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Hapur, Aug 14: Another four days and it will be two months since a man was lynched and another seriously injured by a mob over allegations of slaughtering a cow, here. While 45-year-old Qasim, from Pilkhuwa, succumbed to injuries, 65-year-old Samiuddin of Madapur village, is battling for his life at a hospital in Ghaziabad. The Supreme Court yesterday took note of a petition by Samiuddin that he

New Delhi, Aug 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan to congratulate him for winning the elections is a positive development, Islamabad's envoy to New Delhi said today and expressed the hope that such steps could lead to the betterment of ties. Pakistan's High Commissioner in New Delhi Sohail Mahmood made the remarks during an event held at the

Raipur, August 14: Chhattisgarh Governor Balram Das Tandon passed away in Raipur on Tuesday at the age of 90. Tandon was admitted in a hospital in the state capital earlier today, following a sudden decline in his health. All the senior and well-known doctors of the medical college and the state were kept on alert for the governor. On August 13, the governor was present at the rehearsal of the

New Delhi, Aug 14: A day after he was allegedly attacked in Lutyens's Delhi, JNU student leader Umar Khalid today said the real culprits behind the attack are those who "have been breeding an atmosphere of hatred, bloodlust and fear". In a Facebook post, he blamed the BJP spokespersons and the media who, he said, have called him a part of "tukde tukde gang". He shared a picture in which he is seen

New Delhi, Aug 14: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear next week a PIL alleging siphoning of Rs 18,000 crore funds meant for granting scholarship to students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice A M Khanwilkar considered the submissions of lawyer M L Sharma seeking urgent hearing of the PIL. Sharma, in his plea, has

New Delhi, Aug 14: The Delhi Police on Monday claimed it was not informed about the event at the Constitution Club which JNU student Umar Khalid had gone to attend when he was attacked by an unidentified gunmen. Questions were raised about security in Lutyens's Delhi after the attack on Mr Khalid, who escaped unhurt. "We were not aware about the programme since we were not intimated about it. As

New Delhi, Aug 14: The Narendra Modi-Amit Shah led Bharatiya Janata Party would face defeat in three major states - Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan – where it is currently in power, in the next assembly elections, according to the latest survey. The survey conducted by CVOTER and ABP News claimed that the ruling BJP will be comfortably defeated by Congress by big margins, which has been

New Delhi, Aug 13: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union called the attack on its leader Umar Khalid on Monday as a "culmination of the hate-filled propaganda spewed by the Modi government" against him and against all those who have questioned this regime. Some unidentified men targeted Khalid at Constitution Club in the high-security area near Parliament and gunshots were heard, but he

Hyderabad, Aug 13: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday repeated his "Gabbar Singh Tax" jibe while attacking the Goods and Services Tax policy of Narendra Modi lead BJP government and said promised one slab GST would be implemented when the "Congress party-Government" comes to power at the Centre. Speaking at an interactive meeting with women self-help groups (SHGs), organised by the

New Delhi, Aug 13: JNU student leader Umar Khalid was allegedly shot at by an unidentified man at the Constitution Club in New Delhi on Monday but he escaped unhurt, police said. Khalid was at the venue to attend an event titled 'Khauff Se Azaadi', organised by an organisation named 'United Against Hate'. Later Khalid said, "There is an atmosphere of fear in the country, and anybody who speaks