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In Health Warning Showdown, Tobacco Industry Turns To Supreme Court

The tobacco industry has sought to delay strict new health warning rules by appealing to the Supreme Court, a move anti-smoking activists say could backfire given that the court has ruled against ciga...

In Drought-Hit Latur, 10,000 Litres Water For Minister's Makeshift Helipad

At a time when Latur has become the epicentre of the drought in Maharashtra's Marathwada, the local administration is being accused of wasting water for a ministerial visit.

We Dominated China Culturally For Over 2,000 Years, Says Rajnath Singh

India has "culturally dominated" China through the sea route for over 2,000 years, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today at the Maritime Summit in Mumbai.

I Will Continue To Do Or Say As I Like, Says Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today kept up her defiance against the Election Commission and said she would continue to do and say as she liked and transfer of police officers by it will ...

Kanhaiya Kumar To Meet Students Of Pune Film Institute On April 24

After his visit to Nagpur, Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar will next week meet the students of FTII here who had protested against Gajendra Chauhan's appoi...

Government Will Take All Measures To Force Vijay Mallya To Return: BJP

BJP today said the suspension of Vijay Mallya's diplomatic passport underscores the government's resolve to take stringent action against the beleaguered industrialist, whose Kingfisher Airlines has d...

Kirpal Singh's Family To Home Minister: 'Want Body Back From Pakistan'

Family members of Kirpal Singh, who died in Pakistan's Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore last Monday, met Home Minister Rajnath Singh today and asked for the government's help in bringing back the Indian pri...

US, India To Cooperate On Checking Tax Evasion, Terror Funding

India and the US have agreed to enhance cooperation on tackling offshore tax evasion through information sharing and joint audits, while intensifying efforts to combat money laundering and terror fina...

Indian Nationalism Pluralistic, Not Domain Of Any Religion: Shashi Tharoor

The idea of Indian nationalism emerged from ancient civilisation and youngsters should strive to preserve pluralism which is essential for "survival" of the country, senior Congress leader and former ...

Vijay Bahuguna Blames Harish Rawat For President's Rule In Uttarakhand

Holding former chief minister Harish Rawat responsible for the imposition of President's Rule in Uttarakhand, his predecessor Vijay Bahuguna today said this scenario could have been prevented if the d...