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Sita Damor confronted BJP MP Devajibhai after he allegedly called Rahul Gandhi Pappu while addressing a gathering in Rajasthan’s Banswara. New Delhi: A Congress councillor on Sunday directly took on a BJP MP after he reportedly referred to Rahul Gandhi as Pappu. Sita Damor confronted BJP MP Devajibhai after he …

If the tests are successful, Train 18 will replace the current Shatabdi Express – a day train. New Delhi: India’s first locomotive-less less train, known as Train 18, breached the 180 kmph speed limit during a test run on Sunday, a senior railway official said here. When this Rs 100-crore …

Hosts India produced a spirited effort to eke out a 2-2 draw against Olympic silver medallists Belgium in an evenly-contested Pool C match of the men’s hockey World Cup in Bhubaneshwar on Sunday. Pegged back by Alenander Hendricks’ goal in the eighth minute, India made a valiant comeback after the …

A former army man who traded in condemned, sometimes even fresh parts of assault rifles; a Bihar town renowned for making guns; and Maoists willing to pay up to Rs 700,000 per rifle. These are the strands of an investigation by the National Investigation Agency and the Bihar police into …

George HW Bush presided over the end of the Cold War and routed Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army. Former US President George Herbert Walker Bush died on Saturday at the age of 94. He was the 41st president of the United States and lived longer than any of his predecessors. His …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake shook southern Alaska on Friday morning, buckling roads, disrupting traffic and knocking television stations off the air in Anchorage, the state`s largest city, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. The 7.0 magnitude quake struck about 8 miles (13g km) north of …

Protesters held placards which carried messages of “India: Stop the Crackdown” and “Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Don’t Crush India’s Charities”. Protestors from Amnesty International on Friday staged a demonstration outside the Indian High Commission in the UK against the alleged “crackdown” on the human rights group in India. Amnesty UK …

PM Modi highlighted the importance of international cooperation in legal processes. Buenos Aires [Argentina]: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (local time) presented a nine-point programme to take action against fugitive economic offenders during his address in the second session of the ongoing G20 Summit here. Ministry of External Affairs …

Earlier, the cricketer-turned-politician had said that Rahul Gandhi had sent him to Pakistan for the groundbreaking ceremony of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor. New Delhi: Barely hours after claiming party president Rahul Gandhi sent him to Pakistan, Punjab Minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu took a U-turn and denied his statement. …

The polling for the sixth phase of Panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir is currently underway at 3174 polling stations including 410 in Kashmir division and 2764 in Jammu division. Jammu: The polling for the sixth phase of Panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir is currently underway at 3174 polling …