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New Delhi, Sept 18: After a one-day hiatus, petrol and diesel prices Tuesday were hiked again to new highs. While rates were not changed on Monday, a 10 paise per litre hike in petrol price and a 9 paise a litre increase in diesel was effected Tuesday, according to a price notification of state-owned oil marketing companies. Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 82.16 per litre and diesel is priced at Rs

Kolkata, Sept 18: It is imperative to implement a citizen list, similar to Assam's National Register of Citizen (NRC) in West Bengal, to save Bengali Hindus from being annihilated, claimed Jishnu Basu, the Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh (RSS) West Bengal Secretary. In an exclusive interview with ANI, Basu claimed that due to rampant infiltration of Bangladeshi Muslims in West Bengal, Hindus in several

Chennai, Sept 18: An elderly auto driver was allegedly assaulted by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Chennai on Sunday night as he questioned party state president Tamilisai Soundararajan over the increasing fuel rates. As Soundararajan was addressing media in Saidapet on Sunday night, the auto driver named Kathir, standing behind her, asked her why fuel prices were rising. “Sister, why the

Kolkata, Sept 18: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjeeon Monday said the country will witness a "revolution" in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and people will defeat the BJP. The BJP had won the 2014 Lok Sabha polls by securing 31 per cent votes but it cannot be repeated, she claimed. She reiterated that "BJP Hatao, Desh Bachao" (Oust BJP, Save Country) will be her slogan for the next year's

New Delhi, Sept 18: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat lauded the role of the Congress during India’s freedom struggle and also acknowledged the contribution of previous governments in nation-building. “Whatever you may say but some work has definitely been done in this period. Something has definitely been done honestly. The Congress played a big role in the freedom movement

Godda (Jharkhand), Sept 17: A Sangh Parivar activist washed the feet of a BJP MP in Jharkhand’s Godda during a public event on Sunday. The worker then even drank that water from which he washed the MP's feet. The MP Nishikant Dubey, who represents Godda constituency even posted about the same on his official Facebook page and commended the worker for "keeping his promise". He wrote: "Today I

Mumbai, Sept 17: Terming the proposed pre-poll alliance between the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Prakash Ambedkar-led Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) as "bogus", the Shiv Sena said Monday that such a political move is not a good omen. The alliance would only benefit the BJP, the Sena claimed, alleging that the move by the BBM chief, who is the grandson of late Dr B R

New Delhi, Sept 17: The Supreme Court Monday said that it will examine two days later whether there is material supporting the arrest of five rights activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra extended till September 19 the house arrest of the five rights activists--Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and

New Delhi/Mysuru, Sept 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate his 68th birthday on Monday in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi where he will interact with school children. Modi will reach Narur village this afternoon where he will interact with children of a primary school, which is aided by a non-profit organisation, Room to Read. Later, at the Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) campus

Miryalaguda, Sept 17: Peramalla Pranay Kumar, the 23-year-old Dalit man, who was killed on Friday afternoon, eight months after he married upper caste girl, was laid to rest here on Sunday. His pregnant wife Amrutha, who was brought home from hospital on Saturday night, was inconsolable. “I can’t live without him, but I will, for my baby, and to fight against caste system. No one should experience