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Didn’t receive any request from Rahul for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra: MEA

New Delhi : The External Affairs Minisry said on Thursday that it did not receive any request from Congress President Rahul Gandhi to undertake this year’s Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. “We have not received any formal request for his visit to the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh […]

Congress Spokesperson Pramod Tiwari (File/IANS)

Surgical strike video released to divert attention: Congress

New Delhi : Describing Narendra Modi government as “coward and weak” in handling terrorism, the Congress on Thursday said the videos of surgical strike were released to divert attention from the falling value of rupee. The party said Prime Minister Modi should apologise to the nation for “economic mismanagement” triggered by his decision to enforce […]

Petitioners against ED officer seek action against Swamy

New Delhi : Journalists Rajneesh Kapur and Vineet Narain on Thursday demanded action against MP Subramanian Swamy for using a Rajya Sabha letterhead to file an “application for intervention” in a disproportionate assets PIL against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer investigating the Aircel-Maxis deal. The journalists also demanded that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) be […]

3 killed in Germany house explosion

Berlin : At least three people were killed in an explosion in a house in the German city of Bremen, police said on Thursday. The blast occurred at the attic of the house at Huchting district at around 04.30 a.m, local media Focus Online quoted a police spokeswoman as saying. A 41-year-old woman and her […]

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Chhattisgarh: Fake notes of Rs 7.37 lakh seized, 4 held

Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh) : Police seized counterfeit currency notes totalling Rs 737,500 from Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh on Thursday and arrested four persons. Gautam Kumar, 28, Krishna Kumar, 23, Chamru Patel, 40, and Manmohan Das, 19 were produced in a court which sent them to judicial custody, police said. According to Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh, […]

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (File)

Chief Secretary case: Kejriwal to face conspiracy charge, AAP slams conspiracy

New Delhi : Delhi Police is likely to charge Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia with conspiracy in the alleged assault of Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by two AAP MLAs, said police sources. The ruling AAP slammed the case as politically motivated. According to the police sources, the charge sheet will “most probably” be […]