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Budget carrier SpiceJet, which plans to buy more than 100 amphibian aircraft at an estimated cost of $400 million, may put these seaplanes into operations within one year.The budget carrier today conducted the second phase of the seaplane trials at the Girgaum Chowpatty off Mumbai coast.The demo...
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The Election Commission in Gujarat said today that an inquiry found that the apprehension about possible electronic voting machine tampering through bluetooth technology, raised by opposition Congress, was baseless.The device which the complainant's mobile phone detected after putting on...
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Voting for first phase in Gujarat assembly elections has concluded.The Election Commission said o far 68 per cent voter turnout has been recorded in the first phase.It said 'by the time we get final figures, voting percentage may go a little higher and touch last year's figure'. --...
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Over 47 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 4 pm today in the 89 seats Gujarat assembly seats that went to polls today.The Election Commission (EC) said that 47.28 per cent voters exercised their franchise between 8 am and 4 pm.Till 2 pm, the highest turnout of 57.26 per cent was recorded in...
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Direct tax collections increased by 14.4 per cent to Rs 4.8 lakh crore during April-November this fiscal.'The provisional figures of Direct Tax collections up to November, 2017 show that net collections are at Rs 4.8 lakh crore, which is 14.4 per cent higher than the net collections for the...
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Senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia today complained of possible tampering with electronic voting machines at three polling booths in a Muslim-dominated area of Porbandar claiming that some machines were found to be connecting to external devices via bluetooth.The Election Commission said that...
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Over 35 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 2 pm today during the polling on 89 seats of Saurashtra and south Gujarat regions in the first phase of the crucial Gujarat assembly polls.As per the latest data released by the Election Commission, 35.52 per cent voters exercised their franchise...
13:38
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today stepped up attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking why there is no mention of development in his speeches during the Gujarat election campaign.Gandhi said he did not get an answer to even one of the 10 questions he had asked Modi on Gujarat's...
13:24
Uber Technologies and an Indian woman who had accused its top executives of improperly obtaining her medical records after a company driver raped her have agreed to settle a civil United States lawsuit.When contacted, Uber confirmed the filing which says a settlement has been reached between all...
12:27
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Gujarat's Lunavada. He once again raised the issue of Congress leaders 'using abusive language' against him:The Congress has been rejected comprehensively across the nation. Gujarat too will reject the Congress and will punish them for their...
11:38
Gujarat first phase voting update:A faulty electronic voting machine in Sardar Patel Vidyalaya booth in Surat's Varaccha has been replaced.Have replaced two machines and one VVPAT, you cannot really call it a technical error, these are electronic items there can be some issues. Now everything is...
11:35
Actor Charlie Sheen is bringing a suit against an American tabloid in response to an article published last month which accused Sheen of raping Corey Haim on the set of the 1986 film, Lucas. In early November, the National Enquirer published a story in which actor Dominick Brascia, an...
11:13
A militant sympathiser has been arrested and some grenades have been recovered from his possession in central Kashmir's Budgam district, the police said today. The 24-year-old over-ground worker, Mohammad Younis Sheikh, a resident of Chill Brass village of Khansahib area of the district,...
10:35
As many as 397 crorepati candidates are in the fray for the Gujarat assembly elections, an analysis of their election affidavits done by two NGOs has found. Of the total 1,828 candidates trying their luck in the two-phased assembly polls, 1,098 nominees have passed class 12 or below. Also,...
09:39
Hardik Patel's key aide and senior member of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti Dinesh Bambhania has alleged that the quota agitation spearhead's support to the Congress party smacks of some kind of fixing between them. Bambhania yesterday said he could not understand why Patel was supporting...
08:54
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged the voters, particularly youngsters, to cast their votes in the first phase of Gujarat assembly elections. The polling began at 8 am and will continue till 5 pm. Phase 1 of Gujarat polls begin. Urging all those voting today to turnout in...
08:49
Google Doodle today pays tribute to Homai Vyarawalla, India's first woman photojournalist. To know more about the legendary photographer who rubbed shoulders with the tallest leaders of her time, click here.Photograph:Alkazi Collection of Photography.
08:42
The United States today advised its citizens to defer all non-essential travel to Pakistan, saying that foreign and indigenous terrorist groups continue to pose a threat to them throughout the country. The warning comes in the wake of increasing terrorist violence, including sectarian...
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Voting for the first phase of the crucial Gujarat assembly polls began today in the 89 seats of Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions. After a campaign that often turned vituperative, around 2.12 crore voters would be exercising their franchise in Modi's home state to choose between the...
08:22
In the hearing of a petition challenging Section 497 (Adultery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre asking why a married woman, who is equally liable for the offence of adultery with a married man who is not her husband, be not punished along...
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Preliminary investigations have ruled out 'love jihad' behind the gruesome killing of a 48-year-old Muslim labourer in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district, police said today.Mohammand Afrazul from West Bengal was hacked and burnt to death in Rajsamand by Shabhu Lal Raigar, who was seen ranting against...
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