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The Jamia Millia Islamia will move court for the registration of an FIR against the Delhi Police in connection with the police action on students in December last year, university officials said on Wednesday.The decision to move court was taken at an emergent Executive council meeting, they...
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Services trade in 2019.
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India's exports and imports during Apr-Dec 2019 as compared to the same period in 2018.
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India's exports and imports both decline in December 2019.
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India's imports vs exports in 2019.
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Amid furore over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Home Ministry on Wednesday gave one more month to a high-level committee to submit its report on assessing quantum of seats to be reserved in the Assam Assembly and local bodies for the Assamese people.The committee was formed...
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There has been increasing Chinese involvement in the Indian Ocean and the Indian Navy is watching carefully, Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh said on Wednesday.Speaking at a panel discussion at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, he also said that there have been instances when the People's...
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The Budget Session of Parliament will commence on January 31 and subject to the exigencies of government business, is likely to conclude on April 3 with a recess in between, an official communication said on Wednesday.President Ram Nath Kovind will address a joint sitting of both the Lok Sabha...
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Writer and activist Arundhati Roy will give the Clark Lecture 2020 -- THE GRAVEYARD TALKS BACK. Fiction in the time of Fake News -- on February 13, at Trinity College, Cambridge, the college posted on social media.Roy, the author of Booker-winning The God of Small Things, will be the first Indian...
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Air India's Washington-Delhi flight, which was to depart from the United States capital on Sunday at 10.25 am, faced a 57 hour-delay as the B787-8 aircraft developed a glitch in its braking system, a senior official of the airline said.AI104 Washington-Delhi flight was able to leave on Wednesday...
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In a first, the government will collect data on households headed by a transgender and members living in the family, Home Ministry officials said on Wednesday.Census officers will be seeking specific information based on 31 questions from every household during the houselisting and housing census...
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A group of Union ministers will visit Jammu and Kashmir later this month to spread awareness about the positive impact of abrogation of Article 370 provisions and the development measures taken by the government for the region, sources said on Wednesday. The schedule for the visit of the...
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy has said he was in favour of inscribing the image of Goddess Lakshmi on bank notes which could improve the condition of the Indian currency.Swamy was speaking to reporters on Tuesday night after addressing a lecture series titled...
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China has made a fresh pitch to raise the Kashmir issue in a closed-door meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York on Wednesday, but the attempt is likely to fail as all other member countries of the body are set to oppose it. French diplomatic sources said France has noted...
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A Delhi Court grants bail to Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad in the Daryaganj violence case. The court has ordered him to not hold any protest in Delhi till February 16th. Azad was arrested by the Delhi Police on December 21 for 'inciting a mob and indulging in violence'. Azad's...
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Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that former prime minister Indira Gandhi used to come to meet yesteryear don Karim Lala in Mumbai. Recalling days of the underworld in Mumbai, Raut, who was earlier a journalist, said gangsters like Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel and Sharad...
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Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and life term for raping a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. Sengar challenged the December 20 verdict of a trial court here which had sentenced him to life imprisonment and had imposed an...
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The Delhi government on Wednesday recommended rejecting the mercy plea filed by Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, and forwarded it to the LG at lightning speed, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said. He said the...
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People celebrating harvest festival 'Bhogali Bihu', also called 'Magh Bihu', in Assam on Wednesday burnt copies of the Citizenship Amendment Act in bonfires of 'Mejis' lit on the occasion. Protests against the Act have been raging in the state since it was passed in the Parliament in...
16:14
Market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty on Wednesday closed in the red, pausing their four-session winning run on emergence of selling mainly in banking stocks. After trading on a volatile note through the day, the 30-share BSE Sensex settled 79.90 points or 0.19 per cent lower at 41,872.73....
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NCW chief Rekha Sharma on Wednesday condemned the Delhi government's delaying tactics in the execution of the Nirbhaya case convicts and urged the authorities to hang them on January 22, as ordered by a local court early this month. Her remarks came after the Delhi government informed the...
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BJP) leader GVL Narasimha Rao on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar for the comments he made at Shaheen Bagh, saying he always hurls abuses at the Prime Minister.Mani Shankar Aiyar has been a repeat offender and always hurls abuses at Prime Minister Modi. Every time he returns...
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The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is normal and people are participating in the development process, Lt Governor G C Murmu said on Wednesday assuring no stone would be left unturned for the rapid development of the Union Territory. The administration is reviewing the situation continuously...
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Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at his residence here, two days after the Sena skipped a crucial opposition meet in Parliament complex. This is the first meeting between the two leaders after the Shiv Sena formed the...
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Amazon.com Inc chief Jeff Bezos on Wednesday announced an USD 1 billion (over Rs 7,000 crore) investment in India to help bring small and medium businesses online and committed to exporting USD 10 billion worth of India-made goods by 2025. Before this, the online retail giant had committed USD...
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue Swaminathan Gurumurthy has alleged that the DNA of the Jawaharlal Nehru University was against the country and have called for reform or close down of the varsity.The background in the formation of JNU is anti-India. Its creation was to oppose the country's...
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Vikash Sachdeva, who has been convicted for molesting a Bollywood actress on-board a flight has been sent to 3 years of imprisonment by Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Court.
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The Delhi government Wednesday told the high court that execution of the death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case will not take place on January 22 as a mercy plea has been filed by one of them. The four convicts -- Vinay Sharma (26), Mukesh Kumar (32), Akshay Kumar Singh...
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Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday got visibly irked and offered to resign while attending an event in Davanagere, after a seer of Panchamsali sect of Lingayats, Swami Vachananda, demanded ministerial berth for BJP MLA Murugesh Nirani.At an event of the sect in Hanagawadi on...
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A special court in Mumbai on Wednesday convicted a 41-year-old man for molesting a former Bollywood actor on board a domestic flight in December 2017. The court hearing cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act held Vikas Sachdev guilty under Indian Penal Code...
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The National Commission for Women has registered a complaint by DU student Komal Sharma against a news channel for allegedly defaming her by identifying her as one of the attackers in the JNU violence. Sharma told the NCW that she has been wrongly named as being involved in the January 5...
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The Centre Wednesday told the Supreme Court they have accepted the recommendations of a special investigation team, headed by retired Delhi High Court judge Justice S N Dhingra which has probed 186 cases of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, and they will take appropriate action as per the laws. A...
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Army chief Gen M M Naravane on Wednesday hailed the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 as a historic step and said the move has disrupted the proxy war by the western neighbour. The armed forces have a zero tolerance against terrorism, he said in his address at the 72nd Army Day function in...
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India skipper and batting mainstay Virat Kohli was on Wednesday named captain of the International Cricket Council's ODI and Test teams of the year, capping off a memorable season for the world No 1. Apart from Kohli, there were four other Indians who were picked in the ICC's Test and ODI...
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India's way is not to be disruptive and it is more of a decider than an abstainer, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. In remarks that come at a time that several countries have called for a greater Indian role in the Indo-Pacific, the minister also said it is not the...
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A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to 12 people arrested in connection with violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act in Seelampur here. Additional Sessions Judge Lalit Kumar granted the relief on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 15,000 each and a surety of the like amount. On...
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The Times of India's Sandeep Adhwaryu's must-see cartoon today.
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The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday evening allowed mobile Internet in parts of Jammu region and broadband in establishments providing essential services, days after the Supreme Court ordered a review of the curbs imposed in the Union Territory. The order comes into effect from...
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The PM of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, extends Sankranti wishes, tweeting, Makar Sankranti ki hardik shubh kamnayein. That's the PM with his wife, Kobita.
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JNU violence: Chunchun Kumar and Dolan Samanta, who were named as suspects by the Delhi Police in the violence at JNU on January 5, have been called for questioning in connection. A FSL team will also be at JNU today. Efforts are being made to trace Akshat Awasthi, Rohit Shah and Komal Sharma,...
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With the start of the Pongal festival, the sport of Jallikattu also kicked off at Avaniyapuram in Madurai on Wednesday. More than 2,000 bulls will participate in Jallikattu, which will be held till January 31 in the state. At least 730 bulls in Avaniyapuram, 700 bulls in Alanganallur and 650...
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Equity benchmark Sensex dropped nearly 200 points in opening session on Wednesday as global investor sentiment dampened after the US said its initial trade deal with China does not include tariff rollback. The 30-share BSE index was trading 190.81 points or 0.45 per cent lower at 41,761.82....
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The harvest festival of Uttarayan was celebrated in Gujarat yesterday with people flying kites as a part of celebrations. Visuals from the 'Statue of Unity' at Sardar Sarovar Dam in Kevadia. (Pic courtesy: PM Narendra Modi's Instagram page)
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Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday said there is an atmosphere of fear and tension in the country and accused the BJP and the Congress of indulging in dirty politics. Speaking to reporters at the BSP office in Lucknow on her 64th birthday, she said BSP is a disciplined and...
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Due to the prevalence of Western Disturbance, some isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are likely to receive rainfall tomorrow, predicted India Meteorological Department. According to the weatherman, isolated to scattered rain/thunderstorm is likely...
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Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Army chief General Manoj Mukund Narawane, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria and Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh pay tribute at the National War Memorial on Army Day today.The army celebrates January 15 as Army Day every year as it...
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Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Prof Tariq Mansoor said that the university fill file an FIR against the UP police for entering varsity hostel without due permission.On December 15, the vice-chancellor gave police permission to enter the campus 'to maintain law and order' after an...
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Union minister and BJP leader Babul Supriyo said Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone meeting a specific group of students on the JNU campus and ignoring others in the midst of promotion of her film Chhapaak, has not gone down well with some people.Supriyo said the names of some members of the group...
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United States President Donald Trump is planning his maiden India visit in February, an official said, in a trip that may coincide with an impeachment trial that is likely to get underway in Washington next week.The two countries are in touch to work out mutually convenient dates for the visit,...
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West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday claimed flying objects existed during the period of Ramayana and the arrows of Arjuna of Mahabharata had atomic power. It is not in the 20th century, but it was during the period of Ramayana, we had flying objects (Udan Khatola). Sanjay...
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