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New Delhi, July 14: It may sound bizarre, but reflects a sorry state of affairs that can happen only in India! Some “living” people want justice, as they have been declared “dead” on paper — certified by government documents. Santosh Singh is a “living” example who told Gulf News, “It took minutes for the government department in the state of Uttar Pradesh to issue a fake ‘death certificate’ at

Guwahati, July 14: Five days after a teenaged girl was molested by a mob in Guwahati, nine of the 13 accused are still roaming free. The police have been able to arrest only four people so far. The incident has once again stepped up the 'safety for women' debate in the country. It also raises other questions as to how can we prevent incidents like Guwahati from happening again and also whether

Kochi, July 13: The Kerala High Court Friday quashed the charge sheet filed by police in the controversial Sabarimala ''astrological finding'' case, which included Kannada actress Jaimala among the accused. While closing the case, the court also said that the charges against the accused were not legally tenable. In June 2006, a team led by noted astrologer P. Unnikrishna Panicker conducted a four

Balasore (Odisha), July 13: India on Friday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile, with a strike range of 700 km, as part of the Army’s user trials from a test range at Wheeler Island off Odisha. The surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 10.10 a.m. from launch pad-4 of

Lucknow, July 13: A Taliban-like diktat in a village Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh has banned love marriages and also barred young women from using mobile phones. What is most shocking is that the Panchayat is located in Baghpat, which is barely 50 km from the national capital and is Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh's constituency. The Panchayat has also banned women under the age of 40 years from

New Delhi, July 13: Home Minister P Chidambaram's pet project, the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), is set to take-off again after being grounded and scuttled by as many as seven non-Congress chief ministers. Senior member of the Congress party and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had also objected to the NCTC. The main opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) too had put up a stiff

New Delhi, July 13: Braving the intermittent heavy rains, Om Shanti Sharma sits in silent prayer. She calls upon God for a suitable groom for her daughter. But she wants the match to be none other but the General Secretary of the Congress party Rahul Gandhi. And if the Gandhi scion accepts her proposal, she is ready to shell out Rs 15 crore as dowry. Clad in a simple yellow sari, Sharma has been

Chennai, July 12: As Congress intensified efforts for a consensus candidate for the Vice President's post, CPI(M) today said it is in favour of a person who does not belong to Congress. This was conveyed by CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who had recently contacted him as part of efforts to seek support of political parties in selection of a candidate in the

Mumbai, July 12: Legendary wrestler and actor Dara Singh passed away at his Mumbai home early on Thursday. He was 83. Dara Singh, who was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital last week after a cardiac arrest, was released from the hospital on Wednesday night after his condition failed to improve despite continuous medical effort. Doctors, on Wednesday, had said that chances of Dara Singh's recovery were

New Delhi, July 12: The Centre has cleared a package to the tune of Rs. 45,000 crore for Uttar Pradesh, conceding almost half of the demand made by the Akhilesh Yadav government. Though Uttar Pradesh had demanded release of funds to the tune of Rs. 93,000 crore, the state government officials termed the Rs. 45000 crore package as "no mean achievement". The Samajwadi Party and the Congress-led UPA