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Bhopal, Nov 12: The Congress today won the Chitrakoot Assembly by-poll in Madhya Pradesh with its candidate Nilanshu Chaturvedi defeating his nearest BJP rival Shankar Dayal Tripathi by a margin of 14,133 votes. While Chaturvedi polled 66,810 votes, Tripathi got 52,677 votes, returning officer A P Dwivedi said. The counting of votes polled in the November 9 by-election began at around 8 am amid

New Delhi, Nov 12: In a reverse move, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided not to pursue a proposal for introduction of Islamic banking in the country. Replying to an RTI query, the central bank said the decision was taken after considering "the wider and equal opportunities" available to all citizens to access banking and financial services. Islamic or Sharia banking is a finance system

Muscat, Nov 12: A cricket player, hailing from from western Indian city of Mumbai, died of heart attack during a practice game at Al Amerat in Oman on Saturday. According to a statement issued by Oman Cricket, Mohammed Ashfaque Shaikh (39) was bowling his slow medium pacers and collapsed when he was preparing to bowl his next ball. “His teammates saw him fall down when he went back to his bowling

Noida, Nov 11: Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Saturday said debit and credit cards as well as ATMs will be redundant in next three-four years and people will use their mobile phones for financial transactions. He further said that with India being a country where 72 % population is below 32 years of age, it will have an advantage over other regions like the US and Europe in terms of demographic

New Delhi, Nov 12: In the emergency ward of a Delhi hospital, men and women gasp for breath as they wait to be treated for symptoms triggered by the choking blanket of smog that descended on the city this week. Doctors at the government-run Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute say patient numbers have more than tripled since pollution levels spiked amid a change in weather conditions and the annual

Mewar, Nov 12: MK Vishvaraj Singh, a royal member of Udaipur`s Mewar, penned a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Ministers, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Prasoon Joshi and others, requesting them to withhold the certification and release of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial 'Padmavati'. Information and Broadcasting minister Smriti Irani, Human Resource and

Seoul, Nov 11: North Korea said on Saturday that US President Donald Trump's first trip to Asia showed he was a "destroyer" and he had begged for war on the Korean peninsula. "Trump, during his visit, laid bare his true nature as destroyer of world peace and stability and begged for a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula," the foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement carried by the state news

Mumbai, Nov 11: A Maharashtra MLC lost his cool and heckled Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan for allegedly delaying his departure to the coastal town of Alibaug in neighbouring Raigad district. A video of the incident has gone viral on the social media. It has also been shown on television channels. The incident reportedly took place on November 3 when the departure of the MLC, Jayant Patil

New Delhi, Nov 11: On the 129th birth anniversary of India's first Education Minister and visionary leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azadon, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday paid rich tribute to the former. Gandhi hailed Azad as "an important pillar of the freedom struggle and statesman par excellence". "Maulana Abul Kalam Azad continues to inspire us," he tweeted. Azad, an academician

On November 11 every year, India celebrates the National Education Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a prominent freedom fighter and first education minister of independent India, who played a crucial role in synthesizing Muslims and Hindus of the country by exposing the divide-and-rule policy of the British. In the independent country, the focus on education was