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Nepal's first woman Chief Justice Sushila Karki was suspended today after an impeachment motion against her was registered in Parliament by two major ruling parties that accused her of 'interfering' with the executive and issuing 'prejudiced' verdicts.As a fallout of the impeachment motion...
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One civilian has been killed, while another was injured along with four police personnel in a grenade attack outside Khanyar police station in Srinagar.Injured police personnel and civilian have been shifted to a hospital after the attack.More details awaited. -- ANIRepresentative image.
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Two naxals, one of them carrying a cash reward on his head, were arrested from Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district, police said today.The Naxals, identified as Baaglu Alaami, 30, and Koparam Netam, were apprehended from Barsoor police station area last evening, a local police...
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King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan posts this photo on Instagram.'After a whirlwind travelling spree spent a quiet evening with friends in LA & met one of my fav stars' Warren Beatty,' Shah Rukh wrote. Photograph: @iamsrk/Instagram
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The government will soon make quoting of Aadhaar number compulsory for key managerial personnel and directors in regulatory filings under the Companies Act.The move, primarily aimed at tackling the issue of bogus identities, comes at a time when authorities are bolstering measures to deal with...
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Two suspected cattle thieves have been lynched by a mob in Nagaon of Assam, police said on Sunday.Parents of deceased have filed a complaint in this regard.More details awaited. -- PTIImage only for representation.
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JUST IN: Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed to remain under house arrest for 90 days more, PTI quotes Pak official as saying.
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The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam today took exception to a proposal to dub or carry Hindi subtitles in regional movies, calling it an attempt to 'force' the language on regional cinema and sought a clarification from the Centre.The DMK will resist any attempts of Hindi imposition, its working...
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Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury said today he would not seek re-election to the Rajya Sabha after his second consecutive term ends in August.Yechury said he would not seek another term as the party's norm does not allow a leader to get elected to the Rajya Sabha...
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The Election Commission will soon ask the government to disqualify for up to five years candidates listed in chargesheets for bribing voters, a move which comes after it found that 'innovative ways' were used for luring electors in a Tamil Nadu bypoll.The poll watchdog has decided to write to the...
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Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Ram Madhav today met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti at her residence in Srinagar amid tensions in the Valley and between the ruling coalition.After the 30-minute meeting at her Fairview residence in Gupkar area this afternoon, the...
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Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today asserted that triple talaq is not a religious issue as it has no sanction in Shariat amid a raging debate on the issue.He also hit out at the Congress for keeping 'silence' on the matter for past several years.Triple talaq is not a religious issue as it has...
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Delhi Crime Branch has found transactions of huge amounts from five bank accounts of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Amma) leader T T V Dinakaran, sources said.The team has also acquired details of communication between Dinakaran and his alleged middleman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The...
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Normal life was affected in the Kashmir Valley today due to a strike called by separatists to protest the killing of a civilian in firing by security forces after terrorists attacked an army camp in Kupwara district on Thursday.Most of the shops, other business establishments and fuel stations...
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PM's Mann Ki Baat continues:- Removing red beacons on the car is one thing. We are ensuring the VIP culture is removed from the minds of the select few 'VIPs'. New India is not about VIP. It is about EPI - every person is important.- On May 5, India will launch South Asia Satellite. It is...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation through his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat:- Before Mann Ki Baat, I get so many messages, thoughts and ideas on MyGov, Narendra Modi App, by post.- Greetings to the people of Gujarat and Maharashtra on their respective statehood days. Both...
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A Kerala resident who along with 21 others fled to Afghanistan last year to join the Islamic State, was killed during battle with American forces, a senior NIA official said.Bestin Vincent, a resident of Palakkad, who converted to Islam and assumed the identity of Yahya had escaped to Afghanistan...
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A united Opposition candidate for the presidential elections will be the beginning of unity among the non-BJP parties to take on the BJP, senior JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, seen as one of the probable Opposition choices, said today.Having met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi last week as part of...
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On his second visit to Gorakhpur after assuming charge as Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath warned law-breakers of strict action if they took law into their hands.In an oblique warning to members of gau-rakshaks brigade and anti-Romeo squad, the chief minister said that he will not...
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Union minister Nitin Gadkari said that the ideology of the RSS was the solution to all the problems.He was speaking at a function where a book on the RSS, written by Ramesh Mehta and published by Lotus Publications, was released.RSS' ideology of socio-economic equality, nationalism and its work...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will begin his 2 day India visit from today. The visit will be the first-ever official trip at the presidential level from Turkey to India in seven years.The Turkish president will participate in Turkey-India Business Forum during India visit. He...
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JUST IN: Trump invites Philippines' Duterte to White House in 'friendly' call. Earlier, Duterte in September had called former US President Barack Obama a son of a b***h.
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Muffazal Lakdawala, the bariatric surgeon who treated the Egyptian national Eman Ahmed for obesity, described her family's decision to shift her to a hospital in the UAE as a mistake.Eman, believed to be the heaviest woman in the world when she arrived for treatment at Saifee Hospital here in...
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If you try to open Wikipedia in Turkey right now, you'll turn up a swirling loading icon, then a message that the server timed out.Turkey has blocked Wikipedia. If you're inside the country, you can only access the online encyclopedia through a virtual private network connection to a system...