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New Delhi, Aug 27: The Indian Army's Court of Inquiry (CoI) on Monday ordered to initiate disciplinary action against Major Leetul Gogoi in the Srinagar hotel altercation case. Major Gogoi has been prima facie found guilty for violating the official Army policy on fraternising with a local woman and for being absent from the place of duty while on active service in an operational area. Major Gogoi

Delhi, Aug 27: Sparking a controversy, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Basangouda Patil Yatnal has said that the devastating floods in Kerala are the result of ruthless cow slaughtering in the state. The BJP lawmaker from Karnataka's Vijayapura further said that the people of Kerala suffered because of hurting the sentiments of Hindus. "Slaughtering cows is against the feelings of the Hindu

Ahmedabad, Aug 27: Two accused were awarded life imprisonment by a special SIT court on Monday in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case in which 59 'karsevaks' were burnt alive in two coaches of the Sabarmati Express. Three others were acquitted in the case. Special judge H C Vora convicted Farooq Bhana and Imran Sheru and awarded them life sentence after the prosecution established their role as

New Delhi, Aug 27: Diesel prices hit a record high of Rs 69.46 per litre on Monday while petrol rates inched towards Rs 78 a litre mark after a fall in rupee made imports costlier. Diesel price was on Monday hiked about 14 paise per litre and petrol by 13 paise, according to price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. The increase pushed diesel price to its highest ever level of Rs 69.46 a

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 27: As relief and rehabilitation work initon in flood ravaged Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today urged all Malayalees to donate one month salary to rebuild the state,where the death toll has now touched 302 and over four lakh are still in relief camps. In many districts, people have started moving from camps to their homes after cleaning work has been completed

Kolkata, Aug 26: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Sunday said all non-communal, non-BJP forces should come together for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the Left should not hesitate in joining them as the "democracy is in danger". "We must express our opposition to autocracy, we must fight against their autocratic trends, we must criticise the issues where we need to oppose the non-communal right

London, Aug 26: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the judiciary and election commission were being "torn apart" under the BJP government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was keeping mum on grave issues confronting the nation. Addressing the Indian Overseas Congress in London, he said the Prime Minister insulted every Indian by saying that nothing had happened in the last 70

Ahmedabad, Aug 26: Anil Ambani's Reliance Group companies have filed a Rs 5,000 crore defamation suit against Congress-owned National Herald, claiming an article published in the newspaper regarding the Rafale fighter jet deal was "libellous and derogatory". They also filed a second, similar suit against Gujarat Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil seeking Rs 5,000 crore in damages for defamation. The

London, Aug 26: Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that people support populist leaders like US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi because they are angry over not having jobs, as the Congress president stepped up his attack on the BJP and the RSS. Interacting with Indian Journalists' Association here, Rahul said that instead of solving the problem, these leaders ride on that anger

Patna, Aug 25: RJD president and fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad on Saturday returned to Patna from Mumbai, where he was treated at a hospital for three weeks and would surrender before the CBI court at Ranchi next Thursday as per the Jharkhand High Court order. The Jharkhand High Court had on Friday refused to extend the provisional bail of the former Bihar chief minister and asked him to