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United States President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in a web video, saying 'I don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office.'I want those of you who have been with me since the beginning of this...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has departed for New Delhi from Frankfurt after completion of his five-nation visit.Earlier, the PM Modi landed in Frankfurt en route to New Delhi from Mexico City.'Five days, five countries! After a productive visit to Mexico, the last leg of his journey, PM departs...
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JUST IN: Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting took place in Vienna to discuss India's application, most countries appear positive: Sources. ANI
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The Uttar Pradesh government today appointed the wife of Superintendent of Police Mukul Dwivedi, who lost his life during Mathura violence last week, as a gazetted officer.The decision to appoint Archana Dwivedi as a gazetted officer was taken at a cabinet meeting, an official release said in...
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Rafael Nadal has pulled out of this year's Wimbledon. The 30-year-old was forced to withdraw from the French Open in round three because of a wrist injury and subsequently pulled out of Wimbledon warm-up tournament Queen's.He wrote on his Facebook wall, Hi everybody. Im...
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US Senator Bernie Sanders returned to Washington for high-level talks on Thursday, including a meeting with US President Barack Obama, as Democrats pressured him to end his presidential campaign and support Hillary Clinton after a hard-fought primary race. Clinton, the former secretary of...
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JUST IN: The Election Commission decides against cancelling Rajya Sabha polls in Karnataka; says sting videos do not present enough evidence to support the charges of use of money power.
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The Bombay high court today said it would pronounce on June 28 its verdict on a petition filed by a women's group challenging ban on entry of women inside the sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai. A division bench of justices V M Kanade and Revati Mohite- Dhere asked the petitioner...
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Amid a raging row over 'Udta Punjab', Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley today said movie certification norms have to be liberal and some very radical changes will be announced over the next few days. In his first comments on the row sparked by cuts sought by Central Board of...
20:27
China today disowned a documentary shown by the state-run channels about the involvement of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Tayiba in the Mumbai attacks, saying it is a dubbed version of an American TV programme and no way represents the government's position. We have contacted the...
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JUST IN: A special task force has arrested five persons in connection with the Bihar merit scam. But former BSEB chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh has gone underground and is absconding.Vishun Roy College director-cum-principal Amit Kumar 'Bachcha' Rai has also been evading arrest after the...
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A group of Bisada villagers today moved court seeking the filing of a First Information Report for alleged cow slaughter against the family members of Mohammad Akhlaq. Akhlaq had been lynched nine months ago in the Dadri village of Uttar Pradesh on suspicion that his family stored and ate...
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The Bombay High Court hearing the plea filed by the producers of Udta Punjab against an order of the Review Committee of the Central Board of Film Certification seeking cuts in the movie has posted the hearing for tomorrow. The High Court allowed the company to amend its petition allowing them...
18:02
Google Street View service denied permission by Home Ministry on security grounds: Sources
17:20
Air India's books are so bad that nobody will buy it even if the government wanted to sell off the national carrier, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said today.Ruling out disinvestment in the carrier that has a debt of some Rs 50,000 crore, Raju at the same time made it plain...
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After the lynching, the police sent the meat recovered from outside Akhlaque's house to a forensic laboratory for testing. While preliminary veterinary reports had suggested that the meat was mutton, the forensic lab, eight months after it was sent the sample, submitted a report a week ago,...
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The Delhi Police today sought a jail term for entire life for five convicts in the gang-rape case of a 52-year-old Danish woman near the New Delhi railway station two years ago. A city court will pronounce its verdict on the sentence tomorrow. Seeking maximum punishment, the prosecutor argued...
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The Ahmedabad Court today deferred the judgement till Friday on the quantum of sentence for the 24 convicts in the Gulbarg massacre case. During the hearing, the defence said that the eight witnesses have not been able to recognize the convicts and on this basis, minimum punishment...
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Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal unwell, rushed back to Chandigarh from Gurdaspur where he was attending Sangat Darshan.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today expressed grief over the death of her school teacher Catherine Simon, hailing her as a great influence on her life and an inspiration to girl students. I was shocked and grieved to learn of the passing away of Catherine Simon, my teacher in...
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a high profile speech Wednesday before a rare joint session of Congress to talk about relations between the two nations.But for a small cadre of reporters, the focus on Indian-American relations, trade and cooperation took a momentary back seat to a former...
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The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly today witnessed an uproar over the controversial statement of VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi, calling for a Muslim-Free India even as opposition members sought a condemnation from the PDP-BJP government. The issue was raised during the Question Hour by Independent MLA...
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The Udta Punjab censorship row has earned CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani the monikar of Ladta Pahlaj in the latest ad of Amul Co-operative Ltd, which is known for its witty takes on topical issues. The recent commercial from the Indian dairy brand features caricatures based on the film's characters...
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A farmer from Malegaon taluka in the district has reached out for public support through an online petition on portal Change.org for construction of a concrete road in his village. Anand Pagare of Sayne Budruk village has started the petition last month in support of his appeal to Nashik...
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A handful of Indian-origin lawmakers are likely to make it to the Congress, including its first Senator, after the US general elections in November, the results of the primary election season have indicated. Three Indian-Americans have advanced to the primary from California alone. Ami Bera, who...
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Questioning the release timing of Shahid Kapoor-starrer 'Udta Punjab', BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party was making mischievous attempts to boost its chances in next year's state assembly polls courtesy the drug abuse highlighted in the flick....
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The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace has issued a statement condemning the joint declaration issued by India and the United States during the Prime Minister's visit. It said it finds the statement shocking as it effectively celebrates the undermining of India's...
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Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at the Environment Ministry headed by Prakash Javadekar and said that she could not understand its 'lust for killing' animals. Maneka, who is also an animal rights activist, said that the ministry was writing...
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For decades, my only heartthrob was Elvis Presley. Today, that privileged position has a worthy challenger: India's RBI governor, Raghuram Rajan. This week, he urged mediawallasto be patient. It would be cruel of me to spoil the fun the press is having...I'm sure you will know when there is news....
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Shirish Kunder @ShirishKunder The makers of #UdtaPunjab could make use of the opportunity and rename it as 'Jab We Cut'. 'Jab We Met' fans will be happy with the sequel.
11:52
A high-ranking Swedish military official will be the new head of the United Nations mission tasked with monitoring the ceasefire line between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir. Major General Per Gustaf Lodin, 59, also a logistics expert, was appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban...
11:47
Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh appears before CBI in connection with alleged disproportionate assets case.
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Sportsperson Anju Bobby George has submitted a complaint to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleging that sports minister EP Jayarajan had harassed her and other members of the Kerala Sports Council. Minister Jayarajan had been a laughing stock in the past few days when he declared on the...
11:39
Bhojpur (Bihar): Deputy Mayor Basant Singh shot at by unidentified assailants, admitted to Patna hospital.
11:34
Fake, spin and jumla have been used to describe the latest GDP figures, but commentators appear to be relying, sometimes wilfully, on the wrong parameters. Read Niti Ayog member Bibek Debroy's take on the economy and whether you should be worried.
11:29
Much has been written about the bonhomie and chemistry between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama (or, Narendra and Barack, as they call each other), but strangely, on Twitter, the prolific Obama has maintained total radio silence on his dear friends visit to Washington...
11:26
A day after India received support from the United States' for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership, Pakistan cautioned the cartel of nuclear technology holders that country specific exemptions would negatively impact strategic stability in South Asia. Read more
11:24
Pakistan has formally asked the US administration and Congress to support its application for joining the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama formally endorsed India's application to join the group. Pakistan submitted a formal application in Vienna last month,...
11:22
So, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left for home after wrapping up a brief visit to Mexico on the final leg of his five-nation tour, which also took him to the US and Afghanistan. Thank you Mexico. A new era in India-Mexico ties has begun and this relationship is going to benefit our people...
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Lest we forget... On this day, in 1999, the mutilated body of Lt Saurabh Kalia of the 4 Jat was handed over by the Pakistani army to Indian army commanders at the Kargil sector. Lt Kalia was killed during the Kargil War while being held as a prisoner of war by the Pakistani security forces. He...
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The 16-member Indian cricket team, led by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has arrived in Zimbabwe's capital Harare for a short limited-overs series beginning on Saturday.The BCCI tweeted to inform the arrival of the players at the Harare International Airport with pictures of Dhoni and some of his...
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Naxals fired rockets and opened heavy gunfire at a camp of paramilitary ITBP in Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh in the wee hours today. Officials said the attack was launched at the company base of the 41st battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force in Ranapal area after a large...
10:51
PM Narendra Modi emplanes for New Delhi from Mexico, end his five-nation tour.
10:21
Six fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested and their boat seized by Sri Lankan naval personnel for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line and fishing in their territorial waters. The fishermen were arrested off Talaimannar in the island nation by the Naval personnel,...
09:38
In a very special gesture, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto personally drove Prime Minister Modi to Quintonil in Mexico city for a vegetarian fare. Located in the well-heeled and leafy district of Polanco, this unprepossessing restaurant focuses on fresh seasonal ingredients, forgotten...
08:54
India has stepped up efforts to sell an advanced cruise missile system to Vietnam and has at least 15 more markets in its sights, a push experts say reflects concerns in New Delhi about China's growing military assertiveness.Selling the supersonic BrahMos missile, made by an Indo-Russian joint...
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Mexico on Thursday extended support to India's membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country.President Enrique Pena Nieto @EPN says Mexico supports positively and constructively India's membership of the NSG, tweeted External Affairs...
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A Special Investigation Team court is likely to pronounce the quantum of sentence on Thursday for the 24 convicted in the Gulberg Society massacre in which 69 persons including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri were killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots.The prosecution had sought nothing less than...
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Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his address to United States Congress, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday compared his speech with Swami Vivekananda's speech at World Parliament of Religion in 1893.'I congratulate PM Narendra Modiji for...
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Three people were killed and six wounded in a shooting tonight near a Tel Aviv bar and restaurant complex, a hospital said, with police terming it a terrorist attack.The death has just been determined of three persons, said a statement from Ichilov hospital, near the complex across the street...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Mexico today after wrapping up his three-day US visit during which he held talks with President Barack Obama and addressed a joint session of the US Congress.Modi addressed the joint session of the US Congress and attended a reception hosted jointly by the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the Congressional Reception hosted jointly by Foreign Relations Committees (House and Senate) and India Caucus (House & Senate).'This is a huge honour for me, and I am very grateful for this. This opportunity for me to come and speak at the US Congress...
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