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Kolkata, Jun 9: Minister of State for Health, Ashwini Choubey, today said that the Nipah virus has been contained and there was no need to run away from Kerala, where it originated. He said that though 17 deaths due to the virus have been reported from Kerala, no fresh cases of infection were filed. "There has been no cases of Nipah reported from anywhere in the country. The virus has been stalled

Panaji, Jun 9: Former Rajya Sabha MP and ex-Goa Congress chief Shantaram Naik died after suffering a heart attack today, party officials said. Naik, 72, was taken to a private hospital in Margao town from his residence after he complained of uneasiness where he was declared brought dead, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary Altinho Gomes told PTI. He was declared dead at 7 am today.

Mumbai, Jun 9: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has received two threat lettersallegedly from Maoist organisations which were handed over to the police, sources in the state home department said on Friday. The letters were received by the chief minister's office a week ago, they said. "The letters came after the recent anti-Naxalite operations in Gadchiroli, in which 39 Maoists were

Mumbai, Jun 8: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday met Bollywood actor Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan, a noted script writer, at their residence here as part of the BJP's "contact for support" campaign. The former BJP president presented to Salim Khan some booklets highlighting the achievements of the Modi government in the last four years. The meeting that took place at 'Galaxy', Khan's

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 8: The Kerala Assembly today witnessed noisy scenes with the Congress-led opposition UDF protesting the remarks of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan that a section of it was encouraging extremist elements. The opposition sought to raise the issue as an adjournment motion during zero hour, which Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan disallowed saying that a debate could not be allowed on

Mumbai, June 8: After the Pune Police intercepted an internal communication of Maoists revealing plans of a 'Rajiv Gandhi-type' assassination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Friday said this strategy might be "planted". "I am not saying this is completely untrue, but it has been Prime Minister Modi's old tactic, since he was Chief Minister of Gujarat. Whenever

Nagpur, Jun 8: Former President Pranab Mukherjee today warned that any attempt to define India through "religion, hatred, dogmas and intolerance" will dilute our existence and said public discourses must be freed of all forms of violence, as he addressed an RSS event despite criticism by the Congress and his family. Asserting that India's identity has emerged through a long-drawn process of

New Delhi, Jun 7: The Indian government today sought an explanation from Facebook by June 20 on reports that the social networking giant shared information of its users with mobile device makers. Taking suo-motu note of reports, the IT Ministry has asked the US-based firm for a detailed factual report on the issue. "Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has sought an explanation from

Kannur, Jun 7: In an atonement against the Kathua gang rape, noted Malayalam writer and Sahitiya Akademi award winner, K P Ramanunni, today performed a symbolic 'Sayana Pradakshinam' (prostration) at a temple in nearby Chirakkal today. This was a penance against the brutal rape and murder of the 8-year-old muslim girl inside a temple at Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir in January this year, the writer

Srinagar, Jun 7: The Union government had decided to withdraw cases against youth “misled into stone pelting” at security forces as it was concerned about the future of Jammu & Kashmir's youth, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. Singh, who arrived at the state's summer capital on Thursday, is on a two-day visit to review the security situation. “We believe that children anywhere