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Bharat Togadia, the cousin of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia, along with two others were on Saturday stabbed to death by unidentified men, in Surat's Varachha area.According to reports, four people were attacked, of which three succumbed to their injuries and the condition of the...
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JUST IN: Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia's cousin Bharat Togadia, along with two others, stabbed to death by unidentified men in Surat's Varachha area.
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A man, who has filed a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly 'insulting' the national flag, today told a Delhi court that he was recently assaulted and warned not to pursue the case.Complainant Ashish Sharma, who has sought registration of a first information report...
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JUST IN: The Election Commission directs that polls in Aravakurichi constituency of Tamil Nadu shall now be taken on May 23 (Monday), instead of May 16, 2016
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The Election Commission has issued notice to general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J Jayalalithaa and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M Karunanidhi, based on complaints alleging that certain promises made in the manifestos of their parties are against guidelines.The EC has...
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Over 160 passengers and crew on board a Lufthansa flight from Munich to Mumbai had a providential escape after all four back tyres of the Airbus aircraft were damaged while landing at the Mumbai airport.The 163 passengers on board the Airbus A330 flight were deplaned through stairs and none of...
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Pakistan has pledged to raise the issue of executions of Jamaat-i-Islami leaders in Bangladesh at United Nations forums, including its Human Rights Council.Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz gave the details in this regard to the members of the Senate were given details...
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An Army jawan was killed while trying to protect his cousin sister from being allegedly molested by a group of people, in north Maharashtra's Dhule district, police said today.The jawan, Vinod Pawar, was on leave and had arrived at his native place Sayyadnagar in Sakri tehsil, they said.A group...
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Summons were today issued to about 250 voters here for allegedly accepting cash for votes in the upcoming state assembly polls, police said.The summons were issued under Section 160 of the People's Representation Act, 1951, and they were asked to give explanation by appearing in person on May 18,...
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West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party president Dilip Ghosh said on Saturday called female students of Jadavpur University 'shameless' for participating in a protest against screening of a film. A few girl students have filed molestation complaints against members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi...
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Expelled Congress MLA Atanasio Monserratte, accused of buying and raping a minor girl, today moved a bail application before the Goa Children's court in Panaji.The former education minister stated in the plea that prima facie there is no case against him.'The applicant states that police have...
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Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament Yogi Adityanath today welcomed the acquittal of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur in the 2008 Malegaon blast case and accused the Congress of committing 'treason' for its role in her arrest.The role of Congress in her (Sadhvi Pragya's) arrest was nothing short of...
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Thirteen Improvised Explosive Devices were today recovered during a search operation by security forces in Doripundra forest of Latehar district, police said.The explosive materials and nine pieces of iron rods were recovered during the search operation carried out by CRPF and district police,...
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amil Nadu Chief Minister on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over reports indicating that the Sri Lankan Government plans to demolish and reconstruct the ancient St Anthonys Church on the island of Katchatheevu, which holds great significance by Tamil fishermen who have been...
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BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has sought Home Minister Rajnath Singh's intervention in setting up a court-monitored SIT to take forward the probe into mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. In a letter to Singh, Swamy was severely critical of the Delhi police...
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Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy has been invited by a Chinese think tank to meet top officials of the Chinese government and visit Tibet, the BJP leader said today.Swamy will also address a university audience there at the invitation of Institute of Foreign Affairs, a think tank of the Chinese...
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A high-level state police team today met the family of Aditya Sachdeva, who was shot dead allegedly by JD-U MLC Manorama Devi's son in a road rage incident, and assured them of a speedy trial.Patna Zonal Inspector General N H Khan, Magadh Range DIG Saurabh Kumar and Senior Superintendent of...
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The Election Commission on Saturday morning stopped three trucks purportedly transferring Rs. 570 crores in poll-bound Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district.Though the trucks have not been opened yet, it is reported that the cash belonged to State Bank of India and is being transported to Vijayawada....
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A top UN official has lauded efforts undertaken by India and other nations in designating focal points to facilitate paternity and child support claims in case of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against peacekeepers. Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Atul Khare told the...
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is scheduled to interact with Women media persons at the Indian Womens' Press Corps in New Delhi on Monday. Jaitley is expected to announce an important political decision of the Narendra Modi government. About 150 women journalists have...
12:45
Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan's family has been caught in the Panama Papers row as the documents name his four close relatives as owners of an offshore company in the Bahamas.Khan's brother Abdul Quyuim Khan, wife Hendrina, and two daughters Dina Khan and Ayesha Khan,...
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A 61-year-old doctor was shot dead at his clinic in south-west Delhi's Palam area by an unidentified assailant, police said today.The victim has been identified as Balwant Singh, a general physician, who has a clinic at Palam village.Singh was getting some renovation done in his single-room...
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal intervention to save the Shri Jagannath temple, the 12th century shrine, before any unfortunate incident takes place.In a letter to the prime minister, Patnaik said that the condition of the Jagmohan structure...
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A US-based media watchdog today called for an investigation into the brutal killings of two journalists in Bihar and Jharkhand this week.While police investigations into the murders of journalists are welcome, investigations without arrests or tough prison sentences for the killers send the wrong...
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A 22-year-old Indian artist is among the three winners of a UN poster competition aimed at raising awareness about nuclear disarmament, with her poster of a peace dove slicing through a nuclear weapon garnering appreciation from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Anjali Chandrashekar, a New...
11:05
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan dazzled the red carpet at Festival De Cannes wearing a studded champagne coloured couture gown by Kuwait's designer Ali Younes. The 42-year-old actress, who made her debut at Cannes in 2002, is celebrating 15 years of representing India and L'Oreal at the French...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the valedictory session of the three-day event of the International Vichar Mahakumbh on Saturday, which would conclude today at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh.Leaving for Ujjain, where I will join International Convention on Universal Message of Simhasth....
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The nearly two month-long gruelling campaigning in peak summer for the May 16 Tamil Nadu assembly election that is witnessing a multi-cornered contest comes to an end today. More than 5.79 crore voters in 234 assembly constituencies will decide the fate of 3,776 aspirants, including four...
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A court in New Delhi will consider filing a charge-sheet today against environmentalist R.K. Pachauri who is embroiled in charges of sexually harassing a colleague in The Energy and Resources Institute.Earlier, Delhi Police has charge-sheeted the former executive chairman of TERI under various...
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The session of Rajya Sabha came to an end on Friday after passing 12 bills and wasting 19 hours due to disruptions over various issues like imposition of President's rule in Uttarakhand and AgustaWestland helicopter deal controversy.The session, which began on April 25, was adjourned sine...
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The United States has said that India meets the missile technology control regime requirements and is ready for entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group.State Department Spokesman John Kirby said in Washington last night that US President Barack Obama, during his visit to India in 2015, had said...
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Asserting that there is no room for discrimination, the Obama Administration today issued a new set of guidelines to schools asking them to allow transgender students to use bathroom facilities matching their gender identity.There is no room in our schools for discrimination of any kind,...
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France changed its military strategy and started airstrikes in Syria last year because of concerns months before the attacks on Paris that ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud was plotting to target a concert and take hostages, according to a French newspaper report.The report in today's Le Parisien,...
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Ahead of 16 May Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, election flying squad personnel today seized Rs 10.48 lakh cash, suspected to be meant for distribution to voters, from the car of a local AIADMK functionary, policesaid.The election flying squad personnel found the cash in the car of Aythioyapattinam...
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Democratic Party leaders are upping the pressure on Bernie Sanders to drop his presidential campaign, alarmed that his continued presence is undermining efforts to beat the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump, and again win the White House.I don't think they think of the downside of...
01:22
North Korea has supplied pistols to the Democratic Republic of Congo that ended up in the hands of Congolese peacekeepers serving in the UN mission in the Central African Republic, according to a UN report.A panel of experts found that pistols with characteristics similar to those produced in...
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Amid reports that China and Pakistan are jointly opposing India's bid for the Nuclear Suppliers Group membership, the US today said India meets missile technology control regime requirements and is ready for entry into the exclusive club.I'd point you back to what the president said during his...
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Suspected Syrian government airstrikes in the northern city of Idlib killed at least 12 people on today, activists said.The strikes came as part of an intensified air campaign launched after Islamic militants, including al-Qaida fighters, seized a central Alawite village. President Bashar Assad...
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Rocky was issued gun licence over threat from left wing extremismPurohit organised training camp under guise of Art of Living event: NIA'Modi govt tapping phones of opposition, bureaucrats'
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