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Chandigarh, Oct 10: Controversial Rajput leader Suraj Pal Amu, who announced a Rs 10 crore bounty for beheading actor Deepika Padukone ahead of the release of the movie 'Padmaavat' last year, has been made the spokesperson of the BJP in Haryana. Amu was at the forefront of the protest seeking a ban on the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmavati', later renamed 'Padmaavat', last November. Amu

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 10: Kerala BJP on Wednesday launched massive protest including one-hour road blockages in 200 places and a protest march from Pandalam to the State Secretariat, in protest against the SC verdict allowing the entry for women of all ages at the world famous Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala. Launching the protest march "Save Sabarimala Yatra" at Pandalam, where Lord Ayyappa

New Delhi, Oct 10: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to provide details of the decision-making process in the Rafale fighter jet deal with France in a sealed cover but clarified that it does not want information on pricing and technical particulars. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S.K. Kaul and K.M. Joseph, also made it clear that it was not taking into

New Delhi, Oct 10: The income tax department today conducted searches on multiple premises linked to Delhi transport minister Kailash Gahlot in connection with a tax evasion case, officials said. They said at least 16 locations in the national capital and neighbouring Gurgaon are being raided by a team of over 60 tax department officials and the police. The search teams are raiding locations in

Oct 10: At least seven people were killed and nine others seriously injured as eight coaches and the engine of the New Farakka Express (14003) derailed near Rae Bareli in Uttar PradeshWednesday, Additional Director General (ADG), Law and order, Anand Kumar said. The accident took place in Harchandpur area of Rae Bareli district at 6.10 am and around 30-35 people are injured, he said. The injured

New Delhi, Oct 9: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused urgent hearing on a review petition filed against the verdict of allowing entry of women of all ages in Kerala's Sabarimala temple. A bench, headed by Chief Justice Gogoi, said that the petitions will be listed in the usual course, after advocate Mathew J Nedumpara, appearing for Lord Ayappa devotees association sought urgent hearing of the

Mumbai, Oct 9: The rupee fell 33 paise Tuesday to finish at a fresh lifetime low of 74.39 against the US dollar on high crude oil prices, strengthening of the greenback and unabated foreign fund outflows. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex), the rupee made a cautious recovery of 18 paise to 73.88 against the US dollar in early trade on fresh selling of the American currency by banks and

Lucknow, Oct 9: Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the attack on North Indians in Gujarat and reiterated that the party will join the grand alliance against the BJP only if the party gets respectable seats. " We will not beg for seats in the coming Lok Sabha polls and will prefer to contest the elections alone if we do not get respectable seats

New Delhi, Oct 9: Strongly criticising the #MeToo campaign, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) Udit Raj on Tuesday said every case should be examined individually, as there are some women who level allegations for the sake of money. Speaking to ANI, Raj said: "This (#MeToo) should be looked after case by case. I have seen cases where it has become a habit of women to put

New Delhi, Oct 9: A screen grab of the video showing Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari talking to Bollywood actor Nana Patekar “We were very confident that we can never come to the power. So our people suggested us just to make tall promises. Now people remind us of our promises...Now we just laugh and move on” In a rather candid confession, Union Minister for Road