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New Delhi, Dec 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday told the Lok Sabha Friday that Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti had apologised for her abusive remark and the business of the house should be carried forward. "The minister has apologised, she is new and we are also aware of her social background. She comes from a village," he said. The prime minister addressed the Lok Sabha a day after he

Amritsar, Dec 5: At least 60 persons have lost their eyesight after an operation at an eye camp organised by an NGO in Gurdaspur district, civil and medical authorities said today. While 16 persons belonged to villages of Amritsar the rest were from Gurdaspur district. All of them were admitted in city ENT hospitals of Amritsar and Gursdaspur. Confirming the incident, Deputy Commissioner Amritsar

Kochi, Dec 4: Eminent jurist V R Krishna Iyer, a left-leaning intellectual who had stood for the rights of the downtrodden and reinterpreted bail jurisprudence as a Supreme Court judge, died today. Justice Iyer, who turned 100 on November 13, breathed his last at a private hospital here following multiple organ failure. He was admitted to the private Medical Trust hospital on November 24. He died

New Delhi, Dec 4: In a move aimed at consolidation of opposition forces, six constituents of the erstwhile 'Janata Parivar' will soon become one party as their leaders today authorised Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to work out the "modalities" in that direction. In their first joint action outside Parliament, SP, Janata Dal (Secular), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Indian

Raipur, Dec 4: Blood-stained uniforms and shoes of some of the CRPF personnel who were killed in the Sukma Naxal attack were today found in a garbage bin on the hospital premises, sparking outrage. Opposition Congress leaders said it showed "insensitivity and disrespect" of the authorities and demanded an apology from the BJP government in the state. District Congress chief Vikas Upadhyay and

New Delhi, Dec 4: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to ensure that its income tax probe against 627 Indians found to have kept money in HSBC Bank, Geneva was not time-barred. “We are confident that the central government will complete its proceedings on or before March 31, 2015; if it cannot be done, then they can bring some legislative measures,” a three-judge bench presided over by

Mumbai, Dec 3: The 33-day-old Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry in Maharashtra will be expanded on December 5, amid indications of a "patch up" with former ally Shiv Sena. Around 20 ministers are likely to take oath at the ceremony, and almost half of them are expected to be those from Sena. The ceremony will be held at Vidhan Bhawan premises at 10 AM. Fadnavis had met BJP president Amit Shah in New

New Delhi, Dec 3: Investigation into the Saradha chit fund scam has so far not revealed any terror link with Bangladesh, Government said today, days after BJP had alleged such a connection. "The investigation has so far not revealed any such transaction where money was routed to Bangladesh to fund terrorist activities," Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha in a written

New Delhi, Dec 3: The opposition demand for resignation of Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti for making controversial remarks led to pandemonium in Parliament for the second day Wednesday, but the government refused to yield. Members from Congress, Trinamool Congress and RSP staged a walkout after government said that the matter should end as she has already apologised and the Prime Minister

New Delhi, Dec 3: Lok Sabha was today adjourned briefly as a united opposition created uproar demanding resignation of Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over her racist remarks against non-Hindus. As soon as the House took up Question Hour, Leader of Congress Mallikarjun Kharge said in an apparent sarcasm that it is a privilege that the Prime Minister is