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Srinagar, Dec 28: Tassaduq Mufti, the younger brother of Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Thursday was trolled on social media after he accidentally said he swore in the name of "dog" instead of the name of "god" during an oath-taking ceremony as a minister. While taking the oath, delivered by Governor N N Vohra in the lawns of the Raj Bhavan in Jammu, Tassaduq pronounced god as

Islamabad, Dec 28: An impassioned Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has accused former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf of being responsible for his mother Benazir Bhutto's murder. Speaking at a rally to mark the tenth anniversary of Bhutto's murder in the southern Pakistani town of Garhi Khuda Bux on Wednesday, Bilawal led a crowd of thousands in a chant declaring Musharraf "a murderer". Benazir Bhutto

New Delhi, Dec 28: India today slammed Pakistan for making "absurd" charges of a chip, camera or a recorder being installed in the footwear of the wife of Indian death row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav and said Islamabad has frittered away an opportunity to move forward in ties by turning his meeting with his family as a propaganda tool. In identical statements in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, External

New Delhi, Dec 28: In his first address as Congress president, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday marked a clear distinction between his party and the BJP. "The Congress accepts the truth and fights for it, while the BJP believes that a lie can be used for political benefit. "What is happening in our country today is a web of deceit. The BJP is operating on the basic idea that a lie can be used for

Kannur, Dec 28: A CPI(M) worker suffered serious injuries in an attack by suspected BJP workers at Panoor in the politically volatile district of Kannur in Kerala. Police said the legs of 55-year-old Chandran were almost severed in the attack and he was rushed to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital. The ruling CPI(M) alleged that the BJP activists were behind the attack. The attack comes a day

New Delhi, Dec 28: In his first address as Congress president, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday marked a clear distinction between his party and the BJP. "The Congress accepts the truth and fights for it, while the BJP believes that a lie can be used for political benefit. "What is happening in our country today is a web of deceit. The BJP is operating on the basic idea that a lie can be used for

New Delhi, Dec 28: The Central government today introduced the so called Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill) 2017 in the Lok Sabha for discussion. The Bill aims to criminalise the rare practice of instant triple talaq, which the Supreme court had earlier deemed unconstitutional and arbitrary, while introducing a 3-year-long prison sentence along with a fine for anyone who uses

Jeddah, Dec 28: The head of the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA), Abdul Hakim Al-Tamimi, has announced that the initial opening and pilot operations of the new King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah will be in May 2018. The announcement came on the sidelines of the Reconstruction of Makkah Region Conference on Wednesday. “Air transport is the preferred method for pilgrims of

Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde on Thursday tendered an apology in the Lok Sabha for his statement on changing the Constitution, even as he maintained that his comments were "put out of context". Soon after the House met, Hegde, said: "I deeply respect the Constitution, Parliament and Babasaheb Ambedkar. The Constitution is supreme for me, there can be no question on it, as a citizen I can never

Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde on Thursday tendered an apology in the Lok Sabha for his statement on changing the Constitution, even as he maintained that his comments were "put out of context". Soon after the House met, Hegde, said: "I deeply respect the Constitution, Parliament and Babasaheb Ambedkar. The Constitution is supreme for me, there can be no question on it, as a citizen I can never