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New Delhi, Oct 15: After stirring a controversy with his recent remarks against the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, Congressleader Shashi Tharoor on Monday clarified his stance claiming that his comments on the Ram temple were distorted. Tharoor took to Twitter and wrote, "I condemn the malicious distortion of my words by some media in the service of political masters

Gurgaon, Oct 15: A judge's wife, who was allegedly shot in a crowded market area in Gurgaon by his personal security guard, succumbed to injuries, while their 18-year-old son has been declared "brain dead", officials said on Sunday night. Additional Sessions Judge Krishan Kant's wife Ritu (45) and son Dhruv (18) had gone for shopping in the Arcadia market Saturday when they were shot by Mahipal

New Delhi, Oct 15: Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, M. J. Akbaron Monday filed a defamation case in Delhi's Patiala House Court against Priya Ramani, the journalist who alleged that Akbar sexually harassed her. A statement from Akbar's lawyers confirmed that the complaint has been filed under sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code. After the recent #MeToo campaign raged in

Lucknow, Oct 15: Spreading a message of communal harmony, a Muslim family in Lucknow's Bakshi Ka Talab area has been organising Ramleela during Navaratri since last three generations. Mohd Sabir Khan, who is the director of the play, has also been taking part in the play since 1972. "This Ramleela was started in 1972 and since then, both Hindus and Muslims have been part of it. I started working

New Delhi, Oct 15: Diesel price rose for the 10th consecutive day Monday to wipe out all of the Rs 2.50 per litre cut in rates announced earlier this month through excise duty cut and oil company subsidy. The government had, with effect from October 5, cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 1.50 per litre and asked state-owned oil firms to subsidise the fuel by another Re 1 a litre. However

Mumbai, Oct 15: A 53-year-old air hostess was injured Monday after falling off an Air India aircraft which was getting ready for departure at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here, the airline said. The incident took place in the morning on the Air India's New Delhi-bound flight AI 864, it said. The airline termed the incident as "unfortunate" and said that it was investigating into

Kochi, Oct 15: The Kerala High Court Monday granted conditional bail to Roman Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested over allegations of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting a nun. Granting the bail, Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan directed the accused Bishop to surrender his passport and not to enter Kerala state except for appearing before the probe officer once in two weeks on Saturdays

New Delhi, Oct 15: The Supreme Court of India has suggested that the victim of a crime should also have a say in the punishment of the criminal. A Bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur. S. Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta held that punishment should be “meaningful” to the victim also. For this, “it is necessary to seriously consider giving a hearing to the victim while awarding the sentence to a convict”

New Delhi, Oct 15: Union minister M J Akbar on Sunday rejected allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against him by multiple women and threatened to take legal action against them. The Minister of State for External Affairs issued a statement, trashing the allegations, hours after he returned from a trip to Africa. "Allegations of misconduct made against me are false and fabricated. These

New Delhi, Oct 15: Apologising for delaying salary of its employees for the month of September, Jet Airways has said that it is "working towards a solution on the issue, which will be communicated in the coming week". In an email sent to its employees, Rahul Taneja, the Chief People Officer (CPO) of the airline, said, "First of all, we would like to apologise for the delayed payment of your