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 Thu, 13 October 2016
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23:25

Swamy takes a dig at Rajan again over inflation

As a slowing inflation supported interest rate cuts, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy today took a dig at former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and his cheer choir. Why has since Rexit Consumer Price Index declined and interest rates too? R3 and his cheer choir a hoaz, or pushing an anti Indian...
22:16

Washington Post endorses Clinton as president

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Top American daily The Washington Post on Thursday endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton as the next United States president asserting that she is not only well-qualified and well-prepared for the top post but also has the potential to be an excellent commander-in-chief. In the gloom and ugliness of...
22:13

'Russia-Pak exercises did not affect Putin's India visit prep'

Russia on Thursday said its recent military exercises with Pakistan had not affected the preparation for Russian President Vladimir Putin's India visit this week. The Indian partners did not link in any way their concerns (over military exercises with Pakistan) with the president's visit, Russian...
21:03

PM to inaugurate digital expo on Sardar Patel

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a digital exhibition on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on October 31 as part of a series of events to mark the birth anniversary of the first Deputy Prime Minister of independent India. Being observed as Rashtriya Ekta Divas (National Unity Day), it has...
21:01

Congress, AAP object to BRICS summit logo

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Ahead of the BRICS Summit in Goa, the Congress has expressed its objection to the logo of the event, which it said looks like the party symbol of the BJP, even as the AAP questioned the absence of the name of the place,where the meet is being held, from the logo.It is highly improper on the part...
20:50

Passenger plane evacuated in Geneva after bomb threat

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An Aeroflot jet has been evacuated moments before take off from Geneva airport after a bomb threat, it has emerged.Bomb disposal experts have descended on the passenger plane which is still on the tarmac at the Swiss terminal.It comes after a bomb threat was made at a ticket counter before the...
20:26

8-year-old Pakistani boy beaten on US school bus

 A 8-year-old Pakistani-origin boy was allegedly beaten up by five classmates on a school bus in the US for being a Muslim, an incident that has forced his family to move back to Pakistan fearing Donald Trump's America.The parents of Abdul Usmani have alleged that he was bullied and beaten...
20:07

UN appoints Guterres as new secretary-general

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The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday formally appointed Antonio Guterres as the new secretary-general of the United Nations, replacing Ban Ki-moon.The 193 member states adopted by acclamation a resolution appointing the former prime minister of Portugal for a five-year term beginning...
18:24

Dalit writers forced to leave lit meet over Shivaji remarks

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Noted Dalit writer Pradnya Pawar and Dalit scholar Raosaheb Kasabe were reportedly forced to leave a Marathi literary meet over their objectionable comments on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.The meet was organised at Patan in adjoining Satara district by Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad and the alleged...
18:11

Man fleeing to Syria to join ISIS found guilty in UK

A 26-year-old man who wanted to flee to Syria from the UK to join the dreaded Islamic State militant group was today found guilty in a secret trial here. Anas Abdalla, from Birmingham, has denied preparing for acts of terrorism by hiding in a lorry with another extremist.He was convicted by...
18:01

4 dead as 5-storey structure collapses in Mumbai's Bandra area

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A five-storey structure in Behrampada slum, Bandra East collapsed killing four people on Thursday afternoon.  At least five fire-brigades and ambulances have rushed to the site. Rescue operations are underway. The building is located at Anant Kanekar Marg, Behrampada, near National...
17:59

Winter session of Parliament from Nov 16-Dec 16

Just In: The winter session of Parliament will be held from November 16 to December 16, the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs has decided.
17:53

Retail inflation declines in September

Just In: Retail inflation slows to 4.31 per cent in September from 5.05 per cent in August.
17:28

Maldives leaves the Commonwealth

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The Government of Maldives today decided today to leave the Commonwealth.Issuing a communique the Ministry of Foreign Affair of Maldives said the decision to leave the Commonwealth was difficult, but inevitable.Here's the full statement:The Government of Maldives has decided today to leave the...
17:21

Mr Dylan's secret archive

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For years, Bob Dylan scholars have whispered about a tiny notebook, seen by only a few, in which the master labored over the lyrics to his classic 1975 album Blood on the Tracks.' Rolling Stone once called it the Maltese Falcon of Dylanology' for its promise as an interpretive key.But that...
17:17

Domestic reforms to cushion India from global shocks: FM

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Promising continued policy push to boost economic activities and investment flows, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said domestic reforms will neutralise any adverse impact of the global slowdown. Addressing the BRICS investment seminar in Mumbai ahead of the 5-nation Summit beginning in Goa...
16:47

Songwriter Bob Dylan wins Literature Nobel

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The Nobel Prize for Literature 2016 goes to American songwriter,  artist and writer Bob Dylan, for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.Dylan (75) has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most...
15:36

43 cases, 2 arrests for spreading rumours on Jaya's health

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Two persons, who allegedly circulated rumours on social networking sites on the health status of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, have been arrested, police said today. Police have warned of stern action against those spreading rumours on the health of Jayalalitha, who is undergoing...
15:20

Building collapse in Bandra

Just in: A five-storey building in Bandra, Mumbai, has collapsed. Two people feared trapped. 
15:17

21 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram freed

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Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been freed, a senior Nigerian government official has told the BBC.It is thought that they are now with the security services in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri.It is not yet clear how the girls were rescued.The Islamist...
15:05

Thai king Bhumibol passes away

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Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej passes away, says People's Daily, China. On Sunday the palace announced that the king was in an unstable condition after receiving haemodialysis treatment.King Bhumibol, 88, is widely revered, and a crowd of well-wishers have gathered outside Siriraj hospital.
14:42

MHA seeks report on murder of BJP worker in Kerala

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The Union Home Ministry has called for a report on the murder of a BJP worker in Kannur, Kerala. A statewide dawn-to-dusk hartal has been called in the state by the opposition BJP after the murder of the party worker on Wednesday. There is a complete shutdown in Kochi and state capital...
14:19

Sena workers tried to kill me: BJP MP

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BJP MP Kirit Somaiya today alleged that Shiv Sainiks tried to kill him, and wrote to Mumbai Police Commissioner asking him to unravel the plot. Shiv Sena workers tried to kill me, Somaiya alleged, referring to the attack on him on Tuesday in suburban Mulund. Police have so far arrested 13 people...
14:02

Trump grope toll goes up to 5

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Donald Trump is in the eye of a fresh storm after at least five women accused him of sexual assault and harassment, threatening the controversial Republican presidential nominee's already fragile campaign, less than a month before the election day. The latest accusations against 70-year-old Trump...
13:44

US rules out treaty alliance with India, says that era is over

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The US has ruled out any kind of treaty alliance with India, saying the 21st century is not an era of alliances and a mutual agreeable concept of major defence partner is a very apt description for India. 21st century is not an era of alliances. It is an era of identifying interest, common values...
13:34

Jaya's biggest fan?

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In Chennai: An auto driver and J Jayalalithaa's supporter, Sugumar (in striped shirt) distributes tender coconuts to the supporters gathered outside Apollo Hospital. Sugumar has been distributing the coconuts free among the supporters and said he had spent Rs 19,000 so far. 
13:13

Uniform Civil Code not good for India: Muslim Law Board

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The All India Muslim Personal Law Board holds a press conference on the Uniform Civil Code. Highlights. -- Uniform Civil Code is not good for this nation. There are so many cultures in this nation; all have to be respected,' the Muslim Personal Law Board says.-- In America everyone follows their...
12:30

Feel sad for what Parrikar said: Antony

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Former defence minister A K Antony criticises Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for remarks on surgical strike, saying the latter 'insulted the army' by his comments.I feel sad for what Parrikar said. He insulted Indian army and our country as well, Antony said.He called surgical strike a burden...
12:14

Cabinet okays IIM in Jammu

Just In: Union Cabinet approves setting up of an Indian Institute of Management in Jammu.
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PM Modi likely to visit Jayalalithaa in hospital on Oct 15

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to make a detour to Chennai to visit ailing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Apollo Hospital. Modi is likely to make a stopover at Chennai on his way to Goa where he will be attending the BRICS summit on October 15. Yesterday, Union finance...
11:16

Let us loose on India, Jaish-e-Mohammed chief to Pak govt

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Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar has called for jihadist groups to be allowed to escalate their operations against India, arguing that a lack of decisive decision-making could rob Pakistan of a historic opportunity to seize Kashmir. The Indian Express reports that his appeal, published in the...
11:05

97th day of curfew in Srinagar today

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Curfew today remained in force in interior areas of Srinagar as a precautionary measure even as normal life remained affected in the Valley for the 97th day. A police official said curfew remains in force in five police station areas of downtown Srinagar. Curbs on the movement of people in the...
10:43

Silver medallist paralympian forced to remove prosthetic leg at airport... again

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Aditya Mehta, a two-time para-cycling silver medallist at the Asian Paralympics 2013, said he was strip-searched and asked to remove his prosthetic limb at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport when he was boarding a flight to Hyderabad on early Tuesday morning.Just two months ago, in a...
10:26

The Dawn's watershed moment

The editorial in Dawn is seen as another watershed moment for media in Pakistan's complicated civil-military balance and coincided with the 74th anniversary of the first issue of the country's oldest English daily.It was on October 12, 1942, that the first issue of...
10:18

New Prez should meet Modi in 100 days: US think tank

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With just 100 days left in Barack Obama's presidency, a top American think-tank has suggested the new US president should meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi within first 100 days to strongly signal importance of continuing close relations between the two countries.In a major report on 'India-US...
10:08

Xi leaves for Cambodia, Bangladesh, India visits

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Chinese President Xi Jinping today left for state visits to Cambodia, Bangladesh and India during which he would take part in the BRICS Summit in Goa. After two-day visit to Cambodia, he would travel to Bangladesh, the first visit by a Chinese President for 30 years. From Bangladesh, Xi will...
10:05

There were no surgical strikes or Pak would have responded: Basit

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Pakistan's High Commissioner to New Delhi Abdul Basit in an interview with India Today rejected Indian claims of a 'surgical strike' across the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday. As far as the government of Pakistan is concerned, there was no surgical strike whatsoever, otherwise they...
09:19

Start building Ram temple to avoid losing UP: Sena to BJP

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Raking up the Ram temple politics again, the Shiv Sena said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will lose the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls if Ram temple is not built.Asking its ally to start work on building a Ram temple in Ayodhya, the Sena said the BJP has the mandate to take such a decision.It...
09:07

Helpless BJP had to disclose surgical strikes: Khurshid

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Former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said that the National Democratic Alliance government had to disclose details of the surgical strike across the Line of Control, as it was in a helpless position.Surgical strikes just mean a target, and if they (the BJP) are saying that...
08:56

Trump threatens to sue NYT over sexual harassment report

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Donald Trump's lawyers are 'drafting' lawsuits against The New York Times and The Palm Beach Post, hours after those newspapers published separate reports in which women claimed Trump had touched them inappropriately.CNN quoted 'two high-ranking' Trump campaign sources as saying that a lawsuit...
08:24

I will cancel Paris deal, says Trump

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said he will cancel the historic Paris Climate deal if voted to power as the agreement would cost the United States economy $5.3 trillion (Rs 3.5 lakh crore) and 'skyrocket' electricity prices.Speaking at an election rally in Florida, Trump said he...
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Germany bomb plot suspect commits suicide

A Syrian migrant suspected of planning a bomb attack on a Berlin airport has committed suicide in his prison cell in Leipzig, Germany.The website of Der Spiegel said Jaber al-Bakr had been on hunger strike and was under round-the-clock surveillance.German police had been watching him for months,...
02:31

Trump presidency 'dangerous', says UN rights chief

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Donald Trump's deeply unsettling and disturbing views make him a danger internationally, the UN's human rights chief has said.UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein cited Mr Trump's comments on the use of torture and his attitude to vulnerable communities.The Republican...
02:12

Janet Jackson confirms pregnancy at 50

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Singer Janet Jackson is finally letting the world in on her big news.The superstar has confirmed to People magazine that she is indeed expecting her first baby at age 50.We thank God for our blessing, she said.The magazine shared a photo of Jackson, dressed all in white and sporting her baby...
02:08

US Navy destroyer targeted again by Yemen's Houthis

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A United States Navy destroyer was targeted on Wednesday in a failed missile attack from territory in Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, the second such incident in the past four days, US officials told Reuters.The USS Mason, which was accompanied by the USS Ponce -- an amphibious...
01:23

ATS nabs two suspected Pak spies in Kutch

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad has nabbed two persons allegedly working as spies for Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI, police said. Both of them were held on Wednesday night from Kutch district, which shares border with the neighbouring country. ATS was keeping a close watch on the...
00:37

Russia denies meddling in US election

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has dismissed claims that his country is interfering in the United States presidential election as ridiculous.In an interview with CNN in Moscow, Lavrov said it was flattering that American officials think Russia is meddling in the election, but the...
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Russia announces Syria talks with US, regional powers Saturday

Russia on Wednesday said it will hold Syria talks with the United States and key regional powers this weekend, the first meeting on the conflict since Washington froze bilateral ceasefire negotiations.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to hold talks...
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France's Hollande admits 'problem with Islam'

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President Francois Hollande speaks of a problem with Islam in French society, in excerpts published on Wednesday of a book in which he also suggests that immigration needs to be curbed.There is a problem with Islam because Islam requires (holy) sites and recognition, Hollande told two journalists...
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Top headlines at this hour

- After Pampore gunfight, Rajnath chairs high-level security meet- Jharkhand man arrested for beef message dies in custody - Target Haqqani network, not media: US senator to Pak