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Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 17: Hundreds of women devotees of Lord Ayyappa on October 16 checked vehicles for girls and women of menstrual age at Nilackal, the main gateway to Sabarimala in Kerala, and stopped them from proceeding to the hill shrine, as tension mounted in the area ahead of the opening of the temple gates on October 17. With the gates set to be opened for the first time since the

New Delhi, Oct 16: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) during an analysis of 100 top bank frauds identified several loop holes and modus operandi of the companies involved in such frauds. The analysis was conducted of top 100 bank fraudsthat took place in India up to March 31, 2017. The analysis focused mainly on the modus- operandi, amount involved, type of lending viz. Consortium/ Multiple

New Delhi, Oct 16: The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) on Tuesday said that is no period of limitation with regard to reporting of child sexual offences under the POCSOAct, 2012. "Now any victim, at any age, can complain the sexual abuse faced by him/her as a child", said CD minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi. She urged the victims to report the cases through POCSO e-Box. The WCD had

Kochi, Oct 16: With just one day remaining for the opening of the Ayyappa Hill Shrine at Sabarimala, a woman devotee attempted suicide, as the protests against women entering Sabarimala was intensified by various Hindu organisations in Kerala on Tuesday. At Nialakkal, near Pamba, the woman tried to hang herself from a tree, creating mild tension in the area. However, police rescued the women. As

Lucknow, Oct 16: The Yogi Adityanath government on the demand of the saints and others on Tuesday during the Navrata announced to rechristened the name of Allahabad city to its old name of Prayagraj. The decision was taken in the state cabinet meeting chaired by the CM here. State government spokesperson and Health Minister Sidarthnath Singh told reporters here that now all the departments like

New Delhi: The son of a BSP leader was booked for allegedly brandishing a weapon in the foyer of a five-star hotel here, a video of which went viral on social media, police said Tuesday. A complaint about the incident was received by the police Monday from the assistant security manager of Hyatt Regency Hotel in RK Puram, they said. The incident occurred on the intervening night of October 13 and

Panaji, Oct 16: In a setback to the Congress in Goa, two of its legislators resigned as members of the state Assembly Tuesday, Speaker Pramod Sawant said. With this, the Congress' strength in the 40-member Assembly reduced to 14 from 16. "Congress legislators Subhash Shirodkar and Dayanand Sopte faxed their resignations as members of the Assembly to my office. We have received their resignations,"

Pune, Oct 16: Without naming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), senior Congress leader Anand Sharma Monday said Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's 1948 order banning the organisation should be placed at the foot of his gigantic 'Statue of Unity', to be inaugurated soon in Gujarat's Narmada district. Speaking to media here, he noted that the move would tell people what the first home minister of the

New Delhi, Oct 16: Saudi Arabia on Monday committed to meeting India's rising oil demand and said it is keen to invest in fuel retailing and petrochemical business in the world's fastest-growing energy consumer. Speaking at India Energy Forum, its oil minister Khalid al-Falih heaped lavish praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government for making it easier to do business in the country

New Delhi, Oct 15: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the ITO Skywalk in New Delhi today and accused the Arvind Kejriwal-led government of stalling it for one year. The minister also said the Delhi government created hindrance in execution of several other projects including the Metro Phase-IV. Mr Puri, who also inaugurated a foot over bridge at ITO, alleged that a "false narrative" was