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Giving credit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi?s ?forceful? campaign, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday confirmed that India is among the countries that have been granted a waiver from the US sanctions on Iran.?Hon?ble Prime Minister?s forceful campaign has been that you can?t ignore...
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Yoga guru Ramdev made a strong pitch for constructing a Ram temple in Ayodhya on Saturday, saying a legislation should be brought in Parliament if the Supreme Court does not deliver a verdict on the matter soon. On October 29, the Supreme Court declined an urgent hearing of the Ayodhya land...
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A distressed Tej Pratap Yadav met his incarcerated father Lalu Prasad on Saturday and reaffirmed that he stood by his decision to part ways with his wife barely six months after their marriage. A day after filing a divorce petition in a Patna civil court, Yadav, the RJD leader and former...
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Ambati Rayudu retires from the longer version of the game, including Ranji Trophy. He will focus on ODIs and T20 format.
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Attempts are being made through external linkages to revive insurgency in Punjab and if early action is not taken, it will be too late, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Saturday said. He was addressing a gathering of senior army officers, defence experts and former senior officials of...
18:46
US First Lady Melania Trump racked up an astonishing $95,000 tab at a Cairo hotel at the end of her African goodwill tour last month, according to federal records.That was more than the taxpayer bill for US President Donald Trump for a two-day stay with his entourage in Scotland after a visit...
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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to celebrate Diwali with Indian Army Jawans on November 6 and 7, at a post in the Upper Dibang Valley district of the Arunachal Pradesh.
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Doctors in the national capital on Saturday said the impact of air pollution on public health can be compared to smoking of 15-20 cigarettes a day. I have seen a change in the colour of lungs over the past 30 years that I have been operating. Earlier, I used to see black deposits only in...
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17:49
An Indonesian diver died while recovering body parts from the ill-fated Lion Air plane which crashed into the sea killing 189 people, an official said Saturday. Syachrul Anto, 48, who died on Friday, was part of the team searching for body parts and debris from the jet in the Java Sea.He was a...
16:36
Defamation complaint against me frivolous; it is an attempt to stifle my freedom of expression, said Congress leader Shashi Tharoor reacting to the news of a complaint being filed against him for his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajeev Babbar in...
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Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Ram Madhav on Saturday said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and seers community have strongly demanded enactment of an ordinance for the construction of the Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya.Responding to the statement of RSS general...
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China will provide the necessary support to Pakistan to tide over the present financial crisis, a top official said on Saturday as the two countries signed 16 agreements after Prime Minister Imran Khan held talks with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang to boost their all-weather strategic...
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The lawyer of Asia Bibi fled Pakistan early Saturday after fearing for his life amid countrywide protests by hundreds of radical Islamist hardliners against the acquittal of the Christian woman who was sentenced to death for committing blasphemy, media reports said.Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of...
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US-based journalist Pallavi Gogoi, who has accused M J Akbar of raping her while working under him in India, has dismissed his claims that it was a consensual relationship, saying a relationship based on coercion and abuse of power is not consensual. Gogoi, the chief business editor of National...
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The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday took out a protest march to seek justice for the families of those killed in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.The march, led by SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, started from Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib and ended outside Parliament...
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Plans are afoot to install a statue of Lord Ram on the banks of the Saryu river in Ayodhya, according to BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh.Rishikesh Upadhyay, the mayor of Ayodhya Municipal Corporation, said, There is a proposal to install a 151-metre-tall statue of Lord Ram on the banks of the Saryu...
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JUST IN: Sanjay Singh, brother-in-law of MP Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan leaves BJP to join Congress.
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Delhi's air pollution level dipped slightly Saturday but remained in the 'very poor' category due to poor dispersion of pollutants and stagnant meteorological conditions, authorities said. The overall Air Quality Index of Delhi was recorded at 346, which falls in the 'very poor' category,...
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Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday moved the Supreme Court in support of Alok Verma, pressing for a full term for the CBI director who has been divested of all charges amid the turmoil in the agency.Questioning the government?s decision to send Verma ?on leave?, Kharge said in his...
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Tej Pratap Yadav, son of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, on Saturday confirmed that he had filed for divorce from his wife of six months Aishwarya Rai.He had filed the divorce papers on Friday.?It is true that I have filed a petition. Ghut-ghut ke jeene se toh koi fayeda hai nahi (No...
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Actor Alec Baldwin was taken into custody after he allegedly punched a man following a dispute over a parking spot. The 60-year-old actor was charged with assault and harassment and has been given a desk appearance ticket, the New York Police Department said.According to CNN, the alleged...
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The premier design institute National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad has been hit by the #MeToo movement as one of the senior most faculty members was asked to leave the institution on October 5 and barred to enter of the NID campuses. Krishnesh Mehta, NIDs faculty member of interdisciplinary...
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The much-awaited Signature Bridge on the Yamuna is set to open for public on November 5. As per the project plan, the bridge, which will reduce the travel time between north and northeast Delhi, will have designated selfie spots.Delhiites will be able to enjoy a panoramic view of the city from...
11:47
About 6 per cent of the electorate cast their votes Saturday in the first two hours of polling for the by-elections to three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Karnataka. While the Lok Sabha constituencies of Shivamogga, Ballari and Mandya recorded 7.16 per cent, 4.4 per cent and 4.18...
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About 6 per cent of the electorate cast their votes Saturday in the first two hours of polling for the by-elections to three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Karnataka. While the Lok Sabha constituencies of Shivamogga, Ballari and Mandya recorded 7.16 per cent, 4.4 per cent and 4.18...
11:03
Illegal immigration costs American taxpayers USD 100 billion a year, President Donald Trump has said as he slammed the opposition Democratic party for advocating an open border policy facilitating an easy entry of illegal immigrants into the US.His comments came amid a row over a caravan of an...
10:58
In a veiled attack on Pakistan, India at the United Nations said that terrorism is the most serious violation of human rights emanating from beyond its borders, urging the global community to take a resolute action against the menace in all its forms and manifestations.A lack of consensus in the...
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With the Lord Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala all set to open for a day's pooja on November 5, prohibitory orders will come into force from Friday night till Tuesday at the foothills Pamba and other areas to prevent any untowards incidents, police said.Sabarimala will be under heavy security cover...
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A Pakistani radical Islamist political party, which was leading a nationwide protest against the acquittal of a Christian woman convicted for blasphemy, late Friday night called off its agitation following an agreement with the government that assured initiation of a legal process to place the...
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The Narendra Modi government has appointed Arnab Goswami, the founder editor and hyper anchor of Republic TV as a trustee of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. The other three are former foreign secretary S Jaishankar, Vinay Sahasrabhudhe, Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra and BJP's national...
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A 46-year-old Indian-American has been arrested and charged in California on charges of H-1B visa fraud. Kishore Kumar Kavuru was arrested Friday morning and produced before the US Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen. He was later released on bond. Kavuru has been charged with 10 counts of visa...
09:11
Two people were killed and several in a shooting at a Florida yoga studio before the gunman fatally shot himself.The incident took place at Thomasville Road and Bradford Road in Tallahassee city. About 5:47 pm the Tallahassee Police Department responded...in reference to a shooting, police chief...
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Voting for the bypolls to the three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Karnataka began on Saturday, which is seen as a litmus test for the ruling Congress-Janata Dal-Secular coalition. Bypolls to Shivamogga, Mandya, and Ramanagara Lok Sabha seats, and Ballari and Jamkhandi assembly...
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Avni, the tigress believed to be responsible for the deaths of 13 people over the last two years, has been killed in Maharashtra's Yavatmal last night, news agency ANI reported.In September, the Supreme Court said that Avni could be shot on sight, prompting a flurry of online petitions.Avni is...
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The government could bring a law for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya even when the dispute is before the Supreme Court, as there have been instances of the court's decisions being scuttled legislative process, former Supreme Court judge Jasti Chelameswar said in Mumbai on Friday....
