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Pakistan High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood was Wednesday summoned by Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale in connection with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's telephonic conversation with Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Mahmood was conveyed that Pakistan Foreign...
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Bharatiya Janata Party national secretary Rahul Sinha on Wednesday suggested that party activists should carry sticks for self-protection while attending rallies. Sinha's proposal came a day after the saffron party's workers were allegedly attacked by the ruling Trinamool Congress cadre at...
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Union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde, whose comments have often triggered controversies, on Wednesday called Congress president Rahul Gandhi a hybrid breed, saying how can son of a Muslim father and Christian mother be a Brahmin. He also hit out at Gandhi for his repeated allegations targeting...
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Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will on February 1 present Narendra Modi government's sixth and final budget, which will be an interim one, keeping up with established tradition.The budget will seek Parliament's nod for spending for four months till a new government is sworn-in.Official sources...
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Chanda Kochhar said she is disappointed, hurt and shocked by ICICI Bank decision on Wednesday to treat her resignation as a termination for cause after an independent probe indicted her.Kochhar, the first woman CEO of a bank in the country, also said she served the ICICI group for 34 long years...
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Responding to ailing Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar's letter, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that he hasn't shared details of their conversation but has referred to what is in public domain.Rahul said that he understands the pressure Parrikar is in after their meeting yesterday.I...
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Amid strains in the Congress-Janata Dal Secular ties, Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday again threatened to quit if Congress leaders continued to take potshots at him. Yes, I had said I would step down if Congress leaders continue to take potshots at...
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In a bizarre incident, a woman's leg got stuck deep in the toilet hole of an express train and she was rescued after the western commode was detached and cut open. The woman, who was not a passenger, endured agony for about half an hour till her leg was freed. ...
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The next meeting of the selection committee, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to pick the new Central Bureau of Investigation director will take place on Friday, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, who is also member of the panel, said Wednesday. The last meeting of the...
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Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar assumed charge as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff Wednesday, according to a statement. Kumar, an alumnus of Sainik School, Amaravathi Nagar and the National Defence Academ, Khadakwasla in Pune, was commissioned into the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy on...
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An independent enquiry initiated by ICICI Bank has indicted its former CEO Chanda Kochhar of violation of bank's code of conduct. The enquiry report submitted by Justice (Retd) B N Srikrishna Wednesday concluded that there was lack of diligence with respect to annual disclosures and...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stressed the need for a full-majority government at the Centre, saying hung parliaments stalled the country's progress in last three decades. Addressing a gathering in Surat, he also defended the government's demonetisation move, saying it brought...
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This is what Rahul Gandhi said in New Delhi earlier today: Ek taraf Parrikarji cabinet meeting mein kehte hain ki mere paas Rafale hawai jahaz ki file padi hui hai, mujhe Goa se koi nahi hata sakta. Unka mantri journalist se telephone pe baat karta hai. Modiji Parrikar ko khush karne ki koshish...
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Open air classes in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district. People clear snow at a primary school in Kanol as students attend classes.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi while delivering a speech here, suddenly stopped as one of the cameramen fainted.Prime Minister Modi had just inaugurated the new terminal building of Surat airport, when during his speech he was seen gesturing towards his officers and SPG personnel after he observed...
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Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday accused Congress president Rahul Gandhi of using his courtesy visit to him for petty political gains, asserting that there was no mention of the Rafale issue in their five-minute meeting. In a letter to Gandhi, Parrikar asked the...
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Launching a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale jet deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday alleged that he sold the Indian Air Force and stole opportunities of the youth by giving away Rs 30,000 crore to his friend and businessman Anil Ambani. The government...
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Poking fun at the Opposition's mahagathbandhan, BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday said if the alliance succeeded in forming the government, there will be a different Prime Minister on each day of the week with the country going on leave on Sunday.Addressing a gathering in Kanpur, Shah said: If...
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Goa CM Manohar Parrikar addresses the budget session in the state Assembly in Panaji sitting in his chair with a tube inserted through his nose, says he is high on josh. Parrikar is ailing with a pancreatic ailment for many months now. Today, once again I promise that I will...
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NSA Ajit Doval's son Vivek Doval Wednesday completed recording statement in his defamation plea against 'The Caravan' magazine for an alleged defamatory article and senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh for using that content. Doval told Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal...
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You know you are among India's most popular authors when your hotel does this for you. Jeffrey Archer tweets this image saying, Too good to eat! Tiny edible books in my room when I arrived - thank you @TheOberoiMumbai.
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Making yet another controversial remark, BJP MLA Surendra Singh has compared Congress president Rahul Gandhi to Ravana and his sister Priyanka Gandhi to Surpanakha. The Baria MLA called Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ram, while likening the two Congress leaders to the villains in...
15:36
Mohandas K Gandhi was assassinated today by a Hindu extremist whose act plunged India into sorrow and fear. All that you wanted to know about what happened that day. Read it here.
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The Centre has struck down reports of a full Budget being announced on February 1. The provisional calendar released by the Lok Sabha has categorised the event as Interim Budget.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday credited his government's demonetisation decision for bringing down prices of houses and making them affordable for the aspiring youth. He also said that if the previous governments had to do the work that he has done so far, they would have needed 25...
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A small team of Israeli scientists think they might have found the first complete cure for cancer. We believe we will offer in a year's time a complete cure for cancer, said Dan Aridor, of a new treatment being developed by his company, Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies Ltd, which was founded...
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11am: Prayer ceremony at his residence at Panchsheel Park, New Delhi.3 pm: Cremation at Lodhi Crematorium.The day after, on February 1, his ashes will buried at Prithviraj Road Christian Cemetery in the national capital.
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The CBI has registered five cases against employees of HAL Engine Division at Koraput, Odisha for allegedly causing a loss of Rs 13.28 crore to the public sector undertaking, officials said Wednesday. It is alleged that Bhaben Mitra, Senior Manager Finance, in conspiracy with other employees...
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One of Hollywood's all-time classics, Gone With the Wind is set to return to the big screen for its 80th anniversary. The film, that made Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable the favourites of hopeless romantics around the world, will be screened courtesy of Warner Bros and Fathom Events, EW...
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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has come under fire from the BJP for his everyone in naked in this Sangam jibe at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's holy dip in the Sangam at Prayagraj on Tuesday.Speaking to ANI on Wednesday, BJP spokesman Nalin Kohli said such comments on Hindu...
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A massive search operation is being conducted along the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district for the second day Wednesday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state on February 3. The Army, police and other security force continued the search operation...
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The chief of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), Ranjan Daimary (pictured), and nine others were sentenced to life imprisonment by a CBI special court on Wednesday in the 2008 Assam serial blast case that had claimed 88 lives. Amid tight security in court premises, CBI Special...
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NDFB Chief Ranjan Daimary, nine others sentenced to life imprisonment by CBI court in 2008 Assam serial blast case.
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Shares of Axis Bank Wednesday jumped over 6 per cent to its 52-week high level after the company reported over two-fold jump in its third quarter net profit. The shares of the bank rose by 6.38 per cent to Rs 703 -- its 52-week high -- on BSE. Similarly, at NSE, its shares jumped 6.44 per...
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During 2005 Bihar elections, Advaniji on behalf of the BJP announced Nitish Kumar to be the Chief Ministerial candidate of the NDA. We, in the BJP, felt that this was logical and would also help us in unseating Lalu Yadav's regime. A murmur of protest came from George. When I went to meet him, I...
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Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists lob a grenade towards a police station in Kulgam; three civilians injured.
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Just in: Fire breaks out at Mochi building in Girgaon, Mumbai. Fire brigade and police are at the spot, no injuries reported, says ANI. Details awaited.
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BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday warned Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that BJP workers will not be cowed down, after violence marred the rally of BJP President Amit Shah in the state.I want to warn Mamata Banerjee, that this way...
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Social activist Anna Hazare (81) on Wednesday announced the beginning of his fast to demand the setting up of a Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states as the Narendra Modi government had failed to set up the anti-corruption bodies.Through Lokpal, even the Prime Minister can be...
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Rural distress, the crisis in the agricultural sector, drought in several states and an election year -- everything that should spell high allocations and commitment to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. But as with budget statements over the last five years, we are...
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Polling began in the third and final phase of the Panchayat elections in Telangana Wednesday. The first ever polls for panchayats after the formation of the State in 2014 are being held in three phases. The first and second phases were held on January 21 and 25 respectively. Polling began at 7 am...
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The Supreme Court tells Karti Chidambaram to appear before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in the Aircel-Maxis and INX Media case on March 5, 6, 7 and 12. The Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said, If you (Karti) don't cooperate in the investigation as you were doing in the...
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With two members of the National Statistical Commission resigning, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that one more venerable institution has died' due to the government's malicious negligence. The former finance minister's attack on the government came in the wake of two...
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The Enforcement Directorate has issued a show cause notice against Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in connection with an alleged foreign exchange violation case against him, officials said Wednesday. They said the notice for violation of forex funds to the tune of Rs 2 crore has...
10:56
Indian-origin presidential hopeful Kamala Harris' town hall on CNN with an average of 1.957 million viewers got the network its highest ratings ever for such an event with an individual election candidate, according to the network. Harris, 54, who was elected to the Senate in 2016, announced...
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In an embarrassment to the ruling party in Gujarat, the state's education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama today wrote to rape-convict Asaram Bapu's organisation congratulating them for celebrating 14 February as 'Matru-Pitru Diwas'.Chudasama thanked the ashram for organising its annual...
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He would often bristle at the suggestion that he had compromised his principles for power, defected from fiery blue-collar rights mongering to the conformist black shirts. He would pull out the Lohia doctrine as defence -- how his socialist mentor had made a compact with the Sanghis as counter to...
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The rupee depreciated by 25 paise to 71.36 against the US dollar in early trade Wednesday amid strengthening of the American currency and rising crude prices. Forex traders said strengthening of the US dollar against some currencies overseas and sustained foreign fund outflows weighed on the...
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Back in Delhi today, Congress President Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on his death anniversary.
09:58
Unusual praise for Rahul Gandhi from unexpected quarters: Michael Lobo, Goa Deputy Speaker and BJP MLA on the Congress president's dropping in to visit Goa CM Manohar Parrikar. Rahul Gandhi came on a special visit to greet our ailing CM Manohar Parrikar. His simplicity, humility has to be admired...
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India has improved its ranking on a global corruption index in 2018, while its neighbour China lagged far behind, according to the annual index released by an anti-graft watchdog. India rose by three points to 78 in the list of 180 countries in the world, while China ranked 87 and...
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Two independent members of the National Statistical Commission, P C Mohanan and J V Meenakshi, have resigned over disagreement with the government on certain issues, an official said Tuesday.Mohanan was also the acting chairperson. With the two members quitting, the NSC now has only two members...
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Foreign ministers from around the world will meet next week in Washington to coordinate the fight against the Islamic State movement after US President Donald Trump's controversial decision to pull out of Syria, the State Department said. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will host a...
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British MPs voted to reject a chaotic 'no-deal' Brexit by 318 to 310 votes but backed British Prime Minister Theresa May's bid to change the withdrawal agreement already struck with the European Union. Conservative Party MP Caroline Spelman and Labour MP Jack Dromey had tabled an...
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Relations between India and China is expected to remain tense this year, despite the efforts of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping to improve ties between the two nations, a top American spymaster told lawmakers on Tuesday.National Intelligence Director Dan Coats...
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