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Intense cold wave swept across North India on Thursday and, coupled with dense fog, affected normal life across the region and led to the death of 12 persons -- nine in Uttar Pradesh and three in Punjab.Hilly regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh reeled under temperatures below the...
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Chinese troops have conducted military exercises at the foot of a high altitude mountain in Tibet to test the endurance of the soldiers and the efficacy of equipments.The military exercise was held on December 20.Photos posted on the state-run People's Daily showed the soldiers exercising with...
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Jilted in love, a fellow doctor was arrested today for allegedly scripting the acid attack on a 30-year-old woman doctor in New Delhi, along with three persons, two of them juvenile, who helped him to target the victim. Police said Dr Ashok Yadav and the victim had done their MBBS from...
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A 33-year-old married woman, who had filed a case of sexual assault against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, is mysteriously missing for over a week along with her son and husband, police said today. A victim of rape, who had accused Asaram of sexual assault, went missing along with her son...
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Pakistani troops indulged in small arms firing along the border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir for the second consecutive day today, drawing retaliation from BSF.Pakistani Rangers resorted to unprovoked small arms firing in forward areas in Pansar border out post belt of Hiranagar...
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Zee News reports: In the wake of deadly attacks in Assam by the outlawed NDFB(S) militants, the government is believed to have ordered an all-out action against the militant group.As per highly-placed sources, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh -- who is in Assam to take stock of the situation on...
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On a day when over 58 persons embraced Hinduism in Kerala's Kottayam, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party appealed to all parties to support it over an anti-conversion law so as to put an end to the controversial trend.Speaking to scribes on Thursday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj reached...
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's helicopter today made an emergency landing at Tezpur IAF airbase after developing a technical snag. Singh's helicopter, which had left for Kokrajhar from the airbase, developed technical problems midair and was forced to return to Tezpur, a senior police...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today ruled out privatisation of Railways while asking trade unions to stop worrying about foreign investments coming in the sector, saying these will be used for greater development of the national transporter.There is a misunderstanding that Railways is being...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today denounced the practice of female foeticide prevailing in the country, saying there is no bigger sin than this and sought the help of people in the field of art and culture in shaking the society so stop the menace.In a country where Rani Laxmi Bai is hailed,...
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Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move to nominate them to join the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign, the 'dabbawalas' of Mumbai said they will leave no stone unturned to make Modi's dream of clean India come true. When the PM of this country nominates common people like us to take part in his...
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India Today reports: The National Conference and the Bharatiya Janata Party are on the verge of reaching a deal in the run up to the formation of the next government in Jammu and Kashmir, where the assembly elections threw a fractured verdict earlier this week.According to sources in the BJP, the...
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Activists of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha have allegedly performed a ceremony in Meerut for construction of a temple dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, following which the administration has ordered a probe into the matter.The bhumi pujan (prayers) was performed at a temple...
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Central government employees have got four more months, till April next year, to file details of their assets and liabilities under the Lokpal rules. The forms for providing such declarations are also being revised by the Centre. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) today...
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Union Minister Harsh Vardhan today launched an SMS-based warning system which will provide alerts on cyclones, tsunami and other weather-related natural calamities. Inaugurating the system on the occasion of Good Governance Day, Harsh Vardhan said information on warnings will be disseminated...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today mooted introducing a five-year training course after schooling for those aspiring to pursue a career in teaching and said the country should aim to export top-class teachers across the world.Sharing his vision for an education policy which struck at the roots of...
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He stirred up a hornet's nest by talking about a dressing room unrest but Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni sought to quell the speculation with a dash of humour today, saying that the imaginary stories that came out could be made into a movie by Warner brothers. Virat Kohli used a...
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At least 58 persons, most of them belonging to Christian families, embraced Hinduism at two temples in Kerala's Kottayam district under the initiative of Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Christmas day on Thursday.At least 42 members belonging to 20 families embraced Hinduism at the Puthiyakavu Devi...
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An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an unidentified man in the premises of a Madrassa in Sanganer area of Jaipur, police said today.The victim had gone to the Madrassa when the accused took her to the rooftop and allegedly raped her, SHO Sanganer Rajendra Singh said.According to the...
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BJP today denied reports that its leadership had held discussions with National Conference (NC) on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. Amid media reports that the outgoing Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had met BJP President Amit Shah in New Delhi on Wednesday night, party general...
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The oldest litigant in the Babri Masjid case, Mohammad Farooq, died at the age of 100 in Ayodhya, officials said today.Farooq, a resident of Ayodhya, was one of the seven main litigants from Muslim side in the 1949 Babri Masjid case regarding placing of Lord Ram idols in the premises. After...
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To commemorate Good Governance Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Assi Ghat in Varanasi where he conducted a cleanliness drive.Asserting that the entire nation had responded to his 'Swachh Bharat' call, Modi said: I especially thank the people of Varanasi and voluantary organisations for...
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The toll rose to 78 on Thursday in attacks by NDFB-S and retaliatory violence in lower Assam with Adivasis setting afire houses of Bodos as the backlash to Tuesday massacre continued for the second day.In worst-affected Sonitpur district six more bodies were recovered this morning from Maitalu...
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A civil suit has been filed in a Pune court against Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha seeking a ban on its forthcoming film 'Desh Bhakt Nathuram Godse', slated for release on January 30.The suit filed by activist Hemant Patil alleges that Mahasabha general secretary Munna Kumar Sharma had said in a...
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Delhiites today woke up to a chilly Christmas morning with dense fog which continued to disrupt rail traffic with 90 trains delayed and affected several flights.The minimum temperature settled, two notches below the season's average at 6 degrees Celsius.Visibility was 300 metres at 5.30 AM and...
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Energy giant Reliance Industries Ltd today said it has signed an agreement with Japan's Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd for shipping liquefied ethane from North America to India.RIL said it has signed shipping agreements with one of the world's largest and reputed shipping companies Mitsui. Mitsui will...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 90th birthday and said there is no bigger tribute to him than celebrating it as 'Good Governance Day'.Modi visited Vajpayee at his residence this morning to personally wish him on his birthday. Warm...
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Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif today said that terrorism has caused a big damage to the country and time has come to take 'bold decisions' to combat it.This is the time to take bold decisions and ensure their effective implementation, the army chief said, briefing a meeting of...
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Three digital distributors joined an expanding effort to save 'The Interview,' as Sony Pictures Entertainment disclosed the first deals to show the film online after a terror threat limited access to theaters.Among the partners named on Wednesday morning...
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A Missouri police officer shoots and kills a teenager just two miles from the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, where another young man's death months earlier set off protests across the country.But even though both cases involved white officers and black teens, don't compare Tuesday night's shooting...
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Martin Greenfield is one of the world's most respected and accomplished tailors. Since emigrating from the former Czechoslovakia to America in 1947, he has dressed everyone from the Rat Pack and Leonardo DiCaprio to Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Barack Obama. Read this interesting...
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Christians from across the world are gathering in the West Bank town of Bethlehem to mark Christmas Eve in the place they believe Jesus was born.Celebrations culminate with midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity.Thousands of pilgrims earlier crowded into Manger Square to watch a procession...
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Girls must not wear short tops to avoid rape: Rajkot BJP mayor11 Christians convert to Hinduism in Kerala VHP intiativeAssam violence: Adivasis retaliate, set fire to Bodo homesSuspense over government formation continues in J&KVajpayee revelled in being everything to everybodyIntense cold,...
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