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Assamese-Hindus now only about 40 pc of state’s population, claims CM Biswa

Guwahati: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday claimed that Assamese Hindus now make up only around 40 percent of the state’s population, about the same as that of Muslims. Speaking to…
Bihar polls: Sambhal MP criticises EC decision to check burqa-clad women during voting

Sambhal: Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal, Zia Ur Rehman Barq, on Sunday criticised the Election Commission of India over its recent decision to check women wearing burqas during voting in Bihar assembly…

COAI defends call for mobile tariff hike, cites rising network costs, OTT traffic

New Delhi: Telecom industry body COAI has defended service providers’ call to increase mobile tariff, citing the continuous widening of the gap between their expenses on network deployment and the revenue earned…
Bhatti to visit Telugu Dalit IPS officer’s kin who died by ‘suicide’

Hyderabad: Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka will leave for Chandigarh on Sunday evening to meet and offer condolences to the family of Haryana’s senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who…
Chidambaram calls Operation Blue Star ‘a mistake’, Congress unhappy

Shimla: Congress leader P Chidambaram said Operation Blue Star was not the right way to capture militants holed up in the Golden Temple in 1984, due to which the then prime minister,…
Priyank Kharge urges Karnataka CM to ban RSS activities

Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to impose a ban on all RSS activities in government institutions and public premises across the state, stating that such actions are…
Minister Suresh Gopi offers to step down, wants Sadanandan Master to replace him

Kannur: Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Sunday expressed his desire to step down from his ministerial post and recommended BJP’s newly elected Rajya Sabha member C Sadanandan Master as his replacement in…

Bihar elections: Jan Suraaj Party will scrap ban on sale of liquor if voted to power

Patna: Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party on Sunday reiterated that if voted to power, it will scrap the ban on sale and consumption of liquor in Bihar imposed by the Nitish Kumar…
Over 4K booked, 285 held for ‘I Love Muhammad’ protests across India: Report

In India, 4505 Muslims were booked and 285 arrested till October 7 in connection with the nationwide ‘I Love Muhammad’ protests, according to a fact-finding report by the Association for Protection of…
Bengal ‘gang rape’: Three accused sent to 10-day police custody

Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: A student from Odisha, studying at a private medical college in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, was raped allegedly by some men on Friday, October 10. The incident occurred outside the…
Mamata to visit natural disaster-hit north Bengal again to oversee relief ops

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Sunday again visit natural calamity-hit north Bengal to oversee the ongoing relief and rehabilitation work, officials said. She will also hold a series of administrative…
SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea to ensure life support facilities in ambulances

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and others on a petition seeking directions to enact and implement a framework to ensure that adequate life support facilities are…
Seat-sharing in INDIA bloc may have to wait as Lalu, Tejashwi leave for Delhi

Patna: Seat-sharing woes may continue to plague the INDIA bloc in Bihar for some time, with RJD president Lalu Prasad, along with son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav, leaving for Delhi on…
Zubeen Garg’s close associate Arun appears before CID

Guwahati: Zubeen Garg’s close associate Arun on Sunday appeared before CID’s Special Investigating Team (SIT) which is probing the singer-composer’s death in Singapore last month, officials said. They, however, did not divulge…
Minor boys held for cleric’s family’s murder in UP mosque

Baghpat (UP): Police on Sunday detained two minor students of a cleric in connection with the murder of his wife and two daughters in the Doghat area of Baghpat district, an official…