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Dhaka, Sept 15: India is pushing Myanmar both bilaterally and multilaterally to take back Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled the Buddhist-majority nation following the ethnic violence, a top aide of Bangladesh Prime Minister quoted External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as saying. More than 300,000 Rohingya have poured into Bangladesh since the latest flare-up in violence on August 25, adding to

Chandigarh, Sept 15: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's troubles seem to be unending. Last month, the self-styled godman was convicted and then sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for raping two of his female disciples at the ashram. Now, a former Dera member has claimed that Gurmeet had also been abusing several minor girls who were students at a school run by the Dera. The new

London, Sep 15: At least 22 people were injured after a bomb detonated on a packed London Underground train during the monring rush hour on Friday in what police are treating as a "terrorist incident". Witnesses reported seeing passengers covered in blood and with facial burns and hair coming off at Parsons Green station in west London after the explosion on the train. "At 8:20 this morning at

New Delhi, Sept 15: Former finance minister P Chidambaram today said the CBI should be questioning him instead of harassing his son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis case and accused the probe agency of spreading misinformation. The Central Bureau of Investigation had called Karti for questioning yesterday in connection with the foreign investment clearance given in the Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006 when his

Hyderabad, Sept 15: Dr Achutha Reddy, a well-known psychiatrist hailing from Miryalaguda in Nalgonda district, was stabbed to death in the US state of Kansas on Wednesday. The Wichita police have arrested a suspect, 21-year-old Umar Rashid Dutt, in connection with the murder and have sent to him Sedgwich County jail. The motive for the murder is still unclear. The accused, who was a patient of Dr

Hyderabad, Sept 15: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his government's plan to deport Rohingya Muslims refugees staying in India. Addressing a public gathering, the Lok Sabha MP questioned Modi government's decision to send back the Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, saying if Bangladeshi writer Taslima

Srinagar, Sept 15: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan - Constable Brijendra Bahadur Singh - died after being injured in firing during ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Arnia international border area of Jammu and Kashmir's RS Pura sector. One civilian has also been injured. This is the sixth ceasefire violation by Pakistan in a span of five days. On Friday morning, Pakistan Army resorted to

New Delhi, Sept 14: The Rajasthan police has given a clean chit to the six people who were named by Pehlu Khan as being responsible for his lynching, according to media reports. In April, Pehlu Khan was brutally beaten up by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan's Alwar district and died in a hospital where he was admitted for treatment. Khan and four others were injured when a mob attacked nearly 15

New Delhi, Sept 14: The Rajasthan police has given a clean chit to the six people who were named by Pehlu Khan as being responsible for his lynching, according to media reports. In April, Pehlu Khan was brutally beaten up by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan's Alwar district and died in a hospital where he was admitted for treatment. Khan and four others were injured when a mob attacked nearly 15

Baghpat, Sept 14: At least 22 people drowned and many others were missing after an overloaded boat capsized in the Yamuna river on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district. The boat carrying 60 people capsized and 22 persons drowned, District Magistrate Bhawani Singh said Police and PAC personnel have fished out 22 bodies so far while 10 others have been rescued. A search is on to trace others