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New Delhi, Aug. 2 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday cut short her Varanasi visit after she was advised by the doctors to return to Delhi.This development comes after it was reported that Sonia had high fever. Before leaving for the national …

New Delhi, Aug. 2 : The Parliament on Tuesday passed the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill- 2016 to set up six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) with Rajya Sabha approving it today.The new IITs will be established in Tirupati, Palakkad…

New Delhi, Aug. 2 : In wake of the family members of the Bulandshahr gang-rape victims threatening to commit suicide if the accused are not brought to book at the earliest, the Congress on Tuesday urged the judiciary for a speedy trial in the matter.Re…

Mumbai, Aug 2 : Spanish made Talgo train completed its trail run from New Delhi to Mumbai on Tuesday. The high-speed train reached the Mumbai Central Terminus late from its scheduled time due to heavy rains.”The train reached Surat on time, but we were…

Mumbai (Maharashtra), Aug 2 : Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi on Tuesday backed his party colleague Azam Khan’s remarks on the Bulandshahr incident and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to defame the Akhilesh Yadav-led government i…

Varanasi, Aug 2 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday launched her party’s campaign for the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi.The roadshow began with Gandhi putting a garla…

New Delhi, Aug 2 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a programme-’70 Saal Azadi-Zara Yaad Karo Kurbani’ on August 9.Talking to media persons after BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting M.Venkaiah Naidu …

New Delhi, Aug 2 : Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi for targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Anandiben Patel’s resignation as Gujarat Chief Minister, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday called on the Congress vice-president to first ‘fix’ the…

Kolkata, Aug. 2 : The West Bengal Cabinet on Tuesday decided to rename the state as ‘Bangla’ or ‘Bongo’ in Bengali and ‘Bengal’ in English.The news was confirmed by Trinamool Congress leader and state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, who said a sp…

New Delhi, Aug 2 : The Saket Court here on Tuesday reserved its order for August 4 for pronouncing the quantum of sentence for ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui in the rape case of an American lady.The Delhi police sought maximum punishment of…