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Lucknow, Jun 16: It was not Akbar but Rajput king Maharana Pratap who was great, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said. Speaking at a function to mark the Maharana Pratap Jayanti on Thursday, he asserted, "It was not the Mughal emperor Akbar, but Maharana Pratap who was great for he displayed exemplary courage in the face of the might of the Mughal army." "It is not important as to

Sochi, Jun 16: For three months, a whole nation feared it might not happen, but Neymar will take to the field with his Brazilian teammates when they kick off their World Cup campaign against Switzerland tomorrow. The world's most expensive player appears to have recovered fully from the fractured foot that required an operation in March, with the only slight concern being his possible lack of

Jeddah/Dubai, Jun 15: Muslims in most of the middle eastern countries including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates on Friday celebrated the Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. Saudi King offers prayers in Makkah King Salman performed the Eid Al-Fitr prayer in Makkah’s Grand Mosque. He also received Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri; the

Kasaragod/ Ahmedabad, Jun 15: Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated in Kerala and Gujarat a few other parts of India on Friday whereas in most of India the festival will be celebrated on Saturday. Eid-ul-Fitr marks the culmination of the holy month of Ramadan or Ramadan. Thursday was the last day of Ramadan in Kerala as Shawwal moon was sighted in Kozhikode last evening. In Gujarat, people celebrated Eid by

Mumbai, Jun 15: Two minor boys from a backward community were allegedly beaten up and paraded naked in a village in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district for swimming in a well that belonged to a person of a different caste, police said on Friday. The teenagers were paraded by two men, one of whom owned the well. Police have arrested the men, identified as Ishwar Joshi and Prahlad Lohar, in connection

Jeddah, Jun 15: More than 2 million worshippers gathered at Makkah’s Grand Mosque to attend the last night of the Qur’an recitation during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The prayers, during which verses of the Qur’an were recited, were led by Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Sudais. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of worshippers flocked to the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah from all

New Delhi , Jun 15: India is suffering from 'the worst water crisis' in its history with about 60 crore people facing high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people dying every year due to inadequate access to safe water, Niti Aayog said in a report on Thursday. The report, titled 'Composite Water Management Index' released by Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari, further said the

Kolkata, Jun 15: The West Bengal government is working on a new law to tackle the menace of fake news and posts on social media, a move which comes against the backdrop of such posts stirring trouble and unrest in many parts of the country. A Home Department official told PTI that the state government intends to bring more clarity on the nature of the offence and punishment for those responsible

Washington, Jun 15: Maulana Fazlullah, the chief of Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, according to media reports today. The US military said yesterday it carried out a strike targeting a senior militant leader in Afghanistan. It did not identify the militant. The Express Tribune, however, citing sources said the drone strike that took

Srinagar, Jun 15: English newspaper 'Rising Kashmir' published its daily edition today even after losing its editor-in-chief Shujaat Bukhari yesterday in an assassination which also left two of his two personal security officers (PSOs) dead. Bukhari and his two PSOs were shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside Rising Kashmir office in Press Enclave near the city centre Lal Chowk here in Srinagar