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New Delhi, Dec 26: Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Thursday criticised people leading violent protests over the new citizenship law, saying leadership is not about guiding masses, including students to carry out arson and violence, remarks that drew sharp reactions from opposition leaders. The opposition party, including the Congress attacked Gen Rawat, who is due to retire on December 31 as Army

New Delhi, Dec 26: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that there were no detention centres in the country, alleging that "RSS's Prime Minister lies to Bharat Mata". Taking to Twitter, he also attached a video clip with Modi accusing the Congress, its allies and "urban Naxals" of spreading the rumour that Muslims will be sent to detention

New Delhi, Dec 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that though he could not witness the solar eclipse due to cloud cover in the national capital, he managed to have a glimpse of it in Kozhikode through live stream. The prime minister also posted his pictures trying to see the Sun. "Like many Indians, I was enthusiastic about #solareclipse2019. Unfortunately, I could not see the sun

Dec 26: The portals of Birla Mandir here have been closed due to solar eclipse today. The doors were closed after an 'aarti' was performed on Wednesday evening, 12 hours before the eclipse. The solar eclipse will begin at 8:17 am and will go on till 10:57 am. The devotees can offer prayers after 12 pm today when an aarti will be performed in the temple. Similarly, the doors of temples in Varanasi

New Delhi, Dec 26: The Delhi Congress on Wednesday promised subsidised power up to 600 units a month to people here, if it is voted to power in assembly polls next year, prompting the AAP government to dare it to first prove its intention by enforcing the scheme in states already being ruled by it. Addressing a Congress rally in Wazirpur area, the party’s Delhi unit president Subhash Chopra said

Hyderabad, Dec 26: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said the Sangh regards the 130 crore people of India as Hindu society, irrespective of their religion and culture. Irrespective of religion and culture, people who have the nationalistic spirit and respect the culture of the country and its heritage are Hindus, and RSS considers the 130 crore people of the country as Hindus, he said. "Entire

New Delhi, Dec 25: Author-activist Arundhati Roy on Wednesday said that the National Population Register (NPR) will serve as a database for the NRC and asked people to oppose the former by furnishing wrong names and addresses. Addressing a protest gathering at Delhi University, she also said that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was targeted against the Muslims of the country. Union Home

Kolkata, Dec 25: A student of Jadavpur University on Tuesday tore apart a page of a copy of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act while receiving her degree at the convocation ceremony, asserting that the gesture was her way of protesting against the contentious law. Debosmita Choudhury, who identified herself as a student of the arts department, said she chose to “dump” the CAA document at the podium

New Delhi, Dec 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the Atal Bhujal Scheme for better management of groundwater, stressing on the need to use technology which helps prevent wastage of water in various spheres, including agriculture. He also named Rohtang passageway as Atal Tunnel to mark the 95th birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Urging farmers to

Kannur, Dec 25: A group of activists of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and Youth Congress waved black flags at Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa at two different locations during his visit to temples here on Tuesday. The pro-CPI(M) and pro-Congress youth wings were protesting against the Union government's decision to implement Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the detention