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Experts have officially confirmed that as many as 102 unfired rockets found in an open well at a farmhouse in Nagara village, Hosanagar taluk in Shivamogga district belonged to the era of Tipu Sultan, the visionary South Indian ruler. The rockets used by the glorious Mysuru kingdom during the Anglo-Mysuru wars, especially in the last two of them during the reign of Tipu Sultan, are considered the

Prime Minister Narendra Modi when asked about his trademark hugs on Friday said he was unaware of laid down protocols as he is a common man and this has become his strength, as his openness was liked by the world leaders. PM Modi also said his basic nature has been "to convert adversity into opportunity". Days after being mocked by the Congress over his hugs, PM Modi said in a TV interview had he

New Delhi, Jan 19: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said the Election Commission (EC) has hit "a new low" by recommending that 20 AAP MLAs be disqualified for holding 'offices of profit', because the electoral body "didn't give the legislators a chance to present their case". AAP also called the EC's decision a "conspiracy" against the party that rode an anti-corruption wave to win Delhi by a

New Delhi: In a big setback for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Election Commission on Friday recommended that 20 MLAs of Arvind Kejriwal-led party be disqualified on charge of holding 'office of profit'. The decision comes days before Achal Kumar Joti retires as the Chief Election Commissioner. Sources said the EC has forwarded its recommendation to the President. If the President accepts the

Jammu, Jan 19: Two civilians were killed and three others injured as Pakistan Rangers heavily shelled civilian areas and Border Out Posts for the second consecutive day today along the IB in Jammu and Samba districts. BSF troops effectively retaliated. "Pakistan Rangers resorted to heavy firing and shelling along the IB in several areas in R S Pura, Arnia and Ramgarh sectors since 0640 hours", a

Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit, who is facing terror charges, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against a Bombay High Court order dismissing his plea to quash a decision by a special court to take cognisance of offences against him in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case without a “valid sanction” for prosecution. “The Special Court is likely to proceed with the framing of charges against

Washington, Jan 19: A day after Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that no action could be taken against Hafiz Saeed as there is no case against him, the United States Administration has called for the prosecution of the UN-designated terrorist "to the fullest extent of the law". Reacting strongly to Pakistan PM's remarks, US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said, '

Mangaluru, Jan 18: Another case of so called ‘love jihad’ has turned out to be a typical ‘lie jihad’. A team of police from Mumbai has arrested a Bajrang Dal leader from Mangaluru on charges of kidnapping a married woman and then accusing her husband of indulging in love jihad. The arrested has been identified as Sunil Kumar, a resident of Pumpwell and a known face of Bajrang Dal in Mangaluru. The

New Delhi, Jan 18: Within a month of his acquittal in the 2G spectrum scam case, former telecom minister Andimuthu Raja has in a tell-all book questioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "palpable silence" in defending the telecom policy that he himself had approved. In his book '2G Sage Unfolds', Raja slammed the then CAG Vinod Rai saying the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General

Lahore, Jan 18: Bhagat Singh should be accorded Pakistan's highest gallantry award 'Nishan-e-Haider' and his statue be installed at Lahore's Shaadman Chowk where he was hanged 86 years ago, an organisation working to prove the legendary freedom fighter's innocence in a court has demanded. Singh was hanged along with his two comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev by British rulers on March 23, 1931 at the