Pak high commissioner was not invited to Rahul's Iftar

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Pak high commissioner was not invited to Rahul's Iftar

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In a departure from the past, the Congress did not invite the Pakistan high commissioner to an Iftar hosted by Rahul Gandhi that was attended by envoys of several Islamic nations.Rahul hosted the Iftar event yesterday at a luxury hotel in New Delhi, the first organised by him as Congress...
22:30

Bullet-ridden body of jawan abducted by terrorists found in Pulwama

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Bullet-ridden body of Army jawan Aurangzeb, who was abducted by terrorists from Pulwama district, has been found at Gusoo, Pulwama.Rajouri resident Aurangzeb, who was picked up from Kalampora area in Pulwama, was  proceeding on leave for Eid, officials said.He belonged to 4 Jammu and Kashmir...
22:16

Vajpayee continues to be in ICU of AIIMS

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Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, continues to be in the intensive care unit of AIIMS, and his condition is being monitored by a team of doctors round the clock, sources at the hospital said.AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria had yesterday said that the 93-year-old leader has shown...
20:59

Dimple Yadav won't contest 2019 polls as rivals charge SP with nepotism

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Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj, which is represented at present by wife Dimple Yadav, while his father Maulayam Singh Yadav will contest from Mainpuri.Akhilesh made the announcement at a meeting of SP workers at the party...
20:23

Rajnath Singh condemns Shujaat Bukhari's killing

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh says:'Killing of Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari is act of cowardice. It is an attempt to silence the saner voices of Kashmir.'He was a courageous and fearless journalist. Extremely shocked and pained. My thoughts and prayers are with his bereaved family.'
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UPDATE: One PSO of Shujaat Bukhari succumbs to injuries, another critically injured, undergoing treatment.
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Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah tweets:'inna lilahi wa inna illahi rajiuun. Shocked beyond words. May Shujaat find place in Jannat and May his loved ones find strength at this difficult time.''Even in the last tweet he put out he was defending himself, his colleagues and his profession....
20:04

UPDATE: Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari shot dead by terrorists

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UPDATE: Veteran journalist and Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside his office in the heart of Srinagar, police officials said today.Bukhari was leaving his office in Press Enclave in the city centre Lal Chowk for an Iftar when he was shot at by...
19:57

BJP wins 13 out of 27 seats in Rajasthan local body by-elections

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The Bharatiya Janata Party today won 13 seats out of total 27 in Rajasthan local body bye-elections.The bye-elections were conducted on one seat of zila parishad, 17 seats of panchayat samitis and 9 seats of nagar palika/parishad in 17 districts of the state.As per the results announced today,...
19:44

Terrorists attack Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari in Srinagar

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BREAKING: Terrorists attack editor of Rising Kashmir newspaper Shujaat Bukhari in Press Colony in Srinagar city.Bukhari and his SPO are seriously injured.More details awaited.  -- With ANI inputsPhotograph: Kind courtesy @bukharishujaat/Twitter
19:38

Don't feel threatened: Kejriwal's wife to L-G

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Sunita Kejriwal (@KejriwalSunita) tweets this picture with the caption: 'Respected LG sir, are we four ladies, mother and wife of CM,wife of Dy CM and wife of Satyendar Jain threat to your security that you are not allowing us to enter the road leading to your house? Kindly intervene. Please do...
19:14

Goa CM back home after medical treatment in US for 3 months

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Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar returned home today, over three months after he went to the United States for medical treatment.Parrikar, 62, has been in the US for treatment of a pancreatic ailment since March this year.The chief minister first landed in Mumbai and from there he took another...
19:06

Terrorists snatch rifle of CRPF jawan near railway station in Anantnag

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Suspected terrorists today snatched a rifle from a Central Reserve Police Force constable at Government Railway Police barracks, about 400m from Sadura raiway station in South Kashmir's Anantnag district, officials said.The men pelted stones at the constable and a gun-shot was heard, they said,...
18:13

JD-U to launch movement against ally BJP in Jharkhand

The Janata Dal-United, an alliance partner of Bharatiya Janata Party in neighbouring Bihar, today announced to launch a movement against the BJP government in Jharkhand from June 25.Jharkhand is richer than Bihar in mineral resources but the people are not getting basic facilities such as power,...
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Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal arrives at the residence of Home Minister Rajnath Singh. 
17:51

Container ship catches fire, 22 mariners rescued

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The Coast Guard today rescued all 22 crew members of a domestic container ship that caught fire near Sandheads in the Bay of Bengal at around midnight, a senior official said.The container vessel named 'MV SSL Kolkata' caught fire and went adrift about 55 nautical miles from Sandheads anchorage...
17:36

Modi's wife at Iftaar wins the Congress

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s estranged wife Jashodaben on Wednesday attended an Iftar party in Ahmedabad. Jashodaben interacting with believers and helped them break their day-long fast. The Iftar was organised on the Relief Road area of the city.Jashodaben is a retired school teacher and...
17:27

Delhi govt acts on dust pollution, stops construction activity till Sunday

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Civil construction activities stopped in Delhi till June 17 following severe dust pollution, Lt Governor Anil Baijal, has said. With continued dust storms leading to poor air quality in New Delhi, the Delhi government directed that all construction activity should be put on hold till Sunday. For...
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Civil construction activities stopped in Delhi till June 17 following severe dust pollution: Lt Governor Anil Baijal.
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Stung by nepotism charges, Akhilesh to contest from wife Dimple's seat

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Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj, which is represented at present by wife Dimple Yadav, while his father Maulayam Singh Yadav will contest from Mainpuri. Akhilesh made the announcement at a meeting of SP workers at the...
16:36

Parrikar returns home from US, Cabinet meeting tomorrow

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Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar lands in Mumbai from the US, where he was under treatment over the last two-and-a-half months. He is expected to fly to Goa shortly. The Shiv Sena in Goa today urged Parrikar to take up the issues of mining crisis and the deteriorating law and order situation...
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Terrorists abduct army jawan in Kashmir's Pulwama

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In the continued targeting of security forces in Kashmir during the Ramzan ceasefire, terrorists today abducted an army jawan in Pulwama. The abducted jawan has been identified as Aurangzeb, a resident of Poonch district. The incident took place in the Pulwama district of south Kashmir. A police...
15:48

Patanjali mega food park: Centre to give 15 days more time

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The Centre has decided to give 15 days more time to Patanjali Ayurved for meeting conditions like acquisition of land, required for the final nod for setting up of the proposed Rs 6,000-crore mega food park in Uttar Pradesh. The deadline to meet the required conditions will expire tomorrow...
15:28

Apple bags rights to develop 'Shantaram' as drama series

Apple has landed the rights to develop Gregory David Robert's novel Shantaram' as a drama series.The 2003 novel tells the story of Lin, a man on the run from an Australian prison looking to get lost in the teeming city of Bombay. Cut off from family and friends by distance and fate, he finds...
15:26

Militants exploited unilateral ceasefire during Ramzan: Experts

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Two defence experts have questioned the need for having a unilateral ceasefire in the Kashmir Valley during the Muslim fasting month of Ramzan, maintaining that this had been fully exploited by militants.Reacting to the death of four Border Security Force personnel, including an assistant...
15:08

Rain plays spoilsport at India vs Afghanistan match

Play resumed on the opening day after rain had interrupted the proceedings of one-off Test between India and Afghanistan at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here today. Murali Vijay (94) and KL Rahul (33) were at the crease with India at 248 for one in 45.1 overs when the heavens opened up. With rain...
15:01

UN report on human rights abuses in Kashmir motivated: India

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India rejects the United Nations report on alleged human rights abuses in Kashmir. It is fallacious, tendentious and motivated. We question the intent in bringing out the report. It is a selective compilation of largely unverified information, the MEA said on the report filed by the Office of the...
14:44

BJP is my party but Lalu is family: Shatrughan

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BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha today said that the BJP was his party but Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad and his kin were like a family to him.Sinha said this at the Iftar party hosted by the RJD on Wednesday.Laluji, Rabriji, Tejashwi, Tej, Misa, all...
14:03

Madras HC delivers split verdict in MLAs' case, TN govt safe for now

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The two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar of the Madras High Court delivered a split verdict in the  disqualifications of the 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs. Justice Banerjee upheld the disqualification, while Justice Sundar opposed the disqualification. The...
13:36

Ousted Pak PM Sharif leaves for UK to see ailing wife

Ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif today left for London along with his daughter Maryam Nawaz to see his ailing wife Kulsoom Nawaz, despite the country's anti-graft body's request to put their names on the Exit Control List fearing they may not return to face corruption cases in court....
12:58

WPI inflation rises to 14-month high on costlier fuel, veggies

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Inflation based on wholesale prices shot up to a 14-month high of 4.43 per cent in May on increasing prices of petrol and diesel as well as vegetables. The Wholesale Price Index based inflation stood at 3.18 per cent in April and 2.26 per cent in May last year. According to government data...
12:53

In 2019, people are going to vote for Modi again: Maharashtra CM

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be voted back to power in the 2019 general elections, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said emphasising that the Indian leader is addressing basic problems of the common man through flagship schemes of constructing toilets, providing bank accounts...
12:40

Afghanistan CEO watches his boys make history in Bengaluru

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Union Sports Min Rajyavardhan Rathore along with Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan's chief executive officer watch the India vs Afghanistan cricket test match at Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium. Rathore said India was committed towards building and strengthening Afghanistan and its sports.Abdullah...
12:15

Militants attack CRPF party in Pulwama

Militants today attacked a CRPF party in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. There was no loss of life in the attack. Militants attacked the CRPF party at Gangoo in Pulwama district of south Kashmir by opening fire on the forces, a police official said. A hunt has been launched...
11:27

Hafiz Saeed's MML to contest Pak polls under banner of AAT

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Hafiz Saeed-linked Milli Muslim League has decided to use the platform of a little known party to contest the upcoming general election, a day after Pakistan's poll panel rejected for a second time an application by the MML, an offshoot of the Mumbai attack mastermind's banned Jamat-ud-Dawah, to...
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Kejriwal writes to PM: Requesting you with folded hands to end strike

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal writes to PM Narendra Modi requesting him to end the the strike. The Union government has all the powers over IAS officers. The gist of the letter says that Delhi is facing an unprecedented situation and the LG is refusing to intervene. He requests the PM with 'folded...
10:32

Jobs in Maldives for Indians dry up

Downturn in ties with Maldives hits Indians' job opportunities. Advertisements from companies that are hiring say Indians need not apply' as they would not be given permits to work there. Read the report here
10:18

PM Modi congratulates Afghanistan over historic Test vs India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated the people of Afghanistan as their national cricket team faces India in their historic first ever Test match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.The Prime Minister tweeted, I congratulate the people of Afghanistan as their cricket team...
10:16

Married man scripts kidnapping plot to leave live-in partner

A man was arrested today for concocting the story of his abduction after his live-in partner put pressure on him to marry her, police said. The police have arrested Abhijeet Tiwari, a resident of Jhandapur village in Ghaziabad and a native of Allahabad, Superintendent of Police, City, Akash...
09:54

Not going to take Afghanistan lightly: Rahane

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Today is a big day for Afghanistan Cricket, as the national cricket team will play its inaugural cricket Test match against top-ranked India in Bengaluru - an event that has been 17 years in the making.From being a part of the ICC World Cricket League Division Five in 2008 to achieving Full...
09:48

Nipah virus scare under control: Kerala Health Minister

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Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Wednesday said that the Nipah scare was under control and there were fewer chances of any new cases.No new case of Nipah has been registered in the last two to three days, so we can say that the spread of the virus is under control...
09:41

India among over 90 nations without paid paternity leave for new dads: UNICEF

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India is among almost 90 countries in the world without national policies in place that ensure new fathers get adequate paid time off with their newborn babies, according to a new UNICEF analysis. Almost two-thirds of the world's children under one year old -- nearly 90 million -- live in...
09:19

Malegaon blast accused Purohit's letter reveals horror he faced after arrest

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Lt Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit, accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, in a 24-page letter alleged that he was tortured in the custody of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad.In the letter written to the National Human Rights Commission, which has come into the public eye for the first...
08:52

Nirav Modi travelled to US, UK and Hong Kong on revoked passport: Interpol

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The Interpol has informed Indian investigation agencies that absconding diamond jeweller Nirav Modi travelled four times between three countries as recently as March on an Indian passport that was revoked by the ministry of external affairs on February 24. In a June 5 letter to Indian...
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1 Army jawan, 2 terrorists killed in ongoing operation in J&K

Two terrorists and an army jawan were killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district today, officials said.  Two terrorists have been killed in an ongoing operation in Panar forest area of Bandipora district (in north Kashmir), a defence spokesman said.He added that a...
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At Rahul's iftaar party, Pranab finds special place

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Days after a row erupted over his address at the RSS headquarters, former president Pranab Mukherjee broke bread with Rahul Gandhi at an iftaar party hosted by the Congress chief. Among the prominent personalities included Mukherjee's predecessor Pratibha Patil and former prime minister...
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Heavy rains trigger floods in Tripura, Manipur; thousands homeless

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Floods triggered by heavy rains in Tripura and Manipur have rendered thousands homeless.Incessant rain in the past 24 hours has wreaked havoc in parts of the northeast, triggering flash floods and rendering thousands of people homeless in Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, officials said.Heavy...