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New Delhi, Sept 12: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said his organisation does not support trolling and aggressive behaviour on the net as it amounts to “hitting below the belt.” He was speaking at an interactive session in New Delhi with foreign diplomats from more than 50 missions. “Trolling amounts to hitting below the belt. We do not support those who display such aggressive nature. We do

Ahmedabad, Sept 12: Gujarat Congress on Tuesday said that it would provide unemployment allowance to youth in the state if elected to power in the forthcoming Assembly elections slated for this year-end. “After 22 years of power, the BJP that promised 50 lakh jobs has ended up seeing 30 lakh unemployed youth in the state. The economy is in doldrums and business in dumps. The agriculture growth has

Lucknow, Sept 12: After renaming 'Mughalsarai' railway station as 'Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar', chief minister Yogi Adityanath led-Uttar Pradesh government may soon rechristen Allahabad as 'Prayagraj'. An indication to this effect was given by the office bearers of All India Akhara Parishad (AIAP), an apex body of Hindu seers and saints after their meeting with CM Yogi on Tuesday. The AIAP

Bengaluru, Sept 12: Thousands of fans of slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh including progressive thinkers, writers and rights activists came together on Tuesday to protest the coldblooded murder of one of the most fearless journalists the country has ever produced. Sporting black badges that read - #IAmGauri - the protesters took out a rally from the Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station to the

Bengaluru, Sept 12: Thousands of fans of slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh including progressive thinkers, writers and rights activists came together on Tuesday to protest the coldblooded murder of one of the most fearless journalists the country has ever produced. Sporting black badges that read - #IAmGauri - the protesters took out a rally from the Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station to the

Ahmedabad, Sep 12: A special SIT court hearing the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case today summoned BJP president Amit Shah to appear before it as a defence witness for former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, who is one of the prime accused. On a petition filed by Kodnani, special SIT judge P B Desai summoned Shah to appear before the court on September 18. The court said it will not re-issue the summons in

New Delhi, Sept 12: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that he is ready to take charge of his party in 2019 even as he attacked the BJP government for its decision to demonetise the old currency notes and rising cross-border terrorism. He made these remarks during an interaction with the students of the prestigious University of California, Berkeley, United States. The theme of

Washington, Sep 12: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic policies, accusing him of causing "tremendous damage" to India's economy with "reckless and dangerous" decisions like demonetisation and "hastily-applied" GST. Gandhi, 47, who arrived in the US yesterday on a two- week-long tour, addressed students at the University of California

Chennai, Sep 12: According to an unverified statement from the OPS camp, there are claims that the party's interim general secretary V K Sasikala has been expelled. Reports also claim that the post of the AIADMK general secretary has been abolished and that it would "always be held by Amma". A crucial meeting of the ruling AIADMK General Council began here today morning amid expectations that it

Mexico, Sept 12: A powerful earthquake that struck Mexico last week has left some 2.5 million people in need of aid and killed 96 others, authorities said on Monday, as officials rushed to get food and water to afflicted communities in the poor south. Oaxaca state Governor Alejandro Murat told local television the death toll in his state had risen to 76. He said preliminary reports showed that at