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Lucknow, Sep 11: Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Azam Khan, who is being blamed for UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav wearing a skull cap at a ceremony to flag off Haj pilgrims in Lucknow on September 9, is clearly unhappy about the incident. "There was no plan for the chief minister to wear a skull cap while flagging off the first batch of Haj pilgrims from the state," said Khan

Muzaffarnagar/Lucknow, Sep 11: Curfew was relaxed for over two hours in three areas of trouble-hit Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh even as the death toll in the clashes in the district and adjoining towns climbed to 40. With no reports of any fresh violence, curfew was eased for two-and-a-half hours from 3.30 pm on Tuesday in Kotwali, Civil Lines and Nai Nandi areas, district magistrate Kaushal Raj

Bangalore, Sept 10: Seeking to counter Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, Karnataka government today defended its proposal to build a reservoir across the Cauvery river at Mekedatu to generate hydro-electric power, saying it is in conformity with the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. "I had not said anything new. It's there (in conformity with) in the Order", Law and

Jaipur, Sep 10: Narendra Modi is due in Jaipur today to launch the BJP's campaign for the elections in Rajasthan. He will address a rally with BJP president Rajnath Singh and Vasundhara Raje Scindia, who heads the party in the state. Four lakh people are expected to attend the speech. For the man who is believed to be just days from being announced the opposition's prime ministerial candidate, a

New Delhi, Sep 10: Four accused in the Dec 16, 2012, gang rape were on Tuesday convicted by a court here. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna found the four guilty in the case. They were present in the court.The court's decision on accused -- Mukesh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur -- came after almost nine months of the brutal crime in which a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was

Madhya Pradesh, Sep 10: Pradesh police have arrested a 32-year-old RSS worker for sending text messages (SMSes) to top police officers and government officials which claimed that there was a threat to the life of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Jai Kumar Kushwaha was arrested on Sunday in the Chhatarpur district and charged with criminal intimidation and offences under the Information

New Delhi, Sep 10: India has summoned Syrian Ambassador Riad Abbas regarding his remarks on presence of "Indian Jihadis" in his country. However, the Syrian envoy, categorically stated that "he had not made any remarks on the presence of Indian jihadis" and had spoken about jihadis in general, who were coming in from Turkey into Syria. Abbas was summoned on Friday by Joint Secretary Sandeep Kumar

New Delhi, Sept 9: Against the backdrop of communal violence in Muzaffarnagar in UP, Centre has asked seven states to be extra vigilant and effectively deal with petty skirmishes to avert any communal flare-up. This was conveyed by the Home Ministry to governments of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir -- all of whom have witnessed communal

Lucknow, Sep 9: In the wake of the violence in Muzaffarnagar, the Uttar Pradesh government today transferred Saharanpur DIG DD Mishra. Mishra has been replaced by A M Jain, who was posted in police recruitment board as DIG, official sources said. Mishra has been attached to the DGP office, they said. Violence-hit Muzaffarnagar lies in Saharanpur range. ADG Bhavesh Kumar Singh has also been sent to

Muzaffarnagar, Sep 8: At least 10 more people were killed in spiralling violence in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday, taking the toll to 21 in the western UP district where the army staged flag marches and thousands of anti-riot police personnel were deployed to restore law and order. “As it (violence) is going on in several villages, it is taking time to defuse the situation,” Additional Director General