Putin slams US election meddling claims as 'lies'

 Thu, 30 March 2017
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23:42

Maharashtra govt to bring bill to legalise bullock cart race

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Following footsteps of Tamil Nadu which won the Jallikattu war, the Maharashtra Government is all set to introduce a bill to legalise bullock-cart race in the state.The Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis-led government has constituted a high-level parliamentary committee to formulate a draft of the...
23:10

Kejriwal worse dictator than Mayawati: MLA as rebellion rears head in AAP

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Amid reports that a number of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs have met with senior Congress party leaders, Colonel Devinder Sehrawat confirmed that he had been in touch with all other parties, including Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United.The MLA representing Delhi's Bijwasan constituency, who has always...
22:46

Putin slams US election meddling claims as 'lies'

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has described allegations that his country meddled in the 2016 US election as fictional, illusory, provocations and lies.Asked directly on Thursday whether Russia interfered in the election, Putin said: Read my lips: No.Putin's comments are the Russian president's...
22:29

Oppo to reopen soon Noida plant hit by flag incident

Chinese mobile company Oppo, which faced worker's unrest at its Noida plant after the incidence of disrespect to the Indian flag, today said the factory will reopen soon.     The factory will be re-opening soon and we do not expect any impact on the supplies because of the...
21:45

Lawyers across country to strike work tomorrow

Lawyers have decided to abstain from judicial work in all courts across the country tomorrow in protest against a proposed Bill that bars advocates from holding agitation and makes them liable to compensate litigants if they go on strike.The Bar Council of India, the apex body of advocates, has...
21:41

UPDATE: TVF CEO Arunabh Kumar booked in another molestation case

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TVF CEO Arunabh Kumar booked in another molestation case, the case is filed in Mumbai's Versova Police station. Yesterday, a case of molestation was filed against the 'The Viral Fever' CEO Arunabh Kumar following the complaint of a victim at Mumbai's Maharashtra Industrial Development...
21:27

US coffee shop introduces 'punch hole in Trump's head' cards

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A US coffee shop is brewing controversy with its loyalty cards that are designed in a manner that when punched it looks like a shot in the head ofconservatives, including President Donald Trump.Black Forge Coffee house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has issued the loyalty cards that have typical...
21:09

Separatists call for strike against PM's visit to J&K on Apr 2

Separatists in Jammu and Kashmir today called for a general strike to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to inaugurate the Chenani-Nashri tunnel, the longest in the country, on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway on April 2.There should be a complete shutdown on April 2 to protest the...
20:47

After BJP leader's call to demolish Jinnah House, Pakistan asks India to protect building

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Pakistan today expressed concern over the safety of 'Jinnah House' located in Mumbai and said India should show respect towards it, days after a BJP MLA demanded that the building be demolished.Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria, at his weekly briefing, said, We have clarified our...
20:26

1984 riots case: Tytler refuses to undergo lie detection test

Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who has been given a clean chit by the CBI in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, today told a Delhi court that he is not ready to undergo lie detection test as it amounts to cruelty.Tytler's counsel objected to the test, saying the CBI has not given any reason for...
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UP CM meets meat traders, assures them govt will act only as per law

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The meat traders met UP CM Yogi Adityanath and the state health minister after the state has been forced to go vegetarian as the vendors have gone on strike protesting against the clampdown on slaughterhouses. Following the meeting, Sirajuddin Qureshi, a meat exporter said, Our meeting...
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Election Commission bans exit polls by astrologers, tarot card readers

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The Election Commission has just announced that any telecast of poll result forecast in any form -- by political analysts, astrologers & tarot card readers -- is banned during the poll process. This means that even astrologers and tarot card readers can not provide any predictions on the...
18:56

Virat Kohli receives Padma Shri from President

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Virat Kohli is all smiles as he receives the Padma Shri from President Pranab Mukherjee at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. 
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JUST IN: No more stamping of hand baggage at 7 airports from 1 April, tweets Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju. The seven airports are Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru & Cochin
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5 dead in Maharashtra as heat wave sweeps through

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Five people have died of heat stroke in Maharashtra and 40-plus temperatures have led to heat wave warning in parts of the state.Districts in central and north Maharashtra are worst affected.Village Bhira in Raigad district has been in the news for unusually high temperature at 46.5 degrees, but...
18:08

Z-Plus security cover for UP CM

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Centre accords top-level Z-plus security cover to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath.Chief ministers, ministers of the cabinet rank, judges of the high court and Supreme Court and some bureaucrats are entitled to Z and Z-Plus security. The Z-Plus security cover includes 36 personnel, while the...
17:50

AI behaving like mafia goons, dictatorship won't last: Sena

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Backing party MP Ravindra Gaikwad following his dispute with an Air India employee, the Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday dubbed the national carrier a 'mafia goon' over their decision to ban Gaikwad.Company's behavior is that of mafia goons, their dictatorship will not last long, Raut told...
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AAP MLA tweets couplets on sycophants, tags Kejriwal

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Days after Bawana MLA Ved Parkash quit the AAP, another party legislator aired his dissatisfaction today, cautioning Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against sycophants. In a series of tweets, AAP's Janakpuri MLA Rajesh Rishi quoted couplets saying a regime nears its end if one relies on...
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There will be no discrimination against opposition: Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday called for unanimity between the ruling government and the opposition, adding that there would not be discrimination against the latter.The government and the opposition should work together to live up to the expectations of the...
16:39

PM to visit US on mutual convenience

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Timing of PM Narendra Modi's visit to US will be decided on mutual convenience, says MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet US President Donald Trump when he travels to Washington later this year. President Trump has said he looks forward to hosting Prime...
16:06

Central Hall of Parliament empties out

The Central Hall of Parliament has seemingly lost its relevance after PM Narendra Modi issued strict instructions to BJP MPs and Union Ministers not to waste time chatting. In the past three sessions of Parliament, the Central Hall was always full of either former members of Parliament who are...
15:46

Adityanath to meet meat traders at 6 pm

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath has called slaughterhouse representatives to meet him at his residence at 6 pm. Meat-sellers and slaughterhouses are on an indefinite strike since Monday against the statewide crackdown on illegal and mechanised slaughterhouses. Agitating meat sellers and exporters held...
15:37

FM invites suggestions to make political funding cleaner

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today threw an open invitation to the opposition in the Lok Sabha to suggest steps to make electoral funding cleaner and more transparent. I have an open invitation to all, please suggest to me a better system which will ensure clean money and transparency to...
15:35

Poorna Review: Goes for mountains, settles for mole-hills

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Poorna review: The movie follows the true story of Poorna Malavath who, one month short of her 14th birthday, scaled Mount Everest. It's the sort of material waiting to be transformed into a gladdening picture (the tribal girl from Telangana who so wanted to get away that she became an ant-like...
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SC will give up summer vacation to hear triple talaq cases on May 11

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A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will start hearing from May 11 petitions against the Islamic divorce practice of triple talaq that is said to be biased against women.The court will hear pleas filed by several Muslim women challenging the practice under which men can divorce...
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Day 3 of meat-vendors' strike in UP: Ghas phoos for AMU students

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Vegetarian meals for students as meat shortage hits Aligarh Muslim University canteen. Meat, chicken and fish sellers are on an indefinite strike since Monday against the statewide crackdown on illegal and mechanised slaughterhouses. In Lucknow, most of the shops selling mutton downed their...
14:38

No Indians have lost jobs yet: Swaraj on H1B visa policy

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday assured Indians that the Central Government is in talks with the United States administration to ensure that Indians living are not at loss due to the new H1B visa policy.We are in talks with the US administration and Congressmen. No one has...
14:22

Parliament passes Finance Bill, rejects amendments made by RS

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Just In: Parliament passes Finance Bill 2017; all amendments recommended by Rajya Sabha rejected.The Rajya Sabha yesterday adopted five amendments moved by the Opposition to the Finance Bill 2017.Of the five Opposition amendments, three were moved by Congress member Digvijaya Singh and two by...
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Lok Sabha rejects 5 Rajya Sabha amendments to Finance Bill, 2017.
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Crack in tracks apparently led to derailment: Railways

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A crack in the tracks prima facie caused the derailment of eight coaches of Mahakaushal Express near Mahoba station in Uttar Pradesh today. Speaking on the sidelines of a function, Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha said that according to the Divisional Railway Manager, prima facie fresh...
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BJP-PDP govt must understand situation in J-K is volatile: Congress

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Accusing the BJP-PDP Government of completely mishandling the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress Party on Thursday said the government must understand that the situation in the valley is volatile.The situation in the Kashmir valley is turning precarious. The BJP-PDP Government in...
12:57

Nigeria summons Indian envoy over attacks

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Nigeria has called in the Indian envoy in the country to register its protest over an attack on four Nigerian students in Greater Noida and sought diligent prosecution against the perpetrators. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Olushola Enikanolaiye, sought action by the...
12:16

Youth coming to encounter sites are committing suicide, warns J-K DGP

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J&K DGP SP Vaid appeals to youth to stay away from encounter sites. On Tuesday, three young civilian protesters were killed and nearly three dozen were injured when forces opened fire to break protests by locals, who rushed to the encounter site in Budgam to rescue a militant. Vaid said,...
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Cricketer Ashwin Ravichandran tweets: On a lighter note, from this year onwards 30th march will be remembered as world apology day.Virat Kohli tweeted earlier softening his earlier statement that he did not forsee being friends with the Australians. He tweeted today saying he, did not say the...
11:52

Brad Hodge apologises to Virat Kohli for comments on injury

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Former Australian batsman Brad Hodge has apologised to Virat Kohli for his comments after the Indian captain pulled out of the Dharamsala Test due to a shoulder injury. Hodge came under fire in the subcontinent for his suggestions that Kohli had not played the Test in order to save...
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O Panneerselvam campaigning in RK Nagar, Chennai ahead of the April 12  elections in this constituency. The seat lies vacant after J Jayalalithaa's death. 
11:35

Panda hits back at 'vested interests'

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The controversy over BJD MP Baijayant 'Jay' Panda's tweet on party affairs refused to die today (yesterday) with the Lok Sabha member from Kendrapara taking to the Twitter again to defend his stance. His fresh tweets did not go unnoticed with senior BJD leaders criticising him for airing his...
11:19

Judge in Hawaii indefinitely extends order halting travel ban

A US federal judge in Hawaii has indefinitely extended its previous order blocking President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries. The US District Judge Derrick Watson blocked the core provision of the revised executive order two weeks ago arguing that it...
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An expansive Hindutva agenda?

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When symbols speak, and in the layered culture deposits of the Gangetic plain they do speak loud, one of the most memorable spectacles was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kashi Vishwanath Temple on March 4, 2017. It was preceded by a roadshow in the narrow, winding streets of...
10:58

Ivanka to become unpaid White House employee

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The first daughter announced Wednesday that she will serve as an unpaid employee in the White House.I have heard the concerns some have with my advising the President in my personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules and I will instead serve as an unpaid employee in the...
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Will make US a place where women can thrive, promises Trump

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US President Donald Trump has said his administration will work to ensure America becomes a place where women can work and thrive like never before, as he praised his women colleagues, including Indian-Americans Nikki Haley (pictured) and Seema Verma. At a White House panel discussion on women...
10:44

Hottest morning of season in Delhi at 23.7 deg C

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The national capital today witnessed the hottest morning of the season in the past five years at 23.7 degrees Celsius. At 23.7 degrees Celsius, six notches above the season's average, it is the highest minimum temperature recorded in this season in the past five years, a MeT department official...
10:21

Forced to shut down, UP meat sellers now sell tea

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As abattoirs in Uttar Pradesh are on indefinite strike under the Yogi Adityanath government, meat shop owners are now forced to sell tea.My meat shop has been forcefully closed down even when I had a  proper license. I'm forced to sell tea now, said Nazakat, a resident of...
10:05

Pak repatriates Indian after seven months in captivity

An Indian national from Jammu and Kashmir who had inadvertently crossed over to Pakistan has been repatriated to India, seven months after he was captured by Pakistani officials.Sham Bihari had crossed over to Pakistan in August 2016 and was repatriated back to India on Wednesday.Although he...
09:46

Kohli clarifies: 'Didn't mean whole Oz team, on good terms with a few

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India skipper Virat Kohli responds to critcism for his post-match comments that  'he would not ever say again that he is friends with Australian cricketers'.My answer at the post match conference has been blown way out of proportion. I didn't categorically say the whole Australian team but...
09:35

Dear PM, No honest IAS officer will peform if you don't intervene

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Residents in adjoining Navi Mumbai have launched a signature campaign to protest the 'arbitrary' transfer of IAS officer Tukaram Mundhe, claiming he was removed as Navi Mumbai Municipal Commissioner as punishment for taking on the builders lobby. We are part of the signature campaign to demand...
09:28

2 killed in fire at Kolkata hotel

At least two persons were charred to death in a fire at a hotel in southern Kolkata early today, police said. Anup Agarwal and Jugalkishore Gupta, guests at the hotel, were rushed to a hospital after suffering serious injuries in the fire but could not be saved. The fire broke out at around 3 am,...
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Bob Dylan finally agrees to accept Nobel prize

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Music icon Bob Dylan will finally accept his Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm this weekend at a meeting with the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, it has announced.The 75-year-old American singer was awarded the prize in October but failed to travel to pick up the award, or deliver the lecture...
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UPDATE: Mahakaushal express derailment: 22 injured

Twenty two passengers have suffered injuries on Thursday after eight coaches of Delhi bound Jabalpur-Mahakaushal express derailed near Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba railway station. Twenty two people suffered injuries in Mahakaushal express derailment accident, out of which 19 discharged, said Anil...
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8 coaches of Mahakaushal Express derail in UP, 9 injured

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Eight coaches of the Jabalpur-Nizamuddin Mahakaushal Express derailed in the wee hours today near Mahoba station in Uttar Pradesh.According to initial reports, around nine passengers of the Delhi-bound train were injured in the incident which took place at 2:07 am, the Chief Public Relations...
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Trump voters to US President: Stop Twitter rants

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US President Donald Trump is the nation's tweeter-in-chief, and his missives often provoke controversy, even among those who voted for him.According to many of his supporters, Trump was wrong about Saturday Night Live being unwatchable and Alec Baldwin's impersonation not being good.He has no...