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United Nations, Jan 29: India has by far the largest population of illiterate adults at 287 million, amounting to 37 per cent of the global total, a United Nations report said highlighting the huge disparities existing in education levels of the country's rich and poor. The 2013/14 Education for All Global Monitoring Report said India's literacy rate rose from 48 per cent in 1991 to 63 per cent in

Chennai, Jan 29: Amid the simmering sibling rivalry in the DMK's first family that triggered the suspension of his elder son M K Alagiri from the party, DMK chief M Karunanidhi has written to the Prime Minister seeking additional security for his younger son Stalin. Party sources said the DMK president had recently written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking increased protection, "after the

Lucknow, Jan 29: Asking the Muslim community to remain united to prevent Narendra Modi from becoming Prime Minister, Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohd Azam Khan on Tuesday said a big conspiracy was going on to divide Muslims. "There is a big conspiracy going on to divide Muslims... If you are divided, Narndra Modi will form the next government (at the Centre). We all have to remain united," Khan said

New Delhi, Jan 29: The ruling coalition between the Congress and the National Conference (NC) in Jammu & Kashmir may split amid indications that chief minister Omar Abdullah was considering resigning following sharp differences between the two parties. The state leadership of the Congress is stonewalling Omar's cherished scheme of creating some 700 new administrative units in the state ahead of

New Delhi, Jan 29: Hitting out a Rahul Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said that the Congress vice president lied in his comments on the Gujarat riots. Rahul, in an interview to a TV news channel, had claimed that the difference between the 1984 riots and the 2002 riots in Gujarat was that in 1984 the government was trying to stop the violence, while in Gujarat the government was

Mumbai, Jan 28: Wielding sticks and hurling stones, hordes of MNS workers today vandalised a toll plaza at the iconic Bandra-Worli Sea Link, even as the state's police chief said their leader Raj Thackeray's "provocative" speech that triggered the violence was being examined. Undeterred by warnings of action, over 50 MNS workers arrived at toll booth on the sea link in cabs, threatened the staff

New Delhi, Jan 28: DMK chief Karunanidhi on Tuesday said that expelled party leader and his older son Alagiri has told him that his younger brother Stalin will die within three months. Alagiri, 62, MP from Madurai, has been involved in a prolonged tussle with his brother MK Stalin for control of the party. “He used harsh language against Stalin, which I cannot tolerate. No father can tolerate such

Washington, Jan 28: A Google Hangout by Aam Aadmi Party senior leader Yogendra Yadav on India's 65th Republic Day raised Rs 18 lakhs from the party's supporters worldwide. The Google Hangout with Yadav was held in 17 cities across the globe, including London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago and Philadelphia, wherein AAP supporters posed direct questions to the leader. A total of

Mumbai, Jan 28: Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today again surprised the markets and raised the key policy rate by 0.25 per cent to 8 per cent in a bid to curb inflation, a move that may translate into higher EMIs and push up the cost of borrowing for corporates. "...an increase in the policy (repo) rate by 25 basis points is needed to set the economy securely on the recommended

New Delhi, Jan 28: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday said that it is not his job to ensure that cases are lodged against the party ministers accused of corruption. In an interview to Times Now, Gandhi acknowledged that there was no case being followed up against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh over alleged corruption, and said: "It is not my job. My job is when I see