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Prime Minister Narendra Modiis the 'most bitterly criticised' person post Independence, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah said today, adding that if criticism was targeted against the country, it cannot be called freedom of expression.Sab se jyada katu alochana agar kisi ek vyakti ki huihai...
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A Bangladeshi national, who was allegedly involved in terror activities, including bomb blasts, in his home country, was today arrested from Thane, police said.Bashirmulla Sukurmulla Shaikh, who was illegally staying in India, was nabbed by Crime Branch officials from Kalwa in connection with an...
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A Delhi Police team was sent to ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal's home town Bhiwani in Haryana today to meet his family members, a day after his suicide case was handed over to the Crime Branch.A team has been sent to Bhiwani to talk to Grewal's family members. However, the team is still waiting...
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The Madras high court today granted bail to five persons, arrested last month for allegedly spreading rumours on the health condition of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.The court, before which the bail applications of the five persons came up, granted bail to them. All the five were arrested last...
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West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to highlight the army's surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the developmental policies of the Centre in its campaign for the November 19 by-poll in the state. The Trinamool Congress, in its campaign, is calling the BJP a communal force....
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The government on Friday maintained that a top-level committee decided on the penalty of taking NDTV India off air just for a day instead of 30 days which it had considered because it felt the channel cannot get away with the 'huge indiscretion and violation of rules' in its coverage of the...
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As many as 31 schools and 110 government buildings have been damaged in Kashmir Valley since the current unrest began four months ago.Among the schools, which were set ablaze by unknown persons, 25 were government-run, two private and four were run by trusts or other social organisations,...
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A Chinese monkey described as the 'king of prophets' has chosen Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to be the next president of the United States.The monkey had earlier successfully predicted the winner of football's European championship final this year, reports the Guardian.Known as...
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US intelligence officials have warned local authorities in New York, Texas and Virginia about possible attacks by Al Qaeda, a day before the US presidential election, sources said.No specific locations were mentioned, but US intelligence officials alerted joint terrorism task forces about the...
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Congress said it has not closed its doors for any possible grand alliance for the 2017 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee chief Raj Babbar also said that no initiative has been taken for an alliance either by his party or by any other political parties in the...
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Tata has apologised for the scuffle outside Bombay House in which one photo-journalist was injured. Earlier, a photo-journalist was injured when a scuffle broke out their office premises when the journalists broke the cordon in an attempt to snap images of Cyrus Mistry. Here is...
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Here's some good news for Cyrus Mistry. Directors of Tata Group's Indian Hotels back Cyrus Mistry in a meeting, said they 'unanimously expressed full confidence' in him. They praised steps taken by him in providing strategic direction and leadership to the company. Digging in his heels...
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India today voiced disappointment over the European Union's muted response to the Uri attack, asserting terrorism was the most significant security threat to both itself and the EU which deserves greater attention.Proposing scaled up counter-terror cooperation between India and the 27-nation...
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Hindu Sena today celebrated the victory of US presidential contender Donald Trump, hailing his friendship with diaspora Indians and backing his call to ban immigration by Muslims from countries hit by Islamic militancy.With drums banging and speakers blaring, the Hindu Sena gathered at Jantar...
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Being unable to have children is a heartbreaking situation for anyone who wants to conceive.But in rural India, infertility carries an added stigma for women, who can be outcast from their families and society.When Saalumarada Thimmakka and her husband Sri Bikkala Chikkayya found themselves...
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JUST IN: India dismisses as speculative a Pak media report that the two countries are planning to recall respective high commissioners
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A scuffle broke out between security personnel at Bombay House and photographers trying to click pictures of ousted Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry, injuring one of them, ahead of the board meeting of Tata group firm Indian Hotels Company Ltd in Mumbai.As soon as Mistry, who is the Chairman of...
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Pakistani troops have violated the ceasefire 99 times along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, targeting Indian posts and civilian areas, after the surgical strike by the army on PoK-based terrorist launching pads.Pakistani troops have violated the ceasefire along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir...
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As a controversy raged over the suicide of an ex-serviceman, Union Minister V K Singh today attacked Congress and AAP, alleging that they were doing politics over dead bodies. Singh alleged that the two parties were left with no issues and knew nothing about the 'one rank, one pension' matter....
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Delhi municipal schools to remain closed tomorrow due to smog. With the city still reeling under heavy pollution, some schools in the Capital have decided to remain shut till Monday or have suspended morning assembly and sports day celebrations. The toxic smog choking the capital for the past...
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Nat Geo's famed 'Afghan Girl' Sharbat Gula is to be deported to Afghanistan after serving a 15-day jail sentence and paying a fine of Rs 110,000, a special anti-corruption and immigration court in Peshawar ordered on Friday. Sharbat Gula was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency on Oct...
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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addresses the media after meeting ex-servicemen in Delhi. He was accompanied by former defence minister AK Antony. I met the representatives of ex-servicemen. They discussed their concerns over implementation of OROP. They said, 'Rahul-ji paise ka mamla nahin...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa has completely recovered and and understands what is going on around her, according to Pratap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals. He told media persons on the sidelines of a function in Chennai.In a first such interaction on the health status of...
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RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday launched a direct attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi questioning the democracy prevailing in the country and said there was an Emergency- like situation under BJP rule. Modi-ji, kaunsa loktantra garh rahein ho? Loklaaj se lokraj chalta hai,...
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-- Hearing on National herald case adjourns for 9th December in Patiala house court.-- Deadlock over dual control in GST council. States and Centre divided over dual control. -- Pratap Reddy, chairman of Apollo hospitals tells media that Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is recovering well .
14:42
The Congress party's UP polls strategist Prasant Kishor, who is quite naturally a close confidante of Rahul Gandhi has been telling his near and dear ones that during the 2014 general elections Narendra Modi gave him one goal -- Go after Congress. He was told to focus on the Congress-mukt Bharat...
13:44
Kanhaiya Kumar, the most talked about student leader this year is out with a book, From Bihar to Tihar, published by Juggernaut Books. In an interview with Rediff.com's Archana Masih conducted over Skype, he speaks about his days in Tihar jail, why he is anti-Modi and how he will overtake...
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Rahul Gandhi will meet several ex-servicemen on Friday keeping up his campaign on the cause of 'one rank, one pension' which is back in limelight after the suicide by a former army man. On Thursday, the Congress Vice-President was detained by Delhi Police to prevent him from leading a protest...
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Dismissing speculation that he had complimented ousted Chairman Cyrus Mistry's performance but voted for his dismissal, Tata Sons independent director and former diplomat Ronen Sen said such insinuations through orchestrated leaks reflected a mindset of self-centred priorities and perceptions....
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Signalling a fresh slide in ties, Pakistan and India may temporarily recall their high commissioners and scale down the size of diplomatic staff in each other's missions in the wake of the latest diplomatic spat over the spying episode, a media report said today.The latest spat started last week...
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China's richest man has continued his Hollywood shopping spree -- snapping up the company that runs the Golden Globes.Dalian Wanda, run by property magnate Wang Jianlin, is paying $1bn for Dick Clark Productions that also runs the Miss America beauty pageant and the Billboard Music Awards.The...
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Just In: NGT slams Centre, Delhi govt for not taking steps to tackle alarming air pollution level in national capital.NGT asks Delhi government to stop 10-year-old diesel vehicles from plying on roads in national capital. Delhi govt tells NGT that high air pollution is due to...
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A Delhi court has issued two non-bailable warrants against businessman Vijay Mallya.While the first warrant for allegedly evading summons was in connection with a FERA violation matter, the other was issued in a 2012 cheque bounce case lodged by DIAL. Mallya has scant regard for the...
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The National Investigation Agency will not probe the encounter killing of the suspected Students of Islamic Movement of India operatives, who escaped from the Bhopal Central Jail earlier this week. According to sources, NIA can investigate the case only if the MP Police find evidence that...
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With situation improving marginally in Kashmir, there was no curfew anywhere in the Valley today, the first Friday when curbs have not been imposed since it was hit by unrest in July. Authorities have been imposing curfew in many parts of the Valley, especially in the old city areas of...
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The Modi government is lying about OROP, says Brigadier J S Sandhu (retired), a member of the group of retired soldiers spearheading the demand for the OROP scheme. He tells Rediff.com's Firdaus Ashraf why ex-servicemen are unhappy with the Modi government. Do read
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The Modi government is lying about OROP, says Brigadier J S Sandhu (retired), a member of the group of retired soldiers spearheading the demand for the OROP scheme. He tells Rediff.com's Firdaus Ashraf why ex-servicemen are unhappy with the Modi government. Do read
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Undergoing treatment for severe neck, spinal and abdominal injuries at a hospital in Jammu, 14-month-old Pari is a testimony of the barbarism unleashed by the Pakistan Rangers on unarmed civilians on the Indian side. The girl has lost her grandfather, an aunt and two cousins in the cross-border...
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Just in: RSS to hold strategy meet with ministers today on the UP polls.
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The Editors Guild of India strongly condemns the unprecedented decision of the inter-ministerial committee of the Union Ministry of Information Broadcasting to take NDTV India off the air for a day and demands that the order be immediately rescinded.The ostensible reason for the order as reported...
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US President Barack Obama has acknowledged that the presidential elections between Hillary Clinton of his Democratic party and her Republican rival Donald Trump would be close and urged his supporters to go out and vote in large numbers.I am here to tell you that this will be a close race and you...
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The Editors Guild of India backs NDTV India saying the government decision is a harsh censorship, reminiscent of Emergency. It says the government panel decision is unprecedented and a direct violation of freedom of media. The Guild demands that the order be reversed.Yesterday, the Information...
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Just in: In a major breakthrough, Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist Omar Khaliq, was arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police in Sopore on Friday. According to ANI, Khaliq is a resident of the Tujjar sector and was arrested during a joint operation launched by the police and 22nd...
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Questioning Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's recently discovered concern for defence veterans, Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar said his repeated letters to the UPA government and top Congress leaders on OROP had been ignored.Chandrasekhar, in a four-page-long open letter, said he wrote...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will soon be moved out of the critical care care unit (CCU) to a private room, said a senior AIADMK leader on Friday. The lung infection is under control. She has passed the critical stage. The respiratory system is being weaned away. It is being used...
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Subedar Ram Kishan Grewal's bank has rebutted government allegations that it under-calculated the pension due to the late ex-serviceman. As Grewal's alleged suicide sent the country's political temperatures soaring, India Today TV's special investigation crew met the chief of the State Bank of...
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A minuscule misjudgement by Australian batsman Phillip Hughes when facing a bouncer led to his death, a coroner ruled today, saying neither the bowler nor anyone else was to blame for the tragedy. Hughes, who played 26 Tests, died from bleeding on the brain in November 2014 after being hit on the...
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The Madhya Pradesh Government has ordered a judicial probe into the encounter of eight SIMI operatives, who escaped from the Central Jail, in Bhopal. Retired justice SK Pande will head the inquiry commission. The panel will probe the circumstances under which the SIMI operatives escaped and the...
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A Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist identified as Omar Khaliq has been arrested by police in Sopore, news agency ANI reports.
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Madhya Pradesh Jail-break/encounter: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan orders judicial probe. Retired high court judge Justice S K Pandey to head the probe.Eight undertrials were killed by police in an alleged encounter hours after they escaped from Bhopal Central Jail after murdering a...
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Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has lashed out at Delhi police over Rahul Gandhi's detention. In a series of tweets on Friday morning, he sought to know under which law the Congress vice-president was detained:Is it a crime for a political leader to visit a family of an ex Serviceman who...
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The Paris Agreement on climate change came into force today.The Agreement's entry into force comes a month after countries representing 55% of the worlds emissions committed to joining the deal -- the level required to put the agreement into action -- and less than a year after negotiators from...
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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a slim lead of three percentage points over her Republican rival Donald Trump, a latest national poll said on Thursday amidst strong indication that the race to the White House is entering the arena of dead heat. Five days ahead of the...
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- IAF lands mighty C-17 Globemaster in Arunachal near Indo-China border - Coldplay concert faces political heat in Mumbai - Rahul Gandhi detained again during march over OROP
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