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Failed relationships leading to separation of live-in partners and non-fulfillment of promise of marriage despite having physical relation, are major reasons behind rape cases registered by the Delhi police. At least 25 per cent of the total 1,656 rape cases registered so far by...
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Iraq claimed to have struck a convoy carrying Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air raid near the Syrian border. The fate of al-Baghdadi is unknown, the military statement said.The Iraqi air force carried out a heroic operation by striking al-Baghdadi's convoy while he on his...
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The decks have been cleared for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at Bhabhua tomorrow, permission for which was earlier denied by the Kaimur district authorities, following the go ahead from the Election Commission, officials said. Kaimur district...
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After Nayantara Sahgal and Ashok Vajpeyi, Gujarat-based writer Ganesh Devy returned his Sahitya Akademi Award to express solidarity with the writers, who have recently given up their awards to condemn the shrinking space for free expression and growing intolerance towards differences of opinion...
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Tamil Nadu today bid a tearful farewell to legendary Tamil actress Manorama, as her body was cremated here after a funeral procession attended by thousands of people, fans, and members of the film fraternity. Earlier, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa arrived at the residence of Manorama in T Nagar,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke to KP Sharma Oli and congratulated him on being elected as the PM of Nepal. Modi has spoken to KP Oli and congratulated him on being elected as the prime minister of Nepal, a PMO statement said. During their conversation, he invited Oli to visit India, it...
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has made a strong case for raising shareholding of developing nations including India in the World Bank Group to reflect their share in the global economy and demanded a significant hike in the capital to meet growing financing needs. Stating that the demand for...
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The explosive situation in Syria, Palestine and the threat posed by terror group ISIS was discussed by India and Jordan today on the second day of President Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Amman. The two countries also signed six agreements of cooperation covering a wide range of subjects including...
18:23
Addressing a rally in Mumbai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, If it was not for Dr Ambedkar where would I be?Babasaheb Ambedkar is an inspiration not just for one community but for the entire world. We know who got the Bharat Ratna when. But they did not give the Bharat Ratna to Dr Babasaheb...
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The Maldives government today expressed hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit the country very soon as it admitted disappointment over his skipping the island nation on a tour to the region in March. Maldivian Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon said the country was facing political...
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Just in: After inaugurating the Metro corridor in Mumbai and laying the foundation stone for a B R Ambedkar memorial, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally at the Bandra Kurla Complex.I am happy to be here on this day, the birth anniversary of Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan, said Modi. A...
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Just in: K P Sharma Oli is elected as Nepal's new prime minister with 338 votes against Sushil Koirala's 249. Oli secured 338 votes out of 598. Earlier reports had suggested that the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) chairman was heading towards absolute majority.Photograph:...
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan feels the three Khans -- Salman, Shah Rukh and Aamir -- are doing great work and they should continue working for another 100 years. They are doing great work. I hope they continue as they are... they should continue (work) for another 100 years, Bachchan told reporters...
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Jammu and Kashmir high court has ruled that Article 370, granting special status to the state, has assumed place of permanence in the Constitution and the feature is beyond amendment, repeal or abrogation. The court also said that Article 35A gives protection to existing laws in force in the...
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The CBI today conducted searches at 50 locations and started questioning of some of the suspects in its probe into alleged black money transfer of Rs 6000 crore to Hong Kong through Bank of Baroda camouflaged, as payments for 'non-existent imports'. CBI sources said most of the 59 account holder...
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Teenage Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is considering leaving Britain to study for a politics degree at Stanford University in the US. The Pakistani schoolgirl survived a Taliban bullet to her head after being airlifted to Birmingham, where she now lives with her family. The...
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The rift between the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena, continues to widen. Sulking over the alleged snub, by the BJP, the Sena has decided to skip Prime Minister Narendra Modi's events in Mumbai today. The BJP has hijacked Ambedkar and the Metro project,...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today supported the Missionaries of Charity on stopping adoption at their orphanages following a recent change in rule by the Centre. We fully support Missionaries of Charity and Sister Prema in their decision to opt out of adoption...
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Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav today hit out at Anna Hazare over his remarks on reservation, saying the veteran social activist is in the same league as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah who are against the poor, backward and...
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A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul today, flipping an armoured vehicle on its side. The number of casualties was unknown, reports Reuters.Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in the Afghan capital. It was a suicide bombing against a...
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Just in: One terrorist was killed in an encounter in Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir today. Two terrorists were reportedly hiding in a forest when the encounter started on Saturday evening. The gun-battle between the other terrorist and security forces is still on. A search operation is also...
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Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will not be attending the events planned around Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Mumbai visit today, as he will be away in Marathwada to review the drought situation. PM will be in the city to lay the foundation stone for Dr Babasaheb...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tribute to social activists Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan and Nanaji Deshmukh on their birth anniversaries.I salute the venerable Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan on his birth anniversary, Prime Minister Modi tweeted. On his birth anniversary, my...
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Legendary Tamil actress Manorama died at a private hospital in Chennai last night following a heart attack, family sources said. She was 78. She is survived by her son Boopathi. She passed away due to heart attack, my world has fallen apart, Boopathi told PTI. The actress died at around 12.05 am....
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New HIV infections in India could rise for the first time in more than a decade because states are mismanaging a prevention program by delaying payments to health workers, the United Nations envoy for AIDS in Asia and the Pacific said. India's efforts to fight HIV have for years centered...
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