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Sirsa, Sept 4: The Haryana Police on Monday recovered a huge cache of ultra-modern arms and ammunition from the headquarters of Dera Sacha Sauda in Haryana's Sirsa. The recovery included licensed arms, 9-mm pistols, several single and double-barrel rifles and a modified carbine. Dinesh Kumar, Sirsa Sadar SHO, confirmed that these arms were recovered from the Dera premises. He said that soon after

London, Sept 4: Education activist Malala Yousafzai has called on her fellow Nobel laureate Aug San Suu Kyi to condemn the "shameful" violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, saying the "world is waiting" for her to condemn the unrest. The 20-year-old winner of the Nobel Peace Prize urged Myanmar's State Counsellor and de-facto leader to act against the violence that has seen tens of

Mangaluru, Sept 4: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, three students of an engineering college were drowned in Netravati river at Inoli on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday. The thee students have been identified as Vishal, Shubham and Shreeram, all aged around 21 years. They were among a group of eight students from the same college who ventured into the water. While playing in the water, the

Xiamen, Sept 4: In a major diplomatic win for India, a joint declaration adopted by the BRICS member states on Monday unanimously condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. ''We deplore all terrorist attacks worldwide, including attacks in BRICS countries, and condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations wherever committed and by whomsoever and stress that there can be no

Xiamen, (China), Sept 4: The BRICS Summit began here today with a group photograph of leaders of the five countries and was preceded by a warm handshake between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, who received the leaders of Brazil, Russia and South Africa ahead of the restricted meeting of the grouping. Modi was the third leader to reach the convention centre, venue of

Ambala, Sep 3: A Dera Sacha Sauda follower, arrested in connection with the violence in Panchkula on August 25, allegedly hung himself in the toilet of the Ambala Central Jail, the police said. The deceased was identified as Ravinder (28), a resident of Sarsawa in Uttar Pradesh. The Dera follower was arrested on August 25 in Panchkula where violence broke out after the conviction of the sect's

Karwar, Sept 3: Anant Kumar Hegde, a hardline Hindutva leader and Member of Parliament from Uttara Kannada constituency in coastal Karnataka was on Sunday inducted as a Minister of State along with eight other faces by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Though Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel were among the aspirants from Karnataka, the PM chose the

Karwar, Sept 3: Anant Kumar Hegde, a hardline Hindutva leader and Member of Parliament from Uttara Kannada constituency in coastal Karnataka was on Sunday inducted as a Minister of State along with eight other faces by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Though Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel were among the aspirants from Karnataka, the PM chose the

New Delhi, Sep 3: Nirmala Sitharaman emerged as the biggest gainer of the cabinet reshuffle today as Prime Minister Modi gave her the heavyweight Defence portfolio, while Piyush Goyal replaced Suresh Prabhu in the Railway Ministry in a major rejig, which saw nine new faces being inducted. Sitharaman became the first woman Defence Minister of the country since Indira Gandhi held the charge

Lucknow, Sept 2: The stringent Gangsters Act would be invoked against those who sacrifice cow, buffalo, camel, or ox as 'Qurbani' during Bakr Id in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district on Saturday. "I have passed the order that in the time of Eid al-Adha (Bakrid), from Septemeber 2 to Septemebr 4, no cow, buffalo, ox and camel will be sacrificed. If it`s done, then under Gangster Act, that particular