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Mumbai, Jan 16: Almost 30 years after late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi visited Dharavi, once ranked as Asia's biggest slum, his son and Congress vice president took out a padayatra (walk) in the same areas here on Saturday. It was meant to pep-up the party organisation for next year's civic elections here on Saturday. Accompanied by a host of senior Mumbai and Maharashtra Congress leaders and more

New Delhi, Jan 16: The latest set of witness statements released by a UK-based website set up to unravel the mystery surrounding Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's death seem to confirm that the freedom fighter died as a result of a plane crash in Taiwan. Five witnesses, which include Netaji's close associate, two Japanese doctors, an interpreter and a Taiwanese nurse, have been quoted as corroborating

New Delhi, Jan 16: To nail Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh's lie in connection with the Pathankot terror attack probe, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday gave a nod to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to conduct Narco test on him next week. The NIA, which has been probing the Pathankot attack, had questioned Singh, who is allegedly frequently changing his statements, for the

New Delhi, Jan 15: The death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, was not natural but no radioactive substance was found in her body, Delhi Police said today on the basis of report by a medical board of AIIMS which analysed FBI findings on her viscera sample. Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi said the high-profile case will be taken to its logical conclusion soon and all

New Delhi, Jn 15: The Attorney-General has told the government that Delhi-based Jamia Milia Islamia is not a minority institution as it was created by an Act of Parliament, days after he told the Supreme Court that the legislature never intended the Aligarh Muslim University to be a minority institution. In his opinion to the HRD Ministry, Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi is understood to have also

Mumbai, Jan 15: In what comes as a major relief, a Mumbai youth Hamid Nehal Ansari, who has been missing for over three years, has been found in the custody of the Pakistani Army. Hamid Ansari, now around 30, has been missing since November 2012 and his parents Nehal Ahmed Ansari and Fauzia Ansari had left no stone unturned to trace him. However, despite all the efforts, they had not been able to

United Nations, Jan 14: India's diaspora population is the largest in the world with 16 million people from India living outside their country in 2015, according to a latest UN survey on international migrant trends. The survey conducted by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) said the number of international migrants - persons living in a country other than where they were born

New Delhi, Jan 14: Members of a right-wing group allegedly vandalised the office of Pakistan International Airlines today near Barakhamba Road here. The incident took place around noon following which police were informed and a team was rushed to the spot, said a police official. DCP (New Delhi) Jatin Narwal confirmed the development and said that appropriate action will follow. Preliminary

Islamabad, Jan 14: The Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary- level talks will not take place as scheduled here tomorrow, Pakistan said today, a development that comes in the wake of uncertainty created by the terror attack on the Pathankot air base. Pakistan also did not confirm the arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, media reports over which India has some reservations. Foreign Office spokesman

Islamabad, Jan 13: Pakistan said on Wednesday it had arrested several members of the Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group, which is suspected of masterminding an attack earlier this month on Pathankot air base. Pakistan's prime minister's office said in a statement that the offices of the group were being traced and sealed, and that the government wants to send a team of special investigators to the