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Patna, Oct 22: Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh on Monday called for change of all names that are associated with Mughals. He appreciated Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's initiative in this direction. He told ANI, "India is a free country today. We are not slaves of the Mughal or the British. Why should we keep names associated with them? Do

New Delhi, Oct 22: Another associate of late Prof G D Agrawal (Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand)-- a young saint Brahmchari Atmabodhanand-, has announced to sit on indefinite hunger strike for pollution-free and richly flowing Ganga on October 24 even a condition of Sant Gopal Das continued to be serious at PGI Chandigarh on 121st day of his fast on Monday. Informing the Centre of his resolve, the

New Delhi, Oct 22: The Supreme Court Monday said it would decide tomorrow as to when the petitions, seeking review of its Sabarimala verdict allowing entry of women of all age groups into the temple, will be listed for hearing. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul considered the submissions of lawyer Mathews J Nedumpara that his petition seeking review of the

Pune, Oct 22: Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray has dared the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to come clean and confess before the public that building the Ram temple at Ayodhya is not possible for them. “Since 1989, the party has been giving slogans for erecting a Ram temple at Ayodhya. Sena supremo Bal Thackeray had helped the BJP by evoking enthusiasm for the temple in Maharashtra. Yet, after all

New Delhi, Oct 22: The CBI claims to have analysed nine phone calls immediately after middleman Manoj Prasad was held in the alleged bribery case against its Special Director Rakesh Asthanato allege that there was panic after the middleman's brother got "wind" of the arrest, officials said Sunday. The investigative agency has registered a case against Asthana on the basis of claims made by a

Firozabad, Oct 21: A noted Urdu poet Hashim Firozabadi was attacked with acid and was mercilessly beaten up for confronting five youth who allegedly sexually harassing school girls. The incident happened at around 9:30 pm on Saturday in Firozabad’s Rasoolpur area of Uttar Pradesh. According to news agency ANI, Hashim claimed that, “A man came to me and said he won’t send his daughters to school as

Pamba, Oct 21: Few hours after two women from Andhra Pradeshwere barred from entering the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, Kerala Inspector General (IG) S Sreejith on Sunday said that the police is making all efforts to implement the Supreme Court's ruling on allowing females of all groups inside the shrine without any obstacles. Speaking to the media, Sreejith said, "They (women) were part of a

New Delhi, Oct 21: In the long list of renamed Indian cities, Shimla could be the latest entrant as the ruling BJP government is considering a proposal to change its name to Shyamala. A campaign has been launched by some right-wing Hindu groups demanding that the capital of Himachal Pradesh be renamed. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and state health minister Vipin Singh Parmar said many

Jhabua, Oct 21: The Jhabua district administration in Madhya Pradesh rolled back their idea of pasting stickers on a liquor bottle, urging people to cast their vote in the forthcoming Assembly elections. In an effort to motivate people to exercise their franchise in the state elections, few days backs the Jhabua district administration distributed stickers to local alcohol shopkeepers with a

Amritsar, Oct 21: The situation remained tense in Joda Patak on Sunday as locals continued with their sit-in demanding action against the train's driver, who they hold responsible for the death of 61 people who had assembled on train track to witness Dussehra celebrations on Friday. Police said locals are sitting on railway tracks in Joda Patak, where the speeding Jalandhar-Amritsar train mowed