathering outside the restricted 100-metre radius. "Just like any other case, we will investigate this case to find out the facts such as whether Modi was inside the 100

Amethi/New Delhi, May 1: “I am Rajiv Gandhi’s daughter,” was Priyanka Gandhi terse reply on Friday to purported comments by Narendra Modi that he considers her as his daughter. Ms. Gandhi, who is on a campaign trail in Amethi, reacted sharply when she was asked by reporters to comment on purported remarks by the BJP prime ministerial candidate that she was like a daughter to him. Priyanka’s

New Delhi, May 1: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Wednesday sprung a surprise by admitting to a relationship with a young television anchor, drawing sharp retorts from political opponents. The 67-year-old, two time Madhya Pradesh chief minister, announced his relationship with journalist Amrita Rai on Twitter, thus putting an end to the rumour mills on social media where intimate