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 Sun, 30 September 2018
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20:54

LPG cylinder price hiked by Rs 59; subsidised gas to cost Rs 2.89 more

Subsidised cooking gas price on Sunday hiked by Rs 2.89 per cylinder to Rs 502.4 per cylinder.   The price of non-subsidised LPG at Delhi will increase by Rs 59.00 per cylinder in October 2018 mainly due to change in international price and foreign exchange fluctuations, Indian Oil...
20:48

India wants to have trade deal with US to avoid tariffs: Trump

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United States President Donald Trump Saturday said that India wants to have a trade deal with the US because it does not want him to impose tariffs on their products.Trump remarks, for the second time in recent weeks, comes days after Assistant US Trade Representative Mark Linscott returned from...
20:31

Top army commander takes stock of situation in valley

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General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Army's Northern Command Lt Gen Ranbir Singh visited the Kashmir valley on Sunday to review the prevailing security situation in the wake of recent counter-militancy operations which have to the elimination of several terrorists, an official said. ...
20:26

Monsoon ends with 'below normal' rainfall: IMD

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The monsoon season ended on Sunday with a below normal showing this year as the country recorded a nine per cent deficit in rainfall, according to the India Meteorological Department.  Alongside Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal northeastern states recorded the maximum deficiency, the weather...
20:09

NSG upgrades security cover of its VIPs; matches SPG drills

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The National Security Guard, which provides top category security cover to select VIPs like Home Minister Rajnath Singh and a number of chief ministers, has upgraded its protocol and armour on lines of the Special Protection Group in view of the upcoming election season in the country.The elite...
20:04

Scolded for using phone in class, Chhattisgarh girl hangs self

A 16-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide in a government school in Madhya Pradesh's Korba district after she was reportedly reprimanded by her teacher for using a mobile phone during class, police said Sunday.Babli Yadav, a Class IX student, hung herself from a tree in the premises of the...
19:57

Lt-Gen Asim Munir set to be Pak's new ISI chief: Report

Lt Gen Asim Munir is expected to be the new chief of Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI after its current boss, Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar, retires on Monday, according to a media report.  The Army Promotion Board headed by Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa approved the promotions of six...
19:31

Aspirin may reduce cancer spread: Study

Taking aspirin can boost the survival of cancer patients and reduce the risk of the disease to others parts of the body, say scientists.  Researchers analysed 71 medical studies, which looked at the survival of 120,000 patients with cancer who took aspirin, compared with 400,000 patients who...
19:29

Saudi delegation in Pakistan for talks days after invite to join CPEC

A high-level delegation from Saudi Arabia arrived in Pakistan on Sunday for talks during which five memorandums of understanding including the one on selling petroleum products on deferred payments are expected to be signed, weeks after Islamabad invited Riyadh to join the USD 50 billion CPEC as...
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Only 'women activists' expected to visit Sabarimala: TDB chief

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Travancore Devaswom Board president A Padmakumar Sunday said real women devotees of Lord Ayyappa were unlikely to visit Sabarimala temple and only women activists will reach the hillock shrine, in view of the recent Supreme Court verdict.    The apex court had on September 28...
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Need to keep social media toxic-free, says Sitharaman

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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday stressed the need to keep the social media toxic-free to build an intelligent and smart narrative for the country to progress fast.  We should be the pioneers to make that place toxic-free. It should be an engagement forum, but without...
18:36

Jet Airways Hyderabad-Indore flight makes emergency landing

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A Jet Airways aircraft from Hyderabad to Indore with 103 people on board made an emergency landing at the airport here in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday after one of its engines failed, an official said.  The plane landed safely at 12.06 pm, Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport's director Aryama Sanyal...
18:34

Pollution level again increases in Delhi due to local factors

After few days of 'good' air quality in the national capital, the pollution level has gone up due to local factors, officials said Sunday.  The Air Quality Index was recorded at 159, over four times more than last Tuesday, according to the Centre's System of Air Quality and Weather...
18:07

Govt owes Air India over Rs 1146.86 crore for VVIP charter flights: RTI

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The total outstanding of cash-strapped Air India towards government for VVIP charter flights stands at Rs 1146.86 crore, according to the latest response from the national carrier to an RTI application.  According to the details furnished by the Air India on September 26 to applicant...
17:27

Now hear Mahatma Gandhi's 'heart beat' at National Gandhi Museum

People can now listen to the recreated heart beats of Mahatma Gandhi at Delhi's National Gandhi Museum, which will launch a series of  programmes Monday to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation.  On the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, the museum will also inaugurate...
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FB, Twitter to help EC check fake news during polls

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Internet major Google and social media giants Twitter and Facebook have assured the Election Commission that they will not allow their platforms to be used for anything which effects the purity of polls during campaign period, Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat has said.  He said it was...
16:54

AIR to celebrate 80th anniversary of 1st external broadcast in a big way

On October 1, 1939, the All India Radio made its first broadcast for foreign listeners -- a Pashto service started by the then British rulers to counter the Nazi Germany propaganda during World War II.  The national radio broadcaster has decided that the 80th anniversary of the historic...
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Contamination of polio vaccines: Health ministry asks teams in UP to track children given vaccine

After traces of Polio Virus Type 2 were found in some batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by a Ghaziabad-based pharmaceutical company, the health ministry has asked the polio surveillance team in Uttar Pradesh  to trace and track all children who were given the vaccine.  As the...
15:50

Define the term 'urban naxal', asks Romila Thapar

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Eminent historian Romila Thapar, who petitioned the Supreme Court against the house arrest of five Left-leaning activists, has asked government to define the phrase 'urban naxal', saying either they do not understand the meaning of the term or the activists like her do not.Talking on the house...
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Apple executive, shot by constables in UP, cremated

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The executive of a private company who was allegedly shot dead by constables in Gomti Nagar locality in Lucknow was on Sunday cremated in presence of Uttar Pradesh ministers and family members.   Vivek Tiwari, 38, was shot on Saturday by constables Prashant Chowdhury and Sandeep Kumar...
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Pak's ISI chief to retire on Monday

Chief of Pakistan's powerful spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, Lt General Naveed Mukhtar, and four other three-star generals will retire on Monday, according to a media report.  Besides director general of ISI Lt Gen Mukhtar, the others retiring on Monday are Peshawar Corps Commander...
14:37

Pak chopper violates Indian airspace

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A Pakistani chopper today violated the airspace along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, the army said.   Jammu-based army PRO Lt Col Devender Anand said the helicopter violated the airspace around 12:10 pm. Official sources said a white-colour chopper...
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Indonesia quake, tsunami death toll rises to 832

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The death toll from a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia has soared to 832 and could climb higher, the disaster agency said Sunday.The new toll announced by the national disaster agency was almost double the previous figure. Indonesian vice-president Jusuf Kalla said the final number of...
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Prez gives assent to India's first good samaritan bill of Karnataka

President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to a bill, India's first, which will give legal protection to the good samaritans in Karnataka who help accidents victims with emergency medical care within the 'golden hour', officials said Sunday.  With this, Karnataka has become the first state...
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India believes in peace but not at cost of self respect: PM

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India staunchly believes in peace and is committed to taking it forward, but it would not be at the cost of compromising its self-respect and sovereignty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as he asserted that the armed forces will give a befitting reply to any attempt to destroy the...
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1,500 TN fishermen driven away by Lankan Navy

Around 1,500 fishermen from Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram returned to the shores without fish catch today after they were allegedly driven away by Sri Lankan Navay near Katchatheevu, a fishermen association leader said.     The fishermen, who had put out to sea on Saturday in over 275...
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We shouldn't make noise, if Dassault didn't find HAL useful: V K Singh

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Minister of State for External Affairs General V K Singh has defended the Rafale fighter aircraft deal, saying it is not the government but the company that makes the equipment which decides the partner to fulfil the offset obligations in the inter-governmental agreements.  Addressing the...
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Naidu meets ailing Parrikar

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday met ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi to enquire about his health.  Parrikar was admitted to the AIIMS on September 15.Parrikar, 62, was flown to the national capital owing to his...
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Rishi Kapoor flies to US for medical treatment, asks fans not to speculate

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Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor on Saturday said he was leaving for the United States to seek medical treatment and will be away from work for some time.  The 66-year-old actor took to Twitter to share the news, saying after facing over four decades of wear and tear in the showbiz, the check-up...
10:54

PM condoles loss of lives in Indonesia tsunami

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the loss of lives in tsunami which hit parts of Indonesia, saying India stands with its maritime neighbour in this difficult hour.  Over 400 people were killed when a powerful quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of...
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Policeman killed in terrorist attack in Shopian

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A policeman was killed in a terrorist attack on a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Sunday, police said.Terrorists in District Shopian fired indiscriminately on Police Station Shopian. The attack was repulsed by alert jawans, a police spokesman said.He said in this...
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Trump says he and North Korea's Kim Jong-un 'in love'

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US President Donald Trump said he and North Korea's Kim Jong-un have fallen in love -- their bromance fuelled by beautiful letters he received from the leader of the nuclear-armed state.  Trump elevated his recent praise of Kim to new heights, at a West Virginia rally in support of...
09:57

Navy needs minesweeper ships urgently, left with only 2

The Indian Navy currently has only two minesweeper ships at its disposal to safeguard sea lanes and ports spread across thousands of kilometres of coastlines in the eastern and western seaboards, a top Navy officer has said.The navy requires 12 minesweeper ships, but at present has only two, Rear...
09:14

"Host and patron" of UN-designated terrorists: India replies to Pak at UN

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Taking a strong stand at the United Nations General Assembly, India called out Pakistan after the country's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi alleged that New Delhi was involved in the Peshawar school terror attack in 2014. While rejecting Qureshi's statement, Eenam Gambhir, India's First...
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FBI reaches out to Kavanaugh's second victim

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has contacted the second victim, Deborah Ramirez who has accused US Supreme Court Judge Nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.Ramirez had accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a Yale college party in the 1980s.On Friday, United States President...
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Terrorists attack police station in Kashmir, cop injured

A policeman was injured critically in a terrorist attack on a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Sunday, a police official said.  Terrorists opened indiscriminate fire on the police station in south Kashmir early today, the official said.The injured policeman has...
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Musk agrees to pay $20 million, quit as Tesla chairman in deal with SEC

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Elon Musk agreed to step down as chairman of Tesla and pay a $20 million fine in a deal to settle charges brought this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission.Under the settlement, which requires court approval, Musk will be allowed to stay as CEO but must leave his role as chairman of the...