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Modi, Rahul To Step Up Gujarat Poll Campaign On Wednesday
As the fight for Gujarat intensifies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will descend on the poll-bound state on Wednesday, with both stepping up their campaign ahead of the first phase elections on December 9.....
Crimes In India In 2016 Increased 2.6 Per Cent: NCRB
Major crimes like rape, kidnappings and abduction, crime against women and crime against children increased across the country by 2.6 per cent in 2016 over the previous year, the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) said in its latest report on Thursday. ....
Kirron Kher On Defensive Over Advice To Gang Rape Victim
Bollywood actress and Chandigarh's BJP MP Kirron Kher was on the defensive on Thursday after she stirred a controversy by giving unsolicited advice to a young woman who was gang raped earlier this month here by an auto-rickshaw driver and his two accomplices. ....
'Padmavati' Row Based On Rumours: Bhansali Tells Parliamentary Panel
In the midst of a raging controversy over his film "Padmavati", its director Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Thursday appeared before a Parliamentary committee here and maintained that the row over his yet-to-be released movie was just based on rumours, strongly rejecting criticism that he had distorted historical facts about the 16th century Rajput queen.....
Cyclone Ockhi: Navy, Coast Guard Save 33 Kerala Fishermen
The Indian Navy and Coast Guard have rescued 33 fishermen and have located another 70 following the bad weather conditions that hit Kerala and Tamil Nadu coasts a day ago, a Minister said on Friday.....
BJP Set For Massive Win In UP Civic Polls
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set for a massive win in the civic polls in Uttar Pradesh, with its mayoral candidates taking an unassailable lead in 13 of the 16 municipal corporations. ....
Kohli, Vijay Tons Put India In Command On Day 1 Of Kotla Test
Sri Lanka pulled back with two late wickets as India rode on centurions Murali Vijay and Virat Kohli to end the opening day at 371/4 in the third and final Test at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Saturday.....
Strategic Port In Sight, Sushma Makes Unscheduled Stopover In Iran
External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Saturday paid an unscheduled visit to Iran on her way back from Russia's Sochi, and had a luncheon meeting with her Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif in Tehran.....
Cyclone Ockhi: Kerala Fishermen Community Begins Rescue Operations
The fishermen community here on Sunday decided to launch their own rescue operations as 55 boats ventured into the sea to search for the 115 missing fishermen.....
Tripura Journalists In New Delhi, Demand CBI Probe Into Murder Of Journos
A nine-member delegation of Tripura journalists met Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh on Monday to demand a CBI probe into the murder of two journalists from the state.....
