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Kochi, Aug 29: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday asserted that there was no change in the CPI(M)-LDF government's stance on Sabarimala and lashed out at the BJP saying the saffron party had "cheated" devotees in the name of a new legislation. "There is no change in the state government's stand on Sabarimala. Our stand was to implement the Supreme Court order. If the court orders

Mumbai, Aug 29: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it knew that Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' was a literary classic and that it didn't mean to suggest that all the books seized by Pune police in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case were incriminating. The observation by Justice Sarang Kotwal came a day after media reports said he asked accused Vernon Gonsalves to explain why he kept

New Delhi, Aug 29: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday told the Supreme Court that custodial interrogation of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in the INX media case is required as if his plea for anticipatory bail is given it would affect cases linvolving Vijay Mallaya, Mehul Choksi, Neerav Modi and Zakir Naik. Disputing the contention of Chidambaram's lawyers, the agency also argued that

Islamabad, Aug 29: Pakistan has successfully test-fired surface-to-surface ballistic missile 'Ghaznavi', capable of delivering multiple warheads up to 290 kms, the Army said on Thursday, amid fresh Indo-Pak tensions after India revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status. Pakistan on Wednesday closed three aviation routes of Karachi airspace till August 31, which had promoted speculation about the

New Delhi, Aug 29: On the occasion of National Sports Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched “Fit India Movement” at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here. The Prime Minister also administer a fitness pledge in his address, inviting all Indians to join in. The programme aims to encourage all citizens to inculcate a culture of fitness. The launch of the Fit India campaign will be

New Delhi, Aug 28: The rupee declined by 29 paise to close at 71.77 against the US dollar on Wednesday as fears of an impending global recession prompted investors to stick to safe-haven assets like the Japanese yen. Rising crude oil prices and weakness in the equity market put further pressure on the domestic currency, forex dealers said. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened

New Delhi, Aug 28: A full-blow war between India and Pakistan is likely to occur in October and November, Pakistan Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Wednesday. Addressing a ceremony in Rawalpindi, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed affirmed the time for Kashmir’s final freedom struggle has come, and the war with India will be the last this time. “The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) would have

Lucknow, Aug 28: After mob lynching in the name of cow slaughter, it is rumours of child lifting that are fueling similar incidents in Uttar Pradesh, where over 20 such cases reported during the past three days. In the latest incident in Sambhal, a man suspected of being a child lifter, was thrashed to death by a mob on Tuesday. According to reports, two brothers had taken their nephew to a doctor

New Delhi, Aug 28: The Congress slammed Pakistan on Wednesday for "mischievously" dragging party leader Rahul Gandhi's name in a petition reportedly moved in the United Nations to justify its "lies" and misinformation on Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, the opposition party said Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh were and would always be an integral part of India as it accused Pakistan of instigating

Guwahati, Aug 28: Assam BJP legislator Dilip Kumar Paul on Tuesday defended his recent claim that cows produce more milk when they listen to tunes on the flute similar to the ones played by Lord Krishna, saying that it was proven by a "very talented" research team. "This isn't my statement. A very talented research team from Gujarat conducted research and proved this. Lord Krishna didn't play the