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Rohtas, Aug 18: A Dalit man was stoned to death and at least 40 others, including old women and children, seriously injured on the Independence Day for defying a diktat and unfurling the national flag at the site of a temple in Baddi village in Bihar's Rohtas district, 160 km from Patna. The upper-caste men attacked the Dalits after they allegedly defied a diktat not to unfurl the flag in front of

New Delhi, Aug 18: The Bharatiya Janata Party national campaign committee is meeting in New Delhi on Sunday to discuss the election strategy for states Assembly polls later in 2013 and the Lok Sabha. BJP's poll panel chief and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will preside over the first meeting which will start at 11 am. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, her Rajya Sabha

Lucknow, Aug 17: The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has asked the BJP to act tough on leaders who criticise Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. In his parleys with leaders of the Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), RSS points-person for BJP, Suresh Soni said Friday that the environment in the country was by far the best for the BJP to make a comeback. "One has to realise

New Delhi, Aug 17: Kashmir's eminent cardiologist Dr Sheikh Jalal-ud-Din, who was critically injured in an attack by suspected militants on July 18, died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Aiims) in New Delhi on Saturday morning. Dr Jalal-ud-Din, 64, was the former director of the valley’s premiere hospital Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (Skims). He was shot in the head

Rajkot, Aug 17: Slogans of "Maruti Go Back" rented the air as nearly 5,000 farmers and their families marked the Independence Day by organizing a massive protest against India's leading carmaker in Dalod village near Hansalpur, where the company is setting up its Rs 4,000 crore plant. The agitation was held just a day after Narendra Modi government's climb-down by excluding 36 of the total 44

New Delhi, Aug 17: One of India's most wanted terrorist, Syed Abdul Karim alias Tunda, accused of masterminding over 40 bombings in the country, has been arrested by Delhi Police from the Indo-Nepal border after he was apparently deported from one of the Gulf countries. 70-year-old Tunda, an expert bomb maker of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba, would be produced before a court by Delhi Police later

New Delhi, Aug 17: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh continued to generate heat on Friday, with UPA ministers and Congress leaders attacking him sharply for hitting out at the Prime Minister on Independence Day and the BJP springing to his defence. External affairs minister Salman Khurshid said in Uttarakhand, "What should I say about

New Delhi, Aug 16: Attributing the 4 per cent plunge of the BSE Sensex to global factors, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the market should not be "so sensitive" to data flowing from the US but reflect Indian conditions. "I have no doubt in mind, when calm is restored in the market, people will begin to understand India market indicators must basically reflect Indian market conditions

New Delhi, Aug 16: The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking reinstatement of suspended IAS officer Durga Sakhti Nagpal, who had cracked down on illegal sand mining in Uttar Pradesh. Questioning the locus of a lawyer, who filed a PIL, a bench headed by Justice H L Dattu dismissed the plea and said that it may entertain the petition if she (Nagpal) herself approaches the court. The

Mumbai/New Delhi, Aug 16: Naval divers on Friday found bodies of three naval personnel from ill-fated submarine INS Sindhurakshak which exploded and sank at the Mumbai dockyard early on Wednesday. "Three bodies have been recovered from the submarine by our divers but their identity has not yet been ascertained," a Navy spokesman told reporters in Mumbai. The Navy spokesman said that DNA test will