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Delhi recorded poor air quality on Thursday for the first time this season, the Central Pollution Control Board said. The Air Quality Index, based on 33 air quality monitoring centres, was at 211. AQI between 201 to 300 is considered as poor. Indications of increased fire activity...
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The Congress on Thursday disowned its overseas Congress unit in the United Kingdom, saying it is not authorised to talk on India's internal matters with outsiders, after Labour Party chief Jeremy Corbyn claimed he met local members of the Congress party and discussed human rights situation in...
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To provide relief to consumers from rising tomato prices, the Centre on Thursday directed state-run Mother Dairy to sell tomato puree through its 400-odd Safal outlets in the national capital. The Delhi government has also been asked to check hoarding and keep a vigil on border areas...
22:28
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday opposed bail application of Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, saying she should not be shown any leniency. Mukerjea had moved the bail application about six months ago on health grounds before special judge...
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Issuing an ultimatum to Air India, PSU oil majors on Thursday asked it to make the monthly lump sum payment by October 18 or they will stop the fuel supply at six major airports, according to an official document. In a letter sent to Air India, the three oil PSUs -- Indian Oil Corporation...
22:17
The United States on Thursday announced sanctions against South Africa's high-profile Indian-origin Gupta family for running a significant corruption network that leveraged its political connections to engage in bribery, capture government contracts and misappropriate state assets. ...
21:59
As India pulls out all stops to roll out a grand welcome to President Xi Jinping in ancient seaside temple town, Mahabalipuram, China has said the two countries pose no threat to each other and greater cooperation between the two Asian giants would inject positive energy in ensuring peace and...
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Heading to India on Friday for his 2nd informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to present gifts to him that symbolises their friendship as well as friendly ties between the two countries.Modi and Xi, who met numerous times in the last several years,...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday said he won't be bogged down by the recent interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case.Addressing election rallies in Mumbai's Goregaon and Santacruz suburbs, Raj said he had made it clear as said soon as he...
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, saying there is not Ram Raj but Nathuram Raj in the state, a day after he visited the family of a youth killed in a police encounter over alleged illegal sand mining.Besides mob lynching,...
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After the Bihar police ordered closure of the sedition case filed against 49 personalities, who had signed an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over rising incidents of mob lynching, the complainant on Thursday filed a protest petition against the police. Advocate Sudhir Kumar...
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President Ram Nath Kovind will be on a two-day Gujarat visit from Saturday during which he is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Hiraba and visit a famous Jain temple-cum-museum near Gandhinagar, officials said on Thursday.As per his itinerary, Kovind will arrive in Ahmedabad...
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South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada did try to disturb Cheteshwar Pujara's concentration on the opening day of the second Test, but tactic hardly bothered the senior India batsman as he was in his own zone. Rabada did say a few words to Pujara after dismissing him for 58, perhaps letting a...
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Mob lynching is a reality and has become a new normal, the Communist Party of India said Thursday, hitting out at Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat for his comments that the word lynching was alien to the Indian tradition. In his Dussehra address in Nagpur, Bhagwat had...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Mumbai on Sunday for the Maharashtra assembly elections.It will be his first campaign event in the state ahead of the October 21 elections.Mumbai Congress chief Eknath Gaikwad said Gandhi will address a rally at Dharavi on Sunday evening.Gaikwad's...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday lashed out at the Congress over its shameful shenanigans and demanded an explanation after British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said he discussed the human rights situation in Kashmir with UK representatives from the Indian Congress Party.A very...
19:22
Expressing shock over the brutal killing of a school teacher and his family members in Murshidabad district, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said the incident reflects the law and order situation of the state.A primary school teacher, his wife and 8-year-old son were hacked to...
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Former promoter of Ranbaxy pharmaceuticals, Shivinder Singh, was arrested on Thursday by the Delhi police in a Rs. 740-crore fraud case. Shivinder Singh's brother Malvinder Singh is also named in the case.The brothers have been accused by Religare Finvest of fraud and misappropriation of...
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Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the entire world stands by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, while on the other hand, Pakistan stands alone in a corner.Prime Minister Modi recently returned from the UN, and the entire world...
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A delegation of Sufi leaders and spiritual heads of various shrines across the country will visit Jammu and Kashmir between October 12 and 14 to meet the locals and assess the ground situation there. The spiritual head of Ajmer dargah, Zainul Abedin Ali Khan, has taken the initiative to...
16:41
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk has won the Nobel Literature for 2018 while 2019 Literature Nobel has bee n awarded to Austrian author Peter Handke.The 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature was postponed for a year due to the sexual harassment scandal that shook the Swedish Academy.
16:11
India on Thursday said it was deeply concerned over the unilateral military offensive by Turkey in northeastern Syria and asserted that the action can undermine stability in the region as well as the fight against terrorism. On Wednesday, Turkish jets and artillery targeted...
15:57
The Income Tax Department on Thursday conducted raids at premises linked to former deputy chief minister of Karnataka G Parameshwara and others in connection with a multi-crore tax evasion case linked to the NEET exams, officials said.A total of 30 premises are being covered in the raids and a...
15:20
BJP working president J P Nadda has been accorded with 'Z' category security and he will be guarded by the commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force round the clock, officials said on Thursday. The decision has been taken by the Union Home Ministry taking into consideration of the...
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Pakistan on Thursday said no date has been fixed so far for the inauguration of the much-awaited Kartarpur corridor, even as it assured that it will be open on time on the occasion of the 550th birth anniversary of Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak Dev next month. The statement came nearly a...
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NCP leader Sharad Pawar has joined the debate over the 'shastra puja' performed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in front of the Rafale fighter jet handed over by France on Tuesday. Pawar, while acknowledging the Rs 59,000 crore deal was in India's best interests, was left bewildered by the...
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Finance Minister met a few angry and disgruntled customers of the PMC bank in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She assured them of all the help she could provide them with. Later, she held a press conference and this is what she said:>> PMC is a multi-state cooperative and is regulated by RBI....
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Electioneering for the eight assembly seats in Maharashtra's Amravati will gain momentum from Friday when BJP president Amit Shah and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will address separate rallies in the district located in the Vidarbha region.Shah will address a public gathering in Melghat...
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A BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh has written a letter to Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, asking him to immediately stop the telecast of Bigg Boss-13 alleging that the show is 'spreading vulgarity and hurting the social morality of the country'.BJP MLA from Loni, Nand...
11:59
Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday questioned the heavy deployment of troops in the Valley post the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and alleged that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is using forces and hijacking their sacrifices to get votes.The statement...
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Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told a Surat court that he did not say anything wrong when he wondered why all thieves shared the Modi surname.Rahul Gandhi made the remark as the court deferred till December 10 the hearing on the defamation case filed against former Congress...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday appeared before a court in Surat in a criminal defamation case filed against him over his remark: Why do all thieves share the Modi surname?Chief Judicial Magistrate B H Kapadia had in May issued summons to Gandhi after admitting a complaint filed by local...
11:01
India's M C Mary Kom (51kg) enters semi-finals of World Women's Boxing Championship, assured of unprecedented eighth medal. Mary Kom beat reigning Olympic medalist Ingrit Valencia by unanimous decision 5:0 to storm into the semis.
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The Congress has slammed the Narendra Modi-led government for failing to stop China from interfering in the internal matters of India after China said it was paying close attention to the situation in Kashmir.Taking to Twitter after a heated exchange of words between India and China on Kashmir,...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives in Surat. He will appear before Surat Court today in connection with a case over his comment Why do all thieves have Modi in their names.In April this year, Rahul is reported to have said that Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi and Narendra Modi...how come they all have...
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Border Security Force personnel on the third consecutive day spotted drone entered from Pakistan's side on Wednesday evening in Hussainiwala border in Ferozepur, sources said.The drone was first spotted around 7:15 pm and again spotted by security personnel and locals after three hours. Later,...
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Jammu and Kashmir will open for tourists from today two months after an advisory was issued asking tourists to leave the Valley due to “terror threat”.The decision to lift the curb was announced by the governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday following a “situation-cum-security review” meeting...
09:29
Around 30 Shiv Sena corporators and several other party leaders from Kalyan (East) assembly seat submitted their resignations to Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in support of the party's rebel candidate Dhananjay Bodare. Local Shiv Sena leaders are reportedly upset over the party's order to...
08:58
The Swedish Academy will crown two Nobel literature laureates on Thursday, after postponing last year's prize over a sexual harassment scandal.Experts say the academy will seek to avoid ruffling any feathers with this year's choices as it bids to move on from the scandal that saw the husband of...
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The Jammu and Kashmir administration will release three politicians detained since August 5 after the Centre abrogated special status granted to the state under the Constitution, officials said. Yawar Mir, Noor Mohammed and Shoiab Lone will be released on various grounds which...
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Congress general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia said that his party needs to do some introspection.Speaking to media, Scindia was responding to a question about senior leader Salman Khurshid's statement about leadership vacuum in the party.I don't comment on others' statement, but it is true that...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday attended the 'at home' programme of the Indian Air Force to mark its 87th raising day and released a commemorative stamp to honour Marshal of the Air Force late Arjan Singh. The PM also witnessed an exhibition on self-reliance through...
