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six-nation Middle Eastern alliance agreed Saturday to characterize the recent attack on Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran as an act of terror, strong language that marks an even further escalation in a tiff that has embroiled the region for days.Foreign ministers from the six Gulf Cooperation...
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Amid reports that the odd-even scheme may be extended, Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai today asserted that the government has no intention to take the road-rationing experiment beyond January 15.The pilot plan for cutting vehicular emission was launched on January 1.Rai said that some...
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Jammu and Kashmir was tonight placed under Governor's rule with the process of new government formation following the death of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed taking some time. Governor's rule has been imposed in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, a Home Ministry spokesperson said in...
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today urged all citizens, including those who do not approve of him, to take part in next month's parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections.While the electorate will pick 290 lawmakers on February 26 they will the same day select 88 members for...
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A Muslim woman was kicked out of a Donald Trump presidential campaign rally after staging a silent protest against the Republican frontrunner, who has called for a ban on Muslims entering the US.Television footage from the event in South Carolina shows the woman, named as Rose Hamid, a...
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Jammu and Kashmir was all set to come under a brief spell of Governor's rule with the process of new government formation following the death ofChief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed taking some time.The President is understood to have cleared the recommendation of the Union Home Ministry for...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel today backed a toughening of expulsion rules for convicted refugees, as protesters took to the streets against a shocking rash of sexual assaults blamed on migrants during New Year's festivities.Both women's groups and supporters of the xenophobic PEGIDA movement...
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A US drone strike in Pakistan's restive northwestern tribal region killed at least five suspected Taliban militants, officials said here today.The CIA-operated spy plane attacked a hideout of the Pakistani Taliban in Mangroti area of North Waziristan, a senior security official said.Five...
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France today paid hommage to four Jewish hostages killed at a kosher supermarket in Paris a year after a spate of jihadist attacks that began with a deadly assault on the Charlie Hebdo weekly.Tributes were also paid to Clarissa Jean-Philippe, a young policewoman who was also killed by the gunman...
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Congress today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his visit to Pathankot Air Force base a week after the terror attack, saying it has gotrelegated to a mere photo op.Eight days after the Pathankot terror incident depicting failure of Modi Govt on National Security & fight against terror,...
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An Air India flight to Bhubaneswar from here was delayed by nearly eight hours allegedly due to some VIPs forcing the government-owned carrier to reassign the aircraft and its crew for Bhopal, a charge denied by theairline.The flight - AI 073, which was scheduled to take off for Bhubaneswar from...
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A video clip purportedly showing a policeman groping girls and improperly touching women at a recently-held festival here, has gone viral on social media, following which the city police has ordered an inquiry into the incident.Around a minute-long video clip captured by an unidentified person...
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To mark the 75th anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's great escape (Mahanishkraman), the Netaji Research Bureau will arrange a week-long programme and exhibition here from January 15.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the exhibition at Netaji Bhawan, the residence from where in...
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Hundreds of French mosques are participating in a major open-house event this weekend, offering visitors the opportunity to come in for tea and a chat about Islam in a country shaken by jihadist attacks.Organised by the country's leading Muslim body, the French Council of the Muslim Faith, it...
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The odd-even formula for restricting cars from running in Delhi will not extend beyond January 15, the Arvind Kejriwal government has clarified. Transport minister Gopal Rai has said reports that the restrictions it could be extended are false.We'll be examining trends and data collected during...
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In the midst of uncertainty in the wake of the Pathankot terror attack, Pakistan has said foreign secretary-level talks with India are scheduled to take place on January 15.In reply to a question in Parliament, Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Friday said Pakistan and...
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Yoga guru Ramdev today said Patanjali's atta noodles is on course to oust Maggi as the top noodles brand in the country in the next few years, and the 'swadeshi' FMCG company will overtake all multinational firms in the consumer goods space, barring Hindustan Unilever (HUL). Patanjali atta...
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West Indies' Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy and all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Andre Russell have been dropped from the list of centrally contracted players by the WICB for the season 2015-2016.Sammy last played for West Indies in the T20s against Sri Lanka in November last year. Globe trotting T20...
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K Anurag reports: At least six people were injured when suspected Garo tribe militants triggered a blast in a market place at William Nagar in East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya bordering Bangladesh. Police have launched a manhunt after the blast and the area was cordoned off.A senior police...
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Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday called for 'teaching a tough lesson' to Pakistan following the Pathankot terror attack, saying that India should be in 'attack' mode when dealing with Islamabad.India is a strong and powerful country. It should be in 'attack' mode in context to Pakistan, that's...
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The Punjab police has arrested a Border Security Force jawan for allegedly helping in cross border smuggling of weapons and narcotics.We have arrested a BSF jawan Anil Kumar for allegedly helping cross border smuggling, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, SSP Mohali, told media.The BSF jawan was bribed by a...
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North Korea warned of war as South Korea today continued blasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the rivals' tense border in retaliation for the North's purported fourth nuclear test. North Korean propaganda is filled with threats of violence, but the country is also extremely sensitive to...
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With the new government yet to be formed after the demise of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today wondered who is governing Jammu and Kashmir as there has also been no formal declaration of governor's rule. More than 48 hrs after Mufti (Moahmmed...
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The Janata Dal-United today came down heavily on the government over presentation of some papers at Indian Science Congress in Mysuru, saying it smacked of RSS backed agenda, which is very disgusting, ridiculous and dangerous. Indian Science Congress is held every year since the year 1914 but we...
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Former Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar has claimed that the Indian government has a special relationship with underworld don Chhota Rajan, who was deported from Bali in November last year. Kumar made the assertion during a session at the Delhi Literature Fest late Friday evening with...
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The committee headed by eminent filmmaker Shyam Benegal to look into the revamp of the Censor Board met Information and Broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley in Mumbai on Saturday.Benegal, a celebrated filmmaker, had said on Friday that a preliminary meeting of the committee will take place on...
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Air-pollution levels in Delhi rose 50% during the first week (January 1 to 7, 2016) of the state government's odd-even measure over the previous week (December 25 to December 31, 2015), according to an analysis of PM (particulate matter) 2.5 data, generated by IndiaSpend's #Breathe air-quality...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited the strategic Pathankot Air Force base for a first-hand assessment of the situation in the aftermath of the terror attack last Saturday.Security forces had on Friday declared the sprawling Air Force station fully sanitised after a massive combing...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches Pathankot air base to take stock of the situation in the aftermath of terror attack.
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The Mumbai Police have summoned filmmaker Karan Johar to record his statement in connection with the controversial All India Bakchod (AIB) Knockout event that was held in December 2013he event was inspired by US celebrity roasts — an event where a celebrity is mocked — and it featured Johar as...
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A 21-year-old woman working with IBM Gurgaon has alleged that she was raped by an IIM professor in a Delhi five-star hotel on the pretext of marriage. The woman also accused that she was also promised a job in Gujarat by the professor. According to report by IndiaToday.in, in her complaint with...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Pathankot in Punjab on Saturday for first-hand assessment of the situation at the air base which was attacked by six terrorists last Saturday. The prime minister is expected to meet Indian Air Force personnel at the base along with other troops in the...
