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Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah today met melody queen Lata Mangeshkar at her home in Mumbai as part of the party's 'Sampark for Samarthan' (contact for support) campaign.Shah was scheduled to meet Mangeshkar on June 6, but the visit was cancelled as she was down with food...
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Authorities in Thailand have accused foreign media of behaving irresponsibly by interviewing members of a juvenile football team who were trapped in a flooded cave for two weeks before a miraculous rescue.I was saddened that the foreign media, whom we assumed understood children' rights very well...
20:32
Congress president Rahul Gandhi today alleged the controversial Rafale jet deal smells like a scam and accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of doing a flip-flop on the secrecy clause.Gandhi also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue, alleging he squirms when asked about the...
20:16
Congress president Rahul Gandhi today congratulated Asharam Choudhary, the son of a ragpicker in Madhya Pradesh who cracked the AIIMS MBBS entrance test in his first attempt, and hoped that he would contribute to nation-building and inspire many in the future the same way he was motivated by his...
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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti today termed the ban on over 30 TV channels in the valley as questionable, saying the government should instead identify biased ones that peddle false narrative to incite tensions. The government has banned over 30 Pakistani and...
19:44
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today backed Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate of a joint opposition alliance in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. At the extended meeting of the Congress Working Committee, he also supported senior party leader P Chidambaram's views on...
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BJP president Amit Shah has made it clear to party workers in Maharashtra that there would be no alliance with bitter ally Shiv Sena for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after the latter abstained from participating in Fridays no-trust vote.Annoyed by Shiv Senas praise of Congress chief Rahul Gandhis...
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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor launched a scathing attack against the BJP after the Alwar lynching case. He said that in several places in the country, it is safer to be a cow than a Muslim. Left leader Sitaram Yechury has also backed the Congress leader in his comment.Several other...
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Pakistan's flamboyant cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan today received support from former cricketers, including Pakistani stars, in his bid to capture political power in the July 25 polls. The 65-year-old sports celebrity recently said his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had a 100-day...
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JUST IN: Police officials confirm suicide bombing outside Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai International airport after Dostum's arrival. The first vice president's convoy was not affected but casualties are feared
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The eye-witness, in the Alwar lynching case on Sunday recalled the spine-chilling turn of events when his friend was lynched to death on suspicion of smuggling cows.Aslam, who had a narrow escape said, We (him and the deceased) both were going with our two cows, on seeing a speeding bike the cows...
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The BJP today took a dig at Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress president might forcibly hug Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but the people of the country would not embrace him in next year's Lok Sabha election. Attacking the Gandhi scion over his speech at the Congress Working Committee...
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The Centre is considering the possibility of amending the Indian Penal Code to define 'mob lynching' as a penal offence, a senior government functionary has said. Another option being considered is to draft a model law that states can adopt to prevent incidents of mob lynching,...
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Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Sunday claimed that his remark on mob lynching was misinterpreted.He took to his Twitter handle today and said he 'deeply condemn' such incidents.I again reiterate that my statement is completely misinterpreted by few sections of media. We deeply condemn the...
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At least four people were injured while several other are feared trapped after a five-storey under-construction building collapsed near Missal Gadi in Ghaziabad on Sunday afternoon.Teams of the National Disaster Response Force, police and fire department have reached the spot and begun the rescue...
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JUST IN: Election Commission to begin final hearing in the Office of Profit case, involving 20 MLAs, tomorrow at 3 pm.
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The Congress party's highest decision-making body -- the Working Committee -- is meeting today amid the afterglow of Rahul Gandhi's no-holds barred attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, followed by an unscripted hug and wink that is still a talking point on social media. We are...
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In one of the biggest recruitment drives in central security forces, the government has decided to recruit over 54,000 jawans in armed police forces like the CRPF, BSF and ITBP among others this year. Out of the total 54,953 vacancies advertised by the Staff Selection Commission, the...
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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday expressed confidence that the party can win three times more seats in the 2019 general elections by further boosting its presence in 12 states where it already has a strong foothold. The Congress currently has 48 members of Parliament in the Lok...
15:17
The GST Council has pruned the 28 per cent slab by cutting tax rates on 191 goods over the last one year, leaving just 35 items, including AC, digital camera, video recorders, dishwashing machine and automobiles, in the highest tax bracket. There were around 226 goods in the 28 per...
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Ahead of the publication of NRC in Assam, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said there was no need to panic and all bonafide Indians will be given adequate opportunities to prove their citizenship. In a series of tweets, the home minister said the National Register of Citizens, a list...
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National Award winning Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, whose film PadMan tried to create awareness on menstrual hygiene, has thanked the GST Council for making sanitary napkins Goods and Services Tax free.Expressing his happiness, Akshay tweeted: One of those days when a news brings tears of joy as...
14:23
After winning the trust vote in Lok Sabha on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now winning hearts.In what appears to be unusual for the prime minister, PM Modi is replying personally to Twitter users.To one user who asked PM Modi to smile more often, he replied, Point taken :)PM Modi was...
13:39
Several posters of Congress president Rahul Gandhi hugging Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha has been put up in Mumbai's Andheri.The posters, which have been put by the Congress workers, also has a tagline that reads, Nafrat se nahi, Pyar se jeetenge (we will win by love, not...
13:12
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today lashed out at the Narendra Modi government, saying the people of the country have to be rescued from a dangerous regime that is compromising with India's democracy. In her address to the newly-constituted Congress Working Committee, which met for the...
12:47
Congress leader P Chidambaram today took a dig at the government for reducing GST rates on nearly 100 items ahead of assembly elections in four states, saying holding frequent polls is good for the people. In a series of tweets, Chidambaram said the present Goods and Services Tax...
12:28
Congress president Rahul Gandhi is chairing his first meeting of the revamped Congress Working Committee, after taking over as party chief in December last year. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who attended the meeting, in a scathing criticism of PM Modi said it's a culture of constant...
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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi are attending the Congress Working Committee meeting.The meeting would be chaired by party president Rahul Gandhi.This is the first meeting of the extended CWC, convened by Rahul Gandhi to chalk out the...
12:13
The home ministry has purchased 5,000 rape investigation kits which would be given to police stations across the country for speedy probe in sexual harassment cases, according to a senior Women and Child Development official.The official said that for now, five kits each would be provided to...
11:43
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Shehbaz Sharif has said that he would make Pakistan better than its arch-rival India after coming into power, according to a media report today.Addressing a rally in Sargodha district of his stronghold of Punjab, Sharif said that people can change his name if he...
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One body has been recovered after a portion of an under-construction building collapsed in Kandanchavadi area in Chennai on Saturday.The National Disaster Response Force said that the search has ended from their end.Vinoj, Assistant Commandant, NDRF said, From our end search has...
10:34
The man who opened fire outside a Trader Joe's in Silver Lake, Los Angeles was arrested after hours-long standoff, which claimed one life.As per CNN, Mayor Eric Garcetti, at a news conference, announced the death of a woman inside the grocery store during...
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The Bihar government has decided to grant facility of reservation in promotions to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes personnel in its services.This has been done following an advice received from the Union Personnel and Training Department in the light of the orders passed by the Supreme...
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UPDATE: Three terrorists have been gunned down by security forces in Kulgam. Three weapons also recovered. -- ANI
08:16
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir today, police said.One terrorist has been killed in the encounter in Kulgam's Khudwani.The terrorists trapped are the ones who had killed Constable Mohammad Salim.Security forces launched a...
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