Rahul Gandhi says Savarkar helped British, Uddhav Thackeray disagrees

Mumbai, 17/11: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar helped the British, adding that he wrote a mercy petition to the then-rulers of India.     Addressing a press conference, Gandhi showed a paper to the media persons, claiming it was a letter written by Savarkar to the British.  …

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Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai says electoral fraud claim baseless, orders pro

Bangalore, 17/11: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday denied all allegations levelled by the Congress regarding electoral fraud in the state, calling them “baseless.”     Bommai said that he has asked government officials to file a case and probe into the matter.   The Congress on Thursday demanded the resignation and arrest of…

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I am a CM, not someone who’d flee nation, says Hemant Soren ahead of ED questioning

Ranchi, 17/11: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday said that all allegations against him in the illegal mining case are “far-fetched.”     Soren, addressing the media before leaving for the ED office for the questioning in the case, said, “I feel agencies should come to a concrete conclusion only after a detailed probe….

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Model accuses Rapido rider in Bengaluru of sexual harassment

Bengaluru, 16/11: A model in Bengaluru has lodged a complaint against a rider of the bike taxi aggregator platform Rapido, accusing him of sexually harassing her, police said on Wednesday.     The 21-year-old victim, who is also a dubbing artist, lodged the complaint with the city’s Hennur police on Monday against the accused identified…

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