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New Delhi, Aug 7: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla were among leaders who paid their last respects to former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday. The BJP leader passed away on Tuesday night after a massive cardiac arrest. She was 67. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj

New Delhi, Aug 7: President Ram Nath Kovind has declared abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The move came after both houses of Parliament passed a resolution in this regard. "In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (3) of Article 370 read with clause (1) of Article 370 of the Constitution of India, the President

New Delhi, Aug 7: The Congress Working Committee late Tuesday deplored the "unilateral, brazen and totally undemocratic" manner in which provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution was abrogated and the state of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated by the government into two Union Territories. At a meeting of the Congress's highest decision-making body, the party accused the BJP of violating

New Delhi, Aug 6: Opposition members on Tuesday raised placards in the Lower House asking “where is Farooq Abdullah — the nation wants to know.” This was during the discussion on J&K Reorganisation Bill, 2019 introduced by Home Minister Amit Shah. Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary of the Congress, while participating in the discussion, demanded to know why former Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir and

New Delhi, Au 6: The Unnao rape survivor admitted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre remains critical and is on life support system, a statement from the hospital said on Tuesday. The victim’s lawyer, who was also critically injured, was admitted to the Trauma Centre on Tuesday. The victim has been kept in the ICU. The Delhi Traffic Police had created a green corridor on Monday to shift the rape survivor

New Delhi, Aug 6: Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted in Lok Sabha that Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Aksai Chin are part of Jammu and Kashmir and that Kashmir Valley is an integral part of the country. Moving a resolution for abrogating some provisions of Article 370 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019, Shah said there has been a long-standing demand for giving Union

New Delhi, Aug 6: Nirmohi Akhara, one of the parties in the Ayodhya title dispute case, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that Muslims were not allowed to enter the temple gate since 1934 and it is in their possession since then. Senior advocate Sushil Jain, appearing on behalf of the Akhara, told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that the suit was filed by his client for the belonging

New Delhi, Aug 6: India is among the 17 countries, which are a home to a quarter of the world's population, facing "extremely high" water stress, close to "Day Zero" conditions when the taps run dry, according to a report unveiled on Tuesday. The World Resources Institute's Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas ranked water stress, drought risk, and riverine flood risk across 189 countries and their sub

New Delhi: At least six people died and 10 injured when a massive fire broke out in a multi-storey building in Delhi's Zakir Nagar in the early hours of Tuesday. Eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was doused off. The injured have been shifted to the hospital for treatment. Around seven cars and eight motorcycles were gutted in the blaze. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal

Lucknow, Aug 6: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for the historic decision of scrapping the constitutional provision that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir. "A historic mistake has been corrected by this historic and extremely bold decision. Now the status of a special state given to Jammu and