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A fire broke out at the luxury hotel Trident in south Mumbai late on Wednesday night, a fire brigade official said.Details of the incident are awaited and fire brigade personnel have been rushed to the spot, the official said.
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Fire breaks out at luxury hotel Trident in south Mumbai: Fire brigade officials
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British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn was accused of being a sexist and a misogynist and faced calls on Wednesday to apologise for apparently calling embattled Prime Minister Theresa May a stupid woman as they clashed in Parliament over her controversial Brexit deal.The incident happened days...
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Former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP, which had recently broken ties with the BJP, may join the United Progressive Alliance on Thursday, sources said. A senior Rashtriya Lok Samta Party leader said talks between his party and the UPA constituents are almost final and an...
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Celebrations havent quite ended for newlyweds Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. While they have a big Bollywood reception planned for December 20, the stars are hosting a smaller event for their friends from the media on Wednesday evening. The low-key event was hosted at a hotel in...
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Demanding resignation of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, 83 former civil servants -- including ex-foreign secretaries Shyam Saran and Shivsankar Menon -- have written an open letter criticising the central and the state governments for their alleged failure in acting against the...
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Days after 15 people died of poisoning after eating prasad at a temple, a local seer and three others were arrested Wednesday on charges of hatching a conspiracy to kill devotees in a bid to defame the managementand take control of the shrine in this district in Karnataka. The...
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The United States will withdraw its troops from Syria, a US official said on Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump said America has defeated Islamic State in the war-ravaged country. The move will have extraordinary geopolitical ramifications and throws into question the fate of...
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Congress leader P Chidambaram said on belated wisdom had dawned upon the Centre, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi indicated that 99-per cent items would be brought under the GST of 18 per cent. Chidambaram alleged that it was typical of the National Democratic Alliance to unscramble...
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The Congress government in Rajasthan has announced loan waiver for farmers - a key election promise of the party that has helped to come to power in the three heartland states in the recent round of assembly elections. In Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Chief Ministers Kamal Nath and...
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Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa called Rafale a game changer and said the Supreme Court has given a fine judgment on petitions against the deal with France on the military aircraft. He also cautioned against politicisation of defence purchases, suggesting that this had earlier led to the delay...
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Citizens from 27 European Union countries and those from India and elsewhere will be treated on par for purposes of migration after Brexit, the Theresa May government announced on Wednesday in what is being billed as the biggest shake-up in 40 years of the visa system.A new visa route for skilled...
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A complaint has been lodged in a court in Bihar's Muzaffarpur on Wednesday against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath for allegedly hurting the sentiments of the people of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh with his comments on migrant workers. Social activist Tamanna Hashmi filed a...
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President Ram Nath Kovind signs proclamation ordering imposition of central rule in Jammu-Kashmir from midnight. The state plunged into a political crisis in June this year after People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti-led coalition government was reduced to a minority following...
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As many as 1,557 Indians have been released from various prisons of Pakistan whereas a total of 318 Pakistanis were freed from Indian jails in the last four years, the Lok Sabha was told on Wednesday. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in reply to a question in Parliament, said a...
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Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam's brother O Raja has been expelled by the ruling AIADMK.A statement signed by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and Panneerselvam said Raja was removed for having acted against the party's principles and ideologies, and for bringing...
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South Africa has issued an arrest warrant for Zimbabwes former first lady Grace Mugabe over an alleged assault in an upmarket district of Johannesburg last year, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.After the alleged assault with an electric cable came to light in August 2017, the South African...
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PM Modi's interaction with BJP Karyakartas of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry: The perfect answer to undemocratic behavior of Congress is to strengthen democracy. Information and awareness are important for democracy. We should keep people informed about Congress and its dangerous games. Before every...
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A bill that bars commercial surrogacy and allows the process only by close relatives for altruistic reasons was passed by the Lok Sabha Wednesday with Health Minister JP Nadda terming the proposed legislation historic. The surrogacy (regulation) bill was passed after an hour long debate amid...
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The final decision on transferring a part of the excess reserves to the government has to be that of the Reserve Bank alone and any attempt to take away its autonomy could pose a risks to the economy, warns former chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu. The comments come within two days of former...
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1984 anti-Sikh riot convict Sajjan Kumar's case will be heard at Delhi's Patiala House Court tomorrow. It's the 2nd case registered by CBI on the recommendation of the Nanavati Commission. He's facing trial on charges of murder and rioting in Delhi's Sultanpuri.
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Communication satellite GSAT-7A on-board GSLV-F11 has been launched at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said Wednesday the launch of satellite GSLV-7A would enhance the networking and communication capabilities of the Air Force. We have several platforms...
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A journalist, who had criticised the BJP-led governments at the Centre and in Manipur on social media, has been sentenced to one year in detention by a local court, according to a statement issued by the state home department. The chief judicial magistrate of Imphal West district passed the...
15:57
A Delhi court sends alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland deal Christian Michel to judicial custody till Dec 28 in the VVIP chopper scam case.
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A first year B.tech student was allegedly raped by four men near Poiya Ghat in Agra, police said Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday evening while the girl was going to her coaching class. On the way, she was stopped by two men near Bhagwan Talkies Crossing on the national highway...
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Clearly, there are no permanent enemies in politics. Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday took a diplomatic stand over the possibility of an alliance with Aam Aadmi Party and asserted that whatever the Congress high-command decides will be acceptable to all.The party...
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Doormats and rugs with the image of the Golden Temple were reportedly sold on Amazon, drawing a strong reaction form a prominent Sikh body which asked the online retail giant to prohibit the sale of culturally inappropriate and offensive merchandise. The Sikh Coalition said in a statement...
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The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the second time on Wednesday amid uproar after the government rejected the opposition demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Rafale deal. As the House re-convened for the second time in the noon, members from the Congress, AIADMK and TDP trooped...
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Kashmiri Teenagers are dying to protect militants. Read the report here
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No, it is not engineering goods or jewellery; it is human beings. The money they sent back in 2017 was $69 billion; it financed 43 per cent of the trade deficit. India received more in remittances than any other country. Over a half of it came from oil-producing countries, to whose idle rich...
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A 20-year-old Swiggy executive, who was out delivering food, saved 10 lives in the massive fire at a Mumbai hospital that killed eight people. Sidhu Humanabade was passing by when he saw smoke bellowing out from upper floors of the ESIC Kamgar Hospital. He left his bike and asked the firemen...
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A newly-discovered blind amphibian will be named after Donald Trump in recognition of the US president's stance on climate change, according to a media report. EnviroBuild, a UK-based sustainable building materials company, announced on Tuesday that it would be using Dermophis donaldtrumpi...
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The Delhi High Court Wednesday quashed the summons issued against Union minister Smriti Irani in a defamation complaint filed against her by Congress Leader Sanjay Nirupam. The court, however, dismissed a similar plea by Nirupam's seeking to set aside the summons issued against him in a...
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Pathanamthitta Magistrate Court has extended the prohibitory orders in Sabarimala Temple till the midnight of December 22. The decision has been taken based on reports by the District Police Chief and Executive magistrates in Pamba and Sannidhanam.Prohibitory orders issued under Section 144 of...
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Indian national Hamid Ansari who returned to India after being released from a Pakistan jail yesterday, meets External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Delhi. His mother tells EAM, Mera Bharat mahaan, meri madam mahaan, sab madam ne hi kiya hai.Ansari, who was arrested eight years ago after he...
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Former Union minister P Chidambaram arrived at the Enforcement Directorate office for questioning in the INX Media money laundering case on Wednesday, official sources said. They said the senior Congress leader was asked to depose before the investigating officer of the case to record his...
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BJP president Amit Shah Wednesday made light of the the opposition 'mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance), calling it an illusion and expressed confidence that the BJP will retain power after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Speaking at the Republic Summit in Mumbai, Shah also said he was sure that the Shiv...
11:29
Pakistan's renowned social activist Asma Jahangir was posthumously honoured by the UN with a prestigious human rights award. Jahangir, an outspoken critic of Pakistan's powerful military establishment, fought against religious extremism and for the rights of oppressed minorities in Pakistan. She...
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MA Naqvi on Manmohan Singh's statement that he wasn't afraid of talking to press when he was PM. Naqvi said, He is a senior leader and a former PM, when he was PM he used to talk on someone's order & script, even now he is doing same. He should realise that PM Modi doesn't need prompter,...
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Saira Banu, wife of legendary actor Dilip Kumar on Tuesday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention, following the release of builder Samir Bhojwani who had been arrested for usurping their Pali Hill bungalow in Mumbai. Calling on to the Prime Minister, the veteran actress took to her...
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The National Disaster Response Force on Tuesday informed that it had not been able to locate bodies of 13 miners who were trapped while working in an illegal coal mine in Ksan village of Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district.Updating about the rescue efforts being made to trace the miners,...
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After hectic campaigning for polls in five states, Congress president Rahul Gandhi along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her children is holidaying in the picturesque Himachal Pradesh hill station. Rahul accompanied by Priyanka Vadra arrived in Shimla on Tuesday by road to...
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A court in Igatpuri in Nashik district of Maharashtra Tuesday granted bail to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray in connection with a 2008 case of attack on a hotel by his party workers.Thackeray appeared in Igatpuri court on Tuesday, where Judge K I Khan granted him bail.As part of...
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The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch the country's newest satellite GSAT-7A, which will give a boost to the defence forces' communication capabilities, onboard Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle GSLV-F11 from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on Wednesday.It is believed that the...
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New Zealanders will vote on legalising recreational cannabis in a referendum during the 2020 general election, the country's justice minister said.A vote was promised by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party last year during cross-party talks, which helped to form a coalition...
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