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Naroda, Jun 3: BJP MLA Balram Thawani and the NCP woman leader, whom he brutally thrashed on Sunday, held parleys to amicably resolve the contention between the two. Following this, she tied 'Rakhi' on his hand while he apologized to her. On the other hand, the BJP issued a show-cause notice to Thawani. "She is like my sister, I have apologized to her for what happened yesterday. We have cleared

New Delhi, Jun 3: After a huge outcry and allegations of Hindi imposition by many states, the Centre on Monday made changes to the new Draft National Education Policy, making the language optional. "In keeping with the principle of flexibility, students who wish to change one or more of the three languages they are studying may do so in Grade 6 or Grade 7, so long as they are able to still

New Delhi, Jun 3: The government will bring a bill to ban the practice of instant triple talaq again in Parliament, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday. With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha last month, the contentious bill on banning triple talaq had lapsed as it could not be passed by Parliament and was pending in Rajya Sabha. The opposition had been opposing provisions of the

New Delhi, Jun 3: An AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force with 13 people on board lost contact with ground agencies around 35 minutes after it took off from Jorhat in Assamon Monday, official sources said. The aircraft got airborne at around 12:25 PM and lost all contacts with ground staff at around 1 PM, they said. A total of eight crew and five passengers were on board the aircraft

Hyderabad, Jun 3: BJP leader T Raja Singh on Sunday accused the AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi of "financially supporting" the terrorists while asserting that BJP will win the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency in 2024 and which will mark the "end for Owaisi." "Asaduddin Owaisi is supporting terrorist financially and today in his constituency more than 7000 Muslims from different nations are living

New Delhi, Jun 3: About 42 per cent of India is 'abnormally dry' which is around 6 per cent more than last year, according to the Drought Early Warning System (DEWS). In the May 28 update of the real time drought watcher, the percentage of abnormally dry area increased to 42.61 per cent from a week before (May 21) when it was 42.18 per cent. The increase is 0.45 per cent from April 28 when it was

New Delhi, Jun 3: Mr. M K Faizy, National President, SDPI has urged the Election Commission to address the complaints of mismatch in number of EVM votes counts with regard to majority of seats. As news hits in the media that EVM and VVPAT mismatch in 370+ Lok Sabha constituencies, ithas become a public discourse whether our voting right is being misused. The Election Commission is on radar and the

Kochi, Jun 3: The Kerala government on Monday said a college student here is suspected to have been infected with the Nipah virus but a final confirmation is awaited from the National Institute of Virology in Pune. The Kerala Health Department has initiated precautionary measures to deal with the possible outbreak of Nipah virus. State Health Minister K K Shailaja said in Thiruvananthapuram that

Lucknow, Jun 3: UP Congress chief Raj Babbar on Monday said the poor electoral showing of the party in the state has left pain in the hearts of party president Rahul Gandhi and the people of Amethi. In his first interview after the election results, Babbar said Gandhi considered Amethi not just as his parliamentary constituency, but his family. The Gandhi scion lost to BJP's Smriti Irani from the

Kanpur, Jun 3: The RSS will give constructive advice to the government whenever it falters, Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday as he cautioned that any democratically-elected dispensation should guard against any "misuse" of its power. Addressing a Sangh gathering here, the RSS chief said, "Those getting elected in a democratic set-up have immense power, but this does not mean that it should be misused