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Lucknow Jul 19: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi was Friday stopped in Mirzapur district from proceeding towards Sonbhadra to meet the victims of a clash that claimed 10 lives. Nineteen people were injured in the incident on Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh. Some of them were admitted to a hospital in Varanasi and the others at a health facility in Sonbhadra district. Priyanka Gandhi after meeting the

New Delhi, Jul 19: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has written a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath requesting "minimum security arrangement" to be made during her visits to the state so that people are not inconvenienced. "I appreciate the security arrangements made during my visits to the state. But I am very disturbed with the inconvenience it caused to the

New Delhi, Jul 19: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday lashed out at the BJP-led central government over the attachment of her brother Anand Kumar's property in Noida. Taking to Twitter, Mayawati claimed that the ruling party is "misusing" its power to implicate members of the opposition in false cases and torturing them. Condemning the "torture" of her brother, Mayawati, however

New Delhi, Jul 19: Former president Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday that India would become a $5 trillion economy by 2024 because of the strong foundation laid by previous governments. Delivering a lecture on 'Furthering India's Promise', Mukherjee said various economic and social sectors are performing well because of the efforts of Indians since Independence. He rued the fact that the Modi

Islamabad, Jul 19: Pakistan will grant consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav according to the Pakistani laws, for which modalities are being worked out, the Foreign Ministry said in a late night statement. The ministry also said that Kulbhushan Jadhav had been informed of his rights under the Vienna Convention on consular relations. "Pursuant to the decision of the ICJ, Kulbhushan

Thane, Jul 19: Senior inspector Pradeep Sharma, one of the famous `encounter specialists' of Mumbai Police, has resigned, sources said Thursday evening. Sharma, who heads the Anti-Extortion Cell of Thane police at present, was not available for comments. However, sources in the police department said he had tendered resignation earlier this month as he wanted to join politics, and the resignation

New Delhi, Jul 19: The founder of I Monetary Advisory (IMA), Mohammed Mansoor Khan, was arrested in the early hours on Friday. Khan had landed at the Delhi Airport in the wee hours and was taken under the joint custody of Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the Directorate of Enforcement (ED). According to the SIT officials, Khan had been absconding for over a month and was located by a team of

Bengaluru, Jul 18: The Special Investigation Team on Thursday arrested a seasonal social activist propagating for I Monetary Advisory (IMA) Jewels and its founder Mansoor Khan who is accused of perpetrating financial fraud worth crores. “The arrested identified as 42-year-old running Umar Shariff ran a school by name “Al Basheer” off Bannerghatta Road. He is a social activist and educationist,”

New Delhi, Jul 18: India on Thursday said the verdict of the International Court of Justice(ICJ) in the Kulbhushan Jadhavcase is a complete vindication of its stand and it is incumbent on Pakistan to implement the ruling. In a major victory for India, the ICJ on Wednesday ruled that Pakistan must review the death sentence awarded to Jadhav and asked it to provide consular access to him. The ICJ

New Delhi, Jul 18: Calling Nelson Mandela her inspiration and guide, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Thursday said the anti-apartheid icon told her that she ought to be in politics long before anyone else did. Remembering the former South African president on his 101st birth anniversary, she said the world misses men like Mandela more than ever today. His life was a testament to