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Los Angeles, Jun 1: Two men died today in a murder- suicide at the University of California's Los Angeles campus, prompting a lockdown and a massive security deployment at the sprawling facility. Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck said both victims were found with gunshot wounds in an office on campus. At least three shots were fired and a gun was found at the scene. "At about 10:00 this

Chandigarh, June 1: As speculation raged over the issue, Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh today said that time is right for Rahul Gandhi to take over from his mother as Congress President and favoured Priyanka's entry into active politics. "Sonia Gandhi is a brilliant leader. I have said that she has been working (as Congress President) for the last 20 years. If she feels that time has

New Delhi, June 1: In late 2014, the knives were out for RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. Finance ministry officials were frustrated by his reluctance to cut interest rates to stimulate growth, and moves were afoot to ease him out of the job. Some were airing their reservations about Rajan's hawkish stance in the media. Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting of senior finance ministry staff

New Delhi, Jun 1: Over 50,000 Muslim women and men have signed a petition spearheaded by Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) seeking a ban on triple talaq. The women have sought support to abolish the “heinous” practice, which they have termed as “un-Quranic” The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) wrote to the National Commission for Women and sought its support to make the practice that

New Delhi, Jun 1: Your restaurant and telephone bills or airline tickets will become costly from June 1, with imposition of Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) of 0.5% on all taxable services. The KKC will apply to all taxable services and central value added tax credit will be available to service providers on the cess paid on input services, said a government official. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his

New Delhi, May 31: B S Bassi, who had a controversial tenure as Delhi Police Commissioner with frequent run-ins with the AAP government, was today appointed a member of UPSC, a Constitutional post, with a five year tenure. The Government cleared the name of 60-year-old Bassi as member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which conducts the civil services examination to select IAS and IPS

Raebareli (UP), May 31: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today hit back at the government on the charges against her son-in-law Robert Vadra saying it's a part of a conspiracy of levelling false allegations in its bid for a "Congress- free" India." She dared the government to order an impartial probe if there is something in which she said the truth will come out. On a visit to her Parliamentary

Lucknow, May 31: About 2,000 Dalit cops whose promotion — granted during BSP's rule—was cancelled by the current Samajwadi Party government would be reinstated a move that will have political implications ahead of the 2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. During her tenure as UP CM, Mayawati had introduced a 'quota in promotion' scheme which was struck down by the Allahabad HC in 2011 but the

Nagpur, May 31: At least 17 security personnel, including two young Army officers, were today killed in a major fire that broke out at the central ammunition depot in Pulgoan early this morning. Two officers and 17 Defence Security Corp (DSC) jawans were injured in the blaze, some of them critically, an Army officer said. "The main fire at one of the sheds has been extinguished. The situation is

Chennai, May 30: A raid by authorities rescued 328 bonded labourers, including 106 children, from a brick kiln in Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu. The labourers rescued hail from Odisha and were allegedly made to work for 12 hours per day on a salary of Rs 20, officials said. The raid was conducted by a district administration team led by revenue official S Jayachandran on Saturday based on