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The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government of the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress alliance will face floor test in the assembly on Saturday.The government is expected to have a smooth sailing in the floor test, a Vidhan Bhawan official told PTI.A two-day sitting of the...
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Senior Congress leader G Parameshwara on Friday hinted at the possibility of his party once again having an alliance with Janata Dal-Secular if the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party failed to garner the required number of seats in the December5 bypolls to remain in a majority.His remark comes days...
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With rising global temperatures and keeping with forecasts of past three years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday this year's winter season -- from December to February -- will be warmer than average.In its winter forecast released on Friday, the IMD said, DJF (December,...
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The government on Friday announced extending the date to December 15 for making FASTag mandatory for toll payments on national highways. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had earlier announced that from December 1, toll payments on highways would be accepted through FASTags only.To...
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The Election Commission on Friday recognised the Jannayak Janta Party as a state party of Haryana.The JJP, founded by Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala, won 10 seats in the 90-member assembly in the recent polls. It extended support to the Bharatiya Janata Party to form the...
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Several people are believed to have sustained injuries in a stabbing incident that took place near London Bridge on Friday, London's Metropolitan Police said, adding that a person has been detained in alleged connection with it.'Police were called at 1:58 pm to a stabbing at premises near to...
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Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa , invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to visit the island nation, saying India was a long-standing friend of his country.Modi is the first premiere to be invited to Sri Lanka after Rajapaksa took over the reins of the island...
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There is no provision in government's existing policy to provide assistance to family of farmers who committed suicide, Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parshottam Rupala said in Rajya Sabha on Friday.Rupala was replying to a supplementary during Question Hour in the Upper...
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Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Dilip Walse- Patil was appointed as pro tem Speaker of Maharashtra assembly on Friday ahead of the floor test of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government. NCP sources confirmed that Patil has been appointed as pro tem Speaker. The floor...
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Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has termed the new economic growth numbers as 'unacceptable'.The GDP figures released today are as low as 4.5 per cent. This is clearly unacceptable. Aspiration of our country is to grow at 8-9 per cent. Sharp decline of GDP from 5 per cent in Q1 to 4.5 per...
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No congregational prayers were offered at Srinagar's Jamia Masjid -- the grand mosque of Kashmir -- for the 17th consecutive Friday since the Centre announced abrogation of Article 370 provisions on August 5 this year, officials said.Even though movement of public, private and transport vehicles...
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The Congress on Friday took a swipe at the BJP government over the GDP growth falling to 4.5 per cent, and said this was the lowest GDP recorded in six years. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged that for the BJP, the GDP was Godse Divisive Politics. He was...
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India's economic growth slows to 4.5 per cent in July-September quarter from 7 per cent a year ago, says government data.More details awaited. -- PTI
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has ordered to stop the work of Aarey metro car shed project today.I have ordered to stop the work of Aarey metro car shed project today. Metro work will not stop but till next decision, not a single leaf of Aarey will be cut, Thackeray told journalists...
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A four-member committee of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU), including union president Aishe Ghosh met a delegation of Ministry of Human Resource Development at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi over the JNU fee hike issue.We met secretary of MHRD and submitted a memorandum. We were...
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Telangana Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali on Friday said the alleged rape and murder of the female veterinary doctor could have been prevented had she called up the police rather than her sister, upon sensing danger.We are saddened by the incident. Telangana Police are alert and efficient in...
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Defending the electoral bonds scheme, former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said that it is in fact a 70 to 90 per cent cleansing of the political donation system.If it has replaced cash contribution to political parties, then it is a very good scheme and not a scam, he said in his first...
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BJP National Working President Jagat Prakash Nadda will be on a one-day visit to Tamil Nadu tomorrow to lay the foundation stones for the party Offices in 15 districts of the state. He will also address party karyakartas at around 12:30 pm.Nadda will reach Chennai Airport at 10:15 am and will...
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Police have booked former chief ministers Siddaramaiah and H D Kumaraswamy along with the then Bengaluru police commissioner T Sunil Kumar, his subordinates and some Congress and JD(S) leaders on sedition charges for protesting the income tax raids during Lok Sabha polls. Based on a complaint by...
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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday moved a privilege motion against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for calling BJP MP Pragya Thakur a 'terrorist'.Calling a woman a terrorist is worse than the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. Hence I request you to move privilege against Rahul Gandhi, said Dubey in Lok Sabha on...
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CISF personnel at the Kolkata Airpprt have apprehended a Indian passenger who allegedly concealed gold worth over Rs 8 lakh in packets containing horse excreta, officials said on Friday. Anguswamy Ramaiah (41), who arrived at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport from Myanmar on...
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Shiv Sena was hated by Indian liberals as extremist Hindutva party. Now, its their darling. Between the partys Hindutva ideology and a Congress alliance, Uddhav Thackeray will have to walk a tightrope. Read Shivam Vij's column here.
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Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Friday played down the debate over his successor, saying it was too early to discuss it. All of you discussed a lot about my reincarnation. I am 84 or 85 years old and I am quite well. So why are you in a hurry about my reincarnation?' he was quoted as...
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BJP MP Pragya Thakur apologises again in Lok Sabha today. She said, On 27 Nov, during discussion on Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019, I did not call Nathuram Godse a 'deshbhakt'. I did not even mention his name. I apologise again if I have hurt any sentiments.Her fresh statement...
15:18
On the Congress party's Twitter handle, this: How Pragya Thakur spends her time, when she's not busy eulogising terrorists in Parliament. The Indian Youth Congress staged a protest demanding her expulsion from Parliament.
15:03
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor on Friday said that BJP MP Pragya Thakur made the comment about Mahatma Gandhi's murderer Nathuram Godse knowing fully well what she meant and that her apology is a farce.Sadhvi Pragya said what she believes in. I do not agree with her. I have...
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The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance may face the floor test in the Assembly on Saturday, sources said. The floor test is most likey to be held on Saturday, the Vidhan Bhawan sources told PTI. Governor B K Koshyari has asked Thackeray...
14:51
Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis begins his new role in the opposition. Fadnavis, who changed his Twitter bio to Maharashtra Sevak, tweets, In the first Cabinet Meeting of new government, yesterday, they chose to discuss how to prove majority secretly, instead of discussing on how...
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Uddhav Thackeray-led govt may face floor test on Saturday, says Vidhan Bhawan sources. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray formally took charge of his office here in Mumbai this afternoon. He took charge shortly after 2 pm, entering the sixth floor office of the CM, outside which a...
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He is In prison for 100 days. Prosecution is still investigating grave charges against him. It's willing to share evidence but only in sealed covers and only with the court. Kafkaesque? Read the report here.
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The National Commission for Women has constituted an inquiry committee to look into the alleged killing of a 27-year-old veterinarian who was reportedly set on fire after being sexually assaulted in Hyderabad. NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma said in a tweet that the women's panel would not leave...
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The Supreme Court on Friday said that no coercive action will be taken against Bollywood actor Salman Khan on a complaint filed against him for allegedly hurting religious sentiment by producing Bollywood movie Loveyatri. Several private criminal complaints were filed in 2018...
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A bill which seeks to enhance punishment for illegally possessing and making prohibited arms besides other changes in the six-decade-old Arms Act was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday.The Arms (Amendment) Bill makes provision that a person can have a maximum of two firearms, as against the...
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After an FIR was registered against him for allegedly obstructing I-T officials from discharging their duties, Congress leader DK Shivakumar called it a political vendetta and said he is ready to go to jail.This is all a political vendetta. All cases are being done by these officers and friends...
13:15
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut announces Aghadi 2.0 for Goa. Speaking to news agency ANI, Raut said, The Goa Forward Party president and former Deputy CM of Goa, Vijai Sardesai along with three MLAs, is forming an alliance with the Shiv Sena. A new political front is taking shape in Goa, just like...
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A government school in Uttar Pradesh's Chopan block has been accused of mixing one litre of milk in a bucket of water and serving it to 81 children as part of their midday meal. Officials took cognisance of the matter after a video showing milk being adulterated by Salai Banwa primary...
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BJP MP Pragya Thakur on Friday tendered an apology in Lok Sabha for her remarks on Nathuram Godse. The Bhopal MP also said she was dubbed as a terrorist despite being acquitted by a court. If I have hurt anyone with my comments, I regret and tender my apology, she said, without taking Godse's...
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A day after Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray took over the reins of Maharashtra as the first chief minister of the Thackeray family, several posters and banners were seen installed across the city congratulating the leader of 'Maha Vikas Aghadi'.Some of the posters feature three generations of...
11:50
The name plate of Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray as the Chief Minister of the state replaces Devendra Fadnavis' on his cabin at the Maharashtra Secretariat. He will assume today.Last night, Thackeray chaired the maiden meeting of his cabinet which sanctioned Rs 20 crore for conservation of the Raigad...
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Congress MLA from Madhya Pradesh, Govardhan Dangi on Friday has threatened to burn alive Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Bhopal Pragya Thakur if she enters the state.The Congress leader was agitated over Thakur's remark in praise of Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi during a...
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Last night, as Uddhav Thackeray and six ministers of his cabinet were sworn-in at the Sena's stomping ground -- Shivaji Park -- Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore was there speaking to people who had come from as far the distant suburb of Mira Road just for a glimpse of their leader. Here's what...
11:07
The Nagpur Police has delivered to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, summons issued by a local court in connection with the case wherein he is accused of concealing information about two criminal matters against him in his election affidavit.The summons was delivered by Nagpur...
11:01
Shares of Reliance Communications hit their upper circuit for the sixth consecutive session on Friday amid reports that Bharti Airtel has submitted conditional bids of around Rs 9,500 crore for the debt-ridden firm's assets. On the BSE, the stock rose 3.85 per cent to 81 paise. The scrip...
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Pakistan's ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif underwent a range of tests, including PET and CT scan, at a hospital in the UK to know the exact cause of his low platelet count, media reports in Islamabad quoted his personal physician as saying. Sharif, 69, left for London on November...
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The Shiv Sena on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray share brotherly ties and that it is the responsibility of the former to co-operate with his younger brother who has taken charge of the state. Apparently referring to the Centre, the...
10:19
RJD Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha has given Zero Hour Notice over the need to call a dedicated session 'to discuss the life and values of Gandhi Ji and teach the same to the members of Parliament'. This comes after immediately after Bhopal's BJP MP had called Mahatma Gandhi's killer, Nathuram Godse, a...
10:09
Market benchmark BSE Sensex dropped over 100 points in early trade on Friday tracking losses in in index-heavyweights RIL and ICICI Bank ahead of quarterly GDP growth data release. Retreating from its lifetime peak scaled in the previous session, the 30-share index was trading 158.97 points,...
10:05
The Indian rupee opened on a weak note and fell 11 paise to 71.73 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, as investors traded the cautious path ahead of the release of GDP data. Forex traders said rupee is trading in a narrow range as investors are also awaiting clarity on the US-China...
09:56
United States President Donald Trump has confirmed that his administration had resumed talks with the Taliban with the purpose of bringing peace in Afghanistan, but refused to give a timeline for drawdown of his troops. Yes, Trump told a small group of reporters at the Bagram Air Filed on...
09:55
Firoz Khan, who was facing protests for being appointed as an assistant professor in the Sanskrit Department of Banaras Hindu University, will appear for an interview on Friday to teach at the varsity's Ayurveda Department.It has been our demand that he (Khan) can be appointed in any department...
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Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that a huge financial scam took place in the National Register of Citizens update process.An inspection report by the Accountant General of Assam confirms that a huge financial scam took place in the NRC update process. We did not make...
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India on Thursday lambasted Pakistan over its statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict and asked the country to rather work constructively and positively for education and upliftment of its own minorities instead of spewing lies for a self-serving...
08:24
United States President Donald Trump made his first trip to Afghanistan when he made a surprise visit to an air base near Kabul to thank American troops serving in the war zone and joined 500 of them in having turkey on the occasion of Thanksgiving. After having dinner with his troops during...
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The new Maharashtra cabinet, led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, will recommend names of three senior MLAs to the governor for appointment as pro tem Speaker of the assembly, a senior official said on Thursday.The pro tem Speaker will conduct election for full-time Speaker, he said. The floor...
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