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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting flood-ravaged Kerala and said it awaits a relief package like those given to other affected states.Gandhi's criticism of the prime minister came through a tweet as Modi said Kerala was 'special' to him...
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Himachal Pradesh assembly on Friday passed a bill against religious conversion by use of force, inducement and fraudulent means.The Freedom of Religion Bill 2019 has made changes in some sections of a similar bill that was passed by the Congress government led by Virbdhra Singh in 2006.However,...
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InterGlobe Aviation on Friday said its Chief Financial Officer Rohit Philip has put in his papers.Aditya Pandey would replace him from September 16, the company said in a regulatory filing.Philip's resignation is effective September 15.InterGlobe Aviation is the parent company of the country's...
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An apparently inexplicable figure in separatist Yaseen Malik's documents led to the National Investigation Agency calling leading Delhi cardiologist Upendra Kaul for an explanation on Friday.Kaul, who has been treating Malik for various cardiac ailments for two decades, told NIA officials the...
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Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed suffered an electric shock on Friday while speaking against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally during the 'Kashmir Hour'.Pakistan on Friday observed the 'Kashmir Hour' to express 'solidarity' with the Kashmiri people after India revoked the...
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A court in Mumbai has issued a summons to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation complaint filed against him for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'commander-in-thief' last year while attacking him over the Rafale deal.Girgaum metropolitan magistrate here on August 28 issued the summons...
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Mumbai's most famous of Sarvajanik Ganpatis, Lalbaugcha Raja, was unveiled on Friday evening, two days ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.This year, a model of Chandrayaan-2 is shown in the idol's background.Lalbaugcha Raja, known as the 'one who fulfills all wishes', has entered its 86th...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will induct United States-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters into the Indian Air Force at Pathankot in Punjab on September 3, an official said on Friday.The first four of the 22 helicopters was handed over to the air force by US aerospace major Boeing on July...
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As many as 200 additional foreigners tribunals will be operational in Assam from Monday where bona fide citizens, whose names do not figure in the final NRC, can approach to challenge their exclusion, officials said on Friday. These tribunals are being set up by the Assam government with the...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday raised the chit fund scam matter in the Assembly and claimed that only Left is unaffected by the Central probe agencies as they have an understanding with the Bharatiya Janata Party.There is no political party in the country, except the Left,...
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The Uttar Pradesh Police Friday evening arrived in the Supreme Court with the woman law student who had gone missing after levelling harassment allegations against former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, and was found in Rajasthan. The apex court, in the pre-lunch...
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Senior Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar on Friday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in a money laundering case, officials said. Shivakumar arrived at the agency's headquarters in Khan Market here around 6:30 pm and he was accompanied by his...
19:03
First reactions from the government on the seven-year-low GDP figure of 5 per cent: Chief Economic Adviser KV Subramanian: Slowdown in growth due to endogenous and exogenous factors. Govt is alive to the situation and has taken several measures, including mega merger of banks,...
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Sharp deceleration in manufacturing output and subdued farm sector activity pulled down India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth to a seven-year low of 5 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2019-20, according to official data released on Friday. The gross value added (GVA) growth in...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Friday submitted documents related to the questioning of former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case to the Supreme Court in a sealed cover under its official seal.The documents were submitted before a bench of Justices R...
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In a bizarre incident, Pakistan's Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed got an electric shock while addressing a gathering on Friday. That's not the bizarre part. He got the electric shock the moment he made a comment on PM Narendra Modi. In a video which has gone viral on social media,...
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Former Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha has been appointed as OSD in PMO following a request by Nripendra Misra (in image), principal secretary to the prime minister, to be relieved of his assignment. Sources said Mishra expressed his intention to be relieved of his assignment and ...
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Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday reviewed the operational preparedness of the forces along the Line of Control in the Kashmir Valley on the first day of his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. This is General Rawat's first visit to the state where restriction are in place since...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reacts to the Congress party's accusation on the government being responsible for the rising number of bank frauds in the country. 'Loot & Scoot' in 'New India' as a complicit BJP govt looks the other way and common man is taxed! party spokesperson Randeep...
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The I-T department on Friday dismissed social media reports which claimed that the government has extended the due date for filing of income tax returns by a month and advised taxpayers to complete the process by the set deadline of August 31. It has come to the notice of CBDT that an...
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JUST IN: Central Bureau of Investigation has conducted a special drive under which 150 joint surprise checks were carried out at places across the country. Checks were held at various places of suspected corruption.
16:49
Sitharaman continues announcing a slew of bank reforms. Here's are the highlights:- Board committee of public sector banks to appraise the performances of officers at the level of general manager and above- Banks to recruit chief risk officers from the market- For succession plans, boards to...
16:44
Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will be merged into one bank, announces Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. She said that they shall form the second largest public sector bank with business of Rs 17.95 lakh crore.Down South, the Canara Bank and...
16:33
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is addressing another press conference this evening. Sitharaman's press conference is being held shortly before the latest Gross Domestic Product growth numbers are released. After my previous announcement, 4 NBFCs are reaching out to public sector banks...
16:03
A Delhi Court extended by three days the Central Bureau of Investigation custody of P Chidambaram, arrested in a corruption case arising from the INX Media scam. He will be in the CBI custody till September 2.The order was passed by Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar before whom Chidambaram was...
15:43
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday advised Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to try out a newly launched Ayush health centre to get something for his sore throat, which he might have got while talking at public meetings. He made the remark in a lighter vein while inaugurating 10...
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Citing the Reserve Bank of India's Annual Report 2018-2019, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday questioned who is the guarantor under which such big bank frauds are being allowed.The country's largest banking institution RBI is saying that bank frauds are increasing under the...
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Officials from India and Pakistan on Friday discussed the technical modalities of the Kartarpur corridor for the Sikh pilgrims, the first meeting after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status leading to fresh tensions between the two countries. The meeting at the Zero point, where...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to address the media at 4 pm today at National Media Center in Delhi.
14:37
The Supreme Court Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to produce before it during the day the woman law student who had gone missing after levelling harassment allegations against former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, and has now been found in Rajasthan. The apex...
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Two city-based banks, United Bank of India and Allahabad Bank, have decided to offer select loan products linked to repo rates to pass on the benefit of the RBI's rate cut to their customers, bank officials said on Friday. UBI sources said the bank would offer housing and car loan products with...
13:45
Update on the Chinmayanand story: The Supreme Court asks UP govt to apprise it on the whereabouts of girl who levelled allegations against Chinmayanand. SC asks the UP govt to inform it as to by when the girl can be produced before court.
13:31
Actor and BJP MP Sunny Deol says he doesn't pay attention to people's reaction about his fledgling political career because he believes in quietly doing his work. Deol, who was elected as MP from Gurdaspur after defeating Congress' Sunil Jakhar by 82,459 votes in the Lok Sabha polls this...
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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday to take up the issue of a Sikh girl being reportedly kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam in Pakistan. Shocking incident of a Sikh girl being kidnapped & forced to convert to Islam in Nankana...
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The missing student whose father alleged she was sexually harassed by BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand has been located in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh Police said on Friday. In the Shahjahanpur episode, the girl has been located by Shahjahanpur police in Rajasthan along with her friend. Necessary...
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A delegation of Sri Guru Ravidas Mandir Rebuilding Committee meets Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Thursday urged the Delhi Development Authority vice-chairman to immediately review the matter of demolition of Guru Ravidas Temple...
12:44
Hundreds of agitators, including women, on Friday blocked traffic on a section of the Mumbai- Ahmedabad highway to protest demolition of an ashram at the Tungareshwar hills at Virar near Thane district. Thane district rural police sources said due to the agitation, hundreds of vehicles were...
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Ahead of the publication of final NRC, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday asked people not to panic and said the state government will take all possible steps to help genuine Indians prove their citizenship and provide legal assistance. Sonowal also said exclusion of anyone's...
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India and Pakistan held a technical meeting at the Zero Point on Friday on the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor, amid fresh tensions between the two countries after Jammu and Kashmir's special status was scrapped. The meeting comprised of a group of 15 officials from each side,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that while there may be differences between individuals and organisations, there should be space in public life for differing streams to listen to each other's point of view. Addressing the Manorama News Conclave in Kochi via a video...
10:45
Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar said the Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons, asking him to appear before it in Delhi on Friday. The ED move comes after the Karnataka high court had on Thursday dismissed Shivakumar's petition challenging the...
10:24
Fresh restrictions were imposed in Srinagar city and other parts of the Kashmir Valley as a preventive measure ahead of Friday congregational prayers, officials said.Restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPc were announced on the public address system, and people have been asked not to venture...
10:19
Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 200 points and the Nifty reclaimed the 11,000 level in early trade on Friday led by gains in financial and energy stocks amid positive global cues. The 30-share index was trading 205.70 points, or 0.55 per cent, higher at 37,274.63 at...
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Leading pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested by Hong Kong police on Friday morning, his political organisation Demosisto said, ahead of another week of planned protests in the semi-autonomous region.Our secretary-general @joshuawongcf was just arrested this morning at roughly 7:30,...
09:45
The Congress on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party government of forcefully taking Rs 1,76 lakh crore from the Reserve Bank of India to hide a grave economic slowdown and claimed that it had pushed the country into a financial emergency. The Reserve Bank of India had on Monday...
09:19
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat will visit Srinagar today for the first time since the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.During his visit, General Rawat will review the security situation and preparedness of armed forces in the Valley.On Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal...
09:16
Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar on Thursday hit out at the Centre over the security clamp-down in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.Her husband has not been able to speak to his parents, who live in Kashmir, for the last 22 days, she said.The question is not only...
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The United States plans to cut its military forces in Afghanistan to 8600 troops after it reaches the peace deal with Taliban, President Donald Trump said on Thursday.We're going down to 8,600 [troops] and then we'll make a determination from there as to what happens, Trump told Fox...
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Security measures have been tightened across Assam and prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC have been clamped on Thursday in vulnerable areas of the state, including in the capital city ahead of the publication of the final Natinoal Register of Citizens, which is touted as the proof of...
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