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Patna, Jun 14: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shatrughan Sinha, who is known for his criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s failures, has stated that the BJP was his party but Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad and his kin were like a family to him. Sinha said this at the Iftar party hosted by the RJD on Wednesday skipped the party of ally JD-U. "Lalu Ji, Rabri Ji

New Delhi, Jun 14: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to end the IAS officers' "strike" claiming that Lt Governor Anil Baijal was doing "nothing" to break the impasse. In his letter to Modi, Kejriwal cited instances when the government work was stuck as the officers have not been attending meetings with ministers for the past three

Jaipur, Jun 14: A hard-line Rajput outfit has threatened to chop off Rajasthan Education Minister and BJP leader Kiran Maheshwari’s nose and ears for allegedly equating Rajputs with “rats”. The Shree Rajput Karni Sena has demanded an immediate apology in the case, even as the Minister said she was not referring to the community. On the other hand the Congress slammed her statement. In a routine

New Delhi, Jun 14: The air quality in Delhi today deteriorated beyond the "severe" level because of a ground-level dust storm in western India which increased coarser particles in the air, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed. The CPCB data showed that the PM10 (particles with diameter less than 10mm) level was beyond "severe" at 778 in Delhi-NCR area and 824 in Delhi

Godda (Jharkhand), Jun 13: A gang of miscreants, having links with a saffron outfit, lynched two Muslim men to death on suspicion of cattle theft in Jharkhand today. The victims have been identified as Sirabuddin Ansari (35) and Murtaza Ansari (30). According to police, a group of people in Dullu village of Godda district caught hold of the two youth and accused them of stealing 13 buffaloes from

New Delhi, Jun 13: The Congress on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the death of four BSF personnel in cross-border firing by Pakistan and labelled it "weak and cowardly" for failing to protect the country's borders in the last four years. Congress leader Pramod Tiwari also accused the prime minister of insulting the martyrdom of the four BSF personnel by releasing his

New Delhi, Jun 13: The Aadhaar-issuing body UIDAI has delayed the introduction of face recognition facility for authentication by one month to August 1 in order to get enough time to prepare for a smooth rollout. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey told PTI that some more time will be needed to prepare for the rollout of the new facility which was earlier

Washington, Jun 13:The United States government has approved a deal to sell the Indian military six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for $930 million, the State Department said Tuesday. The agreement has been passed to the US Congress for approval, but if no US lawmaker raises an objection the contract is expected to go ahead. Boeing and Indian partner Tata have begun to produce Apache fuselages

Varanasi, Jun 12: Even a union minister is not safe from eve-teasers in Uttar Pradesh under the rule of chief minister Yogi Adityanath? Anupriya Patel, the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, who was travelling in a car between Aurai and Mirzamurad regions last night were targeted by the eve-teasers. Patel was returning to Varanasi after attending programmes at her Lok Sabha

Patna/New Delhi, Jun 12: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today seized 11 plots of land in Patna worth Rs 44.75 crore, attached by the agency in the name of a firm linked to RJD chief Lalu Prasad's family, as part of the IRCTC hotel money laundering case. The central probe agency was allowed to take possession of the seized assets by a designated PMLA authority recently. Officials said possession