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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that talks with China to address the problem of 'trade imbalance' are going very well.Talks with China are going on very well! Trump tweeted on January 8.However, US President Trump's comments did not divulge any details regarding the steps which may...
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Shortly after a landmark bill seeking to provide 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education for the general category poor was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked all who supported it. The PM said, The passage of The Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill,...
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The Winter session of Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Tuesday after the House passed the crucial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2018 and Constitutional Amendment Bill enabling ten per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections. This was the last full session of the 16th Lok Sabha....
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Here's a breakup of how the Lok Sabha voted on the quota to the 'economically poorer'.
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The constitutional amendment bill to provide 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for economically weaker sections in the general category has been passed in the Lok Sabha. It will now face the test in the Rajya Sabha.
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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that he has never had any conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he does not talk to him. Rahul also said that PM Modi meets and greets in monosyllables. He will say 'hello', he said.In an interview to Gulf News ahead of his United Arab...
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British MPs are set to hold a critical vote on January 15 on the Brexit agreement negotiated by British Prime Minister Theresa May with the European Union, her spokesman said Tuesday.The House of Commons will on Wednesday resume a debate on the deal that was halted in December when May postponed...
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The BJP-led government in Assam should face fresh elections, senior AGP leader and former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said on Tuesday, a day after the Asom Gana Parishad pulled the plug on the saffron party over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. The AGP pulled out of the...
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Sukhpal Singh Khaira, who had quit AAP two days ago, Tuesday floated a new regional, political outfit -- Punjabi Ekta Party --promising to end end corruption, sand mining, transport, cable mafia and justice in 2015 sacrilege, police firing incidents.Khaira lambasted the Badal family and Punjab...
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As the Supreme Court verdict reinstating Alok Verma as CBI director was being pronounced, BJP MPs in Central Hall of Parliament quietly slipped out, even as Congress MPs were very jubilant about the judicial drubbing to the government. But once Finance Minister Arun Jaitley appeared...
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Congress president Rahul Gandhi today met Former British PM Tony Blair in Delhi. Photograph: ANI/Twitter
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Here's what the Opposition is saying on the constitutional amendment bill to provide 10 per cent reservation in jobs and higher education to economically backward sections among the upper castesHave government schemes for the poor failed? There are enough schemes. This reservation bill which you...
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On the last day of the winter session of the Lok Sabha, the BJP-led government Tuesday tabled a constitutional amendment bill to provide 10 per cent reservation in jobs and higher education to economically backward sections among the upper castes. Jaitley says the bill won't disturb the...
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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party, over their decision of approving 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker upper caste and accused the party over their laidback attitude, asserting that it did not intend to give...
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The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 has been passed in Lok Sabha.
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A five-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi will hear the Ayodhya case. Other four judges are Justice SA Bobde, Justice NV Ramana, Justice UU Lalit and Justice DY Chandrachud.On January 4, Supreme Court said an appropriate bench on January 10 will fix the date of...
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The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday constituted a high-level committee under Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani to suggest measures to strengthen the safety and security of digital payments in the country. The five-member panel on deepening of digital payments has been constituted with...
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A court in Muzaffarpur on Tuesday ordered lodging of an FIR against Bollywood actors Anupam Kher, Akshaye Khanna and 15 others associated with the upcoming movie The Accidental Prime Minister based on the tenure of former prime minister Manmohan Singh.Sub Divisional Judge (East), Gaurab Kamal...
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A man in China attacked children inside a Beijing primary school, injuring 20 of them, state media reported Tuesday. The attacker, whose motive was not immediately known, has been arrested, CGTN news channel reported.The condition of three of the children is said to be critical.All injured...
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Renowned author Nayantara Sahgal was invited to inaugurate the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Mumbai but the invite was suddenly cancelled, prompting her to allege that the organisers did so under political pressure. It is only obvious because the organisers of the event are...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the green tribunal's order of setting aside the Tamil Nadu government's decision to close Vedanta's Sterlite copper plant at Tuticorin. A bench, headed by Justice R F Nariman, sought response from Vedanta on the state government's appeal...
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As many as 838 terrorists and 183 civilians were killed in Jammu and Kashmir since 2014, the Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said since 2014 till December 31 last year there were 1,213 incidents involving terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.In these...
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No one can save Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Rafale investigation and the entire nation will know without a shadow of doubt that he has taken Rs 30,000 crore of people's money and given it to his friend Anil Ambani, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on a day the Supreme Court reinstated...
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The Pakistani army fired on forward posts along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Tuesday, the fifth ceasefire violation in a week, officials said. Pakistani troops resorted to small arms firing on the forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector's Gulpur...
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Pakistan Prime Minister and former cricket captain, Imran Khan, Tuesday congratulated India on becoming the first Asian team to win a Test series in Australia. Congratulations to Virat Kohli and the Indian cricket team for the first ever win by a subcontinent team in a test series in...
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Lok Sabha for the first time in the winter session saw no protests by opposition parties in the Well during the Question Hour on Tuesday.Protests in the Well with sloganeering and display of placards by members of various parties were a common scene in this session which led to frequent...
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After Anupam Kher as Dr Manmohan Singh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Bal Thackeray, it is now Vivek Oberoi who gets to play Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Apparently, according to unconfirmed sources, the project has been...
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The government on Tuesday introduced the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha.The bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act 1955 to grant Indian citizenship to people from minority communities -- Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians -- from Afghanistan,...
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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has abruptly resigned nearly three years ahead of schedule to join a private infrastructure investment firm, setting up a potential clash between the US and other member countries over selecting the head of the world's largest development-finance...
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Sporadic incidents of vandalism have been reported from parts of West Bengal on Tuesday during the 48-hour-long nationwide general strike called by central trade unions protesting against the anti-people policies ofthe Centre.Stones were pelted at a school bus in Champadali area of Barasat in...
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The government on Tuesday introduced a Bill in Lok Sabha for 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for the economically backward section in the general category. The Bill, approved by the Union Cabinet on Monday, was brought in on the last day of the Winter Session of...
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News agency Reuters put out a report on Sunday that WikiLeaks had advised journalists not to report 140 different false and defamatory' statements about its founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since June 2012. Soon after the report,...
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the decision to send the CBI's two senior officers on leave was taken by the government on the recommendation of the Central Vigilance Commission. Jaitley, who speaking to reporters in the Parliament complex after the Supreme Court gave...
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The Narendra Modi government today tabled a bill, which provides a 10 per cent quota in government jobs and education for economically weaker sections in general category, in Lok Sabha.The proposed reservation will be over and above the existing 50 per cent reservation enjoyed by the Scheduled...
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu will meet Congress president Rahul Gandhi today at 6.30 pm at the latter's 12 Tughlak Lane, New Delhi residence. Following this, Naidu, who will land in the national capital this evening, is scheduled to...
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Narendra Modi is the first prime minister to have his illegal orders set aside by the Supreme Court, the Congress said on Tuesday after the apex court reinstated CBI director Alok Kumar Verma. Other parties also joined the Congress to say the apex court had dealt a blow to the government...
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Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said that the Union Cabinet's decision to provide 10 per cent reservation in education and government jobs to the economically weaker sections was an election stunt and political gimmick of the BJP. She said her party, however, welcomes the immature...
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Senior Gujarat BJP leader and former MLA Jayanti Bhanushali was shot dead by unidentified persons while he was travelling in a train in the wee hours of Tuesday, police said.The incident took place around 2 am in the Bhuj-Dadar Express trainwhen Bhanushali, 53, was returning to Ahmedabad from...
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The Supreme Court has sought reply from the West Bengal government over Bharatiya Janata Party's proposed rath yatra in the state.The apex court was hearing BJP's plea against the Calcutta high court's order which blocked its massive road show in West Bengal.The rallies, according to the original...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, along with his wife Ri Sol Ju and a train of the ministerial delegation, has left for a four-day visit to China on an invitation by President Xi Jinping, local media reported on Tuesday. He will be spending his 35th birthday in talks with Xi, reports the South...
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The government has allowed an Iranian bank to open a branch in Mumbai, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday after a meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister Md Javad Zarif in New Delhi. Iran's Bank Pasargad will open its branch within the next three months. Gadkari...
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In-form Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah was Tuesday rested from the upcoming ODI series against Australia and the subsequent tour of New Zealand with Mohammad Siraj replacing the hero of the team's maiden Test series triumph Down Under. With 21 scalps, Bumrah ended the four-Test series as...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated Alok Kumar Verma as the CBI director and set aside the Centre's decision divesting him of his powers and sending him on leave. The top court, however, restrained Verma from taking any major policy decision till the Central Vigilance Commission...
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Banking operations Tuesday have been affected in some parts of the country as a section of employees refrained from work in support of the two-day strike call given by 10 central trade unions to protest against alleged anti-labour policies of the government. All India Bank Employees'...
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Another top-level executive of India's second largest software services company, Infosys has tendered his resignation after close to a two decade-long stint. Sudip Singh, the global head of the energy, utilities, resources and services unit of Infosys has quit the...
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Over 33,000 employees of Mumbai's civic transport undertaking BEST went on an indefinite strike since midnight over their demands, including higher wages, paralysing bus services and causing inconvenience to nearly 25-lakh daily commuters. Responding to a call given by their union...
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United States President Donald Trump said he will address the nation on Tuesday night on his demand for a wall along the Mexico border to prevent illegal immigration, the differences over which has resulted in a partial government shutdown for over a fortnight. Multiple television media...
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Amnesty India on Monday said that the Indian government's expulsion of Rohingya asylum-seekers to Myanmar shows a disdain for international laws. On January 4, the UN Refugee Agency said a family of Rohingya asylum-seekers from Rakhine state, registered with the UNHCR in India, was sent...
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Social Justice Minister Thavarchand Gehlot is likely to table in Parliament today the bill, which provides a 10 per cent quota in government jobs and education for economically weaker sections in general category.The Bharatiya Janata Party has issued a whip to its MPs, asking them to be present...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States president Donald Trump held a telephonic conversation during which they took positive note of bilateral cooperation in areas of defence, counter terrorism and energy, officials said. During the conversation, they exchanged new year greetings...
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Mysore-born Gita Gopinath has joined International Monetary Fund as its chief economist, becoming the first woman to occupy the top IMF post. Gopinath's joined last week at a time, when she believes the world is experiencing a retreat from globalisation, posing challenges to multilateral...
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US President Donald Trump will visit the US-Mexican border this week, his spokeswoman said on Monday, in the latest bid to pressure Congress over border wall negotiations that have led to a partial government shutdown. He will travel to the Southern border on Thursday to meet with...
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