Treatment meted out to Advani 'shameful': Shatrughan

 Sun, 24 March 2019
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Treatment meted out to Advani 'shameful': Shatrughan

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Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, the sitting Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Patna Sahib who has been denied a ticket by the party this time, has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of treating party patriarch L K Advani in a painful and shameful manner.  In a series of tweets on...
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Fire breaks out at AIIMS Trauma Centre

A fire broke out on the ground floor of the AIIMS Trauma Centre in New Delhi on Sunday near one of the operation theatres, the Delhi Fire Service said.   A call was received at 6.13 pm about the incident, following which 12 fire tenders were rushed to the spot, Chief Fire officer Atul...
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Yogi terms Oppn candidate 'Azhar Masood's son-in-law'

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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said opposition parties offered biryani to terrorists while the Modi government fed them bullets, and termed a rival candidate from the Saharanpur constituency son-in-law of Azar Masood.Addressing a rally in Saharanpur, he said the son-in-law...
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Nawaz Sharif's condition deteriorates in prison: Daughter

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's condition had deteriorated in jail due to a kidney disease, a day after his family met him and expressed concern over his health, Pakistan media reported on Sunday.  The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo's daughter Maryam Nawaz tweeted about...
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Cong banking on lies, might win polls in Pak: Ram Madhav

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BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav Sunday said the Congress might win an election in Pakistan if it contests from there as the opposition party is banking on lies and the neighbouring country.  He also claimed that the statements of the Congress leaders are retweeted more by the...
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Javed Akhtar's name was mentioned to mislead public: Azmi on PM Modi biopic row

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Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Sunday said the makers of the upcoming film PM Narendra Modi deliberately added her husband, lyricist Javed Akhtar's, in the credits to mislead the audience.  The 74-year-old writer's name was mentioned in the credits of the film's trailer alongside lyricists...
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For LS poll, EC orders 26 lakh bottles of indelible ink

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Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission has ordered 26 lakh indelible ink bottles worth Rs 33 crore. The seven-phase election will begin on April 11 and conclude on May 19.  In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the poll panel had bought 21.5 lakh phials, 4.5 lakh less...
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Singer-dancer Sapna Choudhary denies joining Congress

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Within hours of Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar welcoming her into the party fold, Haryanavi singer-dancer Sapna Chaudhary on Sunday claimed that she has not joined the Congress and accused it of using her old pictures with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.  Babbar had Saturday night welcomed...
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Karnataka govt lifts ban on Ola cabs

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The Karnataka government on Sunday allowed cab aggregator Ola to resume its service which was suspended two days back for running bike taxis without permission.    Olacabs will run their business as usual from today. However there is an urgent need for policies to catch-up with new...
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Digvijaya, Natarajan in Congress' first list of nine in MP

The Congress has declared its first list of nine candidates for Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh which includes party veteran Digvijaya Singh and Meenakshi Natarajan.    Congress general secretary Mukul Wasnik released the list. The state has 29 parliamentary...
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Virtual SIMs used in Pulwama attack: Official

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A request would be sent to the United States to seek details from a service provider of virtual SIMs, which were used by the Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber behind the Pulwama attack and his Pakistan and Kashmir-based handlers, officials said.Piecing together probe from the site of the terror...
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Employment will be key issue in Cong campaign: Pitroda

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Employment, employment, and employment -- will be the focus of the Congress's election campaign, party's manifesto committee member Sam Pitroda has said, asserting that the country was going through a jobs crisis.Pitroda, a long-time Gandhi family adviser and the chief of the Indian Overseas...
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IAF to induct Chinook heavy-lift choppers tomorrow

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The Indian Air Force will induct the first four of its 15 Chinook heavy-lift choppers on Monday in Chandigarh where these helicopters have been deployed.Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa will induct the planes into the force, the IAF said.Revealing features of the chopper, IAF posted on its official...
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Indian sailors return after spending 13 months in Greek jail

Five Indian crew members of a cargo vessel arrived in Mumbai on Sunday after spending 13 months in a jail in Greece.They were on board merchant cargo vessel `MV Andromeda' that had set sail from Cyprus to Libya in December 2017.The ship anchored in Turkey for repairs and then proceeded to its...
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AAP to fight polls in UP, Bihar; fields 3 candidates from each state

The Aam Aadmi Party will contest the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and has fielded three candidates in each of the states, senior leader Sanjay Singh said on Sunday.  In Uttar Pradesh, the AAP has fielded Yogesh Dahiya from Saharanpur, Satish Chandra Sharma from Aligarh and...
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Chowkidars do not care about the poor: Priyanka

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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government over unpaid dues of sugarcane farmers and alleged that 'chowkidars' (watchmen) were only working for the rich, not for the poor.   She shared a media report on Twitter that claimed the dues...
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Was 'chowkidar' sleeping when terror struck Pathankot, Uri, Pulwama: Sibal

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has forgotten about his bonhomie with chaiwalas, is now remembering chowkidars, and will focus on somebody else the next time for political gains, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has said, taking a swipe at the PM's 'main bhi chowkidar' campaign.The former Union...
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Centre, state working together to make India TB-free by 2025: PM

The Centre and the state governments are working together to make India TB-free by 2025, ahead of global target of achieving the goal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.  In a series of tweets on the World Tuberculosis Day, he said, the government reaffirms its commitment towards...
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Kanhaiya Kumar to contest LS poll from Begusarai

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A day after the Grand Alliance allotted just one seat to the Left parties in Bihar, the Communist party of India on Saturday confirmed that it would field former Jawaharlal Nehru University students union president Kanhaiya Kumar from Begusarai in upcoming Lok Sabha election.The executive...
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Indian Navy rescued more than 192 people in cyclone-hit Mozambique

As part of its relief operations in cyclone-hit Mozambique, the Indian Navy has rescued more than 192 people and provided assistance to 1,381 people in medical camps set up by it, a statement said.   Cyclone Idai made landfall in East and Southern Africa around March 15 causing...
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11 TN fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy

Eleven Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy near Neduntheevu for allegedly fishing in the island nation's waters, an official said.   The fishermen, hailing from Rameswaram, have been taken to Karainagar in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu fisheries department assistant...
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Normal life affected in Kashmir due to strike by separatists against JKLF ban

Normal life was affected in Kashmir on Sunday due to a strike called by the Joint Resistance Leadership, an amalgam of separatist groups, to protest against the ban on Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front led by Yasin Malik, officials said.   Shops and business establishments remained...
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Soldier killed in ceasefire violation by Pak in J-K's Poonch

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An army personnel was killed in firing by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said.     They said the cross-border firing started in Shahpur and Kerni areas of Poonch around 5.30 pm on Saturday and it continued...
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Minor raped at gunpoint in UP's Shamli

A 16-year-old girl, who had gone out to relieve herself, was allegedly raped at gunpoint in Bhabisa village in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district.   The incident took place Saturday, they said. The girl's father in his complaint alleged that the accused, identified as Kapil, took her...
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Swaraj seeks report into kidnapping of 2 Hindu girls in Sindh

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought details from the Indian envoy in Pakistan into the reported abduction of two Hindu teenaged girls and their forcible conversion to Islam on the eve of Holi in Sindh province.In a tweet, Swaraj, while tagging a media report about the incident,...
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Akhilesh takes MSY's Azamgarh seat; SP patriarch not a 'star campaigner'

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Samajwadi Party has released its list of star campaigners.Akhilesh Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav, Azam Khan, Dimple Yadav and Jaya Bachchan included in the list; party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav's name not there.The party has also declared that Akhilesh Yadav will contest from Azamgarh, a seat...
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Priyanka's influence 'bound to grow' in long term: Tharoor

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Though Uttar Pradesh is her 'karm-bhoomi' for now, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's influence in the Congress is 'bound to grow' in the long term, party leader Shashi Tharoor said in Thiruvananthapuram.Priyanka, 47, was appointed All India Congress Committee general secretary of Eastern Uttar Pradesh...
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AIMPLB calls emergency meeting on Ayodhya land dispute

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The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has called an emergency meeting of its working committee in Lucknow on Sunday morning to discuss the Ayodhya issue.All the 51 members of the committee are expected to be present in the meeting which is likely to be joined by a representatives of the Sunni...
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2 workers die while cleaning restaurant's sewage treatment unit in Delhi

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Two employees of a restaurant in New Delhi died allegedly due to asphyxiation while cleaning its kitchen treatment plant on Saturday, police said.The incident occurred at 'Pirates of Grill' restaurant in west Delhi's Rajouri Garden, they said.Housekeeping employees Rakesh, 45, and Ajay, 19, died...
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BJP brings 2 new faces in Himachal; drops Vajpayee's nephew in MP

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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday dropped two of its four MPs, including former chief minister Shanta Kumar, from its list of candidates for all the four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh.The party re-nominated Anurag Thakur, the son of former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, from...
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Probe ordered into 'purification' of place where Parrikar's body was kept

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The Goa government has ordered an inquiry into reports that a 'purification ritual' was conducted on Saturday at the state-run Kala Academy in Panaji, where the body of former chief minister Manohar Parrikar was kept.Art and Culture Minister Govind Gawade told PTI that he had ordered the inquiry...
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Cong fields Harish Rawat from Nainital, Khanduri's son from Garhwal

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The Congress on Saturday fielded former chief minister Harish Rawat from Nainital and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader B C Khanduri's son, Manish Khanduri, from Garhwal in its list of candidates for all the five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand.It has fielded state Congress president Pritam...