Noida twin towers all set to be demolished on Sunday

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Noida twin towers all set to be demolished on Sunday

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The stage is set for the safe demolition of Supertech's twin towers in Noida on Sunday, in what is expected to be a breathtaking spectacle of engineering to raze down the nearly 100-metre-tall structures borne out of corruption.Only last minute inspections remain as the towers -- taller than...
20:51

New CCTV shows Sonali Phogat forced to drink at club

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Two CCTV footages of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sonali Phogat at a restaurant in North Goa hours before her death have surfaced on social media.           The videos of the CCTV footages from Curlies restaurant at Anjuna are going viral on social media. ...
20:38

Tell nation what CBI has found against Sisodia: AAP

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The Aam Aadmi Party held a protest on Saturday over Central Bureua of Investigation action against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and asked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre to tell the nation what the probe agency found since it raided his residence and other locations last...
20:26

Sonali Phogat given methamphetamine drugs: Police

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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sonali Phogat was administered methamphetamine drugs by the accused at a restaurant in North Goa hours before her death, the Goa Police said on Saturday.  Deputy Superintendent of Police Jivba Dalvi said left-overs from the drugs which were given to her at...
20:14

Jolt to BJP in Meghalaya, NPP to go solo in polls

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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Saturday said the National People's Party will not forge an alliance with any party, including the Bharatiya Janata Party, for the upcoming assembly elections in the state.  However, the National People's Party will continue to remain in the BJP-led...
20:09

Khadi was ignored after Independence: Modi

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Khadi was ignored after Independence but now it can become a source of inspiration for `Atmanirbhar Bharat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Ahmedabad on Saturday.          He was speaking during a 'Khadi Utsav'  at the Sabarmati riverfront.  ...
19:19

'Azad's resigned over personal differences rather than ideological ones'

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Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation had nothing to do with ideological differences with the party but was mainly due to personal reasons, Congress Working Committee member Tariq Hameed Karra said on Saturday.  He also said Azad's resignation was not surprising because for the last two years,...
19:16

Journalist booked for speculating Guj CM's removal

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A First Information Report has been registered against the editor and owner of a newspaper in Rajkot for publishing a write-up which hinted at the possible removal of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel due to the Bharatiay Janata Party leadership's 'unhappiness'.The FIR was registered two...
18:35

Targeted vilification of Rahul in Azad's letter: Pilot

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A day after Ghulam Nabi Azad pinned the blame for the party's 2014 Lok Sabha poll debacle largely on Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Sachin Pilot dubbed it on Saturday as targeted personal vilification of the former party chief and said it was wrong to hold one individual responsible for the...
18:14

PM has agreed to visit poll-bound K'taka, at least once a month: BSY

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Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader B S Yediyurappa on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to his request of visiting Karnataka, where the party is aiming to come back to power, at least once a month, in the run-up to the 2023 Assembly polls.     ...
18:12

CWC meet tomorrow on Congress chief election

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The Congress Working Committee will meet on Sunday to approve the schedule of dates for the election of the next party president.  This comes in the backdrop of party veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad's shock resignation Friday.Sources said besides giving approval to the polls schedule, the members...
16:49

BJP spent Rs 6,300 cr on toppling govts: Kejriwal

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday claimed that the Centre did not have to impose GST on food items if the Bharatiya Janata Party had not spent a whopping Rs 6,300 crore on toppling governments of other parties in the country.  Kejriwal's remarks come a day after he called the...
16:39

Nadda meets ex-cricketer Mithali Raj in Hyderabad

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Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Saturday interacted with former cricketer Mithali Raj here during his one-day visit to Telangana.          BJP sources said the meeting is part of an outreach effort of the party.          Had...
16:04

Tipsy man delays Dubai-bound flight with hoax bomb threat

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An inebriated man who wanted to prevent his family members from travelling out of the country on Saturday made a hoax bomb threat to a Dubai-bound private carrier, only to land in police net.        The Chennai resident wanted to prevent two of his family members from...
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Finally, Ghulam Nabi Azad freed himself: Scindia

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Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said his former Congress colleague Ghulam Nabi Azad has finally freed himself, a day after the veteran leader ended his nearly five-decade-old association with the Grand Old Party.               ...
14:55

Jh'khand political turmoil: JMM-Congress shift MLAs

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UPDATE: As reported earlier, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his ally Congress are shifting their MLAs to an unknown place.Two buses carrying Jharkhand MLAs have left from Soren's residence in Ranchi after the meeting.The development comes in the wake of a crisis situation in Jharkhand...
14:47

Kejriwal inaugurates Delhi govt's armed forces school

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday inaugurated the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Armed Forces Preparatory School in Najafgarh here and asked students to imbibe the feeling of living and dying for the country.  The school has state-of-the-art facilities and students will be trained...
14:26

J'khand crisis: Congress, Soren plan to shift MLAs

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Amid the deepening political crisis in Jharkhand due to the uncertainty over Chief Minister Hemant Soren's fate as an MLA, preparations have been made to shift ruling coalition MLAs to friendly states like West Bengal or Chhattisgarh, if the need arises, to prevent poaching attempts by the...
13:40

For 1st time in 10 years, I didn't touch my bat for a month: Kohli

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The prolonged lean patch did take a toll on Virat Kohli's mental health as the former India captain admitted to not having touched the bat during the month-long break prior to Asia Cup.   Kohli has been out without an international hundred for nearly three years but his poor run of form...
13:03

Panel probing Jayalalithaa's death submits report to govt

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The Justice Arumughaswamy Commission, constituted to probe the circumstances surrounding late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death, submitted its report to the state government on Saturday.          Justice Arumughaswamy, who later spoke to reporters,...
12:52

Justice UU Lalit 6th CJI to have less then 100-day tenure

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Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India on Saturday, will be the sixth head of the Indian judiciary to have a tenure of less than 100 days.   Lalit will demit office on November 8 with a tenure of 74 days. Supreme Court judges retire on attaining the...
12:25

Crack between India and Congress: Manish Tewari

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A day after Ghulam Nabi Azad's exit from the Congress, party MP Manish Tewari said that a crack seems to have appeared in coordination between India and the Congress that existed since 1885 and that the former Union leader's resignation could have been avoided if the party top leadership had...
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Sonali Phogat case: Drug peddler among 2 held

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The Goa Police on Saturday detained a North Goa restaurant owner and a suspected peddler, who had allegedly supplied drugs to the two accused arrested in the Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sonali Phogat murder case, a senior officer said.The suspected drug peddler, Dattaprasad Gaonkar, was...
11:06

Dubai-bound flight receives bomb threat

A bomb threat call received to a Dubai-bound private carrier on Saturday turned out to be a hoax, authorities said.Following  the anonymous call received at the police control room, a thorough check was undertaken by the security agencies to ascertain if any explosive items were planted in...
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Justice U U Lalit takes oath as 49th CJI

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A day after Justice N V Ramana retired, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was sworn in as 49th Chief Justice of India on Saturday.President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office of the Chief Justice of India to Justice Lalit at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the morning hours.He succeeds Justice N V...
10:27

Pak intruder arrested along Jammu border

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A Pakistani intruder was arrested along the International Border here by the Border Security Force in the early hours of Saturday, officials said.BSF personnel picked up on the movement of Mohd Shabad (45), a resident of Sialkot, while he was trying to sneak into the Arnia sector from across the...
09:51

Maharashtra CM's convoy stuck in traffic in Pune

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's convoy was stuck in traffic briefly Friday evening after a truck and a car broke down blocking the highway near Chandani Chowk in Pune.Personnel from the Pimpri Chinchwad Police traffic department rushed to the spot and helped the chief minister's convoy...
09:15

Cong says it will move ahead, 'Azad, or no Azad'

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The Congress on Friday appointed leaders to coordinate the media activities of the Bharat Jodo Yatra' in the states from where it will pass and said 'Azad or no Azad' the organisational machinery moves ahead with determination.Congress media department head Pawan Khera said the party has approved...
08:25

Delhi Police denies nod to Munawar Faruqui show

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Delhi Police has rejected permission to stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui to perform his August 28 scheduled show in the national capital.The licensing unit of the Delhi Police denied the permission after the local central district police wrote a report stating that 'the show will affect communal...
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3 terrorist associates arrested in JK's Baramulla

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Three 'over ground workers' of militants have been arrested in Baramulla district, the police said on Friday. The OGWs, also known as militant associates, were arrested in Bomai area of Sopore in the north Kashmir district. 3 OGW'S arrested, Incriminating material recovered, case...
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2 Bangladeshi nationals arrested for bid to loot ATM in Andhra Pradesh

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The Krishna district police in Andhra Pradesh arrested two Bangladeshi nationals on Friday for allegedly trying to steal an ATM in Gannavaram town, a senior police officer said. Krishna district superintendent of police P Jashua said a six-member gang from the border areas of West Bengal and...
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Tension near memorial set to be inaugurated by PM

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A sizeable contingent of police has been deployed in Madhapur village near Bhuj town of Gujarat's Kutch district following communal tension in the area on Friday evening, a police official said. Notably, Madhapar is just four kilometres away from the 'Smriti Van' memorial for earthquake...