Fresh violence in Darjeeling, 4 cops injured

 Sun, 09 July 2017
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Fresh violence in Darjeeling, 4 cops injured

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The violence erupted again in Darjeeling today on the 25th day of pro-Gorkhaland stir, with agitators setting aflame a police camp, injuring four police personnel and attacking a BDO office at Pokribong.The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha members also took out a rally at Chowkbazar with the bodies of...
20:19

Iraq PM declares victory in Mosul

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory in the 'liberated' city of Mosul today, his office said, in the biggest defeat yet for the Islamic State group.Abadi 'arrives in the liberated city of Mosul and congratulates the heroic fighters and the Iraqi people on the achievement of the...
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Pak summons India's deputy high commissioner for second day

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Pakistan on Sunday summoned India's deputy high commissioner in Islamabad for the second consecutive day over alleged ceasefire violations along the LoC, claiming that more civilians were killed in firing by the Indian troops.Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh was summoned again to 'condemn and...
17:50

House panel asks Centre for details on AI disinvestment decision

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A Parliamentary panel has sought details from the government on giving in-principal approval to its divest stake in Air India even as modalities are being worked out for the proposed divestment to revive the debt-laden national carrier.Officials from the ministries of finance and civil aviation...
16:40

Former Naga CM Zeliang stakes claim to form government

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Former Nagaland chief minister T R Zeliang has staked claim to form government in state.Zeliang claims support of 34 MLAs out of 47 of the ruling Naga People's Front, including him, to continue as the Leader of the Legislature party.Also authorised me to stake claim before the governor to form a...
16:03

India slams Pakistan for glorifying Burhan Wani

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India today hit out at Pakistan for glorifying terrorist commander Burhan Wani, saying Islamabad's terror support and sponsorship need to be condemned by 'one and all'.In a strongly worded tweet, External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Gopal Baglay said, 'First @ForeignOfficePk read frm banned LeT's...
15:51

BJP worker held for duping man on false promise of job to wife

A Bharatiya Janata Party worker has been arrested from Raigarh district for allegedly duping his colleague on the false promise of giving a government job to his wife by claiming to be the representative of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, police said today.The accused- Netram Chauhan,...
14:55

Normalcy returns to riot-hit Baduria

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Life returned to normal in riot-hit Baduria town and adjacent areas of North 24 Parganas district today after communal violence broke out over a Facebook post early this week.Everything is normal now in Baduria, Swarupnagar, Deganga and Basirhat. There has been no problem anywhere in the district...
14:21

Golwalkar's views on nationalism need to be put in right perspective: HRD body

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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue M S Golwalkar's views on nationalism have been 'misunderstood and maligned' and need to be put in 'correct' perspective, according to a body affiliated to the HRD ministry.Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to Golwalkar, the second RSS chief, as 'Poojniya...
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3 TN fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy

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Three Tamil Nadu fishermen were today arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in the island nation waters.The fishermen from Jagadapattinam in Pudukottai district were detained off Karainagar in northern Sri Lanka, a state Fisheries official said in Rameswaram.They were later taken...
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No money to buy bulls, farmer deploys daughters to pull plough

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Financial crisis reduced a farmer in Sehore's Basantpur Pangri village in Madhya Pradesh to use his two daughters, instead of oxen to pull the plough in their fields.Sardar Kahla claimed that his family does not have enough money to buy or take care of oxen for ploughing.I do not have...
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Protests for Gorkhaland reach New Delhi

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The Gorkha Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti on Sunday held a protest march at Jantar Mantar demanding a separate 'Gorkhaland' from West Bengal.We are not going to deviate this. We don't want to talk about anything other than Gorkhaland. If the government invites us for anything else, then they better not...
11:34

Internet services restored in Kashmir Valley

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Authorities today restored mobile and broadband Internet services in Kashmir, two days after the facilities were snapped in view of apprehensions of law and order problems on the death anniversary of Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani.While mobile Internet services were restored during the night,...
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Father of Ballabgarh lynching demands death sentence for accused

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The father of the Ballabgarh lynching has demanded the death sentence for the man responsible for his son Junaid's death. The prime accused in the killing of Junaid Khan onboard a Mathura-bound train was yesterday arrested from Dhule district of Maharashtra.The killing on June 22 had triggered a...
10:41

Air India break-up an option as PM Modi pushes for quick sale: Report

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 The government is considering selling state-owned Air India in parts to make it attractive to potential buyers, as it reviews options to divest the loss-making flagship carrier, several government officials familiar with the situation said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet gave the...
09:56

Mobile internet services restored in Kashmir Valley

Authorities today restored mobile Internet services in Kashmir, two days after the facility was snapped in view of apprehensions of law and order problems on the first death anniversary of Hizbul 'commander' Burhan Wani. However, only 2G services were working, an official said. Mobile...
09:39

As Darjeeling flares up again, Mamata Banerjee's offer for talks

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For the second time in one month, the army had to be called out to keep peace in West Bengal's Darjeeling after fresh round of violence broke out on Saturday morning. By the end of the day, the police confirmed two people had lost their lives in the last 24 hours that led Chief Minister...
09:03

Saint Teresa's blue-bordered sari an Intellectual Property now

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The famous blue-bordered sari of Mother Teresa, who has been canonised as Saint Teresa of Calcutta by the Vatican, has been recognised as anIntellectual Property of the Missionaries of Charity.The diminutive nun of Albanian descent went around the streets of Kolkata since 1948 to be with the poor...
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Geeta may marry soon, Shivraj will do kanyadaan, suggests Sushma Swaraj

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Geeta, the hearing-and speech-impaired woman who returned to India in 2015 after accidentally reaching Pakistan as a child, will get married soon and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan can do the kanyadaan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj suggested in Bhopal. Swaraj...
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Picture speaks more than a thousand words: India on Modi-Xi Hamburg meet

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India refused to elaborate on the range of issues discussed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping during their informal conversation on Friday in Hamburg, in the backdrop of a standoff between their armies in the Sikkim sector.We have tweeted that the two leaders...