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Bengaluru, Oct 17: Former chief minister Siddaramaih has once again announced his retirement from electoral politics. The fresh announcement comes a time when the Congress is looking to absorb Siddaramaiah into a national role. Speaking to party workers at Guledgudd town of Bagalkot district on Wednesday, he said he does not wish to contest any more elections. "I have faced 13 elections so far and

Mumbai, Oct 17: Singer Shweta Pandit Wednesday accused music composer Anu Malik of harassment when she was a minor. In a lengthy post on Twitter, the singer accused Malik of being a "pedophile and sexual predator", saying he misbehaved with her when she was a greenhorn in the Hindi music industry. "It was the year 2000 when I was launched as a lead singer with 'Mohabbatein' and was trying to get

Jaipur, Oct 17: BJP leader and Kisan Mahapanchayat founder Rampal Jat joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Wednesday after accusing the saffron party of "neglecting" farmers' issues. "Issues of farmers were being neglected in the BJP government. I have been raising issues to make farmers self-reliant and Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje had said that there will not be any difference in words and deeds

New Delhi, Oct 17: Announcing Haj 2019 here at Haj House, Mumbai, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Wednesday that it was for the first time that preparations for next year’s Haj has been started immediately after completion of the current year’s Haj process(2018). 'Early start of Haj process will ensure better facilities as well as smooth Haj process as the agencies

New Delhi, Oct 17: United Arab Emirates' Minister of State for Defence Affairs Ahmed Al Bowardi Al Falacy met Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday. The ministers undertook a review of bilateral defence cooperation and deliberated upon measures to further enhance bilateral exchanges. An official statement outlined that they also recognised that "deeper bilateral defence cooperation has

Bhopal, Oct 17: A controversy erupted in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh Tuesday after a video went viral in which senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh is heard saying that his party’s votes get reduced if he campaigns for it. The video was recorded on October 13 but it emerged on a day Congress president Rahul Gandhi is in the state to campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections. Significantly

Pune, Oct 17: In a shocking incident, four Army personnel have been booked for allegedly molesting and raping a hearing and speech-impaired woman at a hospital in Pune. The woman was allegedly molested and raped by the four accused at Pune's Khadki Military hospital over a period of four years. The victim later lodged a police complaint in Indore with the help of an NGO, according to news agency

Sydney, Oct 17: Australia is considering moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Tuesday, following the lead of US President Donald Trump. Morrison called a press conference to say he was "open-minded" to proposals to formally recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move his nation's embassy to the holy city, a sharp break with

Sydney, Oct 17: Australia is considering moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Tuesday, following the lead of US President Donald Trump. Morrison called a press conference to say he was "open-minded" to proposals to formally recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move his nation's embassy to the holy city, a sharp break with

New Delhi, Oct 17: Wearing of helmet by Sikh women in Chandigarh has been made optional, the Home Ministry said Wednesday, a week after it had completely exempted them from wearing the protective head gear. The Union Territory administration of Chandigarh has been advised that it may be made optional for Sikh women, riding a two wheeler or sitting pillion, to wear protective head gear, as per the