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A crucial meeting of the Supreme Court collegium is likely to take place on Wednesday to reconsider the name of the Uttarakhand high court Chief Justice K M Joseph for elevation as a judge of the apex court which was sent back by the government last week. The five-member collegium,...
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A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Panchkula on Tuesday granted bail to former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in a case related to the alleged irregularities in Manesar land deals, a senior lawyer said. Former chief minister Hooda appeared before the...
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The Congress today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of lying and not having answers on issues of alleged corruption by his ministers, diamond merchant Nirav Modi, and Rafale. The party was hitting back at Modi after he lashed out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi,...
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Former Chief of the Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Idris Hassan Latif, who died aged 94, was laid to rest in Hyderabad today. The funeral was conducted with full military honours at a cemetery in the Old City of Hyderabad, Defence sources said. Latif, who...
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A Chinese man has been detained after he opened the emergency exit on a plane as he felt stuffy while waiting to disembark. The man, identified only by his surname Chen, was waiting to leave the flight at Mianyang airport in the southwestern province of Sichuan when he decided he could do...
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The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the change of colour of the iconic Taj Mahal at Agra and said the monument had become yellowish earlier and was now turning brownish and greenish. The apex court suggested that the Centre take the assistance of experts from India and abroad to...
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Ashley Judd, one of the first women to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct and harassment, has filed a lawsuit against the former media mogul for trying to sabotage her career. In the suit, Judd has alleged that Weinstein dissuaded director Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh from working...
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The Supreme Court today dismissed an interim bail plea of Yug Tuli, the co-owner of the Mojo's Bistro restaurant and an accused in the December, 2017 fire incident at Kamala Mills compound in Mumbai in which 14 people were killed. Tuli had filed the writ petition in the apex court...
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In remarks that raised eyebrows in political circles, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lashed out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for insulting Janata Dal-Secular supremo H D Deve Gowda, saying it showed hisarrogance. Showering praise on the former prime minister at an...
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Voters tend to choose politicians based on their looks, causing ineffective people to get elected to positions of power, according to a study. Political parties are increasingly trying to achieve success by focusing on the personality of candidates rather than policies or party...
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Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor is all set to exchange wedding vows with longtime beau Anand Ahuja on May 8 in Mumbai. The Kapoor & Ahuja families, take great joy and pride, in announcing the marriage of Sonam and Anand. The wedding will take place on May 8 in Mumbai. Since it...
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The growth of eight core sectors slowed to 3-month low of 4.1 per cent in March due to weak performance in as many as six sectors including coal, crude oil and natural gas. The other sectors which showed slower growth rate were refinery products, steel and electricity. The growth...
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The Centre today said the Karnataka government's proposal to approve an official flag for the state was put on hold as the election code of conduct came into force due to the upcoming assembly polls. The home ministry's comments came after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asked...
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Dr Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor serving a 33-year jail term for helping the CIA in tracking down al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden to Abbottabad in 2011 could be released this month after authorities remitted 10 years of his sentence, according to his lawyer. The United States has been...
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A group of Indian experts has visited Pakistan to discuss all aspects of bilateral ties and revive the Track II diplomacy process with Islamabad amidst the chill in the relationship after a number of terror attacks in India by Pakistan-based outfits.The original Track II initiative, Neemrana...
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Ten out of the 12 special courts, set up to try nearly 1,600 criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs, have started functioning, the law ministry has said. The remaining two courts -- one each in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu -- are likely to start functioning soon, it said. In...
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Rahul Gandhi and Piyush Goyal were today locked in a verbal battle with the Congress chief demanding the Union minister's resignation over allegations of his involvement in a Rs 48 crore scam and the latter hitting back to say that he, unlike the opposition leader, was a kaamdaar not a...
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Hitting back at the Prime Minister Narednra Modi for his 2+1 formula jibe at him, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said Modi's formula to win the assembly election in the state is 2 Reddys + 1 Yeddy. Responding to Modi's attack at an election rally earlier in the day on him contesting from...
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Air passengers could soon have access to WiFi connections onboard aircraft as the Telecom Commission today approved a proposal in this regard.Exciting times ahead in Indian skies as Telecom Commission approved data and voice services in flights over Indian airspace, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh...
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A Bharatiya Janata Party MP has asked Aligarh Muslim University to explain why it displays a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, triggering a row days after a student sought permission to hold an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh shaka on its premises. In a letter written to vice chancellor...
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Wading into the debate on violence against women and minor girls once again, Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Surendra Singh has said parents are responsible for the increasing incidents of rape and should not let their children roam around freely. The...
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In a surprise move, women's hockey coach Harendra Singh was today named chief coach of the Indian men's team while incumbent men's in-charge Sjoerd Marijne was sent back to the women's camp -- a fallout of the poor show by Manpreet Singh and co. in the Commonwealth Games. Harendra, who...
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Paris Hilton believes people had a lot more fun before social media existed. The socialite says that now people are too busy glued to their phones. ''I'm actually happy I grew up before Instagram and all this, because back in New York, we used to have so much...
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The government mopped up Rs 1.03 lakh crore as Goods and Services Tax collection in April, indicating stabilisation of the new indirect tax regime that was rolled out in July 1 last year. While GST collection in entire 2017-18 stood Rs 7.41 lakh crore, in March the figure was Rs 89,264...
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The Supreme Court today issued a slew of directions to all the high courts of the country regarding trial in sexual assault cases involving children. The bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed all high courts to ensure that the cases of sexual assault of children to be...
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Noted scholar and former finance minister of the Left Front government in West Bengal, Ashok Mitra, today passed away in a Kolkata hospital.He was 90 and his wife had passed away 10 years ago.Mitra was admitted in the hospital almost a month back with complaints of diarrhoea and later developed...
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PM Narendra Modi has launch a blistering attack on Congress president Gandhi during an election rally in Mysuru.Mocking Rahul's challenge of a '15 minute debate', Modi said, I challenge you (Rahul) to speak for 15 minutes on the achievements of your government in Karnataka without reading from...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing an election rally in Mysuru in poll-bound Karnataka.Sounding BJP's poll bugle, Modi said there is not a BJP wave in Karnataka but it is a storm.Modi siad that BS Yeddyurappa is the hope of the people of Karnataka and he will become the next chief...
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has asserted that special category status was the right of the state as he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of going back on the assurance made at an election meeting in 2014 to accord the same.He also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and...
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Amateur scientists have discovered a new species of water beetle and named it after Leonardo DiCaprio to honour the Oscar-winning Hollywood actor's efforts towards biodiversity preservation. The water beetle, described in the journal ZooKeys, was discovered at a waterfall in the...
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United States President Donald Trump has hailed Indian-origin Kalpana Chawla as an American hero for devoting her life to the space programme and inspiring millions of girls to become astronauts.Trump's remarks came as he issued a proclamation declaring May as 'Asian American and Pacific Islander...
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Rashtriya Janata Dal Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has reached Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi.He was discharged from Delhi's AIl India Institute of Medical Sciences yesterday where he was undergoing treatment for various ailments related to heart and kidney. -- ANI
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Iran has a robust, clandestine nuclear weapons programme that it tried but failed to hide from the world and from its own people, a top White House official has alleged.White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said the recent information released by Israel provided new and compelling details...
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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly today flatly denied calling United States President Donald Trump an 'idiot' as claimed by a news report.The report by NBC News, based on multiple unnamed sources from the White House, alleged that Kelly has referred to Trump as 'an idiot' multiple times to...
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Former finance minister P Chidambaram hit out at the Centre and dubbed its claim of providing electricity to every single village in India as a 'jumla'.Chidambaram also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking credit for the work done by the previous United...
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Lashker-e-Tayiba terrorists struck at the Old Baramulla town in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday night and gunned down three men, in their early 20s, police said in Srinagar.A police spokesperson said all the three persons were shot at from a very close range in Iqbal market of Old Baramulla town,...
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The porn actress who claims she had an affair with US President Donald Trump is escalating her legal fight. She's suing the president for defamation. Stormy Daniels filed the complaint in federal court in New York on Monday. At issue is a tweet Trump made in which he dismissed a...
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