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Washington, Oct 27: The Trump administration has firmly told Pakistan that if it fails to take "decisive" actions against terror groups, the US will "adjust" its tactics and strategies to achieve the objective in a "different way", a State Department official today said. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has told Pakistan that it must take action against terrorist groups and dismantle their safe

New Delhi, Oct 27: Chhattisgarh Police arrested former BBC journalist Vinod Verma from Ghaziabad early on Friday morning for allegedly blackmailing Chhattisgarh PWD minister Rajesh Kumar. It has been alleged that Verma had over 100 copies of sex tapes of Kumar, with which he was trying to extort money from the BJP minister. Senior journalist friends of Vinod Verma, who accompanied him to the

New Delhi, Oct 27: Indians invested Rs 42,000 crore between January 2016 to June 2017 to buy immovable properties in Dubai, thus becoming biggest foreign property buyers in the Emirates again.. According to the Dubai Land Department, the property purchase has seen an increase of Rs 12,000 crore from 2014. In yet another report, the Dubai Land Department had last month said that etween December

Mumbai, Oct 27: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which filed a charge sheet against the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) founder Dr Zakir Abdul Karim Naik, has claimed that he deliberately and maliciously insulted the religious beliefs of Hindus, Christians and ‘non-Wahabi Muslims’. However, it did not explain what is Wahabi and what is non-Wahabi. According to NIA, there are 19 immovable

Mumbai, Oct 27: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which filed a charge sheet against the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) founder Dr Zakir Abdul Karim Naik, has claimed that he deliberately and maliciously insulted the religious beliefs of Hindus, Christians and ‘non-Wahabi Muslims’. However, it did not explain what is Wahabi and what is non-Wahabi. According to NIA, there are 19 immovable

Kozhikode, Oct 27: Award-winning Malayalam writer Punathil Kunjabdulla passed away in Kozhikode on Friday. He was 77. A doctor by profession, he won the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel Smarakasilakal (1980) and the Kerala Sahithya Akademi award twice for the same novel (1978) and Malamukalile Abdulla (1980). He is regarded as one of the representative figures of modernism in Malayalam

Mumbai, Oct 27: In a statement which is not likely to go down well with the BJP, a senior leader of its estranged ally in Maharashtra - Shiv Sena - has said that the magic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has faded Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is capable of leading the country. Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut made these remarks while participating in a discussion on a TV news channel on Thursday

New Delhi, Oct 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a stout defence of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, saying it would lead to the moderation of prices and directly benefit the poor. Inaugurating the International Conference on Consumer Protection for East, South and South-East Asian countries, the prime minister also made a pitch for strong regulatory framework and

Agra, Oct 26: Donning a mask and wielding a broom, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath swept a parking area outside the Taj Mahal today, days after his BJP leaders and ministers made provocative statements against the 17th century monument. Yogi accompanied by dozens of officials and police commandos wore yellow gloves, a white cap and an anti- pollution mask to sweep litter at the west

Agra, Oct 26: Donning a mask and wielding a broom, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath swept a parking area outside the Taj Mahal today, days after his BJP leaders and ministers made provocative statements against the 17th century monument. Yogi accompanied by dozens of officials and police commandos wore yellow gloves, a white cap and an anti- pollution mask to sweep litter at the west