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New Delhi, Jan 25: Eminent Hindi author and essayist Krishna Sobti died on Friday in Delhi, family sources said. She was 93. She breathed her last in a Delhi hospital this morning, where she was admitted for the last two months, Ashok Maheshwari, a friend and managing director of Rajkamal Prakashan, said. "She was about to complete her 94 years in February, so an age factor was there no doubt. For

Bhubaneswar, Jan 25: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he was unaware of any speculation about BJP leader Varun Gandhi joining his party. The Congress chief's remark comes two days after his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra formally entered politics on Wednesday ahead of the elections. "I have not heard this speculation," Gandhi said while responding to a query about Varun Gandhi joining

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 25: Kerala Government is committed to ensure gender justice and implement the September 2018 Supreme Court verdict allowing the entry of women of all ages into Sabarimala temple, Governor Justice (Retd) P Sathasivam said in the Assembly on Friday. Delivering the customary address on the opening day of the Budget session, the Governor said "the Government is duty bound to

New Delhi, Jan 25: Around 25,000 police personnel will be deployed in an around Rajpath as part of the Delhi Police's elaborate security arrangements for the Republic Day celebrations. Apart from Delhi Police, special armed forces including NSG and para-military will be deployed in the area. They will be equally deployed around Rajpath, Vijay Chowk and the Red Fort. Almost 405 DFMG gates have been

Varanasi, Jan 24: Posters urging Priyanka Gandhi to contest the coming general elections from Varanasi-- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency-- came up in the holy city on Thursday. The local unit of the Congress too demanded that Priyanka, who formally entered politics on Wednesday and was appointed the general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East, be pitted directly against Modi to

New Delhi, Jan 24: Union Minister Arun Jaitley has undergone surgery at a hospital in New York on Tuesday, sources said. He has been advised at least two weeks rest by the doctors, they added. Jaitley, who had unexpectedly left for the US on January 13, has undergone tests for soft tissue cancer, sources said. Even during this time, he has been active on social media writing Facebook posts and

New Delhi, Jan 24: The CBI has registered an FIR in connection with alleged irregularities in the Rs 3,250 crore ICICI Bank-Videocon loan case and is carrying out searches Thursday at the group headquarters in Mumbai and offices in Aurangabad, officials said. The search operation started Thursday morning and also covered offices of Nupower, a company operated by ICICI Bank's former CEO Chanda

Aligarh, Jan 24: Ramdev, who has always expressed concern over controlling population in the country, has advised that the government should snatch away the voting rights of people who go for more than two children. Citing the rising population of India as reason for need of such actions, Ramdev at an event in Aligarh on Wednesday, said: "To control population of the country, voting rights, jobs

New Delhi/Lucknow, Jan 24: In a strategic move to bolster its prospects in upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the opposition Congress on Wednesday appointed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, as party general secretary in-charge of east Uttar Pradesh. She is likely to address a public rally in Lucknow next month, marking the start of the Congress campaign. The development comes after the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan

Kolkata, Jan 24: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged that the West Bengal government tried to obstruct the party chief Amit Shah's rally in Jhargram amid reports that Shah's chopper was not allowed to land in the district. "Mamata Banerjee has again tried to obstruct Amit Shah's rally in Jhargram," said BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya. Shah was scheduled to address a rally in