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New Delhi, December 2: Syed Asif Ibrahim today took over as Officer on Special Duty in the Intelligence Bureau in the run up to taking over as the Director of the agency by the end of this month. 59-year old Ibrahim, the first Muslim to lead the agency, will have a tenure of two-years, the order said. An official order said Ibrahim, a 1977-batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been

Vadodara, December 1: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj today said that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is fit to become the prime minister of the country. "Narendra Modi is capable of becoming the prime minister of the country... he is fit for it," Swaraj told reporters at the airport, responding to a query. Swaraj arrived here for campaigning and will be addressing two

New Delhi, December 1: The number of deaths in the country this year till November 15 due to dengue has touched 216, with Tamil Nadu topping the list with the death of 60 people. It is followed by Maharashtra 59, Karnataka 21, Punjab 15, Kerala 13, West Bengal 9, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh 6 each and Delhi 4. A total of 35,066 cases were reported in the country till mid-November. Stating this in

Oslo, December 1: The Indian couple arrested here in an alleged child abuse case has been charged with "gross repeated maltreatment" of their child for which the prosecution has proposed a minimum sentence of one year and three months for the parents. According to a statement by Oslo Police Department, the couple have been remanded in custody, as there is reason to fear that they will evade

Lucknow, December 1: A court in Pilibhit district of UP has framed charges against BJP MP Varun Gandhi in one of the 2009 hate speech cases. Varun had allegedly made inflammatory comments against Muslims in his speeches at public meetings in Pilibhit during 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign. The BJP leader has been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the People's

New Delhi, December 1: The human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus is no longer restricted to six states, where it struck first. HIV has spread far and wide all over India with 10 low prevalence states now accounting for 57 per cent of new infections. Eastern India fares the worst. In the last one year, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal accounted for almost one-third of new adult infections

New Delhi, November 30: Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral today passed away after suffering from a infection for which he was hospitalised. He was 93. He may not have ever been a popular leader, often preferring a quiet corner in the rough tumble of Indian politics, but it was Gujral’s diplomacy and ability to keep friends across political borders that helped him stay afloat in various

New Delhi, November 30: Four months ago, acid attack victim Sonali Mukherjee just wanted to die to escape her suffering. Now, the 27-year-old is a rupee millionaire after appearing on 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' and plans to use her experience to help combat the heinous crime of acid violence, which kills hundreds of people every year, most of them women. "I've had 22 operations and nine more are

Ahmedabad, November 30: Shweta Bhatt, the wife of suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, on Friday announced that she will contest the state Assembly elections on a Congress ticket against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi from Maninagar constituency in the city. "Yes, I will be fighting against Modi from Maninagar on a Congress ticket," Shweta Bhatt said. "We have moved far away from democracy in

New Delhi, November 30: It will be mandatory for sleeper- class train passengers to carry identity proof from December 1, this year as Railways firmed up steps to prevent misuse of tickets by touts and facilitate hassle-free travel by bonafide people. From Saturday (December 1), passengers failing to produce original identity proof in sleeper class, as and when asked for, will be treated as