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Ayodhya/ New Delhi, Aug 25: Senior VHP leader Ashok Singhal has been detained at Lucknow airport and is likely to be sent back to Delhi, according to TV reports. Clamping down on the proposed yatra, the UP govt also arrested senior VHP leader Praveen Togadia on Sunday morning after he defied prohibitory orders. Togadia was arrested from Gola ghat in Ayodhya. Earlier, setting the stage for a

New Delhi, Aug 24: Press Council of India Chairperson Justice (retd) Markandey Katju today apologised to people whose feelings he may have hurt by his "90 percent of Indians are fools" remark or other statements. "Some people have been aggrieved by my statement that 90 percent Indians are fools and some other statements. In this connection I wish to state these statements were made in a specific

Ayodhya/Faizabad, Aug 24: Ahead of VHP's yatra from Ayodhya tomorrow, the Faizabad administration today cracked down on the saffron organisation arresting 50 of its activists and issuing arrest warrants against 300 members of the outfit. Amid heavy deployment of police force in the twin towns, a team led by the Faizabad DM and SSP also carried out searches at VHP's local headquarter Karsewak Puram

Rajkot, Aug 24: Gujarat chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday continued his tirade against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the falling rupee, saying both he and the domestic currency have turned 'mute'. "There was a time when Indian rupee was making lots of noise. But today it has lost its voice. And similarly we are unable to hear the voice of our Prime Minister. Both have turned mute," he

Faizabad/Lucknow, Aug 23: With VHP adamant in going ahead with its planned yatra from Ayodhya from Sunday, the Faizabad district administration today issued arrest warrants against its 70 leaders amid heavy deployment of police force in the twin towns. Ashok Singhal, Pravin Togadia and Ram Vilas Vedanti were among the leaders against whom the warrants were issued, Faizabad district magistrate

New Delhi, Aug 23: "If India is computer , Congress is its default program," Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told a Congress workshop on social media. Addressing 300-odd participants from various states, NSUI and Youth Congress members, the Congress vice-president said the party captures the essence of the nation . At a time when BJP's key face Narendra Modi is aggressively attacking the Congress and the

Mumbai, Aug 23: Acting swiftly, Mumbai Police on Friday cracked the gang-rape case of a young photojournalist, arresting one of the accused within 24 hours of the incident and identifying four others, including two criminals, for whom a massive manhunt has been launched. "We have arrested one of the accused who has named the others involved in the incident. The accused has also confessed to the

Lucknow/Mumbai, Aug 22: The Uttar Pradesh government today stuck to its decision to ban VHP's proposed yatra from Ayodhya from Sunday while the saffron oufit warned of dire consequences if it was stopped, putting the two sides on a collision course. As the war of words involving the SP, BSP and the Congress over the yatra from Sunday escalated, heavy police force is being deployed in Faizabad

New Delhi, Aug 22: The Supreme Court today refused to exempt DMK chief M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal from deposing as a witness in the 2G scam case but exempted her from personal appearance in trial court and directed that she be examined by a commission in Chennai. "No question of her exemption arises," a bench of justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan said when the counsel appearing for

Chennai, Aug 22: Defence Research and Development Organisation's project for setting up an Aeronautical Testing range at Chitradurga in Karnataka has been halted by the National Green Tribunal as it did not have necessary clearance from Karnataka Pollution Control Board. The southern bench of the tribunal passed the interim order while hearing a petition filed by environmental activists from