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Lucknow, Oct 22: The younger son of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council chairman Ramesh Yadav was murdered under mysterious circumstances in Yadav’s official quarters in Darul Shafa in Lucknow on Sunday. Abhijit Yadav, a BSc part 2 student, lived at the Darul Shafa quarters with his mother Meera Yadav and elder brother Abhishek. His father Ramesh Yadav lives separately in an official residence

Jalpaiguri, Oct 22: A woman was raped and an iron rod was inserted in her private parts allegedly by a relative angry over a land dispute with her family in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, police said on Sunday. The woman has been admitted to Jalpaiguri Sadar Hospital and stated to be in serious condition. The incident brings back the memories of the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case in New Delhi in

Patna, Oct 22: Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh on Monday called for change of all names that are associated with Mughals. He appreciated Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's initiative in this direction. He told ANI, "India is a free country today. We are not slaves of the Mughal or the British. Why should we keep names associated with them? Do

Patna, Oct 22: Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh on Monday called for change of all names that are associated with Mughals. He appreciated Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's initiative in this direction. He told ANI, "India is a free country today. We are not slaves of the Mughal or the British. Why should we keep names associated with them? Do

Pune, Oct 22: Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray has dared the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to come clean and confess before the public that building the Ram temple at Ayodhya is not possible for them. “Since 1989, the party has been giving slogans for erecting a Ram temple at Ayodhya. Sena supremo Bal Thackeray had helped the BJP by evoking enthusiasm for the temple in Maharashtra. Yet, after all

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 22: The Kerala Police's Crime Branch on Sunday registered two separate cases against former chief minister Oommen Chandy and Congress leader K. C. Venugopal following complaints pertaining to alleged sexual abuse registered by solar scam accused Saritha Nair. Chandy has been booked under Section 377 (unnatural sex) and Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)

Firozabad, Oct 21: A noted Urdu poet Hashim Firozabadi was attacked with acid and was mercilessly beaten up for confronting five youth who allegedly sexually harassing school girls. The incident happened at around 9:30 pm on Saturday in Firozabad’s Rasoolpur area of Uttar Pradesh. According to news agency ANI, Hashim claimed that, “A man came to me and said he won’t send his daughters to school as

New Delhi, Oct 21: In the long list of renamed Indian cities, Shimla could be the latest entrant as the ruling BJP government is considering a proposal to change its name to Shyamala. A campaign has been launched by some right-wing Hindu groups demanding that the capital of Himachal Pradesh be renamed. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and state health minister Vipin Singh Parmar said many

New Delhi, Oct 21: In the long list of renamed Indian cities, Shimla could be the latest entrant as the ruling BJP government is considering a proposal to change its name to Shyamala. A campaign has been launched by some right-wing Hindu groups demanding that the capital of Himachal Pradesh be renamed. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and state health minister Vipin Singh Parmar said many

Amritsar, Oct 21: The situation remained tense in Joda Patak on Sunday as locals continued with their sit-in demanding action against the train's driver, who they hold responsible for the death of 61 people who had assembled on train track to witness Dussehra celebrations on Friday. Police said locals are sitting on railway tracks in Joda Patak, where the speeding Jalandhar-Amritsar train mowed