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Pune, Jul 5: Parents and student of Pune’s Maeer's MIT School on Wednesday staged a protest against the school’s diktat asking the girls student to wear specific colour innerwear. The school authority has even specified the length of the skirt to be worn by the girl students. Apart from this, the school has restricted the students from using the washroom other than the specified time. "The girls

Amethi (UP), Jul 5: Chief Rahul Gandhi n Wednesday told party workers in Amethi that RSS leaders talk about Mahatma Gandhi but follow Nathuram Godse. "The RSS had no contribution in the freedom struggle but they distort history. On the other hand Congress leaders have contributed for the country in every way including in the freedom movement," a Congress leader quoted Rahul Gandhi as saying at a

New Delhi, Jul 4: Gulf carrier Emirates has decided to discontinue serving 'Hindu meal' on its flights, saying Hindu customers can choose from a variety of "regionally-inspired vegetarian and special meals". The Dubai-based carrier operates a substantial number of flights to various Indian cities. "As part of our continuous review of the products and services available to customers, Emirates can

Jaipur, Jul 4: Former VHP leader Praveen Togadia on Wednesday demanded that the minority status for Muslims should be withdrawn and they be made to adhere to the two-child policy to curb their population growth. “The status of minority (for Muslims) should be withdrawn. A two-child policy should be there to control their population," Togadia, who recently formed a new outfit Antarrashtriya Hindu

New Delhi, Jul 4: In a landmark verdict on the power tussle between the Delhi government and the Centre, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously held that Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal does not have independent decision-making powers, and is bound to act on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers. The judgement pronounced in the court by Chief Justice Dipak Misra

Five persons were killed and four others suffered injuries in a landslide on the Baltal route of the Amarnath Yatra in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir tonight, police said. "A landslide hit between Railpatri and Brarimarg on the Baltal route," a police official said. He said two persons were killed while four others were injured. Among the injured, one person is critical, the official said

New Delhi, Jul 3: Putting the onus on the states to check cow vigilantism, the Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on pleas seeking directions to formulate guidelines to curb such violence, saying no one can take the law into their hands. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said this was a law and order issue and each state has to be

New Delhi, Jul 3: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today moved a Delhi court seeking anticipatory bail in the case related to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Tharoor has already been summoned as an accused in the case. The politician's plea was filed before Special Judge Arvind Kumar who sought Delhi Police's response and kept it for hearing tomorrow. Tharoor was earlier summoned as an

New Delhi, Jul 03: Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said on Monday that “rumours and fake news” had become a big menace, amid reports that around 20 people had been lynched in different parts of the country in the past one month following child-lifting rumours spread primarily through WhatsApp. “State governments and all government agencies, along with NGOs, need to come together and

Lucknow, Jul 2: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded election bugle from Maghar in Sant Kabir Nagar last week, now BJP and Congress presidents will be in Uttar Pradesh to feel the pulse of people and party workers for the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha polls. While Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency Amethi from July 4, during which he is