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Bulandshahr, Jan 14: The Bulandshahr district administration on Monday invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against three people arrested in connection with the alleged cow slaughtering incident in Siyana tehsil last month, officials said. Cattle carcasses were found strewn in the fields outside village Mahaw in Siyana on December 3 after which a mob went on the rampage, attacking the local

New Delhi, Jan 14: The Delhi Police Monday filed its charge sheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case lodged in 2016. The Delhi Police also charged former students, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during an event organised on JNU campus on February 9, 2016, to

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 14: The Kerala leadership of Congresson Sunday welcomed AICC president Rahul Gandhi's 'U-turn' on the issue of women's entry into Sabarimala shrine, saying that, though belated, it would save the party further embarrassment in the state. Having earlier said that he was fully in favour of allowing women of all ages to pray at Sabarimala, Gandhi now sees merit in the argument

New Delhi, Jan 14: Your dream to take international flights at affordable rates will soon come true as the government is all set to finalise routes under the third phase of UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme. Government has already received over 100 proposals under the third phase of UDAN scheme. As per Zee Media sources Assam will connected internationally under the UDAN scheme through services

Lucknow, Jan 14: The Aam Aadmi Party Sunday said its convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not be contesting from Varanasi in the coming Lok Sabha elections, but the party will field a strong candidate for the seat. “Kejriwal will not contest the Lok Sabha polls, as he wants to give special focus to his state. The AAP will contest on all the Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Punjab

New Delhi, Jan 13: The government will construct 44 strategic roads along the border with China and over 2100 km of axial and lateral roads in Punjab and Rajasthan, abutting Pakistan, a CPWD document shows According to an annual report (2018-19) prepared, and released earlier this month by the Central Public Works Department, the agency has been asked to construct 44 "strategically important"

Mumbai, Jan 13: Hitting out at BJP chief Amit Shah for his remarks that the saffron party will thrash former allies if a pre-poll alliance did not materialise ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said one who will trounce the Sena was yet to be born. In a veiled warning to the Sena, Shah had recently said that if an alliance happened, the BJP will ensure victory

New Delhi, Jan 13: A day after it was virtually left out being part of an anti-BJP alliance formed by the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, the Congress on Sunday declared it will contest all the 80 Lok Sabha seats from the state on its own. However, the grand old party of India has kept the doors of a possible alliance open saying if any secular party which is competent to fight the BJP

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi has stood by his remark he made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for using Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to defend the former, saying that he would have made “a very similar comment if it had been a man”. Addressing a press conference in Dubai, Rahul maintained that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have defended himself in the Lok Sabha over

Guwahati, Jan 13: Congress leader Debabrata Saikia on Saturday asked Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal to quit the BJP and form a new government with his party's support, while the AGP said it may restore its alliance with the saffron party if the Citizenship Amendment Bill is scrapped. Saikia, the leader of Opposition in Assam Assembly, talking to a local TV news channel here said, "In view