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Indore, Jun 11: Sunny Leone has found a supporter in Patidar quota leader Hardik Patel who today said she deserved respect, irrespective of her past, like any other Bollywoodactress. "Why can't we view Sunny Leone as an actress on screen independent of her old image? What's the problem if we look at her the way we look at actresses Nargis, Sridevi, or Madhuri Dixit. If our thinking is such that we

Indore, Jun 11: Sunny Leone has found a supporter in Patidar quota leader Hardik Patel who today said she deserved respect, irrespective of her past, like any other Bollywoodactress. "Why can't we view Sunny Leone as an actress on screen independent of her old image? What's the problem if we look at her the way we look at actresses Nargis, Sridevi, or Madhuri Dixit. If our thinking is such that we

Mumbai, Jun 11: The Shiv Sena on Monday dubbed as "laughable" the alleged Maoist letter suggesting a Maoist plot to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the conspiracy does not seem legitimate and appears like the story of a horror film. In remarks laced with sarcasm, it said high-profile leaders ought to be provided elaborate security cover irrespective of lakhs of people dying in attacks

New Delhi, Jun 11: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was today admitted to New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for what doctors described as a routine check-up and investigations. He was hospitalised on the advice of doctors. AT AIIMS, he will be under the supervision of Dr Randeep Guleria, a pulmonologist and currently director at AIIMS. Dr Guleria has served as

Guwahati, Jun 11: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale today rocked Assam, according to the Regional Seismological Centre. There was no immediate report of any damage or casualty, officials said. According to a report of the Regional Seismological Centre at Shillong, the epicentre of the medium intensity earthquake, was at a place 22 kilometre from Dhing in Nagaon district. The

Guwahati, Jun 11: The police have arrested 16 people including a Facebook instigator in connection with Friday night’s lynching of two adventurers by a mob at a village in central Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on suspicion that they were khupadhora or child-lifters. The mob had bludgeoned Niloptal Das, a 29-year-old sound engineer and engineering dropout Abhijeet Nath, 30, to death at Panjuri

New Delhi, Jun 11: Nirav Modi, the billionaire jeweller at the heart of a more than $2 billion fraud case, has fled to the UK, where he is claiming political asylum, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing Indian and British officials. Britain's Home Office said it does not provide information on individual cases. Nirav Modi could not be contacted by Reuters for comment on the FT report

Washington D.C, Jun 10: Dirty kitchen towels can aid the growth of pathogens and cause food poisoning, a new research has claimed. Researchers from the University of Mauritius have shown that factors such as family size, type of diet, multi-usage of towels, among other factors, impact the growth of pathogens on kitchen towels, potentially causing food poisoning. "Our study demonstrates that the

Ambikapur, Jun 10: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Sunday hit back at Congress President Rahul Gandhi saying that the party is not answerable to the latter's questioning of the work done in the four years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre. Addressing a massive gathering in Surguja area of Ambikapur city, Shah said, "Rahul Gandhi asks Modi Ji what did

Mumbai, Jun 10: The RSS may project former president Pranab Mukherjee as a prime ministerial candidate if the BJP falls short of a majority in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and other parties refuse to back Narendra Modi for the post, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Sunday. His speculation was, however, refuted by Mukherjee's daughter, who said her father had no plans to return to active politics