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Around 15 Conservative party MPs have agreed to sign a no-confidence motion against British Prime Minister Theresa May as part of a plot to oust her, according to a media report.Although the letter of no confidence falls short of the 48 names required to trigger a leadership contest, the UK...
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President Pranab Mukherjee will address the nation tomorrow on the eve of demitting office.The address will be broadcast from 1930 hrs on the national network of All India Radio and telecast over all channels of Doordarshan in English followed by Hindi versions. Earlier...
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Raking up a controversy, Bihar's Aurangabad District Magistrate Kanwal Tanuj has said that those who cannot build a toilet for their wives, should sell them.He was addressing a public gathering on Saturday on a cleanliness drive in Jamhore village of the Aurangabad district.Due to lack of...
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Days after quitting Parliament, BSP chief Mayawati today said her party would launch a state-wide programme from September 18 to protest the anti-Dalit stand of the BJP.She said as she had resigned from the Rajya Sabha on July 18 not being allowed to speak the on anti-Dalit violence in Uttar...
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V C Arukutty, MLA, among the first to switch over to the O Panneerselvam camp, today joined the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-Amma in the presence of Chief Minister, Edapadi Palanisamy. Arukutty met Palanisamy in Salem and joined the party. ...
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One in three Indians surveyed has admitted to having used free public Wi-Fi to watch adult content at places like hotels, airports, libraries and even workplace, says a study by Norton by Symantec.The global study, which included over 1,000 respondents from India, found more than one in three...
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Earlier, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan presented a book signed by MPs and her speech to President Pranab Mukherjee during his farewell ceremony hosted in Parliament's Central Hall.
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President Pranab Mukherjee today thanked all the Parliamentarians for their support during his tenure and for giving him a warm farewell. In his final speech at Parliament, Mukherjee said, If I claim I am the creation of this Parliament, perhaps it will not be treated as...
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After Nitish Kumar met Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday amidst growing speculation of a rift between the two parties, the Rashtriya Janata Dal has denied all the allegations that there is an air of tension in the 'Grand Alliance'.Speaking to ANI, RJD leader Manoj Jha said that the...
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Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today said his party would not shy away from exposing the BJP-led Maharashtra government if it fails to execute the loan waiver scheme properly.Thackeray, whose party is also a part of the ruling coalition in the state, claimed his outfit was the first to demand...
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Pakistani troops violated ceasefire along the Line of Control in Uri sector in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, but there was no loss of life, police said today. The ceasefire violation took place near LoC at Manga Kamalkote in Uri last night, a police official said. He said the shelling by...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday reiterated his stand to fully cooperate in the ongoing investigations over the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.Tharoor, while addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, said that he will participate in the investigations into Sunanda's death,...
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Tyene Sand and Daenerys Targaryen are most likely to die in the final two seasons of the popular Game of Thrones TV series, scientists have predicted using a mathematical model.Researchers came up with a ranking model for the characters based on how likely they are to die.I am probably not alone...
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Introduction of Rs 200 note will fill in the missing middle even as the new currency in circulation has already reached 84 per cent of the pre demonetisation level, says a report. Cash with banks, a CIC component, has however witnessed a decline over November 2016 level, said the State Bank...
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The Reserve Bank will hire 12 currency verification systems for six months to help it segregate fake ones from scrapped notes of Rs 500/1000 denomination.The central bank is currently engaged in counting huge pile of old Rs 500/1000 notes which were scrapped following demonetisation on November...
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Ranbir Kapoor says the upcoming biopic on Sanjay Dutt will deal with both the highs and lows of the actor's life.Ranbir says Dutt has been very gracious in providing insights about his life story in an honest way for the biopic being helmed by Rajkumar Hirani.He hasn't been a hypocrite about it...
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Nationalist Congress Party Kerala unit president Uzhavoor Vijayan died today at a private hospital in Kochi due to liver related ailments, hospital sources said. He was 60 and is survived by wife and two daughters. Vijayan had been undergoing treatment at the...
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China has opened a modern cinema theatre on Yongxing Island in the disputed South China Sea as part of its plan to establish authority over the area, the state media reported today.Over 200 residents and soldiers watched the Chinese movie 'The Eternity of Jiao Yulu' yesterday at the Sansha...
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Hitting out at Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, National Democratic Alliance vice-presidential nominee M Venkaiah Naidu today asked Pakistan to recall the 1971 war and said that aiding and abetting terror will not help them.Addressing 'Kargil Parakram Parade' in New Delhi, Naidu said terrorism is...
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'Indu Sarkar', a film on emergency to be released on Friday, will hurt sentiments of many Congressmen and that is what the present prime minister wants, veteran Congress leader M Veerappa Moily said.Indu Sarkar, based on the 1975-77 emergency period, has evoked strong criticism and protest from...
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William Shakespeare, whose sexuality has been a long-running debate in academic circles, may have been a gay, a top United Kingdom theatre director has claimed, asserting that it was no longer acceptable for performers to conceal the sexual orientation of the Bard's homosexual characters.Artistic...
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Union Human Resource Development minister Prakash Javadekar has said vernacular question papers for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test will be mere translation of the question paper in English. The vernacular question papers for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test -- the...
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Security forces today foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Machil sector of north Kashmir's Kupwara district.One terrorist was killed in the operation, which is currently underway.More details are awaited.This year, the army has foiled a total of 22 infiltration bids along the...
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Massive searches, seizures and surveys by the Income Tax department over the last three years have led to the detection of around Rs 71,941 crore of 'undisclosed income', the Centre has told the Supreme Court.During the period of demonetisation from November 9 last year to January 10 this year,...
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The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha is preparing for a prolonged underground armed movement for a separate state and has hired Maoists from neighbouring countries as mercenaries to train its cadres, according to senior West Bengal government officials.We have inputs from intelligence agencies that...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a farewell in New Delhi for outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday night.The function at Hyderabad House was also attended by President-elect Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President Hamid Ansari.On the occasion, the prime minister presented a memento to the...
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