Trump, you failed to protect your nation, says NYC blast suspect

 Tue, 12 December 2017
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23:39

Trump, you failed to protect your nation, says NYC blast suspect

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Trump you failed to protect your nation, the Islamic State-inspired Bangladeshi-origin man wrote on Facebook before detonating a pipe bomb in a Manhattan subway station, according to a complaint filed today in a US court.Akayed Ullah, the 27-year-old suspected bomber, had wires and a pipe bomb...
23:03

Zaira Wasim incident: Vistara submits final report to DGCA

Vistara today submitted its final probe report to aviation regulator DGCA on the incident of a man allegedly molesting actor Zaira Wasim on board a Delhi-Mumbai flight this week, an airline source said today. Following the incident on December 9, one Vikas Sachdev was arrested for allegedly...
22:05

Hardik Patel met Robert Vadra, alleges disgruntled aide

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In a fresh attack on Hardik Patel on the last day of campaigning for the second phase of Gujarat assembly polls, his disgruntled aide Dinesh Bambhania claimed today that the Patidar quota agitation leader had met RobertVadra, Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law.Bambhania also...
21:38

Doklam standoff put severe pressure on India-China ties: Chinese FM

The Doklam standoff had put severe pressure on India-China ties though the issue was resolved through diplomatic means, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during their meeting in New Delhi.The bilateral ties went through a serious test after Indian...
20:54

'Shame on you': Pawar attacks PM for remarks against Manmohan

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation against his predecessor Manmohan Singh over the Gujarat polls drew more condemnation today with NCP chief Sharad Pawar telling him shame on you and Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi calling it unacceptable. Key BJP ally Shiv Sena also launched a...
20:36

New York bomber charged with terror offences

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New York police today charged an Islamic State-inspired Bangladeshi-origin man, a day after he triggered a blast at a metro station that injured three other people and caused chaos in one of the busiest commuter hubs in the US metropolis.Akayed Ullah, the 27-year-old suspected bomber, had wires...
19:34

Sharad Yadav moves Delhi HC against disqualification from RS

Former Janata Dal-United President Sharad Yadav today moved the Delhi high court seeking immediate setting aside of his disqualification from the Rajya Sabha. Yadav, in his plea, said he was not given any chance by the Rajya Sabha Chairman before passing an order against him and his party...
18:48

Don't pay power bills unless govt deposits loan waiver amount: Pawar to farmers

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Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar today asked farmers in Maharashtra not to pay outstanding loan or dues like electricity bills to the government unless it deposits the much-touted loan waiver amount into their bank accounts.Speaking at a public rally -- 'Halla Bol' -- organised by...
18:15

Aadhaar to be compulsory for AMCs' clients from Jan, says BSE

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Leading bourse BSE today asked asset management companies to ensure that individual clients compulsorily submit their Aadhaar details from January onwards as part of compliance with anti-money laundering rules. The instruction has been issued after the government amended, in June, the Prevention...
18:11

Jallikattu will be held in 2018: SC

Just in: The Supreme Court clears the bull-taming sport of jallikattu for 2018. It posts the case for the Constitution Bench.
17:55

Modi-ji ke gorapan ka raaz? 5 mushrooms a day, says Cong ally

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Latest in the line of peculiar allegations hurled this election season is Congress ally in Gujarat Alpesh Thakor's claim that the complexion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned fair because he eats mushrooms imported from Taiwan that cost Rs 80,000 per piece.Someone told me that you can't...
17:41

Seaplane ride: Omar says PM violated security guidelines

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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for breaching the security protocol by travelling in a single engine seaplane.Earlier today, Prime Minister Modi travelled from Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad to...
17:36

Gujaratis feel hurt about lies spread about state by opponents: PM

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Campaigning for the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017 ends. After a seaplane spectacle on the last day on the campaign trail in Gujarat, the PM tweeted. Highlights.After three and a half years, I got the honour to travel across the length and breadth of Gujarat to seek the blessings of the people....
17:26

Rahul says Dalits feel insecure in Gujarat

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Congress's president-elect Rahul Gandhi today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over alleged atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat, insisting the community feels insecure in the state despite several laws for their protection. Gandhi wanted to know who will take responsibility for the Una...
16:30

Meeting with Pak officials was not 'secret': former advisor to Manmohan

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Former advisor to ex-prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday rubbished all allegations about latter conducting a clandestine meeting with Pakistani officials to fix results of Gujarat elections.Speaking to ANI, senior journalist Prem Kumar Jha said it was a...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the crowd at Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Riverfront.
15:45

Aboard seaplane PM returns to Sabarmati

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PM Narendra Modi leaves from Dharoi Dam and reaches Sabarmati. The Prime Minister flew from the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad to Dharoi Dam via a seaplane, which is the first-ever flight by such a craft in the country, today. Prime Minister Modi in a rally on Monday had said, Tomorrow for the...
15:29

Paresh Mesta murder case: BJP launches 'Raj Bhavan Chalo' march

BJP leaders on Tuesday took out a 'Raj Bhavan Chalo' march from Gandhi Statue to submit a memorandum to Governor Vajubhai Vala seeking direction to the Karnataka Government for the National Investigation Agency probe in youth activist Paresh Mesta murder case.The march was led by MP Shobha...
15:18

Can China, India rebuild trust as border tensions linger?

Foreign Minister Wang Yi travels to India for first visit by a senior Chinese official since military stand-off on disputed border. Read more
15:12

Work on three China-Pakistan projects halted till Chinas approval

China has halted the release of funds for three projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) till the revision of its 'financial mechanism' by Beijing, Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal confirmed on Monday. Read more
15:08

Heavy snowfall cuts off Kashmir from rest of India

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The Kashmir Valley was cut off from the rest of the country today as flight operations at the Srinagar airport were suspended and the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway and Mughal road were closed for traffic due to snowfall and rain. The present weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to...
14:58

Father-in-law among 6 to get noose for TN Dalit youth's killing

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The Principal District and Sessions court on Tuesday handed the death sentence to the six persons including the father-in-law of the victim Shankar, a dalit youth, whose murder is believed to be a honour killing.The victim's mother-in-law has been acquitted.Of the 11 accused, six received capital...
14:20

'My life is over'

To control crowds in Kashmir, police fired pellets. Now this 16-year-old will never see fully again. Read the report here
14:18

Is it wrong to go to a temple? I pray for Gujarat: Rahul in A'bad

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Congress President-elect Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.In the last 22 years Modi-Ji and Rupani-ji (Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani) have initiated only one-sided development in Ahmedabad,  the one only for 5-10 people. Not everyone has been given their rights....
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PM Narendra Modi is offering prayers at the Ambaji Temple in Gujarat's Banaskantha.
13:29

Not much headway made in Rajiv murder conspiracy probe: SC

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The Supreme Court today said the CBI-led investigation in the larger conspiracy behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi does not appear to have achieved much headway. The apex court referred to the reports filed before it by the CBI and observed that the investigation by...
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Amul's take on the Virushka wedding. 
12:13

Heavy snowfall suspends chopper services in Vaishnodevi

Due to bad weather conditions and fog around Trikuta Hills, the helicopter services to Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Kashmir remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. The pilgrims, especially the elderly and handicapped, arriving at the base camp of Vaishno...
12:09

Three soldiers missing in avalanche in Kashmir

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Three soldiers are missing after an avalanche, triggered by fresh snowfall, struck a forward post in Gurez sector in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. The avalanche hit an Army post at Baktoor near the Line of Control in Gurez sector during the intervening night, a...
11:43

PM's sea-plane reaches Dharoi, next stop Ambaji temple

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Gujarat: PM Modi reaches Dharoi Dam via sea-plane, will now visit Ambaji temple.  The Prime Minister travelled from Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad to Dharoi Dam via the plane.His return journey would also be by the same sea-plane.Prime Minister Modi in a rally on Monday had said, Tomorrow for...
11:37
Three soldiers missing in avalanche in Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmir: police
11:25
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Gujarat: Congress President Rahul Gandhi visits the Jagannath Temple in Ahmedabad.
11:24

39 lakh voters to decide 16 seats in Ahmedabad

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As the clock ticks for the second phase of Assembly polls in central and north Gujarat on December 14, all eyes are on 39 lakh voters of 16 seats in the mega city, considered a stronghold of the BJP since the 90s. During the 2012 Assembly polls, the BJP won 14 seats in Ahmedabad. Like other...
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Umar Khalid @UmarKhalidJNU Hearing Modi's Pakistan remark, Abraham Lincoln has issued the following statement in public interest - You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the timeUmar Khalid, a JNU PhD student had...
10:53

Modi takes historic sea-plane flight on last day of campaigning

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PM Narendra Modi takes a sea-plane from the banks of the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad to the Dharoi Dam in Gujarat. This is the first-ever sea-plane flight in the country and the PM is the first passenger. His return journey will also be by the same sea-plane.Prime Minister Modi at a rally...
10:38

Rahul Gandhi elevated not on performance: BJP

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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said Rahul Gandhi's elevation to Congress' top post did not take place on the basis of performance, hinting that it was mere a coronation exercise.I congratulate Rahul Gandhi on his promotion as the Congress president which happened without taking his...
10:35

NYC blast: Suspect learnt to build bomb on internet

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The Bangladeshi suspect in Monday's pipe bomb explosion beneath New York's Times Square is an angry former limousine driver who learned to build a bomb on the internet at his Brooklyn apartment, officials said.Akayed Ullah, 27, was in police custody after he was injured by a pipe bomb he fastened...
10:31

Snowfall, rains shut Jammu-Srinagar highway

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The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and the Mughal road were closed for traffic for the second consecutive day today due to continuous snowfall and rains. The nearly 300-km highway, the only all weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed as a precautionary measure in...
10:24

Kiss and tell

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Jharkhand: Kissing contest organised for married couples at a Mela in Dumaria village on December 10.. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha legislator Simon Marandi was also present at the event.
10:22

Weighed down

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Jammu & Kashmir: Srinagar receives season's first snowfall
09:42

No condom ad on TV from 6 am-10 pm, rules government

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The information and broadcasting ministry has issued an advisory directing television channels against telecasting condom advertisements between 6 am and 10 pm, attributing the decision to complaints that some channels aired the ads repeatedly and that they were unsuitable for viewing.The...
09:13

Nirbhaya case: SC to hear convict's review petition

The Supreme Court will today hear the review petitions filed by one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case.Mukesh, who has been sentenced to death along with three other convicts in the case, had filed the petition.The apex court, in May, upheld the order of Delhi high...
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi to hold a press conference in Ahmedabad at 1 pm today.
08:46

Denied permission for roadshow in Ahmedabad, Modi to take seaplane

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ahmedabad on Tuesday and undertake a sea-plane journey from the Sabarmati river on the last day of campaigning for the Gujarat assembly elections. Modi will travel to Dharoi Dam in Mehsana district by the seaplane, the first-ever flight by such a craft in...
08:03

Trump blames 'lax immigration system' for NYC terror attack

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US President Donald Trump has asked Congress to enact immigration reforms to protect the American people, a day after a blast triggered by an Islamic State-inspired Bangladeshi-origin man near a metro station in NewYork City left four persons injured.Akayed Ullah, the 27-year-old suspected...
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IB flags concerns of 'lone wolf' attacks during Gujarat poll campaign

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Intelligence agencies have gathered information that a lone wolf may try to target roadshows of big political leaders during the campaigning for the assembly elections in Gujarat, officials said.Based on intelligence inputs and interrogation reports of two arrested suspected terrorists, the...