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Indore, Jun 12: Self-styled godman Bhayyuji Maharaj died on Tuesday after allegedly shooting himself in the head. He was rushed to the Bombay Hospital in Indore here where he succumbed to his injuries, its General Manager Rahul Parashar told news agency PTI. Maharaj was offered minister of state position by the Madhya Pradesh government in April, this year. He had refused to accept it. The saint

Singapore, Jun 12: U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged on Tuesday to work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarantees for its old enemy. But a joint statement signed at the end of their historic summit in Singapore gave few details on how either goal would be achieved. "President Trump

Mumbai, Jun 12: Congress president Rahul Gandhi will appear before a court in the adjoining Thane district on Tuesday in connection with a defamation case filed against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker. Gandhi arrived in Mumbai this morning on a two-day visit to Maharashtra. He will appear before the court at Bhiwandi in Thane at 11 am today, a Congress leader earlier said. The

New Delhi, Jun 12: In a rhetorical speech in the Delhi assembly, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the AAP would campaign for the BJP during the 2019 Lok Sabha election if Delhi was granted full statehood. He also warned that if the Modi government failed to do so, the party would conduct a "BJP, quit Delhi" campaign. "I want to say to BJP, give full statehood status to Delhi before

Singapore, Jun 12: US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met for the first time and shook hands here on Tuesday, kicking off their history-making summit aimed at normalising bilateral ties and complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. Trump and Kim met at Capella Singapore hotel in Singapore's Sentosa island after months of diplomatic twists and turns. The two men

Palghar, Jun 12: India is set to miss a December deadline to acquire land for a Japan-backed $17 billion bullet train project following protests by fruit growers, government officials said, likely delaying one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s most ambitious projects. PM Modi`s office is now monitoring the project week-to-week, as Indian officials seek to reassure Tokyo that the hurdles can be

New Delhi, Jun 11: The security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be strengthened in the wake of reports of an assassination plot against him by the Maoists, the Home Ministry said on Monday. Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday held a high-level meeting in which National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and Director Intelligence Bureau Rajiv Jain were present to

Ahmedabad, Jun 11: A lesbian couple allegedly committed suicide after throwing a three-year-old child of one of them in the Sabarmati river here today, the police said. The women also scribbled a suicide note along the riverfront's concrete walkway near Ellisbridge where they jumped into the water body, an official at the Sabarmati Riverfront (West) police station said. They purportedly mentioned

Gorakhpur, Jun 11: A day after his brother was shot at by unidentified assailants, Dr Kafeel Khan, who was allegedly made scapegoat by Yogi Adiyanath led Uttar Pradesh government in the case of death of dozens of children at BRD Medical Hospital, today said he was not going to bend. His brother, Kashif Jameel, was operated on successfully and the bullets removed, Khan said. "Allah rahem kare. M

Vienna, Jun 11: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has vowed a crackdown on what he termed as “radical Islam” and announced that his government would shut down seven mosques and could expel dozens of foreign-funded imams from the country. According to reports, at least one of the mosques the government will close is said to be linked to Turkish nationalists, and the six others are run by a group