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Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar Saturday dismissed speculation that his party was likely to merge with the Congress. Speaking at a party meeting in Mumbai, Pawar also touched on the issue of alleged Electronic Voting Machine tampering, saying he had doubts about the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will offer prayers at the famed Sri Krishna Temple in Kerala's Guruvayur on June 8. This will be Modi's first visit to the southern state after assuming office as prime minister for the second consecutive time.According to temple sources, the prime minister is...
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The sluggish pace of monsoon has further delayed its onset over Kerala to June 7, private weather forecaster Skymet has said, revising its earlier forecast date. Skymet previously said the monsoon would reach Kerala, commencing the four-month rainfall season in the country, on June 4 with...
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Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Saturday briefed Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the security situation in the state, which is currently under the President's rule. During the 15-minute meeting, the Governor apprised the home minister about the preparation for the Amarnath...
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A Samajwadi Party politician has been shot at by unidentified men in Greater Noida, within 12 hours of the killing of a local party unit chief in Gautam Buddh Nagar, police said Saturday. The incident took place late on Friday night when Brajpal Rathi, the party's district secretary was...
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Where Amit Shah's name comes, all challenges come to an end, said new Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Saturday. The comment came after Rai took charge as junior home minister under Amit Shah, who took charge as Union Home Minister on Saturday.Asked to describe the...
18:24
Pakistan is likely to lift the airspace ban along its eastern border with India in reciprocation to India's decision to remove all the temporary restrictions on all air routes in the Indian air space, a senior Pakistani government official indicated Saturday. The Indian Air Force on...
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The BJP will send 10 lakh post cards with Jai Shri Ram written on them to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, a party leader said on Saturday, in a move likely to add salt to the ruling TMC's wounds after a bruising performance in Lok Sabha polls. We have decided to send 10 lakh...
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Nine Rohingyas have been arrested from Moreh town near the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur's Tengnoupal district with fake Aadhaar cards, police said Saturday. Superintendent of Police Vikramjit told PTI that following a tip-off police apprehended four Rohingyas including two women...
17:44
Former Arsenal and Spanish international footballer Jose Antonio Reyes killed in a car crash.
17:27
Former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi on Saturday said there was no possibility of manipulating the EVM-VVPAT system, but the Election Commission should explain to the opposition and the people by clearing doubts about it. In the recent Lok Sabha polls, the...
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The construction of the Kartarpur corridor on the Indian side will be completed by September 30, said Punjab PWD minister Vijay Inder Singla on Saturday. The corridor will link the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Indian Punjab's Gurdaspur with Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur in...
17:02
The Centre has shortlisted five cities -- Delhi, Shimla, Mysore, Ahmedabad and Ranchi -- for holding the national programme of the International Yoga Day this year.It will be the government's first mega public event after Narendra Modi became prime minister for a second term.Names of the four...
16:33
GST collections touched Rs 1 lakh crore in May, as compared to Rs 94,016 crore in the year ago period, the government said Saturday. The gross collection in May at Rs 1,00,289 crore is, however, lower than Rs 1,13,865 crore collected in April. A total of 72.45 lakh GSTR-3B...
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The Enforcement Directorate has summoned senior Nationalist Congress Party leader and former aviation minister Praful Patel next week as part of its money laundering probe related to alleged losses suffered by national carrier Air India in a multi-crore aviation scam during the United Progressive...
15:59
In a signal to Pakistan to open its airspace for commercial airlines, Indian Air Force has announced that all temporary restrictions imposed on Indian airspace post Balakot airstrike have been removed. Earlier this week, Pakistan civil aviation authorities had extended the closure of its...
14:55
India has described as 'unfortunate' the United States' decision to terminate India's designation as a beneficiary developing country.India had offered resolution on significant US requests to find a mutually acceptable way forward. It is unfortunate that this didn't find acceptance by the US,...
14:08
Five youths from Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, who had joined militancy, shunned the path of violence and surrendered, police said Saturday. Five youths, who had joined different terror outfits, shunned the path of violence and returned to the mainstream following efforts by...
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The Congress is reviewing the defeat of its president Rahul Gandhi in the party stronghold of Amethi in the Lok Sabha elections, a party leader said. Zubair Khan, who looks after the political work of party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Kishori Lal Sharma, the...
13:44
Filmmaker Vikas Bahl has received a clean chit in the sexual harassment case following an internal inquiry by Reliance Entertainment, producer of his next film Super 30. The Queendirector was accused of sexual harassment by a former employee at the now dissolved Phantom Films, which had...
13:35
Actor Robert Pattinson has officially been cast as the Batman in Matt Reeves' upcoming directorial about the Caped Crusader. The 33-year-old actor succeeds Ben Affleck who played the part in three films -- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad and Justice League.According...
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Rajanth Singh on Saturday took charge as the defence minister and immediately held a meeting with the top military brass. Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik, Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra and top officials of the ministry accorded a warm welcome to Singh. After taking...
12:44
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday insisted that the Congress will continue to fight the Bharatiya Janata Party every day despite the defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.Last time we were 44 in the Lok Sabha and we took on the BJP and now we have 52 and we will fight the BJP every day,...
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Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah today took charge as the Union Home Minister, two days after he was sworn-in following a landslide victory of the saffron party-led NDA. Shah was received at the North Block office of the home ministry by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and...
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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said Muslims are free to follow their faith and visit mosques and should not be worried about the Bharatiya Janata Party's return to power, as the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion to every citizen. If Modi can...
11:44
Newly-elected Panaji MLA Atanasio Monserratte of the Congress and Panaji Mayor Uday Madkaikar are among three persons booked by the police for allegedly molesting a woman during an anti-encroachment drive, police said on Saturday.The Corporation of City of Panaji has undertaken a drive to clear...
11:42
Prakash Javadekar takes charge as the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Babul Supriyo, MoS in the ministry, is also present.
11:07
Congress Parliamentary Party meeting underway, party president Rahul Gandhi present.Sonia Gandhi has been elected as Chairperson of Congress Parliamentary Party. -- ANI
11:02
Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party president B S Yeddyurappa has said that he has been asked by the central leadership not to disturb the state government.I have just returned from Delhi. Our leaders have instructed me not to involve in any move that will scuttle the govt in the state.I believe...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at the residence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.More details awaited. -- ANI
10:12
The main accused in the murder of Surendra Singh, a close aide of Amethi MP Smriti Irani, was arrested by the police following an encounter in Amethi.According to the police, the accused, identified as Wasim, was held in Shalhapur area on Friday night following an encounter where he sustained a...
09:30
All temporary restrictions imposed on all air routes, in the country's air space have been lifted, the Indian Air Force said.The move comes immediately after Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his second term in office.'Temporary restrictions on all air routes in the Indian airspace, imposed by...
09:11
President Donald Trump has terminated India's designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the key GSP trade programme after determining that it has not assured the United States that it will provide 'equitable and reasonable access to its markets'.The Generalised System of Preference...
08:31
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays tribute at the National War Memorial.Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa and Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh are also present.Rajnath Singh will formally take charge as the defence minister today. -- ANI
08:12
At least 11 people were killed while six others sustained injuries after a gunman opened fire at a municipal centre in the United States city of Virginia Beach on Friday (local time), police said.The suspect, who died at the scene, was a longtime employee in the public utility department,...
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Of the 56 ministers who took oath on Thursday and are part of either the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha, 51 are crorepatis and 22 have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).It said eight ministers have declared their...
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