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Britain's two new Sikh MPs today sought an independent inquiry into the role of the UK government in Operation Bluestar, an Indian Army action in 1984 to flush out terrorists from the Golden Temple.Britain's first turban-wearing MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi and Preet Kaur Gill said the UK government...
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President Xi Jinping will inspect a military parade at China's biggest base at Zhurihe in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Sunday as the country gets set to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the world's largest 2.3million-strong People's Liberation Army.Xi, 64, who is also head of the military...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Assam on August 1 to review the flood situation in the state. The floods in Assam this year have claimed 79 lives so far.During the visit, the prime minister would discuss all the aspects related to the floods with Chief Minister Sarbananda...
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Making the BJP invincible should be the goal of party workers and leaders, its chief Amit Shah today said as he stressed on greater co-ordination between the government and the organisation to continue growing fromstrength to strength. After forming governments in some of the states, the BJP...
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United States President Donald Trump plans to sign legislation slapping punitive sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea that the Congress approved this week, the White House has said.The legislation bars Trump from easing or waiving the penalties on Russia unless Congress agrees.In its...
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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today termed as unbelievably scary the justification for the Armed Forces Tribunal decision's to grant bail to five army personnel convicted in the 2010Macchil fake encounter case.The Armed Forces Tribunal suspended the life sentence awarded...
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Even as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inducted 13 National Democratic Alliance members in his Cabinet, he refused to include members from the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party and the Hindustani Awam Morcha, two other members of the NDA.Nitish Kumar has a strong reservation against RLSP chief and...
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The Hizbul Mujahideen on Saturday claimed that Territorial Army soldier Zahoor Ahmed Bhat, who had fled from his army base along with his service rifle on July 6, has joined the terror outfit. In an emailed statement, Hizbul Mujhadeen's Syed Salahuddin said that other policemen and...
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Lashing out at the BJP for its greed for power, BSP supremo Mayawati today said the recent developments in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have put democracy at risk.The political developments in Goa, Manipur, Bihar and now in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh are proof enough that the Modi government has put...
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Janata Dal-United- Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh- Bijendra Yadav- Shravan Kumar- Krishnandan Verma- Maheshwar Hazari- Santosh Nirala- Madan Sahaney- Khurshid Alam Firoz- Sailesh Kumar- Jai Kumar Sinha- Manju Verma- Kapildev Kamat- Ramesh Rishidev- Dinesh Chandra YadavBharatiya Janata...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today expanded its Cabinet by inducting 27 ministers including 14 from his own party, Janata Dal-United and 13 from the NDA. Governor Keshrinath Tripathi administered the oath to all new ministers. BJP leaders Prem Kumar and Nand...
17:31
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been named as Pakistan's interim Prime Minister.Abbasi will run the government as interim prime minister until Nawaz Sharif's brother Shahbaz is elected as member of parliament, Pakistan media said.In order to become the prime minister, he would have to be elected...
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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the NDA government, alleging that strife started in several states, including Jammu and Kashmir, after it came to power in May 2014.He claimed that the prevailing unrest in parts of the country under its rule was benefiting the the RSS, China...
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Veteran actor Mark Rylance has revealed that filmmaker Christopher Nolan apparently banned chairs and water bottles from the sets of his latest war drama Dunkirk.He does things like he doesn't like having chairs on set for actors or bottles of water, he's very particular, Rylance told The...
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Aamir Khan has asked his fans and followers on social media to help flood-stricken states of Assam and Gujarat by contributing in the Chief Minister Relief Fund. The 52-year-old star today shared a video message on Twitter urging everyone to come together to support those affected floods....
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Three members of the UP legislative council, including two from the Samajwadi Party and one from the Bahujan Samaj Party, resigned today.SP leaders Bukkal Nawab and Yashwant Singh, and Thakur Jiaveer Singh from the BSP submitted their resignation to Chairman of the Legislative Council, Ramesh...
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Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif will chair a crucial meeting to decide his successor, a day after he was disqualified by the Supreme Court.The Supreme Court yesterday disqualified 67-year-old Sharif for dishonesty and ruled that corruption cases be filed against him and his children...
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Hailing former prime minister Indira Gandhi as the ideal representative of the India that she envisions, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said 'India is Indira Gandhi' for her.When I was growing, Indira Gandhi represented India for me. Maybe some people won't like it, but to me,...
14:07
Sri Lanka today signed a USD 1.1 billion deal to sell a 70-per cent stake of the strategic Hambantota port to China, amid concerns over the massive debt the island nation incurred in building the port.The deal had been delayed by several months over concerns that the deep-sea port could be used...
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After quitting as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's counsel in the defamation case against Arun Jaitley, senior advocate Ram Jethmalani in an explosive letter has revealed that the Aam Aadmi Party chief used worse abuses than 'crook' for the Union finance minister.Firing a fresh salvo at his...
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Amid the exit of six Congress MLAs ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, a senior party legislator has said Ahmed Patel will find it difficult to win the elections as more opposition lawmakers are likely to resign in the days to come.Congress MLA Raghavjee Patel, considered close to former party strongman...
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A video showing two Muslim women being slapped, kicked and abused for nearly half an hour by a mob of cow vigilantes, as police stand by has surfaced. Gau mata ki jai! (hail mother cow), the attackers scream, as onlookersone of whom filmed the videowatch but do not intervene.After the attack, the...
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Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani fired a fresh salvo at his erstwhile client Arvind Kejriwal. Following up on his July 20 letter to Kejriwal conveying his decision to quit as the CM's counsel, Jethmalani, who is upset with the Delhi CM for telling the court that the lawyer acted on his own in...
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A day after Nitish Kumar won the crucial floor test in the Bihar assembly, securing 131 votes against the oppositions 108, the chief minister is all set to expand his Cabinet on Saturday.Nitish Kumar will expand his ministry on Saturday evening a Janata Dal-United leader, close to Nitish Kumar...
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Though Nitish Kumar has switched partners to head a JD-U-led NDA government in the state, he is set to stand by his promise to support UPAs vice presidential nominee Gopal Krishna Gandhi. The question has been doing rounds over JD-Us stand, since Wednesdays political upheaval, in the changed...
09:54
JUST IN: Three-member vigilance committee has been set up to inquire into alleged financial irregularities in Rajya Sabha TV, with department of expenditure as the nodal authority.
09:26
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said today the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the US mainland, hours after the launch left analysts concluding that a wide swath of the United States, including Los Angeles andChicago, is now in range of...
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Senior Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav hasn't said a word on the splitting of the Grand Alliance and Nitish Kumar joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party. However, reports state that the senior JD-U leader isn't happy about the recent developments and has chosen to maintain a...
07:57
United States President Donald Trump has fired Reince Priebus as chief of staff, replacing him with Homeland Security Secretary Gen John Kelly (retd), amid growing tensions at the White House due to infighting among top staffers.I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary...
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As the Indian and Chinese armies stand eyeball to eyeball in the Sikkim sector, former Union minister Arun Shourie said the leadership in China at all levels was much more qualified.He also said today the main challenge before the nation was to elect leaders who have integrity, dedication and...
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