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CM meets RSS chief:UGC rules, counter PDA plan on agenda?

LUCKNOW, Feb. 19 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday met Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat in the backdrop of a socio-cultural debate over the UGC's Equity Regulations. ... Read More


11 incidents, just two FIRs: Crackdown only on paper?

LUCKNOW, Feb. 19 -- Despite chief minister Yogi Adityanath ordering a statewide crackdown on the sale and storage of banned nylon kite string (Chinese manjha) and directing that deaths caused by it be... Read More


Row over idol placement at Banke Bihari temple

Agra, Feb. 19 -- A row broke out on Wednesday over the placement of Thakur Banke Bihari Ji's idol at the Vrindavan temple. Acting on directions of a Supreme Court-appointed High Power Committee, the i... Read More


Mamata forcibly entered I-pac premises, ED says in sc affidavit

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has refuted West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that she merely retrieved her party's confidential data from the I-PAC office on J... Read More


JD(U) minister, RJD MLC spar over 'fake degree' accusation

PATNA, Feb. 19 -- Acrimonious scenes unfolded in the Bihar legislative council on Wednesday after a sharp war of words broke out between rural works department minister Ashok Kumar Choudhary of the JD... Read More


NDA leads race for RS poll numbers in Bihar

PATNA, Feb. 19 -- The Rajya Sabha polls for five seats from Bihar, out of a total of 37 seats from across the nation, announced on Wednesday, have put the spotlight on the numerical strength of MLAs i... Read More


LG Sinha lays stone of Shankaracharya Temple in Katra

Jammu, Feb. 19 -- Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the much-anticipated Sri Shankaracharya temple at Katra. Perched atop hillocks beside the ... Read More


Apex court to hear Balwant Rajoana's plea on March 18

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear on March 18 a plea filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant ... Read More


Damdami Taksal hoardings with Modi, Shah spark political buzz

Amritsar, Feb. 19 -- In a move that has ignited fresh political buzz in panthic circles, Sikh seminary Damdami Taksal, once headed by slain militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, has put up hoard... Read More


BJP, Cong weighcandidates inHaryana, HP

Chandigarh, Feb. 19 -- With the Rajya Sabha poll schedule now being announced, political activity in Haryana and Himachal is expected to intensify as parties will start consultations to pick their nom... Read More