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New Delhi, Sep 23: Charging that some main political parties are trying to "dangerously" disturb the communal harmony in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today warned such forces of stringent action. He also demanded that the Centre put in place a mechanism to check misuse of social media and mobile phones to fan communal tension. "At present, it seems that

New Delhi, Sep 23: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday expressed concern over the increasing incidents of communal violence and said government will ensure those guilty are punished. Speaking at the inauguration of the National Integration Council (NIC) meet here, the prime minister said the meet had a special significance in light of the communal violence in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar

New Delhi, Sept 22: BJP President Rajnath Singh today came out in support of former Army chief Gen V K Singh, who is under attack over the activities of a secret spy unit set up by him, saying the government was deliberately troubling all personalities who want to join the saffron party. "Whatever V K Singh has said is correct. Why was no inquiry held against him when he was in service. Why are

New Delhi, Sept 22: Two Indians, including an 8-year-old boy, were among 39 killed and four other community members injured in the attack by armed terrorists on an upscale mall in Nairobi in Kenya. While one of the victims 40-year-old Sridhar Natarajan was working with a pharma firm, the boy Paramshu Jain was the son of a manager of the local Bank of Baroda branch, spokesperson in the Ministry of

Lucknow, Sep 21: The Uttar Pradesh police arrested Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Sangeet Som and BSP MLA Noor Salim Rana on Saturday even as Rajnath Singh’s scheduled visit to the riot-hit Muzaffarnagar was called off after the district administration advised him to cancel his visit. Som is accused of uploading a fake video that played a role in provoking communal tension in Muzaffarnagar and

Ahmedabad, Sep 21: The CBI is learnt to have got some fresh clues to the sensational killing of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya after the agency's officials on Friday questioned deputy inspector general D G Vanzara, who is in judicial custody in connection with a string of fake encounters. During his interrogation by a CBI team, led by DIG Sandeep Tamagde, Vanzara hinted at a political

New Delhi, Sep 20: The government said Friday it will take further action on an internal report on the misuse of secret service funds by former Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh after "careful examination" even as the BJP said the officer was being "hounded" for sharing the dais with Narendra Modi. As media reports quoted an army inquiry on Gen. Singh misusing secret funds to destablise the Jammu

Lucknow, Sep 20: In the first major arrest of a politician for the Muzaffarnagar violence, BJP MLA Suresh Rana was today apprehended by Uttar Pradesh police on charges of making provocative speeches to incite riots. Rana, who is BJP MLA from Thana Bhawan in riot-affected Shamli district, was arrested by Lucknow police while he was on his way to Gomti Nagar from the party office this evening

New Delhi, Sept 20: With arrival of imported onions in the wholesale market, prices of the kitchen staple today came down by Rs 10 but retail prices continued to remain high at Rs 70-80 per kg. According to traders, around 25 trucks carrying 1,500- 2,000 quintals of onions have arrived at the Azadpur Mandi. "With the additional arrival of onions from Afghanistan prices today fell by Rs 10 per kg

Ludhiana: A massive amount of gold and diamond jewellery weighing 170 kgs has been seized by sleuths of Punjab Taxation Department at Sahnewal airport in Ludhiana. "The executives of a private company were found carrying the diamond-studded jewellery and gold ornaments in a chartered plane yesterday," the State Taxation Department officials said today. They were asked to produce the documents