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'Cycle aage badhti jayegi', tweets Akhilesh after getting SP symbol

 Mon, 16 January 2017
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22:41

No directions issued to CBI in Rose Valley case, clarifies PMO

The Prime Minister's Office on Monday said it has issued no instructions to the CBI in connection with the Rose Valley case and a letter which appeared in some newspapers in this context is forged.In a rejoinder to the news organisations of West Bengal which displayed such a purported letter, the...
22:26

FBI arrests wife of killer in Orlando mass shooting

The wife of the man who carried out a deadly terrorist attack in Orlando has been arrested in connection with the mass shooting, a law enforcement official said Monday.Noor Salman was taken into custody by FBI agents at her home outside of San Francisco. Prosecutors had been weighing charges...
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J&K CM Mehbooba links lifting of AFSPA to end to terrorism

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today linked the revocation of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act to improvement in law and order situation and success of security forces in ending terrorism in the state.The success of the security forces depends upon when we will...
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I feel the need of becoming a parent: Karan Johar

Filmmaker Karan Johar says he has a lot of love to offer and would like to be a parent someday.I would like to be a parent. I don't know in what capacity, I don't know how it's going to happen, I don't have answers to those questions. But I do feel the need because I have love to offer, Johar...
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'Cycle aage badhti jayegi', tweets Akhilesh after getting SP symbol

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Expressing his happiness after winning the battle over Samajwadi Party's symbol 'cycle', Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav tweeted, Cycle chalti jayegi, aage badhti jayegi (Cycle will move on, will progress ahead).    Interestingly, Akhilesh posted pictures of him and his father Mulayam...
20:58

EC notice to Kejriwal for asking voters to take money

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The Election Commission has issued a notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for asking voters to accept money from rival parties during election campaign in Goa.The EC has asked the Delhi CM to give an explanation by 1 PM on January 19.Kejriwal had asked voters to take the money offered...
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Congress hails EC for granting Akhilesh the 'cycle' ride

The Congress today hailed as judicious the Election Commission's decision to grant the 'cycle' symbol to the Akhilesh Yadav faction of the Samajwadi Party ahead of the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. We congratulate Akhilesh on being allotted the cycle symbol. The Election Commission has...
20:36

Bonhomie over? Nitish attacks BJP, trashes demand to postpone human chain

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Amidst speculation of growing bonhomie with the BJP, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today attacked the party while rejecting its Bihar unit's demand of postponing the human chain programme scheduled for January 21 in the wake of Patna boat tragedy.Speaking to media on the January 14 boat capsize...
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Bonhomie over? Nitish attacks BJP, trashes demand to postpone human chain

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Amidst speculation of growing bonhomie with the BJP, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today attacked the party while rejecting its Bihar unit's demand of postponing the human chain programme scheduled for January 21 in the wake of Patna boat tragedy.Speaking to media on the January 14 boat capsize...
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To go 'bing bing bing' on Twitter even after becoming Prez: Trump

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Donald Trump has said that he has no plans to quit Twitter even after becoming US President this week, saying a dishonest media has forced him to continue tweeting to vent out his views.I thought I'd do less of it, but I'm covered so dishonestly by the press so dishonestly that I can put out...
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Cycle symbol belongs to Akhilesh-led Samajwadi Party, says EC

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The son has trumped his father!The cycle symbol belongs to the  Akhilesh-led Samajwadi Party, said the Election Commission. Both factions of the Samajwadi Party headed by Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav had approached the Election...
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GST deadline has been deferred to July 1: FM Jaitley

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is addressing the media on GST.  Here are the live updates:-- The entire taxation base will be shared between the assessment and machinery of the Centre and the states.-- Those above turnover 1.5 crores would be assessed in the ratio of 50:50 between Centre...
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Nitish Kumar's response after Navjot Singh Sidhu cited him to justify joining Cong

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Navjot Singh Sidhu, master of one-liners, shared a surfeit of them today as he met with reporters to discuss his induction into the Congress. I am a born Congressman, said the man who served with the BJP for more than 10 years.The 53-year-old denied that his political swinging suggests a...
17:46

Congress to gherao four RBI offices on Jan 18 against note ban

Congress today demanded the resignation of RBI Governor Urjit Patel over the apex bank's loss of autonomy and said the party will gherao RBI offices in Mumbai, Nagpur, Bangalore and Ahmedabad on January 18 over the issue of demonetisation.Maharashtra Congress president and former state Chief...
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ATM withdrawal limit raised to Rs 10,000

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This might put a smile on your face. RBI has announced that the cash withdrawal limit from ATMs has been risen to Rs 10,000 per day per card from Rs 4,500 rupees currently. The withdrawal limits have been in place ever since November 8, 2016 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced...
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Modi government considering 'fat tax' on junk food and sugary drinks

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The Modi government is considering raising taxes on junk food and sugary drinks and this tax could be included in the 2017-2018 Budget, slated to be presented on 1 February.A report states that a 11-member group including secretaries of the health, sanitation and urban development had met with...
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No privacy on FB, WhatsApp: SC seeks response to plea

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The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and social media platform Facebook over a plea seeking privacy on data.Seeking a reply in two weeks, the apex court asked the government, Facebook and Whatsapp to respond to the plea for...
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Inflation index in the last six months
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Anti-national PETA working against Tamil culture, should be banned: Stalin

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DMK today dubbed animal rights advocacy group PETA as anti-national and said it's working against Tamil culture seeking a ban on the NGO which has been stridently opposing the bull-taming festival Jallikattu.Centre should immediately ban the international NGO PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of...
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Nobody forced me to do anything, says Dangal star in new tweet

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Dangal actress Zaira Wasim issues a new post: Regarding my last post, I have no idea why this has become such a big issue. I just wanted to make sure that I did not hurt anyone's feelings and all of a sudden it has been turned into national news. Again and again I am telling people that I have...
16:21

8 dead after shooter opens up at a popular Mexican music festival

Police are investigating a shooting at a popular festival in Mexico in which five people have been reportedly shot dead, reports news.com.au.According to early reports, a security guard is among the dead, after shots were fired into the crowded closing party of the annual BPM Festival in Playa...
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Don't let rivals exploit crisis after Jaya's death: Sasikala to AIADMK cadre

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AIADMK chief V K Sasikala today asked her party men to ensure enemies did not exploit the crisis created by the sudden demise of her predecessor, the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, and said she had taken over the party's reins on their affectionate order. In a message to party men on the eve...
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Omar Abdullah lends support to young Kashmiri actress Zaira Wasim who was forced to apologise for meeting J-K CM Mehbooba Mufti. @abdullah_omar I've a problem with @MehboobaMufti trying to userp other peoples success to cover up her own failures but why punish/troll people she meets? A 16...
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The Supreme Court seeks the govt's response on a plea for framing privacy policy for social media networks like Facebook and WhatsApp. SC also issues notice to Facebook, WhatsApp and TRAI and seeks assistance of Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi in the case.
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Trolled by Separatists, Dangal star apologises for meeting Mehbooba Mufti

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Two days after Dangal star Zaira Wasim met met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, the young 16-year-old has tweeted an 'unconditional apology saying she does not want to be anyone's role model. Wasim who played the young Geeta Phogat in Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal, met Mehbooba Mufti...
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Did not live off tax payer's money: Obama

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Looking forward to getting out of the bubble, outgoing US President Barack Obama has contradicted the general perception of him living off taxpayers' money in the White House, saying he bore all his family's expenses, including the cost of toilet paper. You know, I mentioned how I've got a pretty...
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All parties in Bihar will join hands for prohibition

Bihar has decided to use three satellites including two of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and one foreign foreign satellite, apart from four trainer aircraft, two helicopters and over 40 drones, to capture the image of the worlds longest human chain on January 21 in support of...
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Former Afghan president Hamied Karzai's cousin dies after being injured in the Kandahar attack that killed 5 UAE diplomats.
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SAD's snarky congrats to Sidhu

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SAD MP Harsimrat Badal reacts to Navjot Singh Sidhu joining the Congress. Congratulations to Sidhu saab who calls it gharwapasi to go to a party that wrecked a genocide on the Sikh community. Some people have their feet in three boats, sometimes BJP, Congress and why not go ahead a little into...
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Akhilesh did not even have the time to hear me out: Mulayam

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High drama at SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's meeting with party workers. The EC, which reserved its order on the dispute over 'cycle' symbol, has kept both sides guessing with leaders of warring camps exploring various scenarios as little time is left for the process of filing nominations to...
13:07

Bangla court sentences 26 to death for Narayanganj killing

Twenty six people, including a former city councillor extradited from India and three senior officers from Bangladesh's elite security force, were today sentenced to death for brutal murders of seven persons in Narayanganj in 2014.
12:56

70-yr-old arrested for smuggling cow dies

A 70-year-old under-trial prisoner, who was arrested for allegedly smuggling cow, died in hospital, police said on Monday.According to Superintendent Rakesh Singh, Balbir Singh was admitted to hospital after suffering from illness.However, his family had claimed that Singh was implicated in a...
12:46

HC refuses urgent hearing on plea seeking MHA report on BSF jawan's video

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The Delhi high court on Monday refused urgent hearing on a plea seeking a status report from the Ministry of Home Affairs following a Border Security Force soldiers allegation that troopers posted along the Line of Control were being served poor quality food.The petitioner urged the bench headed...
12:27

CISF jawan shoots himself at Bengaluru airport

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A Central Industrial Security Force jawan committed suicide at Kempe Gowda Airport in Bengaluru.Jawan Suresh Gaikwad allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle.More details awaited.
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JUST IN: The Wholesale Price Index inflation for December 2016 inches up to 3.39 per cent, from 3.15 per cent in the previous month. 
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ATM free withdrawals may be halved to just three

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If you thought not being able to withdraw as much as you wanted to from ATMs was painful, here's some more worry coming your way. The government is considering a proposal to reduce the free withdrawals by more than half to just three, instead of the nearly 8-10 now, including from banks where one...
11:49

1984 riots case: SC directs Centre to file status report

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Government to file a report regarding the status of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar had fixed the next date of the hearing on February 20.A Delhi Court had on December 21 last year...
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I am born a Congressman, this is ghar wapasi: Sidhu

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Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu addressing a press conference after joining the Congress party yesterday. Highlights...I am a born Congressman. My birth was in the Congress. I have  come back to my roots. My father was in the Congress and served the party for 40 years and...
11:08

World's eight richest people have same wealth as poorest 50%

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The world's eight richest billionaires control the same wealth between them as the poorest half of the globe's population, according to a charity warning of an ever-increasing and dangerous concentration of wealth.In a report published to coincide with the start of the...
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Trump was a 'change candidate', don't underestimate him: Obama

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US President Barack Obama has said Donald Trump was a change candidate and cautioned people against underestimating the President-elect, even as he acknowledged that it has been an unusual transition. He was a change candidate, Obama told CBS News in his final interview as the President of the...
10:54

Sasikala will be Tamil Nadu CM on January 29

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We posted this on Sunday. Should you have missed it, here it is.Rajeev Sharma tells us: Sasikala Natarajan will take over as Tamil Nadu chief minister on January 29, knowledgeable sources have disclosed. Why January 29? One, because it is an auspicious date and Sasikala, like the late J...
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Cow only animal that inhales, exhales oxygen: Rajasthan minister

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Rajasthan Education Minister Vasudev Devnani has said cow is the only animal that inhales as well as exhales Oxygen. He made the claim while speaking at the Hingonia Goshala during an event organised by Akshay Patra foundation Saturday.The minister underscored the 'scientific significance' of the...
10:24

February gold 2% cheaper on duty cut hopes

The MCX February gold contract is quoting Rs 510, or 1.8 per cent, lower than the spot market in Mumbai's Zaveri Bazaar's Friday closing price of Rs 28,890 per 10 gm on expectations of an import duty cut. Futures prices are usually higher than spot prices because these include a cost for carrying...
10:22

NSA Doval may attend Trump's inauguration

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Rajeev Sharma tells us: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval may travel to Washington, DC for Donald Trump's inauguration as US President on January 20.There is no tradition of the Indian government sending its nominee to attend the inauguration of a US President, however, new conventions may...
10:16

Disappearing Gandhi

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has been a totem for half a century and more. His ideas, even when he was alive, were seen by his peers and protgs as impractical pieties. It is appropriate that the tokenism that surrounds his legacy was taken to its absurd conclusion last week when the Khadi and...
10:02

15 feared killed in cargo plane crash in Kyrgyzstan

Just In: A cargo plane on a flight from Istanbul to Bishkek, has crashed near the Kyrgyzstan capital, TASS has reported quoting the press service of the Bishkek airport.    The crash occurred several kilometres from the Manas airport.    The plane had an unspecified number...
09:39

PM-led panel may decide on CBI director today

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The selection committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet today to decide on the name of next Central Bureau of Investigation director.  Leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, will also attend the meeting....
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Child rapist who targeted nearly 500 minors arrested in Delhi

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A 38-year-old serial rapist was arrested from Delhi's New Ashok Nagar on Sunday for targeting minors girls aged between seven and 11 years.  The accused, Sunil Rastogi, who wore the same set of clothes -- a 'red jacket' (which he considered lucky) -- used to come from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi...
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Who will ride away on Cycle today -- Mulayam or Akhilesh?

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The Election Commission is likely to pronounce its order today regarding the Samajwadi Party factions, one led by party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and the other by his son Akhilesh Yadav, staking their claims over the party symbol 'Cycle'.  The three-member poll body, headed by Chief...
09:21

Swamy says anti-Jallikattu protests inspired from abroad

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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy has alleged that protests organised against Jallikattu have been inspired from abroad and he intends to take the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation in terms of funding of the animal rights organisations.As the Tamil Nadu government has...
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Supreme Court to hear LGBT plea today

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The Supreme Court will hear the curative petition filed by the Naz foundation in the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) matter today.  In a much-needed reprieve to the LGBT community, the apex court last year referred the matter to a five-judge bench for further hearing on a...
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3 terrorists killed in encounter in Pahalgam

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Three terrorists have been gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Pahalgam encounter, Jammu and Kashmir, says the army.Three AK-47 rifles have been recovered from them.The encounter broke out yesterday when, acting on specific intelligence input about the presence of unspecified...
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Pramila Jayapal will not attend Trump inauguration

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Indian-American Congresswoman from Seattle Pramila Jayapal has announced that she won't attend Donald Trump's inauguration this week, saying the President-elects 'language and actions' undermine America's democracy and its history.'I did not undertake the decision lightly,' Jayapal said in a...