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The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government has withdrawn the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi's recommendation for the nomination of 12 names as MLCs under the Governor's quota.The previous government led by Uddhav Thackeray had recommended 12 names for nomination as MLCs two years ago, but the file...
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Anahita Pandole, who was driving the luxury car which crashed on a road divider on Sunday, killing former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, and her husband are likely to be shifted to a hospital in Mumbai on Monday, a police official said.Anahita Pandole, 55, a well-known gynaecologist, and her...
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The Aam Aadmi Party sees huge potential for growth and has embarked on setting foot in Karnataka by making inroads in the state's political map.On the electoral front, the party's immediate aim is to do well in the polls to the city's civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) expected...
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The Congress on Sunday hit back at Ghulam Nabi Azad accusing him of working at the behest of his 'political bosses' and said he was twisting facts in his favour to befool the people of Jammu and Kashmir.Congress general secretary, communications, Jairam Ramesh said Azad has again made a blatant...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United on Sunday alleged that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will try to 'trigger communal disturbances' during his tour of the state later this month.JD-U national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan, however, added that the people of Bihar were...
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The driver of the car in which Cyrus Mistry was travelling lost control due to overspeeding and rammed into the divider, said Palghar Police sources on Sunday.Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was killed in a road accident near Mumbai on Sunday.According to Palghar Police, Mistry was...
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The clamour for a separate state in eastern Nagaland has gained momentum ahead of the assembly polls due early next year, with 20 MLAs from the region extending support to a call not to take part in any election until the demand was met.Eastern Nagaland comprises six districts -- Mon, Tuensang,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the demise of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry and said his passing away is a big loss to the world of commerce and industry.Mistry, 54, was killed in a road accident on Sunday after his car hit a divider in Maharashtra's Palghar district, a...
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Mangled remains of Mistry's car. ANI
UPDATE: Former Chairman of Tata Sons Cyrus Mistry died in a car crash at around 3pm in the Palghar area on Sunday.A total of four people were travelling in the vehicle; two, including Cyrus Mistry, died, said police.Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said, 'Shocked to hear about the passing away of...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday conducted search operations at six locations in West Bengal, including residences of Trinamool Congress MLA Subodh Adhikari and his brother, in connection with its probe into a chit fund case, an official of the agency said.Sleuths of the...
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UPDATE: Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was on Sunday killed in a road accident after his car hit a divider in Maharashtra's Palghar district neighbouring Mumbai, a police official said.Mistry was travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai in a Mercedes car, he said.The accident took place around...
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Former chairman of Tata Sons Cyrus Mistry killed in road accident near Mumbai.More details awaited. -- PTI
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Senior Communist Party of India-Marxist leader and former Kerala health minister K K Shailaja has declined to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award as the late president of the Philippines was known for his alleged brutality against the Communists.While Shailaja told reporters in Kerala that she...
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Dismissing reports of detention of Congress workers, Delhi police on Sunday said that the party workers were dropped at the designated protest sites and no one was detained.Earlier there were reports that police detained Congress workers, who were protesting against the issues of inflation and...
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The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Monday the quantum of sentence against fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, an accused in the bank loan default case of over Rs 9,000 crore involving his defunct Kingfisher Airlines, in a contempt case where he has been found guilty.A bench comprising...
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A group of activists staged a demonstration on Sunday to oppose the construction of a Metro car shed in Mumbai's Aarey Colony and shouted slogans against the Maharashtra government's decision to go ahead with the project.The protestors carried banners with messages like 'Save Aarey Forest', and...
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Slogans of Rahul Gandhi Zindabad and Sonia Gandhi Zindabad reverberated through the air on Sunday as thousands of Congress supporters reached the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi to raise their voice against price rise and unemployment.Many Congress workers, who came to attend the 'Mehngai Par Halla...
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Amid rumours of political defection, Senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Saturday cleared the air on speculations over him quitting Congress terming it 'baseless'.All the speculations of me joining the Bharatiya Janata Party are baseless, said Chavan on Saturday.Chavan met Maharashtra Deputy...
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Charges have been framed against 14 people including Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and former Samajwadi Party MLA Anoop Sanda by a local court in Sultanpur in connection with a street protest against the power department in 2008.Charges were framed against 14 people on Saturday by MP-MLA Court...
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The Adani group believes that there is no restriction by tax authorities on it acquiring a stake in NDTV, a statement that has also been backed by tax experts.The Adani group has acquired a little-known firm, VCPL, that lent over Rs 403 crore to NDTV's founders more than a decade ago in exchange...
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Several landslides on Sunday blocked the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district as heavy rains lashed wide parts of Jammu province overnight, officials said. Landslides and shooting of stones from hillocks overlooking the strategic highway at Cafeteria and Mehad forced the...
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The Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa, a major tourist attraction, would be closed for visitors and parishioners for a month from November 5 as the Archaeological Survey of India will take up its restoration work, a church priest has said. The more than 400 years old church, which houses the...
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Congress leaders Raja Warring and Sukhpal Khaira have been booked for circulating pseudo letterhead of the Aam Aadmi Party on social media.According to complainant Prabhjot Kaur, the Congress leaders posted forged documents on their official Twitter handles, bearing fabricated signatures of...
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Former Union Minister and senior ex-Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the party recently, will hold a public meeting on Sunday at Sainik Colony in Jammu. He left for Jammu to hold the public meeting on Sunday morning which is scheduled for 11 am. This will be his first meeting...
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A police team was pelted with stones on Saturday after it visited Khanpur village in Bulandshahr following a complaint of an alleged assault on a woman by her husband and in-laws, the police said. The woman filed a complaint with the police alleging assault on her by her husband,...
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Mayor Sitaram Jaiswal
A draft delimitation order issued by the Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation has changed Muslim-sounding names of around a dozen wards, prompting a sharp reaction from leaders of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress. The changing of names was part of the delimitation exercise, under which the...
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A Pakistani terrorist, who was arrested during an infiltration attempt about a fortnight ago, died on Saturday of cardiac arrest at a military hospital where he underwent a surgery in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Tabarak Hussain (32), a resident of Sabzkot village...
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Four persons, including two students, were injured after being allegedly shot at in the Maharshi Dayanand University in Rohtak on Saturday with police probing whether a monetary dispute led to the incident, officials said. The incident took place shortly after Governor Bandaru Dattatreya,...
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A group of senior US officials will travel to India next week to attend the US-India 2+2 Intersessional Meeting and Maritime Security Dialogue, according to the state department. The delegation visiting India during September 5-8 will be led by ssistant secretary of state for South and...
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