Vikhe Patil quits as Maha Oppn leader

 Thu, 25 April 2019
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Vikhe Patil quits as Maha Oppn leader

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Senior Maharashtra Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, whose son joined the Bharatiya Janata Party last month, has resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, the party said on Thursday.Party chief Rahul Gandhi has accepted the resignation of the Congress leader, state...
23:10

Giriraj Singh booked for violating poll code

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Union minister Giriraj Singh was on Thursday booked for violating model code of conduct by making controversial remarks against the Muslim community at a rally in Begusarai a day ago where Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah, among others, was present.According to District...
21:53

ISRO postpones Chandrayaan launch to July

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Wary of failure after Israel's unsuccessful attempt to land on Moon, Chandrayaan-2 has been further postponed to July, an Indian Space Research Organisation official said.  There were also reports of the Moon Mission's lander facing minor damage, but the official did not comment on it.We saw...
21:32

Mumbai blasts convict dies in Nagpur prison

Abdul Gani Turk, a 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict lodged at the Nagpur Central Jail, died in Nagpur on Thursday, an official said. Turk, 68, was lodged in the Nagpur Central Jail since 2012.Convicted for planting a bomb at Century Bazar, one of the 12 sites devastated by serial blasts in the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs Ganga Aarti and offers prayers at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi.  -- ANI
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India had shared actionable inputs with Lanka before blasts: Rajnath

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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said Indian authorities shared 'actionable' intelligence with Sri Lanka before the serial blasts rocked the neighbouring country.Nearly 360 people were killed in the Easter Sunday bombings in the island nation.Desired and actionable inputs were shared with...
19:52

Modi performs Ganga Aarti after roadshow

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to perform Ganga aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah and UP BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey also present.  -- ANI
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Visuals from Dashashwamedh Ghat.PM Narendra Modi to arrive shortly.  -- ANI
19:10

Former Army chief Dalbir Suhag appointed Indian envoy to Seychelles

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Former Army chief Dalbir Singh Suhag has been appointed as India's next high commissioner to Seychelles, a country which is of strategic importance to India in the Indian Ocean region.He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the ministry of External Affairs said while making the...
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PM holds mega roadshow in Varanasi ahead of nomination

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow in Varanasi proceeds.He will perform Ganga Aarti at the Dhashawamedh Ghat later in the evening.The PM is scheduled for file his nomination tomorrow.
18:22

3 suspects arrested with 21 hand grenades in Lanka

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Sri Lankan police on Thursday arrested three suspects and seized 21 hand grenades and six swords during a raid in Colombo following the Easter Sunday bombings that left nearly 360 people dead.The Colombo Crime Division and the Special Task Force personnel carried out the raid in Modara area of...
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Visuals from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow in Varanasi. -- ANI
17:28

PM begins mega roadshow in Varanasi

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PM Narendra Modi begins his roadshow in Varanasi with this tweet: Live from Kashi...Grateful for the warmth and affection!Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a mega roadshow in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, a show of strength that will include union ministers, state chief minister and...
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News updates

1993 Mumbai serial blast convict Abdul Gani Turk dies in GMC Hospital, Nagpur. He was lodged in Nagpur Central Jail.Agustawestland Case: A CBI court reserves order on the application by Christian Michel on leaking of content of the chargesheet to media houses. Order on the plea to be pronounced...
16:38

World's 2nd largest emperor penguin colony disappeared overnight

The world's second largest emperor penguin colony is believed to have been effectively wiped out overnight, with thousands of chicks drowning when an ice shelf in Antarctica collapsed.Since the catastrophic collapse of the ice sheet at Halley Bay in 2016, no breeding has been detected...
16:15

Don't feel like voting: Nirbhaya's parents

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As campaigning picks up steam in Delhi with leaders motivating people to exercise their franchise, Asha Devi and Badri Nath Singh, the parents of the woman who was gangraped and killed and came to be known as Nirbhaya, say they might not vote this time at all. The couple, the face of courage...
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TMC MP Moon Moon on 'friend' Imran Khan

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Expressing disgust over the issue of nationalism and Pakistan being played up in election campaign, yesteryear actress and Trinamool Congress candidate from Asansol, Moon Moon Sen, said if needed, she would again talk to her old friend Imran Khan, the Pakistan prime minister. Sen, however,...
14:51

SC reserves order on 'conspiracy against CJI'

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the issue of setting up an inquiry committee to probe an advocate's claim that there was a conspiracy to frame Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi in a sexual harassment case.A special bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, Rohinton Nariman and Deepak...
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BJP's Kirron Kher files her nomination from the Chandigarh constituency. To her left is her husband and actor Anupam Kher. 
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Congress General Secretary for UP (East) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds a roadshow in Jhansi.
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Release PM Modi film after voting ends: EC

Just in: The Election Commission is of the view that the movie 'PM Narendra Modi' should not be released till May 19. Poll body officials say delaying the release will be in the interest of free and fair Lok Sabha elections. 
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PM did injustice with people for 5 years: Rahul

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of doing injustice to the people of the country in the last five years, saying the 'acche din ayenge' slogan has now been replaced by 'chowkidar chor hai'. Gandhi was addressing an election rally at Jalore in...
13:23

Two Hizbul militants killed in encounter

Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including one pursuing Bachelor of Physiotherapy, were killed Thursday in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. On a credible input, a cordon and search operation was launched at Bagender Mohalla in...
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Bhaagti Janata Party'(BJP) runs away from pressers: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav coined a new term for the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday, saying the Bhaagti Janata Party runs away from press conferences and whenever journalists asks questions.  Vikas (development) is asking if you have also heard anything new? Have heard...
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It's Ajai Rai vs Modi in Varanasi, not Priyanka

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So, it's the Congress party's Ajai Rai who will take on the PM Narendra Modi from Varanasi. Rumours of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra being fielded from there have finally been put to rest. This is the second time Rai is being fielded from Varanasi -- he took the BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi in...
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All NDA allies will be in attendance at PM's rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Modi, who will file his nomination papers for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat on Friday, is expected to start his roadshow by first garlanding the statue of Banaras Hindu University founder Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. The roadshow will stretch over six...
12:17

AAP releases manifesto

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia release the Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi manifesto.  
12:12

SC order at 2 pm on 'conspiracy against CJI'

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The Supreme Court Thursday expressed anguish over the systematic attack on the judiciary and said time has come to tell the rich and powerful of this country that they are playing with fire and this must stop.  The SC said it will pass orders at 2 pm on the future course of action on...
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Army begins recruitment of women jawans

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Opening up a new avenue for females, the Indian Army on Thursday kicked off the process of inducting women as jawans by starting their online registration for recruitment in the corps of military police.  This is being seen as a major breakthrough for women in armed forces as so far,...
10:54

Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn granted bail

A Tokyo court on Thursday granted bail to former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn for the second time since his arrest last year on financial misconduct charges.His bail has been set at USD 4.5 million, reported The Japan Times.Ghosn was arrested on April 4 for the fourth time over allegations of...
09:47

Withdraw Pragya's candidature: Ex-bureaucrats

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A group of 71 retired civil servants have taken strong objection to Bharatiya Janata Party's Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate Pragya Singh Thakur's statement that her curse killed decorated IPS officer Hemant Karkare, and demanded withdrawal of her candidature.  In an open letter, the former...
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat felicitates veteran screenwriter Salim Khan with 77th Master Deenanath Mangeshkar award.
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Trump renews threat to close Mexico border

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United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday again threatened to shut southern border with Mexico and send more armed soldiers to the region if the latter did not block a new caravan of migrants soon.Mexico must apprehend the remainder or we will be forced to close that section of the Border...
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2 terrorists killed in encounter in J-K's Anantnag

Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Bagender Mohalla of Bijbehara in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Thursday.The encounter broke out between militants and security forces early  this morning.A search operation is underway.Further details are awaited.
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Before filing nomination, PM to hold roadshow in Varanasi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a road show and take part in the Ganga 'aarti' today, before filing his nomination papers from this Uttar Pradesh constituency on Friday, a party functionary said.   The nomination will also see a show of strength with several BJP allies, including...
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NDA plans show of strength at Modi's nomination

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will file his nomination papers for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat on Friday, April 26, in the presence of senior National Democratic Alliance leaders including Janata Dal-United president Nitish Kumar and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.Shiromani Akali Dal's...