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New Delhi, Jan 7: The Centre today said there is no link between Pakistan's ISI and Muslim youth, who were victims of Muzaffarnagar riots, but agreed with Delhi Police's statement that two suspected LeT operatives had met two persons in the area. "There is no evidence or intelligence inputs that suggested that the ISI had approached the riot victims," a senior Home Ministry official said. Minister

New Delhi, Jan 7: Amid reports that suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists had approached Muzaffarnagar riot victims to recruit men to their module, Congress today said it has proved right Rahul Gandhi's assertions that Pakistan's ISI was working to lure the riot-hit while BJP asked the government to explain facts of the "LeT operation". Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh said the report has

New Delhi, Jan 7: Cracking down on corruption in Delhi Jal Board, the city government today suspended three officials of the water distribution utility and shifted around 800 others in a bid to streamline its service delivery mechanism. Chief water analyst Vinod Kumar, patwari Sunil Kumar and meter reader Atul Prakash were suspended following orders by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Education and

Lucknow, Jan 7: In another obvious gambit to lure the minority vote bank ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Akhilesh Yadav regime has decided to withdraw criminal cases related to the recent Muzaffarnagar riots against 16 Muslim leaders including BSP MP Qader Rana. Sources say SP wants Rana to join the party and be its nominee for the Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha seat. Rana has earlier been an SP

New Delhi, Jan 7: Pakistan on Monday sided with India on the row over the treatment meted out to senior diplomat Devyani Khobragade in the US and said such treatment should not be meted to any official of another country. "In the entire world, there is only one way ... there is a long history to this ... the respect for Vienna Convention...the Vienna Convention ought to be respected in letter and

Kolkata, Jan 6: Former Supreme Court judge, Justice A.K. Ganguly, who has been accused of sexual assault by a law intern, resigned on Monday from the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC). Earlier on Monday, Justice Ganguly had distanced himself from a public interest litigation (PIL) petition that was filed in the Supreme Court supporting him. The PIL was filed by Delhi-based doctor M Padma

New Delhi, Jan 6: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get a "clear majority" in this year's Lok Sabha election, party president Rajnath Singh asserted Monday. Inaugurating a meeting organised by the Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) here, Rajnath Singh gave credit to overseas Indians for providing economic stability after India's 1998 nuclear tests. "The UPA (United Progressive Alliance)

New Delhi, Jan 6: Aam Aadmi Party on Monday distanced itself from the views of its senior leader Prashant Bhushan that a referendum should be carried out in Kashmir to decide on deployment of the Army to deal with security threats in the valley. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said decisions on internal security are taken based on the law and order situation and there cannot have referendum on

Ahmedabad, Jan 6: An FIR has been lodged against social activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand, Zakia Jafri's son Tanvir Jafri and two others for allegedly usurping Rs 1.51 crore collected by them for turning Gulbarg Society into a museum, police said. "An FIR has been lodged under Sections 120(B), 406 and 420 of the IPC and Section 72 (A) of the IT Act against Setalvad, Anand, Tanvir

Mumbai, Jan 6: Fuel prices in Mumbai are now the highest in the country. Petrol price was hiked by Rs 1.79 on Sunday to Rs 81.31 per litre and diesel by over a rupee to Rs 62.60. This was the second hike in just two days, the last one being a 96-paise and 62-paise increase on Friday. While Friday's hike was part of an uniform increase announced across the country, the rate hike on Sunday was only