Rs 1.17 cr food bill for Jayalalithaa's 75-day treatment at Apollo Hospital

 Tue, 18 December 2018
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23:41

Trump Foundation reaches deal to dissolve amid lawsuit

US President Donald Trump's charitable foundation reached a deal to dissolve while Trump fights allegations he misused assets for business and political purposes.  New York's attorney general and Trump Foundation lawyers filed a joint stipulation in a court laying out a process for...
23:19

Rs 1.17 cr food bill for Jayalalithaa's 75-day treatment at Apollo Hospital

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When late chief minister J Jayalalithaa was under treatment for 75 days at Apollo Hospital in the city, the food served to her alone cost a whopping Rs 1.17 crore.Documents submitted by Apollo Hospital before the inquiry commission, probing the death of the former chief minister, revealed that...
23:03

Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in J-K's Poonch

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Pakistani troops Tuesday violated ceasefire along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir by resorting to unprovoked firing on forward posts, officials said.  The firing by Pakistani troops from across the LoC attracted strong and effective retaliation by the Indian Army,...
22:32

Vajpayee's portrait to be installed in central hall of Parliament

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A life-size portrait of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is set to be installed in the central hall of Parliament, sources said.  A parliamentary panel comprising leaders of various parties unanimously agreed to install a portrait of the BJP veteran. The proposal was mooted by...
22:18

Trump wishes Michael Flynn 'good luck' before sentencing for lying to FBI

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Donald Trump has wished Michael Flynn, his first national security secretary, good luck just hours before Flynn is due to be sentenced for lying to federal investigators about his conversations with a Russian ambassador.Good luck today in court to General Michael Flynn, Trump tweeted. Will be...
21:44

Stalin's proposal to project Rahul Gandhi not necessarily alliance's opinion

Reacting on DMK president M K Stalin's proposal to project Congress president Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav said Tuesday it was not necessarily the alliance's opinion.  Talking to reporters after unveiling a...
21:18

Trump accuses Facebook, Twitter, Google of Democrat bias

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US President Donald Trump took a swipe on Tuesday at America's tech giants, accusing them of having a liberal bias, and claiming Twitter was making it more difficult to follow his account.  Facebook, Twitter and Google are so biased toward the Dems it is ridiculous! Trump...
20:51

India destined to be major powerhouse of global economy: Manmohan Singh

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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said that India is destined to be a major powerhouse of the global economy.  Singh, who is also a renowned economist, said that India has witnessed an average  growth rate of about 7 per cent since 1991.Despite all hiccups, hurdles,...
20:18
US watchdog FAA retains highest aviation safety ranking for India. 
20:11

Nageswara Rao appointed CBI additional director

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M Nageswara Rao, who is holding post of interim CBI Director, was on Tuesday promoted to the rank of an additional director by the government.  A 1986-batch IPS officer from the Odisha cadre, Rao's name was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.The promotion of Rao, who...
19:57

Christian Michel, kept in 5-star CBI suite, hasn't opened up yet

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He may have become the poster boy for Indian enforcement agencies, but alleged Agusta middleman Christian Michel, extradited by Dubai on December 4, has not opened up at all to the Central Bureau of Investigation.Top sources have confirmed to NDTV that the cooperation they were hoping for from...
19:54

Brexit: Parliament rejects No-Confidence against Theresa May

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The British government on Tuesday rejected the no-confidence motion tabled by the Leader of Opposition Jeremy Corbyn against Prime Minister Theresa May.The motion was passed in the British Parliament on Monday after May pushed back the date of the parliamentary vote on the Brexit Withdrawal...
19:23

Akhilesh Yadav criticises Kamal Nath's claim of UP, Bihar workers taking up jobs in MP

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Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday criticised Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's claim that people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh deny employment to youth of his state.  After taking oath of office on Monday, Nath also announced government incentives to industries...
19:08

Hafiz Saeed pens column in Pak newspaper as 'contributing writer'

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Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed has donned the hat of a column writer for a leading Urdu newspaper, stirring a debate among journalists as to how the media house allowed the head of a banned terror group to write on the Kashmir issue and the creation of Bangladesh in 1971.Saeed was declared...
18:50

Countdown begins for launch of communication satellite GSAT-7A

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The 26-hour countdown commenced Tuesday for the launch of India's geostationary communication satellite GSAT-7A onboard Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle GSLV-F11 from Sriharikota, ISRO said.  GSLV-F11 carrying 2,250kg GSAT-7A is scheduled to lift-off at 4.10 pm Wednesday from the second launch...
18:34

Meghalaya: 6 days on, 13 workers remain trapped in flooded coal mine

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Rescuers were unable to reach the 13 miners trapped in a coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on the sixth day as heavy rains made the operation difficult, police said.The National Disaster Response Force, police and State Disaster Response Force have been fighting against time to...
17:53

Ansari returns home after six years

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Earlier today, the parents and brother of Hamid Ansari wait at the Attari-Wagah border. He was lodged in a jail in Pakistan and is being released today. With them (in the blue jeans) is journalist and activist Jatin Desai, who made it a mission to get back the Indian national. Desai went along...
17:50

Ghar vapsi: Tears of joy as Hamid Ansari crosses over to India

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Indian national Hamid Ansari crosses the Attari-Wagah border to reach India. He was lodged in a jail in Pakistan and was released today. Journalist and activist Jatin Desai, who made it a mission to get back the Indian national jailed in Pakistan, accompanied Ansari's family to the Wagah border...
17:46

Market logs 6th straight gains on rupee

Indian equity benchmarks reversed early losses to end in the green, marking their sixth consecutive gains, helped by late buying in mainly in pharma, metal and capital goods as firming rupee and sliding crude lifted investors' sentiment. The BSE benchmark Sensex ended 77 points higher...
17:14

Replace Modi with Nitin Gadkari: Maharashtra leader tells RSS

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In a huge embarrassment, a prominent Maharashtra farmer leader has demanded that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh must replace Prime Minster Narendra Modi with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari if the Bharatiya Janata Party wishes to win the 2019 general elections. The demand has come from a...
16:46

Fadnavis orders probe in Mumbai hospital fire that killed 8

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday ordered a probe into the fire at the ESIC Kamgar Hospital in suburban Mumbai in which eight people were killed.  The Chief Minister's Office said Fadnavis spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister J P Nadda in...
16:37

Activist Desai at Wagah to receive Mumbai techie freed by Pak

Journalist and activist Jatin Desai, who made it a mission to get back Indian national Hamid Nihal Ansari jailed in Pakistan, accompanied Ansari's family to the Wagah border to receive him following his release.Ansari, 33, a Mumbai resident, was released from a Pakistani jail on Tuesday to be...
15:57

PM kicks off Rs 33,000 cr metro, housing projects near Mumbai

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday laid foundation stones for two metro lines and affordable housing projects entailing investment of over Rs 33,000 crore in the megapolis. At an event held in Kalyan months ahead of the crucial general elections in 2019, Modi kickstarted work on the ambitious...
15:51

Parrikar reviews vacancies, promotions in state departments

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Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday held a meeting with senior officials of the personnel department to take stock of vacancies, promotions and retirement-related issues in various government departments. The meeting, held at Parrikar's private residence at Dona Paula near...
15:38

Man U sacks Mourinho after poor start to season

Football: Manchester United has announced that it has sacked manager Jose Mourinho. 
15:31

If Rahul was really Congress boss...

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If Rahul Gandhi's authority was absolute, he could have picked his man. That this did not happen shows there is more inner party democracy in the Congress than otherwise assumed. Compare this with the ease with which outsiders like Adityanath in UP, Khattar in Haryana and Fadnavis in...
15:27

CBI's custody of Christian Michel ends

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CBI's custody of AgustaWestland deal alleged middleman Christian Michel ends. A Delhi court on Saturday extended by four days the CBI custody of Michel, charge-sheeted and arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case. The 57-year-old British national was produced before special judge...
15:07

Wild encounters

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Man trampled to death by elephants in Jharkhand: A 30-year-old man was on Tuesday trampled to death by a herd of elephants at Khaksa village in Pakur district, officials said. The herd of 30 elephants, including calves, which reached Pakuria block from Dumka district on Sunday night, also damaged...
14:50

Ram temple issue echoes in BJP parl party meeting

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With Hindutva organisations ramping up pressure on the government to bring a law to build Ram temple in Ayodhya, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday asked BJP lawmakers to be patient on the issue. At the BJP parliamentary party meeting, Ravindra Kushwaha and Hari Narayan Rajbhar, both of whom...
14:27

4 transgenders offer prayers at Sabarimala temple

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Four transgenders, who were earlier stopped from proceeding towards the Lord Ayyappa temple, Tuesday offered prayers at the hill shrine under a heavy police security cover.Ananya, Trupti, Renjumol and Avanthika, clad in traditional black sarees and carrying the customary Irrumudikettu(sacred...
14:12

India's 'Village Rockstars' out of Oscars race, nine films advance to next stage

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Village Rockstars, India's official entry to the 91st Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Film category, is no longer a part of the Oscars race, with only nine films out of 87 making it to the next round of voting. Directed by Rima Das, the Assamese feature, revolved around a group of village...
13:43

Stalin defends 'Rahul for PM' cry, seeks support

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DMK president MK Stalin strongly defended backing Rahul Gandhi as prime ministerial candidate, saying the Congress chief had the strength to dislodge the BJP regime at the Centre and sought the support of friendly secular parties for his proposal. Amid murmurs in the opposition ranks about...
13:20

Govt did not ask for Urjit Patel's resignation as RBI Guv

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Tuesday said the government never sought the resignation of Urjit Patel as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India over differences in handling liquidity stress in certain sectors. Speaking at Agenda Aaj Tak, he said the government does not need a single penny from...
13:00

Won't let PM sleep until all farms loans waived: Rahul

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi holds an impromptu press conference outside Parliament house. Flanked by Ghulam Nabi Azad and Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Congress president said he would keep the government awake till it gave loan waivers to farmers.We will not let PM Modi sleep till he waives off...
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Parliament has been adjourned till tomorrow. 
12:18

Rajya Sabha adjourned as well

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Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday as the AIADMK and DMK protested over Cauvery issue, while the Congress demanded that a privilege notice against the government be taken up for allegedly misleading Parliament and the Supreme Court on Rafale jet deal. Rajya Sabha proceedings have been...
12:15

ESIC hospital staffers protest inadequate facilities

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Maharashtra: ESIC Kamgar Hospital staff protests alleging inadequate facilities in the hospital in Andheri, Mumbai. Eight people had died in a fire that broke out in the hospital yesterday.
12:13

Rafale dominates LS proceedings

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till noon on Tuesday following vociferous protests by various parties over Rafale deal, construction of a dam across Cauvery river and other issues. As soon as the House met, members from the AIADMK, the TDP and the Congress trooped into the Well, with...
11:44

C'garh govt to waive short-term agri loans, probe Naxal attack

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has said his government will waive short-term agricultural loans of farmers and hike the MSP for paddy to Rs 2,500, fulfilling promises made by the Congress ahead of the state Assembly polls. The state government will also set up a Special Investigation...
11:40

Sajjan Kumar quits Congress

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Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has written to party president Rahul Gandhi submitting his resignation from the primary membership of the party, sources in the party said on Tuesday. On Monday, the Delhi High Court convicted Kumar for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and sentenced him to...
11:36

Mentally challenged man crosses across LoC, family seeks govt's help

Family of a 33-year-old mentally challenged man, who crossed across LoC and reached Pakistan, has appealed to the governments of India and Pakistan to help him in getting his son back.The man, who had gone missing on December 11, hails from a remote village of Poonch district.Speaking to ANI,...
11:21

Mumbai hospital not fire compliant

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The death toll in the blaze in a government hospital in Mumbai rose to eight Tuesday, while 176 injured people, including three firemen, are being treated in different hospitals across the city, an official said. Milind Ogle, the deputy chief fire officer of the MIDC area, said the hospital...
10:56

Aircel-Maxis case: Protection from arrest to Chidambaram extended till Jan 11

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A Delhi court Tuesday extended till January 11 the protection granted to former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son from arrest in the Aircel-Maxis scam. Special Judge OP Saini extended the relief granted to Chidambaram and his son Karti after the CBI and the ED submitted that new...
10:52

Nashik farmer writes to PMO, dubs report of low quality onions "false"

The farmer from Nashik, who had sent his onion sale earnings to the Prime Minister's Office to highlight low returns, has alleged that the district authorities wrongly described his produce as of low quality. Sanjay Sathe, from Niphad tehsil in Nashik district of Maharashtra, on Monday wrote a...
10:32

Love jihad: Hadiya's father joins BJP

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KM Ashokan, father of Hadiya, 26-year-old Kerala woman who converted to Islam and married a Muslim man in 2016, has joined the BJP. KM Asokan had approached Court alleging his daughter was a victim of 'love jihad'.The Supreme Court in March this year had restored the marriage of Hadiya, a Hindu...
10:15

Sensex drops 141 points in early trade

Breaking its five-day winning streak, the benchmark BSE Sensex fell 141 points in early trade Tuesday, as banking, IT, realty and FMCG stocks retreated, tracking sell-off in global market. The 30-share index dropped 140.51 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 36,129.56 points in opening trade. The gauge...
09:29

Imran Khan is Pak army's 'proxy', best time for talks: Mehbooba

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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said it was the best time for India to hold talks with Pakistan as the neighbouring country's new Prime Minister Imran Khan is being touted as a proxy their army.  If initiated now, she said, the talks between the two...
08:57

4-feet hole appears on Gurgaon flyover on NH 8

A four-feet wide hole appeared at the Rampura flyover on National Highway 8 in Gurgaon on Monday.  The flyover between Kherki Daula toll plaza and IMT Manesar, was opened last year by the National Highway Authority of India to ease traffic congestion on the strect leading to Maneser.We have...
08:38

Death toll in Mumbai hospital fire rises to 8

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The death toll in Mumbai's Andheri hospital fire incident has increased to eight.A massive fire broke out at ESIC Kamgar hospital on Monday injuring more than 100 people.Ten fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the blaze while a rescue van and 16 ambulances were also rushed to the spot...
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US shutdown: Empowered Democrats refuse funds for Trump wall

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US President Donald Trump's signature campaign pledge to build a wall along the US-Mexico border is at stake in a major budget battle this week.A partial government shutdown is looming on Friday if Congress cannot agree funding for federal agencies.Newly empowered Democrats are refusing White...