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New Delhi, Oct 1: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra held court along with his successor Ranjan Gogoi for the last time on Monday, stopping a lawyer who broke into song to wish him a long life to say he was "responding from the heart" but will speak from his mind in the evening. CJI Misra, who presided over benches that delivered a series of key verdicts like the one on Aadhaar and homosexuality

Agartala, Oct 1: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday called Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan a chaprasi` (peon), adding that Islamabad is run by the military, ISI and terrorists. "Imran Khan is nothing but a `chaprasi` because the country (Pakistan) is run by the military, ISI and terrorists, and Imran Khan is just one of the `chaprasi` of the government. He

Agartala, Oct 1: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday called Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan a chaprasi` (peon), adding that Islamabad is run by the military, ISI and terrorists. "Imran Khan is nothing but a `chaprasi` because the country (Pakistan) is run by the military, ISI and terrorists, and Imran Khan is just one of the `chaprasi` of the government. He

Bhopal, Sept 30: Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections, slated to take place this year, eight parties have formed an alliance to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state. The parties are expected to approach the Congress shortly. Loktantrik Janata Dal, Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M, Communist Party of India (CPI), Bahujan Sangharsh Dal, Gondwana Gantantra Party

New Delhi, Sept 30: With the Congress looking to corner the Modi government over the Rafale issue, the ruling BJP believes it can turn the heat on the opposition party by building up a campaign around nationalism on the twin planks of illegal infiltration and the Centre's "tough policy" on security matters. Sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the decision to hold nationwide events on

New Delhi, Sept 30: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has alerted the Keralaauthorities to watch out for the movement of a large number of Rohingya refugees in groups with their families to Kerala. The RPF has issued a warning with a list of 14 trains on which the refugees from Myanmar are mostly moving from the northeastern states. In a letter sent by the Chief Security Commissioner of Southern

Jakarta, Sept 30: The death toll from an earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi rose to 832 on Sunday, the national disaster mitigation agency said, adding it assessed the affected area to be bigger than initially thought. Many people were reported trapped in the rubble of buildings brought down in the 7.5 magnitude earthquake which struck on Friday and triggered tsunami waves

Islamabad, Sept 30: Organization of Islamic Cooperation which has been the collective voice of Muslim world adopted a statement calling respect of Islam, the revered personalities and its symbols, said a statement issued by Pakistan Foreign ministry. The statement proposed jointly by Pakistan and Turkey was adopted on the sidelines of UNGA at New York. Pakistan Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood

London, Sept 30: One of the two main bidders, keen to acquire embattled Indian businessman Vijay Mallya's Force India Formula One racing team after it went into administration, has claimed that a consortium of 13 Indian banks lost out an estimated 40 million pounds as a result of an "unfair" sales process concluded last month. Russian fertiliser group Uralkali said that by turning down its higher

United Nations, Sept 30: Pakistan's commitment to terrorism as an instrument of state policy has not abated one bit, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj told world leaders at the UN on Saturday and asked them how India can pursue talks with a nation that "glorifies killers" and allows the Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed to "roam free" with impunity. In a hard-hitting retort to Pakistan