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Jaipur, Oct 30: A Rajasthan minister has been booked under the Representation of the People Act for allegedly promoting enmity between two groups in his speech at an election rally last week, officials said. A video has gone viral on social media in which Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Minister Dhan Singh Rawat can be seen as purportedly saying, "If Muslims can vote unitedly for Congress

New Delhi, Oct 30: A city court on Tuesday, after hearing the submission on behalf of CBI, ordered to 14 days judicial custody middleman Manoj Prasad and CBI Deputy Superintendent of Police Devender Kumar who have been arrested in connection with bribery allegations involving Special Director of CBI Rakesh Asthana. On the request of the Central Bureau of Investigation, the court adjourned the bail

Union Minister KJ Alphons on Monday questioned the intentions of a Muslim and a Christian woman who attempted to enter the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala. Alphons, while speaking with ANI alleged, that the women did not wanted to visit the temple because of their love for Lord Ayappa but to gain publicity. "The statement by the Kerala Chief Minister for BJP president Amit Shah is not acceptable. Who

Kolkata, Oct 30: The BJP in Bengal is contemplating to field "considerable" number of Muslim candidates in the Lok Sabha elections next year with an intent to make inroads into Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee's solid support base among minorities, and corner a sizeable share of this numerically crucial vote bank. The saffron party's aim to make a shift in its political strategy in West Bengal

Raipur, Oct 30: Two police personnel and a Doordarshan cameraman were killed in a Naxal attack in poll-bound Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Tuesday, police said. Two police personnel were also injured in the incident, which took place in Nilawaya village under the Aranpur police station. "Those killed were identified as Sub Inspector Rudra Pratap, Assistant Constable Mangalu and DD News

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 29: Coming down heavily on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the BJP chief's "strength" won't be enough to pull down the Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Kerala government. Addressing at the Left Democratic Front (LDF) rally on Sunday in Palakkad, the Kerala Chief Minister said, "BJP workers'

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 29: The Kerala Police has arrested at least 3505 protesters till now in connection with violence that broke out in the state earlier this month over Supreme Court's verdict on Sabarimala Temple. Besides this, around 529 cases have been registered across the state till Sunday. Last week, the police had issued a lookout notice for 210 people, suspected to be involved in

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 29: A controversy has erupted over BJP president Amit Shahlanding at the yet to be opened Kannur airport, with a Kerala minister slamming him Sunday for threatening to oust the LDF government despite it allowing him to arrive there as part of state's 'tradition of hospitality.' State finance minister TM Thomas Isaac tweeted that though the state had shown the 'tradition of

Jakarta, Oct 29: Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja captained the Indonesian plane Lion Air which crashed into the sea on Monday with 188 passengers and crew, the airline said. The flight flight JT610 en-route to Pangkalpinang crashed near Kerawang, 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport. The flight carried 178 adults, 1 child and 2 infant, including 3 crew under

New Delhi, Oct 29: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday said it was "disappointed" that the crucial hearing on the years old Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute was deferred and maintained that the apex court seems to be "avoiding" to take up the title dispute for urgent hearing. Shortly after the three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi deferred the matter for