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Modi reaches out to Dalit community, says no one respected Ambedkar the way 'our government has'

Seeking to reach out to the Dalit community, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said no regime had honoured B R Ambedkar as his government had. Modi's remarks come soon after widespread protests, some turning violent, in different parts of the country over a Supreme Court verdict putting in place safeguards to prevent misuse of a law to prevent atrocities of SCs and STs.

Blackbuck poaching case: Verdict on Salman, Saif, Tabu expected tomorrow

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A Jodhpur court will pronounce its verdict in the 1998 black buck poaching case against actor Salman Khan and others on Thursday. Final arguments of the case were completed in the trial court on March 28, after which Chief Judicial Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri had reserved the judgment.

Rising fuel prices: Rahul calls Modi 'king of misinformation'

With the soaring petrol and diesel prices, Congress president Rahul Gandhi is leaving no chance to criticise PM Modi, holding him accountable for being ignorant about higher fuel prices.

Article 370 on status of J&K not a temporary provision: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court said on Tuesday said the issue of Article 370 had already been settled and did not need any consideration, however, it gave the government three weeks to challenge the validity of Article 370.

'Not in a trade war with China,' says Trump

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is not in a trade war with China, as both sides shake global markets with tit-for-tat actions. "We are not in a trade war with China, that war was lost many years ago by the foolish, or incompetent, people who represented the US," Trump said in a morning tweet.