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Mumbai, August 12: Two persons died and 14 others were injured when a protest here against Assam riots turned violent as demonstrators torched vehicles, including media vans, and pelted stones,forcing rpt forcing the police to fire in the air and use batons to disperse the unruly mob today. Hundreds of people poured in at Azad Maidan Ground in south Mumbai this afternoon on a call given by a city

New Delhi, August 11: As Baba Ramdev’s fast entered the third day on Saturday, the yoga guru threatened to intensify his stir if his demands on black money and Lokpal bill are not met by the deadline set by him and decided to knock on the doors of the President to put pressure on the government. Baba Ramdev had set a three-day ultimatum, which ends on Saturday evening, to the government to address

New Delhi, August 11: Hamid Ansari was sworn-in as the Vice President of the country for the second consecutive term by President Pranab Mukherjee here today. Ansari, 75, was administered the oath by the President at a grand ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan. He had defeated NDA candidate Jaswant Singh with a comfortable margin earlier this week for his re-election as Vice President. Ansari had

New Delhi, August 11: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said he would welcome Rahul Gandhi’s entry into the government, remarks that come in the context of raging speculation over the possibility of a larger role for him in the government and the Congress. “I have always said I would welcome Rahul’s entry into government,” Mr Singh told reporters here. Last month, Mr Rahul had said that he

New Delhi, August 11: Undisclosed income of Rs 49,325 crore has been detected in the country in the last three years while tax evasion of Rs 600 crore has been found on inputs from abroad under multi-pronged efforts to check blackmoney menace, government said on Friday. The information has been contained in a 13-page fact-sheet released by the Finance Ministry in an apparent bid to blunt the

Chandigarh, August 11: As former Haryana Minister and Independent MLA Gopal Kanda remained elusive, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday said he should join the investigations in the suicide case of air-hostess Geetika Sharma like a law-abiding citizen. “They (law-breaking people) should join investigations like a law-abiding citizen,” Mr. Hooda told reporters here after being pointed

New Delhi, August 11: An Indian escaped from the captivity of an al Qaeda linked terror group after being held captive in the southern Philippines for nearly 14 months. Biju Kolara Veetil from Calicut was abducted in the Philippines, while visiting his in-laws. In July 2012, he miraculously escaped and is now is now safe in police custody, and is in touch with Indian officials, MEA spokesman Syed

New Delhi, August 10: Amid continuing violence in Assam, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that it would not be possible to delete names of 40 lakh doubtful voters from the state on the basis of their religious or linguistic profile as it would be unconstitutional. The Centre rejected the allegation of NGO Assam Public Works that over 40 lakh illegal migrants from Bangladesh had got their

Etah/Lucknow , August 10: In outrageous remarks, PWD Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav, uncle of the UP Chief Minister, told officials that they can steal a little of public money if they work hard but they should not behave like dacoits. As BJP and others lashed out at him, Shivpal, who appeared to have given 'official sanction' to officials in the state to indulge in little bit of corruption, went

New Delhi, August 10: A group of foreign reporters say that at their meeting with Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), said that in public perception of effective governance, Bihar is ahead of Gujarat. "RSS' Mohan Bhagwat's first-ever chat with foreign media. Asked to rate state govts on good governance, he said bihar, gujarat, in that order," tweeted Rama Lakshmi, a