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New Delhi, Sept 18: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat lauded the role of the Congress during India’s freedom struggle and also acknowledged the contribution of previous governments in nation-building. “Whatever you may say but some work has definitely been done in this period. Something has definitely been done honestly. The Congress played a big role in the freedom movement

Godda (Jharkhand), Sept 17: A Sangh Parivar activist washed the feet of a BJP MP in Jharkhand’s Godda during a public event on Sunday. The worker then even drank that water from which he washed the MP's feet. The MP Nishikant Dubey, who represents Godda constituency even posted about the same on his official Facebook page and commended the worker for "keeping his promise". He wrote: "Today I

Miryalaguda, Sept 17: Peramalla Pranay Kumar, the 23-year-old Dalit man, who was killed on Friday afternoon, eight months after he married upper caste girl, was laid to rest here on Sunday. His pregnant wife Amrutha, who was brought home from hospital on Saturday night, was inconsolable. “I can’t live without him, but I will, for my baby, and to fight against caste system. No one should experience

Miryalaguda, Sept 17: Peramalla Pranay Kumar, the 23-year-old Dalit man, who was killed on Friday afternoon, eight months after he married upper caste girl, was laid to rest here on Sunday. His pregnant wife Amrutha, who was brought home from hospital on Saturday night, was inconsolable. “I can’t live without him, but I will, for my baby, and to fight against caste system. No one should experience

Mumbai, Sept 17: The 42-year-old director of a vedic school in Parbhani district was arrested and two juvenile students were detained for the alleged assault and ragging of two minor students, the police said on Sunday. The victims, in the age group of 9 to 10 years, were allegedly ragged and their private parts were tied with manja (string) by the accused, Parbhani’s deputy superintendent of

New Delhi, Sept 16: The united front of Left student groups AISA, SFI, AISF, DSF won all four central panel posts in Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) polls, the election committee announced on Sunday. The grouping's presidential candidate N Sai Balaji won after bagging 2,161 votes. Sarika Choudhary bagged 2,692 votes and was elected the vice president. Aejaj Ahmed polled 2,423

Mumbai, Sept 16: Mumbai police reminded Bollywood actor Uday Chopra Saturday that marijuana is a banned commodity in India when the "Dhoom" actor batted for its legalisation. Chopra tweeted Friday that marijuana, also known as cannabis, should be legalised as it is "part of Indian culture" and also has "medical benefits". I feel India should legalize marijuana. Firstly, It’s part of our culture

New Delhi, Sept 16: Indira Gandhi made two "serious mistakes -- declaring the Emergency in 1975 and allowing Operation Blue Star to happen", but regardless of these she was a great and powerful prime minister and a considerate humanist, feels veteran Congressman K Natwar Singh. Singh worked in her office from 1966 to 1971 as a civil services officer before joining the Congress in the 80s and

Wilson, Sept 16: Tropical Storm Florence dumped “epic” amounts of rain on North and South Carolina as it trudged inland on Saturday, knocking out power and causing at least eight deaths as flood waters that have devastated many communities kept rising. Florence's intensity has diminished since it roared ashore along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast on Friday as a hurricane. But its slow march over the

New Delhi, Sept 16: Political strategist Prashant Kishor, the man who played an instrumental role in the victory of Narendra Modi in 2014 Lok Sabha polls and Nitish Kumar in Bihar assembly elections, on Sunday announced that he will be starting a new political journey with Janta Dal (United). A trained public health expert, Kishor was earlier associated with the United Nations before his foray