When asked if his Twitter account is still active, Rawal said, "It's active, but it's blocked kind of a thing. The moment I delete the tweet it'll be active."
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There is simmering disquiet in the Communist party and the world is watching as to what can unfold in China in the days to come ahead of next year's party congress, notes Rup Narayan Das.
The memorial is inscribed with the names of all the 40 troopers along with their photographs and the motto of the Central Reserve Police Force -- 'Seva and Nishtha' (Service and Loyalty).
A youth slapped Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was riding an open jeep, in full public view in Panipat this evening and was taken into custody immediately.
Among the killed are eight constables and two head constables of Mizoram police, deployed in anti-Naxal operation, the driver of the jeep and a teenager who was also in the vehicle when it was ambushed.
Governor E S L Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 46-year-old leader, whose party emerged victorious in 151 seats in the 175-member strong state assembly.
"I feel ashamed to talk to such a prime minister who has blood on his hands," she said.
Abdullah, 27, was the passenger of the burning explosives-laden jeep, which was allegedly driven by Indian Kafeel Ahmed into the Glasgow Airport last Saturday.
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Before Netanyahu, the PM has hosted Japanese premier Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Ahmedabad.
There is a total of 590,000 private and commercial diesel vehicles registered with Delhi Transport Department and out of them, there are 121,000 commercial vehicles and 161,000 private vehicles including cars, jeep, tractors, which are more than 10 years old
A forest safari is the best way to observe animals in their natural habitat.
'Even as the National Guard kept up the show of strength, safety was kept in mind.' 'Their guns were not loaded. They didn't want to scare people unless they posed a threat.'
It is a sight that both warms and breaks the heart. The women of Shaheen Bagh seem oblivious of the cold, these women and their children, the latter ranging in age from 19 days to early teens, who have been occupying the road for over two weeks now. Some of them have not gone home for days, but their faces are clear, unlined by fatigue, their eyes bright and fierce as those of the falcon, shaheen, the area is named for.
There's a car and bike to match every personality and every budget in 2018, say P Tharyan and Joshua David Luther
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'There was plenty of pushing, pulling and jostling going on as everyone wanted to see what was going on at the table.'
Their leaders in the provinces, which have been under the control of Taliban commanders for several months now, speak the language of the bigot. Women are known to have been abducted and enslaved. Several young girls have simply disappeared.
'I can't tell my men to wait and die,' says Gen Bipin Rawat.
Those killed included three couples and three children, superintendent of police B L Sujata Rao said.
The BJP's chief ministerial candidate's pitch has an amateurish feel
Despite the bleak landscape, there is something quite alluring about Bhuj says Anita Rao Kashi.
Miscommunication with the ATC is said to have caused the near-miss. DGCA probe underway.
'Is this the message that India wants to send to Kashmir?'
Two alert citizens helped the Mumbai police arrest an assistant sub-inspector of police for the murder of a 40-year-old woman.
'What we do about our planet in the next 10 or 20 years is going to be crucial to our existence. There is nothing more important to our long term future. NOTHING!' says M Sanjayan, one of the more visible South Asian faces, internationally, in conservation.
Nadda asked party workers to go to people and 'expose' the Congress's 'slander campaign' against the government.
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A replica of a coffin with late chief minister Jayalalithaa's figurine was on Thursday deployed by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Puratchi Thalaivi Amma) faction as part of campaign for the RK Nagar assembly bypoll, highlighting its demand for a probe into her death.
On this patrol on foot Get Ahead reader Prasad NP saw more than what he had seen in 20 years of going to national parks in a Jeep
When cops were taking him to an undisclosed location in a jeep, he was heard shouting, Main Vikas Dubey hun, Kanpur wala.
Following the incident, tension gripped the area and all shops have been shut down, the official said.
Hot on the trail of Asaram Bapu, the Jodhpur Police has said that the self-styled godman, who is currently at Indore ashram, is medically fit for interrogation and is set to question him soon in connection with the sexual assault case.
Cricket fans went down the memory lane when a number of former players from India and Pakistan were felicitated to mark the 25 years of Indo-Pak ODI matches.
Tens of thousands gathered at St Peters Square at the Vatican on Tuesday for the installation Mass of Pope Francis who officially began his ministry as the 266th pope.
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