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NATIONAL NEWS

9 killed, 32 injured as explosives seized in terror module case detonate at JK police station

Srinagar/New Delhi: An accidental explosion ripped through the Nowgam police station in Srinagar, killing nine people and injuring 32, senior officials said on Saturday, underlining that it was not a terror attack.

Two Al Falah University doctors among 3 detained by Delhi Police in terror module case

New Delhi: Delhi Police has detained three persons, including two doctors from Haryana's Al Falah University who were known to Dr Umar Nabi, the driver of the car that exploded near the Red Fort, officials said on Saturday.

Delhi blast case: 45-year-old surgeon detained from Pathankot for questioning

Chandigarh: Investigating agencies have detained a doctor from Punjab's Pathankot for questioning in connection with the Delhi blast earlier this week, police sources said on Saturday.

Our voters went with NDA out of fear that RJD will bring back jungle raj: Jan Suraaj

Patna: Former poll strategist Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party, which failed to open its account in the Bihar assembly, on Saturday claimed that a section of its voters ended up siding with the BJP-led NDA "out of fear of return of jungle raj under the RJD".

Rahul meets Kharge to discuss Cong's Bihar poll drubbing, party asserts 'vote chori' charge

New Delhi: A day after facing a severe drubbing in Bihar, the Congress on Saturday questioned the role of the Election Commission in the poll process while its top leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, went into a huddle to discuss the poll outcome.

Quitting politics and disowning my family: Lalu's daughter Rohini after RJD faces defeat in Bihar

Patna: A day after the RJD was drubbed in the Bihar assembly polls, party president Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya on Saturday announced that she was "quitting politics" and severed ties with the family.

Right governance is right politics, Chandrababu Naidu on NDA's impressive Bihar victory

Visakhapatnam: Heaping generous praise on Narendra Modi, NDA convenor N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday credited the prime minister for the coalition's thumping majority in Bihar, saying it proved that “right governance is right politics”. By Vijay Joshi and Ammar Zaidi

UP govt moves to withdraw charges against all accused in Akhlaq's lynching

Noida: The Uttar Pradesh government has moved to withdraw charges against all those accused in the 2015 mob lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq in Greater Noida's Dadri, a case that had sparked nationwide outrage.

Bihar: BJP suspends ex-Union minister Raj Kumar Singh, MLC, his Mayor wife

Patna: Former Union minister Raj Kumar Singh, who has been in the news for his outbursts against the ruling NDA in Bihar, was on Saturday suspended from the BJP for "anti-party" activities, a party leader said.

Instructions on using Aadhaar as proof of identity, not citizenship, already issued: EC to SC

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has told the Supreme Court that it had already issued instructions for using the Aadhaar card as proof of identity and not of citizenship, for inclusion or exclusion in the revised voter list of Bihar.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

US President Trump to proceed with legal action against BBC despite apology

London: US President Donald Trump has declared that he intends to proceed with legal action against the BBC despite the British public service broadcaster apologising to him for the way his speech was edited for one of its news documentaries aired last year. By Aditi Khanna

EAM Jaishankar chairs conference of Indian envoys in the US, reviews bilateral ties

New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reviewed bilateral ties between Washington and New Delhi and support for diaspora activities at a conference of India's Consuls General in the US convened here.

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