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BJP President Amit Shah today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid reports of a reshuffle in the Union Cabinet.There was no official word on what transpired in the meeting, and party sources played down its significance,saying such an exercise, which is also attended often by Union Ministers...
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Security has been stepped up at airports across the country in the wake of the deadly terror attack on Istanbul's Ataturk airport in which 41 people have been killed.However, no alert has been sounded yet, sources said.A triple suicide bombing and gun attack by suspected ISIS terrorists at the...
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French police are probing new threats against satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the target of a jihadist attack in January 2015 that left 12 dead, a legal source said.The publication has received a series of threatening messages on its Facebook page since June 8, and on June 22 a hand-written...
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Notwithstanding the chill in the ties over terror attacks, Pakistan on Wednesday insisted that there is no hostile environment with India and expressed confidence that the two countries will talk.Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit made the remarks to reporters at an Iftar party hosted by...
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Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump across the board in a new poll of key battleground American states, US media reported on Wednesday.According to Ballotpedia's battleground poll, Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, leads Trump 51 per cent to 37 per cent in Florida, 45 per cent to 41 per...
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Indicating that the deadly blast at the Central Ammunition Depot in Maharashtra last month that claimed 19 lives could be the result of defective anti-tank mines, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today ticked off theDefence Research and Development Organisation for not properly hand-holding...
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After going philosophical yesterday, Subramanian Swamy was today back in political mode asserting his faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, admiring his spine while taking potshots at journalists.In the wake of Modis apparent snub on Monday in a television interview in which he had called Swamys...
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The New York Police evacuated a terminal at NY Citys John F Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday after a report of a suspicious package, the American media reported.The JetBlue terminal at the airport, however, was re-opened hours later after the report was found to be a hoax.Security was...
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The National Investigation Agency has arrested five of the 11 people detained today morning in Hyderabad for suspected terror activities, NIA Inspector General Sanjeev Kumar said.The NIA today claimed to have busted a terror module that is suspected to be linked to the Islamic State group and...
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The Delhi high court today refused to stay aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation's decision to lower the fee structure for excess checked-in baggage carried by fliers, with the government fixing a rate of Rs 100 per additional kilogramme.As per the new regulation to be...
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JUST IN: The Enforcement Directorate attaches assets worth Rs 749.10 crore of Yuvajana, Shramika, Rythu Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy in connection with a money laundering probe.
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Terrified travelers tucked into alcoves and hid behind pillars.As the attackers fired shots and detonated explosives at the Istanbul Ataturk Airport on Tuesday, people scattered to get away from the chaotic scene.There's been a bomb! travelers warned each other.Someone's coming with a gun.Three...
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Everyone hates the elites. Even the elites, writes Ishan Tharoor. Read
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Islamophobic abuse and attacks in Britains public areas registered a whopping 326 per cent rise in 2015 with women in Muslim outfits emerging as the most vulnerable group, a new report claimed today.Women were disproportionately targeted by mostly teenage perpetrators and more than one in 10 of...
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Days after a city-based couple claimed to have successfully scaled Mount Everest, a probe has been ordered to verify their claims after a group of mountaineers approached Pune Police alleging that the two have faked their expedition by morphing photographs at the peak, a senior police official...
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A one-member judicial commission has been set up to probe the identity of 'Gumnami Baba', considered by many as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in disguise.Justice (retd) Vishnu Sahai will head the one-man commission, which is to submit its report in six months. The panel was set up after an Allahabad...
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Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai and her family have become millionaires as a result of income from her memoir describing life under Taliban rule in Pakistan's picturesque Swat valley and appearances on the lecture circuit around the world. The 18-year-old Pakistani teenager who survived a shot to...
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Apparently, nobody in the RSS or the BJP can rein-in Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subramanian Swamy. Two days after PM Narendra Modi disapproved of Swamys attacks on RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and some top finance ministry officials saying they are inappropriate, Swamy has refused to back down.Calling...
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Dairy major Amul on Wednesday announced that they would sponsor the Indian contingent to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, to be held in August.The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells its product under the brand Amul, will pay Rs 1 crore to the Indian Olympic Association...
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Of the three bombers in the airport attack, two were at the international terminal, and the third terrorist was in the nearby parking lot, a Turkish official told CNN. All three detonated suicide vests.The attacks happened on a warm summer night at the airport, east of Istanbul, which is the 11th...
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FLASH: Saket Court grants bail to AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya, who was arrested by Delhi police for allegedly molesting a woman.Aam Aadmi Party MLA Dinesh Mohaniya, arrested in a case of alleged molestation, was on Monday sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a Delhi court.The MLA was booked on...
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Salman Khan has been asked to appear on July 7 for the hearing as this is a concurrent subject and state commission has power to hear: MSCW
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The Turkish president has urged the world to take a stronger stance in response to terrorism after a triple suicide bombing killed dozens of people at the Ataturk international airport in Istanbul.Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the rest of the world to see the target could have been London, Berlin,...
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This image was shared by Caitriona Balfe @caitrionambalfe Sending love to all in Istanbul.... Hoping this madness will end soon. #peace.
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For all Chetan Bhagat fans...Chetan Bhagat's next fiction, his eighth, from the viewpoint of a woman is set to be released this Diwali, the banker-turned author has said. Wrapping up new book in female first person. Can't wait to share details with all of you. Releases this Diwali, Bhagat said in...
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For all Raghuram Rajan fans (of which there are legions)...The father of Raghuram Rajan and retired senior bureaucrat R Govindarajan has said that Rajan may have stayed on as RBI Governor if the government had reacted promptly when the attacks on him started.Speaking to The Indian...
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Graciously skirting the controversy surrounding the snub Ravi Shastri received during his job interview, the newly-appointed Indian coach Anil Kumble today said it's the players who are the most significant part of the system and no one else. Sourav Ganguly, one of the three members of the...
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The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has issued a fresh alert over suspected jihadi links of the youngest perpetrator of 2012 fatal gang rape in Delhi who was released in December as he was a minor when the crime was committed. Authorities in Uttar Pradesh have been advised to keep a close watch on his...
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Hindu Mahasabha chief Swami Chakrapani, who was recently in news for burning a car that purportedly belonged to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, has been provided Z-category security after four people were arrested for planning an attack on him.
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A legal spat has broken out last week between Bollywood director Shirish Kunder and Nepali director Aneel Neupane over the plot of Kunder's recently released short film 'Kriti'.On Tuesday night, YouTube took down Kunder's film stating 'The video is no longer available due to copyright claim by...
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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has sent his reply to the National Commission for Women over a notice sent to him last week. Salman had been served a notice and asked to respond and apologise within seven days over his 'raped woman' comment. NCW chief Lalitha Kumaramangalam sought a public...
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Triple Talaq matter: The Supreme Court adjourns the hearing till September 6. The CJI has asked all concerned respondents to frame the legal issues concerning the matter; the CJI also observed that its a serious issue. The issue of triple talaq has to be examined on the touchstone of...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred the fresh Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a group of LGBT celebrities challenging Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur for appropriate orders. Justice Thakur will decide if the petition is to be...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's upcoming visit to Gujarat has been cancelled after the Anandiben Patel-led BJP Government in the state did not give permission for programme at the chosen venue. Kejriwal, who visited Gujarat in 2014 in the run up to the general election, was expected to...
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Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Venkaiah Naidu, on Wednesday said that the the Cabinet Committee of Political Affairs has recommended holding the Monsoon session from July 18 to August 12. The government is also in favour of passing the GST Bill in the Monsoon Session. He said that he would...
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The Supreme Court has refused to ban WhatsApp and has asked the petitioner to approach the government. A petition had been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a ban on WhatsApp. The petition said that WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption poses a security threat to the country. The petition, filed by...
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Supreme Court dismisses petition seeking ban on WhatsApp Messenger.
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The Union Cabinet has approved a higher increase in basic pay than the nearly 15 per cent recommended by the 7th Pay Commission for over 1 crore (Rs 10 million) government employees and pensioners. The pay panel had in November last year recommended 14.27 per cent hike in basic pay at junior...
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Furniture giant Ikea on Tuesday said it was recalling more than 35 million chests and dressers in North America after six children died in the United States when they tipped over, reports AFP. The recall by the Swedish company, the world's largest furniture...
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The Union Cabinet is likely to take up the Seventh Pay Commission committee's report during its meeting scheduled for today. The recommendations submitted by the Empowered Committee of Secretaries, which was formed to look into recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, will...
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BJP MP Subramnian Swamy, who had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's disapproval for his craving for publicity, today suggested that it is publicity which relentlessly seeks him as he wrote about hordes of media persons waiting outside his residence. He also said that he stands by Modi as he...
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Comedian and TV host Jay Leno survived an accident while shooting for his show Garage. The former Tonight Show host was riding his car with legendary drag racer Bob Riggle when the accident happened, reported Aceshowbiz. Leno, 66, was behind the wheel when his car jolted and flipped several times...
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The US should adopt a policy of total isolation against Pakistan to send a signal that it faces the prospect of becoming a second North Korea if it continues destabilising Afghanistan by supporting the Taliban and Haqqani network, a former top American diplomat has said.In the aftermath of the US...
10:43
Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan was stuck at the Istanbul's Ataturk airport, few hours before the terrorist attack that has killed at least 36 people.The 42-year-old Bang Bang! star, who was vacationing in Africa with sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan, was on his way back to India when he missed his...
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Prime Minister David Cameron has told EU leaders they should consider reforming rules on freedom of movement, a Downing Street source said, after Britain voted to leave the bloc.Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source said Cameron told a leaders' dinner in Brussels yesterday that Britain...
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Donald Trump on Tuesday prescribed fighting fire with fire when it comes to battling terrorism, seemingly making the case for using similarly brutal tactics as terror groups like ISIS have in the past.The GOP's presumptive nominee has been outspoken on enhanced interrogation, telling Tuesday's...
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The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday busted a suspected ISIS terror module and detained 11 people for questioning.The agency conducted a series of raids in Hyderabad, and recovered arms, explosives and Rs 15 lakh.The detained men were in touch with their handlers in Syria and were...
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There has been no report so far of any Indian casualty in the terror attack at the international terminal of Turkey's Ataturk airport where threesuspected Islamic State suicide bombers killed at least 36 people.External Affairs Ministry also said that the Indian Consulate has been in touch been...
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Meanwhile leaders from across the spectrum have show solidarity with the people of Turkey. 'Attack in Istanbul is inhuman & horrific. I condemn it strongly. My thoughts are with bereaved families. May the injured recover quickly,' PM Modi said on his twitter handle. 'Shocked...
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The ministry of external affairs has posted emergency contact numbers of Indians requiring assistance in Istanbul. 'No report so far of any Indian among casualties.Consulate in touch with Istanbul Governorate and Turkish Health Ministry hotline desk,' the MEA tweeted.'Turkish Air flights to...
08:16
A gunman walked into a busy downtown Denver office building and shot a person multiple times before turning the gun on himself, police has said.The gunman was found dead when SWAT officers arrived, police spokesman Doug Schepman said yesterday. The female victim was critically injured and was...
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Footage, captured and uploaded by a Twitter handle, outside Ataturk Istanbul Airport in Turkey, shows a man being shot before blowing himself up with a bomb.The video begins with an eyewitness on an upper level of the airport looking down at the bodies on the street below.Moments later a...
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Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has said the terror attack in Turkey is a reminder that the US can't retreat from this part of the world and needs to deepen co-operation with allies in the Middle East and Europe to take on this threat. Today's attack in Istanbul...
07:48
Condemning the terror attack at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport that killed 36 people and injured many others, the US and UN has called for stepped-up cooperation in fighting terrorism and has vowed steadfast support for Turkey.Ataturk International Airport, like Brussels Airport which...
03:46
Muslim clerics in Pakistan are usually known for issuing stern, conservative pronouncements on gender-related issues, mostly limiting the rights of women.But in a surprising twist, a large group of clerics there has just issued a fatwa, or religious edict, affirming the rights of transgender...
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AFP is reporting that at least 10 people were killed today in a suicide attack at the international terminal of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said. More details are awaited.
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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today urged the Centre to expedite the process of division of the present high court, saying the provisional allocation of judicial officers has created a discontent among them and lawyers belonging to the state. In a letter to Union Home Minister...
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Tuesday that after Britain's vote to leave the European Union, the bloc needs to lance the boil and reform to remedy a pervasive malaise.Valls said the shock vote proved that many citizens of the European Union had deep doubts about the bloc.They don't...
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Malegaon blast case: Sadhvi Pragya Singh's bail plea rejectedUK's opposition leader loses no-confidence motion, refuses to resignSena at it again, protests at Sudheendra Kulkarni's presser Nine more judges suspended as Telangana-Centre row over bifurcation of HC escalates
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