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Allahabad, Jul 20: The Allahabad High Court on Friday issued notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a petition challenging his election from Varanasi parliamentary constituency. Justice M K Gupta fixed August 21 for hearing of the case. The petition was filed by former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was declared Samajwadi Party candidate from Varanasi but failed to contest the election as his

New Delhi, Jul 20: Former Delhi Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit passed away here on Saturday. Dikshit was the longest-serving Chief Minister of Delhi, having served in office for 15 years from 1998. The 81-year-old was appointed as the president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee earlier this year, in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.

Mirzapur/Lucknow, Jul 20: Family members of the Sonbhadra clash victims Saturday met Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the Chunar guesthouse in Mirzapur district, where she spent a night in detention. Twelve members of the affected families met the Congress general secretary at the guesthouse, senior party leader Ajay Rai said. Priyanka Gandhi was stopped from going to Sonbhadra and

New Delhi, Jul 20: The Congress on Saturday alleged that the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh wants to "deport" party general secretary Priyanka GandhiVadra so that she cannot meet the victims of the Sonbhadra clash. The party also alleged that "jungle raj" was prevalent in the state and the government had failed to take action against the guilty. Priyanka Gandhi was on Friday detained and stopped

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 20: Seven fishermen are reported missing as rains intensified and lashed several parts of Kerala for the third day on Saturday under the influence of the southwest monsoon. Heavy rains have been predicted in the state and there is a red alert in some districts of the state. Due to the heavy rainfall, shutters of four dams have been opened. The state government has set up

Lucknow /Mirzapur, Jul 20: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra spent the night at the Chunar guesthouse in Mirzapur district, turning down all requests of the local administration to return without meeting the Sonbhadra clash victims. In a late-night tweet, she said she is ready to go to jail if she is not allowed to go ahead. The second round of talks held between the Congress

Lucknow Jul 19: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi was Friday stopped in Mirzapur district from proceeding towards Sonbhadra to meet the victims of a clash that claimed 10 lives. Nineteen people were injured in the incident on Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh. Some of them were admitted to a hospital in Varanasi and the others at a health facility in Sonbhadra district. Priyanka Gandhi after meeting the

New Delhi, Jul 19: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the special judge conducting trial in the politically sensitive 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, involving BJP veterans such as L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti, to deliver the verdict within nine months from today. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Surya Kant said the recording of evidence in the case should be completed within six

New Delhi, Jul 19: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has written a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath requesting "minimum security arrangement" to be made during her visits to the state so that people are not inconvenienced. "I appreciate the security arrangements made during my visits to the state. But I am very disturbed with the inconvenience it caused to the

New Delhi, Jul 19: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday lashed out at the BJP-led central government over the attachment of her brother Anand Kumar's property in Noida. Taking to Twitter, Mayawati claimed that the ruling party is "misusing" its power to implicate members of the opposition in false cases and torturing them. Condemning the "torture" of her brother, Mayawati, however