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New Delhi, Aug. 22 : A Delhi court on Monday awarded the death sentence to Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla for kidnapping and killing IT professional Jigisha Ghosh in New Delhi in 2009 and the third convict Baljeet Malik was sentenced to life in prison.The…

Jammu, Aug. 22 : With the opposition National Conference urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the prevailing unrest in Kashmir at the earliest, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said a handful of people against peace were inciting the youth…

Guwahati, Aug. 22 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Banwarilal Purohit was sworn-in as the Governor of Assam here on Monday in a glittering ceremony graced by dignitaries.Purohit was administered the oath of office and secrecy by the Chief Justice …

Guwahati (Assam), Aug 22 : The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has kidnapped the son of a BJP leader from Assam and demanded a ransom of Rs.one crore. Kuldeep Moran, the son of Tinsukia Zila Parishad’s vice-president Ratnaswer Moran, was abducte…

New Delhi, Aug. 22 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reviewed the progress of key infrastructure sectors and in course of the presentation made by NITI Aayog, it was noted that there has been phenomenal progress in several key sectors, including…

New Delhi, Aug. 22 : In a major setback to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati ahead of the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, former Rajya Sabha MP Brijesh Pathak on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Pathak, who joined the BJP in t…

New Delhi, Aug 22 : With cases being registered against Baloch leaders-in-exile for allegedly backing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks, the Congress Party on Monday said there is no surprise in it as any support to the Indian establishment was su…

New Delhi, Aug. 22 : Condemning the recent incident of rape being reported from the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the Congress on Monday demanded a transparent inquiry and stringent punishment for the accused if found guilty.Congress l…

New Delhi, Aug. 22 : The National Investigative Agency (NIA) filed a supplementary chargesheet relating to the FIR against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s close aide Zahid Miyan, for his alleged role in ‘the larger conspiracy to strike terror in the mi…

New Delhi, Aug. 22 : Accusing the Centre of being rife with contradictions over their policy regarding Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress on Monday said that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s recent tough stand on the Valley was on a whole different tangent…