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New Delhi, Dec 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the most popular global leader on social media platform Instagram with 14.8 million followers. According to a list published by online platform twiplomacy, Mr Modi is closely followed by Indonesian President Joko Widodo with 12.2 million followers. With 10 million followers, US President Donald Trump is at the third position on photo

Bulandshahr, Dec 6: The Bajrang Dal on Wednesday asked its Bulandshahr coordinator Yogesh Raj, who is the main accused in the mob violence in the Uttar Pradesh town which killed two, to surrender before the police and said it believed he is innocent. The Bajrang Dal also demanded a CBI probe into the incident, saying because the police themselves were the complainant. Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh

New Delhi, Dec 6: Nation pays homage to Bharat Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar on his 63rd Mahaparinirvan Diwas on Thursday. The Father of the Indian Constitution Dr Ambedkar was a jurist, economist, politician and a social reformer who campaigned against social discrimination of Dalits, women and labourers. He died on this day in 1956 and the day is observed as Mahaparinirvan Diwas every year. A number of

New Delhi, Dec 5: The Centre Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the fight between two top officers of the CBI -- Director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana -- in public exposed the premier probe agency to ridicule. Attorney General K K Venugopal told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that the fight between the two officers impacted the image of the CBI. The Centre's main

Madurai, Dec 5: Tamil Nadu Bishop's Council (TNBC) on Wednesday appealed to Karnataka government to refrain from constructing the controversial dam at Mekedatu across River Cauvery. In a statement here, TNCB President Most. Rev. Antony Pappusamy, Archbishop of Madurai, said that the move to build the dam would adversely affect the people of Tamil Nadu, particularly farmers in Delta districts who

New Delhi, Dec 5: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has said a university should come up at the site of the disputed Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. He emphasised that ‘Ram Rajya’ can be ushered through education and not by constructing a grand temple. “My stand is that with a consensus from both sides (Hindus and Muslims), let’s build a good university at

New Delhi, Dec 6: Congress president Rahul Gandhi has assured students the party will do everything it can to ensure they have direct access to opportunities and end corruption which holds them back. In a letter to students, Gandhi said they are nation-builders and nations today forge ahead not with war, but with advances in science, technology, art and literature. The letter, translated in all

New Delhi, Dec 5: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi showed his need to prove his superiority by questioning Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and asserting that Kartarpur went to Pakistan due to the lack of wisdom of the leaders of that time. His attack on Modi came a day after the prime minister alleged that Kartarpur went to Pakistan at the time of independence

Hyderabad, Dec 5: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday ruled out his party joining the TRS government in the event of it returning to power for second term in office. The Hyderabad Lok Sabha member said the TRS would form a government on its own. "No, we will not join the government. I am pretty much sure that the people of Telangana will bless KCR (as caretaker Chief Minister K

New Delhi, Dec 5: Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Wednesday appealed to various Indian banks to accept his offer to pay back 100 per cent of the principal loan amount he owes to them, days ahead of a UK court’s decision on his plea not to extradite him to India. The 62-year-old former Kingfisher Airline boss, who has been on bail in the UK on an extradition warrant since his arrest in April