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Jaipur, Jul 17: Over two lakh electronic voting machines (EVMs) would be used in the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections, said Chief Election Officer Ashwani Bhagat today. The five-year-term of the state assembly is to end on January 20 next year and, accordingly, the state is expected to go to the polls by the year end. The machines to be used in the upcoming election are secure and do not have

Chennai, Jul 17: Some of the accused arrested in connection with the alleged sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl here were manhandled by a group of advocates today at a court complex. Meanwhile, the Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA) has decided not to represent the accused persons in the case considering the nature of the alleged crime, its president G Mohanakrishnan said. 18 men

New Delhi, Jul 17: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he stands with the persecuted and seeks to erase “hatred and fear”, breaking his silence on the controversy following a reported remark on the Congress being a “party for Muslims”. The Congress has dismissed the report in an Urdu daily as a “rumour” and asserted that it was a party of 132 crore Indians. ”I stand with the last

New Delhi, Jul 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday sought the cooperation of all parties for the smooth functioning of the Monsoon Session of Parliament starting tomorrow. Addressing the leaders of various parties in the Parliament House, Modi asked them to raise their issues in the Houses as people expected them to do so. The government claimed that the opposition parties had assured it

Chennai, Jul 17: At least 22 men including security guards, elevator operators and plumbers at an apartment complex in Purasawalkam here sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl with a hearing disorder for more than seven months, police said on Monday. Investigators have arrested 18 of the suspects and are searching for others involved in the horrific crime in the heart of the city. The perpetrators

New Delhi, Jul 17: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has ordered all the states to get the child-care homes run by the Mother Teresa-founded Missionaries of Charity (MoC) inspected immediately, after cases of alleged illegal adoptions carried out by the homes came to light recently. Gandhi also directed the states to ensure that all the child-care institutions (CCIs) were

New Delhi, Jul 16: Global airlines' body IATA has strongly opposed levying of GST on international air tickets, dubbing the taxation as "wrong" as it contravenes many global agreements to which India is a party. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) represents more than 280 airlines in different parts of the world. Its members include Air India, Jet Airways and Vistara. "It is wrong

Kolkata, Jul 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a rally in West Bengal’s Midnapore on Monday is what is being seen as the start of the BJP's campaign in the east for the general elections next year. The BJP won just two seats out of 42 in the last Lok Sabha elections in the state. As it looks east to compensate for any losses in the North and Western India where it had already peaked in 2014

Washington, Jul 16: A suspect in the killing of 25-year-old Indian student Sharath Koppu in Kansas City has been killed in an exchange of fire with the police, leaving three undercover officers injured, US authorities said on Monday. Koppu was fatally shot on July 6 in the back during a suspected attempted robbery at a restaurant where he worked in the US state of Missouri. The police officials on

New Delhi, Jul 16: The police have arrested a senior advocate who allegedly raped a 29-year-old woman lawyer inside his chamber in south Delhi's Saket court complex. The woman called the police control room at 12.45 a.m. on Sunday from the Saket court premises. When the police team reached the spot, the woman, who also practises in Saket court, alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the senior