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Hyderabad, Aug 13: Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh Lodh said on Sunday that he has tendered his resignation to the party, alleging that it was not providing any support for 'gau raksha' (cow protection). Singh, who represents Goshamahal constituency in the Assembly, said in a video message posted on a social networking site that he has forwarded his resignation letter to Telangana BJP president K

New Delhi, Aug 13: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee passed away at a private hospital in Kolkata on Monday morning following multiple organ failure, a senior hospital official said. He was 89 and is survived by his wife and two daughters. Congress President Rahul Gandhi mourned the death of Chatterjee. "He was an institution. Greatly respected and admired by all parliamentarians, across

Srinagar, Aug 13: Militants shot dead a civilian after abducting him from his house in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. "Terrorists in Murran area of Pulwama last night barged inside the house of Gulzar Ahmad Bhat and abducted him," a police official said. The official said police recovered Bhat's bullet-riddled body from a nearby field. "Police have registered a case and

New Delhi, Aug 12: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's data on job creation in the country as "assumption based". Speaking to ANI, Owaisi said that the Prime Minister and his government are well aware of the fact that they failed in their promise to provide jobs. "The government has failed to provide jobs to the

New Delhi, Aug 12: President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, that provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years. The amendment replaces the criminal law amendment ordinance promulgated on April 21 after the rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua and another woman in Unnao.

Kochi, Aug 12: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today made an aerial survey of two rain-ravaged districts of Kerala and said the situation in the state was "very serious". He assured the state government of all help from the Centre to meet the challenges posed by the unprecedented floods. The minister was speaking to reporters at the airport here after conducting the aerial survey of Idukki and

New Delhi, Aug 12: Caught in a political storm over the Rafale fighter aircraft deal, billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance Group on Sunday denied receiving any contract from the Defence Ministry and said "unfounded and incorrect" allegations are being deliberately made to "mislead people and cloud the issue." Answering questions ranging from lack experience to state-owned HAL being overlooked for

Muzaffarpur, Aug 12: A CBI team on Saturday took into custody the son of Brajesh Thakur, prime accused in the shelter home sex scandal, after 11 hours of search operation and questioning at the premises owned by them. The CBI team, which had reached Thakur's Sahu Road residence at around 9 am, left at around 8 pm with his son Rahul Anand. Anand is the publisher and editor of Hindi daily "Pratah

Kolkata, Aug 12: The Trinamool Congress today dubbed the rally of BJP president Amit Shah a "flop show" and refuted the charge that the TV coverage of his meeting was blacked-out due to pressure from the ruling party. Amit Shah, who addressed the rally at Mayo Road in the city today, criticised the ruling TMC for blacking out news channels which covered his programme. "You can blackout channels

New Delhi, Aug 11: As torrential rains continue to lash Kerala, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi apprising him of the situation and urging the latter to release sufficient funds immediately to the Kerala government for their relief and rehabilitation efforts. Flash floods, caused by incessant rains, have wreaked havoc in several districts