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India and the US will co-host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Hyderabad from November 28 this year and the American delegation will be led by President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka.This was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight.He said the three-day event would aim to bring...
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The general body of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) today passed a proposal to make singing of 'Vande Mataram', the national song, compulsory in the civic-run schools twice a week.It will come into effect after Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta gives his administrative...
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BSE Sensex: Top losers today.
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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today called on Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and discussed ways to boost bilateral ties in sectors like infrastructure, energy and connectivity.Swaraj, who arrived here on a two-day visit to attend the 15th...
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The Janata Dal-United on Thursday appeared moving closer to a separation from its senior leader Sharad Yadav as it asked him to desist from making comments which 'cross limits', saying such words were objectionable and uncomfortable for the party.The warning from its spokesperson K C Tyagi came...
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Hyderabad's Nampally court on Thursday acquitted all 10 accused in the 2005 bomb blast case.Metropolitan Sessions Court judge T Srinivas Rao exonerated the accused, who were jailed for more than a decade.According to defence advocate Abdul Azeem, the court acquitted the accused as the prosecution...
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Answering questions over the fate of Panama papers, the government today said every account named in the leak is being probed but made it clear that nobody would be punished here without a proper process, unlike Pakistan where Nawaz Sharif was removed as Prime Minister.Nobody has ever taken more...
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The Maharashtra government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay high court's verdict which had decriminalised possession of beef in case the animals were slaughtered outside the state.It has challenged the verdict of May 6 last year striking down sections 5(d) and 9(b) of the...
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Veteran leader Shankersinh Vaghela today claimed Ahmed Patel's victory in the Rajya Sabha polls came through a 'well thought-out conspiracy' scripted by Congress leaders and voiced reservation over the Election Commission's decision to invalidate the votes of two MLAs.Vaghela, who revolted...
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Rajinikanth also attends the 75th anniversary celebrations of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's mouthpiece Murasoli, in Chennai. Photograph: ANI
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Tamil Nadu: DMK's MK Stalin and actor Kamal Haasan at the 75th anniversary celebrations of DMK's mouthpiece Murasoli, in Chennai.The two-day celebration is being held in Chennai. Tamil superstar Rajinikanth is also likely to attend the event. Haasan is expected to speak about Murasoli at the...
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The Supreme Court today refused to accept Sahara chief Subrata Roy's plea to put on hold the auction process of the group's project Aamby Valley in Pune district of Maharashtra. A bench of justices Dipak Misra, Ranjan Gogoi and A K Sikri said, The prayer of the contemnor (Roy) is hereby rejected....
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For the first time, a legislation has been introduced in Pakistan's lower house of parliament to protect the fundamental rights of transgender people in the conservative Muslim nation. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, moved by Naeema Kishwar on Tuesday, seeks to provide equal...
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Suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist Zeeshan Ali, deported to India from Saudi Arabia, sent to 14 days police custody by Delhi court.
15:51
Arun Jaitely, the Leader of the Rajya Sabha, hosted a lunch for leaders of almost all Opposition parties including the JD-U. It's a routine affair hosted by Jaitley during every Parliament session, whether he is in the ruling party or in the Opposition. Invariably, the lunch will be...
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President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday hosted a 'At Home' for about a 100 freedom fighters at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The gift handed out to each invitee was unusual at best -- a kettle. Since the freedom fighters were all in advanced years, medical assistance was at hand in case of an emergency....
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Just in: Vikas Barala and Ashish Singh, the two accused in the Chandigarh stalking case, have been sent to two-day police custody, till August 12. The defence says the attempt to kidnap charge is based on apprehension and that neither Vikas nor his friend were carrying any weapons. The defence...
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Jaya Jaitly @Jayajaitly tweets: Chinese plastic flowers seen at Dilli Haat. This was not the purpose for which I created this Indian crafts market.Jaitly helped found the acclaimed craft market of Dilli Haat and is the founder president of the Dastkari Haat Samiti, an association of crafts people...
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Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who retained his Rajya Sabha seat after polls in Gujarat on August 8, on Thursday said that the win has boosted the morale of the whole party.Speaking to the media, the Congress MP added that this is not just a joyous moment for him, but for the whole Congress...
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The Enforcement Directorate today conducted searches at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir's capital Srinagar in connection with an alleged terror funding and hawala case involving over Rs 20 crore funds.Officials privy to the operations of the Enforcement Directorate said the agency is...
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In a bid to curb pollution, the Supreme Court today issued a slew of directions including that insurance companies will not renew insurance of a vehicle unless the owner provides pollution under control certificate.A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur also asked the ministry of road transport...
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Indian cricketer Abhinav Mukund has slammed racial abuse on social media, saying that he has himself been at the receiving end of insults and ridicule for his skin tone.In a statement posted on his Twitter page, Mukund, who featured in the first Test against Sri Lanka in the ongoing series and...
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The AIADMK (Amma) faction has come out formally against deputy general secretary TTV Dinakaran. It has, in a meeting headed by Tamil Nadu CM E Palaniswami with senior party leaders this morning, passed a resolution that the appointments made by Dinakaran are not permissible as per the rules of...
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The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to the Delhi Police on the bail plea of Sukesh Chandrashekar, arrested in the Election Commission bribery case involving AIADMK (Amma) leader TTV Dhinakaran. Justice Ashutosh Kumar sought the response along with a status report from the police before...
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Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami's faction passes a resolution saying TTV Dhinakaran's appointment as deputy general secretary is illegal and is announcements are not binding on the party.
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In Chandigarh, Virender Kundu, father of Varnika Kundu, reaches Sector 26 police station in the stalking case.
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Just in: A three-point formula may have been worked out marking the way ahead for the fractured politics in Tamil Nadu. Our sources tell us that Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and former chief minister O Panneerselvam are on the verge of merging the two AIADMK factions thereby...
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Rajya Sabha bids farewell to Hamid Ansari, leaders of the house thank the Vice President. First up was Arun Jaitley, followed by the PM and Ghulam Nabi Azad. Listen in here.Also read: 'Indianness of any citizen being questioned is disturbing'For context, read this column: Only because his name...
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Senior Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) leader Sharad Yadav will kickstart his three-day Jan Samvad Yatra today and will meet the people of Bihar to discuss the repercussions of the withdrawal of the grand alliance in the state.Yadav will visit nearly eight to 10 constituencies of...
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The 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement was transformed in Parliament today into an occasion that exposed deep fractures in the polity. The two Houses could not agree on a common resolution. The separate resolutions were revealing. A key paragraph in the resolution adopted in the...
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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Kedar Rai was shot dead by some unknown assailants on Thursday while he was on his morning walk along Bihar's Sugna road.
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Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday asked for BJP Haryana unit President Subhash Barala's resignation after he was accused of using his power to save his son Vikas Barala and his friend Ashish Kumar in the Chandigarh stalking case.Subhash...
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GoAir plans to launch its overseas operations with flights from Mumbai to Phuket (Thailand) and Male (Maldives), in the winter schedule. GoAir became eligible to launch international services last year when it inducted its 20th aircraft. However, the launch has been postponed because of a...
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In a shocking incident in Bihars Vaishali district, a dead snake was found in a mid-day meal served at a government-run middle school, on Wednesday. At least six student fell ill after consuming the food, which triggered angry protests by villagers, who took a government official hostage for over...
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Vikas Barala (23), the son of Haryana BJP chief Shubhash Barala, who was arrested on Wednesday on the charges of stalking and attempting to kidnap Varnika Kundu, in Chandigarh last week, has reportedly accepted the charges, reports NDTV.The 29-year-old victim, shared the entire ordeal of being...
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An old time civility distinguishes Lieutenant General Anand Sarup, Mahavir Chakra. Decorated with the nation's second highest gallantry award in the 1971 War, the war hero is remarkably humble about his many military achievements. Just as India became free, he joined the Indian Army and has...
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Counting in the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat did not go into the second round. Three of the four candidates were elected on the basis of first preference votes after two votes were invalidated. Had these votes not been invalidated, would Ahmed Patel of the Congress still have won? An...
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Over 1,000 Muslim clerics and imams have called on the United Nations to take action against the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed for his anti-India activities.On Wednesday, they passed a resolution to this effect at a gathering in Mumbai, a cleric said,...
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A suspicious object has sparked a bomb scare on Amritsar-bound Akal Takhat super fast Express.The Amritsar-bound was train coming from Kolkata when it was halted at Amethi after a passenger found a suspicious object in toilet. All passengers have been evacuated as a precautionary...
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The Indian Army is in a 'no war,no peace' mode against the Chinese military in Doklam and status quo continues in the area, official sources said on Wednesday.They said there has been no specific movement of troops and weapons by the Indian Army in the area, adding whatever 'movement' is taking...
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