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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav Saturday said his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav's divorce plea was not a matter of public interest and his family was capable of handling the situation. The former Bihar deputy chief minister made the remark when he was quizzed by the media whether Tej Pratap...
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Indonesia on Saturday called off the search for passengers of a Lion Air plane, almost two weeks after the jetliner plunged into the Java Sea killing 189 people on board. Some 196 bags containing body parts have been recovered from under the water with 79 victims identified and handed...
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A senior BJP leader on Saturday demanded a ban on Kedarnath, an upcoming film set against the backdrop of a catastrophic deluge that hit the Himalayan shrine in 2013, alleging that it hurts the sentiments of Hindus and promotes love jihad. Ajendra...
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Over 27,000 people Saturday visited the Statue of Unity in Gujarat's Narmada district, the highest since the Sardar Patel memorial was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 31 and opened to the public on November 1.The statue, built on an islet near the Sardar Sarovar Dam in...
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A hijack scare on a Kandahar-bound flight sent security officials at the Delhi airport into tizzy on Saturday after the pilot mistakenly pressed the 'hijack button' when it was taxiing for take-off, sources said.The Ariana Afghan Airlines plane took off nearly two hours later after satisfactory...
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18:37
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday inaugurated the first India-bulit war memorial in northern France to pay tribute to thousands of Indian soldiers who fought selflessly and made supreme sacrifices during the World War I.Naidu, who is on a three-day visit to Paris starting Friday, also...
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As pollution in New Delhi hit severe on the air quality scale on Saturday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came under fire following reports he had left the city for an overseas family trip.For a second year the chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, has likened Delhi to a gas chamber because of the...
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Launching a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi, poll-bound Chhattishgarh's Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday alleged the Congress chief was sort of an entertainment for people in the state and his campaign could be detrimental to his own party.Ahead of the crucial first phase of voting in the...
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JUST IN: Campaigning for the first phase of state assembly Elections concludes. Voting for 18 constituencies to be held on November 12.
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Turkish police are ending the search for Jamal Khashoggi's body, but the criminal investigation into the Saudi journalist's murder will continue.Traces of acid were found at the Saudi consul general's residence in Istanbul, where the body was believed to be disposed of with the use of...
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More than 450 heavy and medium goods vehicles were sent back from Delhi borders due to a three-day ban on their entry till Sunday, authorities said. According to Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Alok Kumar, 1,559 vehicles were checked and 1,078 vehicles were allowed entry from 11 pm...
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Mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, who pleaded innocence in a video released on Saturday and claimed he was not in hiding in Hyderabad, has arrived at the crime branch office in Bengaluru for questioning in the ponzi case.“The media has been portraying that I have been absconding, that I'm in...
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Former Karnataka minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy arrives at crime branch office in Bengaluru for questioning in ponzi case.
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Demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax are the two major headwinds that held back India's economic growth last year, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said, asserting that the current seven per cent growth rate is not enough to meet the country's needs.Addressing an audience at the...
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Portending violent protests when the Sabarimala temple opens for the two-month long ‘mandalam-makaravilakku’ pilgrimage season next week, a total of 550 women in the age group of 10 to 50 are believed to have signed up for darshan through the online booking facility of the Kerala Police.Every...
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BJP chief Amit Shah on Saturday lauded the Raman Singh government for making Chhattisgarh almost free of Naxalism and targeted the opposition Congress, saying a party that thought the rebel movement was a medium for revolution could not do any good for the state.He further hailed the Bharatiya...
14:28
Former US first lady Michelle Obama says she can never forgive Donald Trump for questioning her husband's American citizenship, saying the president and other birthers put her family at risk, in her hotly anticipated new memoir.Obama also says she was surprised that so many American women voted...
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Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had waived loans worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore of 15 select industrialists during his tenure. Addressing a rally ahead of the state assembly polls, Gandhi said he wanted Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to...
13:37
A BJP MLA from the Taj Mahal city of Agra has demanded renaming it as Agravan, saying the name Agra has no meaning, days after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath rechristened Faizabad as Ayodhya and Allahabad as Prayagraj.In a letter to Adityanath, BJP MLA from Agra North, Jagan Prasad...
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Taking photographs and selfies and posting it on social media has become ubiquitous in the present day. But such activity, many times, has proved fatal.A similar situation was seen on Signature Bridge, India's first asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge, located in the capital. Scores of people were...
12:41
A Somali-born man who set fire to a truck laden with gas cylinders in the centre of Melbourne and fatally stabbed one person was inspired by Islamic State but did not have direct links with the group, Australian police said on Saturday.Police identified the man responsible for Friday’s attack...
12:15
BJP president Amit Shah and Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh release manifesto for Chhattisgarh Assembly elections.
11:56
Wildfires burned out of control on Friday across California, killing at least nine people in a mountain town and forcing residents to flee the upscale beach community of Malibu in the face of a monster fire storm.All nine victims were found in and around the Northern California town of Paradise,...
11:24
India may have finalised its chief guest for the next Republic Day, two people familiar with the matter independently said, and it is most likely someone from Africa, perhaps South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The announcement will probably be made shortly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
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Ahead of their wedding, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh were spotted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai in the early hours of Saturday.Twinning in white, the couple looked elated as they greeted fans and the media with a big smile.Deepika looked stunning as she reached...
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Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Friday left for Delhi from Mathura after visiting Vrindavan and Radhakund, sources close to the former Bihar minister said.Yadav told a regional news channel earlier on Friday that he would not return home till his family...
09:53
The Election Commission of India on Friday denied reports of Mizoram's Chief Electoral Officer S B Shashank's removal.We will be assessing Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain's report in the matter who went to the poll-bound state, the Election Commission said.The poll body is likely to meet...
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United States President Donald Trump on Saturday said the suggestion of his French counterpart Emanuel Macron that Europe should build its own army was 'very insulting', asserting that Europe should first pay its 'fair share' to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation).Trump slammed Macron in a...
09:13
Various groups protesting against Tipu Jayanti celebrations in Madikeri detained by police in Karnataka.The government is wasting public money in the name of Tipu Jayanti. Tipu was not a warrior, he killed so many Hindus and attacked temples.Why are they glorifying a man like him? This is only...
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A day ahead of 'Tipu Jayanti', the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday staged protests against Karnataka government-sponsored celebrations for the birth anniversary of the 18th century ruler of erstwhile Mysore kingdom, Tipu Sultan.The party, which has appealed to the government to drop the...
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At least 15 newborns have died at Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH) in upper Assam between November 1 and 6, prompting the state health department to rush a team to investigate the matter, officials said on Friday.The hospital authorities have also formed a committee to look into the...
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The Election Commission on Friday imposed a near month-long ban on holding exit polls beginning November 12 in the five poll-bound states.A notification issued by the poll panel said between 7 am of November 12 and 5.30 pm of December 7, 'conducting any exit poll and publishing or publicising the...
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Three Dalits were allegedly thrashed by four men for objecting to their casteist slur in a village near Una town in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, police said on Friday.It comes over two years after the flogging of four Dalit youths by cow vigilantes in the same district triggered a national...
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