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New Delhi, May 4: The Delhi Police on Wednesday foiled a possible terror plot and detained at least 12 members of terrorist outfit Jaish-e- Mohammed (JeM) following multiple raids at several places in Delhi and adjoining areas. According to initial reports, the raids were conducted after the Special Cell of Delhi Police received credible intelligence information on a possible terror plot. Around

New Delhi, May 4: The Supreme Court on Tuesday told states opposing the National Eligibilty-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) that they can still fill their share of 85% seats for MBBS and BDS courses through Phase II of the exam. A three-judge bench presided over by Justice Anil R Dave, which began hearing applications, including one filed by Karnataka seeking permission to conduct their own test, asked

New Delhi, May 3: "I am always being targeted. I am happy to be targeted," Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday in response to allegations about his aide's role in the AgustaWestland chopper deal. BJP MP Kirit Somaiya had alleged on Monday that Rahul and his aide Kanishka Singh were connected to Guido Haschke, one of the middlemen in the AgustaWestland scandal. Haschke's name also

New Delhi, May 3: Aam Aadmi Party founder member and former MP Ilyas Azmi on Monday quit the party citing “lack of inner democracy” in the organisation and convener Arvind Kejriwal’s “autocratic style of functioning”, almost a week after he was dropped from party’s top decision-making bodies. Azmi accused Kejriwal of indulging in caste and community-based politics and of ignoring Muslims and

New Delhi, May 2: Independent MP and liquor baron Vijay Mallya, facing a case of loan default of over Rs 9,400 crore, today resigned from Rajya Sabha, a day before Ethics Committee of the Upper House was set to recommend his expulsion. In his resignation letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari, he said he does not want his "name and reputation to be further dragged in the mud". "And since

Rome, May 2: A U.N. arbitration court has ruled that India should release an Italian marine, who has been detained in Delhi for more than four years, and allow him to return home, the Italian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. India in 2012 arrested two Italian marines on suspicion that they killed two fishermen that they had mistaken for pirates while they had been escorting an oil tanker. One of

New Delhi, May 2: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow a fresh plea of few states, including Jammu and Kashmir and some private medical colleges, that they be allowed to conduct their pre-scheduled test for admissions in MBBS and BDS courses. "Let these applications be heard tomorrow by the bench concerned," a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said when a battery of

New Delhi, May 2: Four people have been arrested on Monday, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar saidwhen asked whether the Uttarakhand forest fire was man-made. The minister assured strict action against the people involved after the investigation, according to reports. The latest satellite imageries of Uttarakhand have reported that the forest fire has gone out in over 70 per cent of the

Malda (WB), May 2: Three persons were killed and four others injured while they were allegedly making bombs in a house at Jaunpur in this district today, ahead of last phase of polling on May 5 in the state. The incident occurred when bombs were being made in the house of one Giasu Seikh in the area bordering Bangladesh at about 1 AM, Superintendent of Police Syed Waqar Raza said. Three persons

Lathehar (Jharkhand), May 2: As a mark of protest, MGNREGA workers in Manika block of Latehar have in separate envelopes returned their rupees five "meagre" wage hike to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May Day. Enclosing the money with a letter, the workers affiliated to the Gram Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh "expressed concern" at the "meagre" hike as they felt that the central government was facing