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The Sri Lankan Navy apprehended eight fishermen of Indian origin and seized one boat belonging to them near Jaffna on Sunday.The Indian fishermen were apprehended for allegedly poaching in the Sri Lankan territorial waters, northeast of Vettalakerni.The arrested fishermen were brought to the...
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said Hindu religion is inclusive of every person and accepts them with their separate identities.Hindu religion is inclusive of every person. It embraces everybody while keeping their identities intact, Bhagwat said at an event, organised...
20:04
Bunty Shah, the 32-year-old Indian-origin Kenyan businessman, was killed in a case of mistaken identity during an anti-terror operation in capital Nairobi's last month, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said.Swaraj said Kenyan security forces were conducting anti-terror operations on the building...
19:46
Air India is looking to raise loans worth $535 million to finance acquisition of three Boeing planes, including two aircraft that will be used for ferrying VVIPs, a senior airline official said.An Air India spokesperson confirmed thereport that the two aircraft will be used for VVIP...
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Adding fuel to the controversy surrounding the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bollywood movie Padmavati, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Sunday attacked Bhansali and threw a challenge to filmmakers to make films on 'other' religions, adding that we will not tolerate this anymore.Does Sanjay...
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The Madhya Pradesh government today transferred two more senior police officials following an outrage over the alleged apathy on part of the police in registering a case in connection with the gang rape of a 19-year-old college student in the city last week.The Home department today ordered the...
18:45
Catalonia's deposed leader Carles Puigdemont and several former advisers have turned themselves in to Belgian police, say reports.A Spanish judge issued an EU warrant for his arrest on Friday. Puigdemont has said he will not return to Spain unless he is guaranteed a fair trial.Belgian...
18:22
The Income Tax department has summoned Karnataka energy minister D K Shivakumar and his family members to appear before it here tomorrow in connection with searches conducted at his properties in August foralleged tax evasion.Shivakumar, his wife, mother and other family members have been...
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Union Minister Uma Bharti is the new entrant in the controversy surrounding the release of movie Padmavati.Uma tweeted an open letter on November 3 stating she cannot remain neutral over the Padmavati controversy and urged people not to link the matter just with the Rajput community since the...
17:25
Undercover armed police officers will be patrolling Christmas markets across the UK this year as part of the new stringent anti-terror measures following a number of attacks carried out by Islamic State in Britain and Europe.Bag searches and airport-style security checks will also be in operation...
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Chennai-based cartoonist G Balakrishnan alias Bala was arrested by the district crime branch of the Tirunelveli police on Sunday for obscene and inappropriate depiction of Tirunelveli district collector Sandeep Nanduri in a cartoon on the self-immolation of a family of four at the collectorate on...
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JUST IN: Women's Asia Cup Hockey 2017: India beat China 5-4 in sudden death to clinch title
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JUST IN: Cartoonist Bala booked and arrested in Tamil Nadu for his caricature on chief minister and police commissioner
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Around 2.24 lakh companies have been struck off till date for remaining inactive for two years or more, the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs said on Sunday in a release. Some of these companies are suspected to be shell companies.The government struck off the companies on the basis of...
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Mosques in Britain refused to perform the last rites of Salman Abedi, the suicide bomber who blew himself up at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester earlier this year, killing 22 victims.The remains of the 22-year-old were flown to Tripoli in Libya, the country of his origin, where the burial...
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condemned the death threats to Kamal Haasan by a Hindu Mahasabha leader after the actor said that Hindu terrorists exists. The Kerala chief minister called for the arrest of those issuing murder/assassination threats.Pinarayi Vijayan, in a strongly-worded...
14:54
Hindustani Awam Morcha president Jitan Ram Manjhi today opposed the demand for reservation for the Patidars in Gujarat and claimed that the community enjoyed the status of zamindars in the western state. The demand is totally unjust, Manjhi said.Generally, everywhere SCs, STs and OBCs...
14:37
Assams Kaziranga National Park -- a World Heritage Site -- on Saturday night lost a rhino and her calf after poachers used an AK-series weapon to gun down the animals. This was the second incident of poaching in about 48 hours, leading to three rhino deaths in the Park.A park official said the...
14:22
JUST IN: 15 labourers injured in explosion in oil mill in Haryana's Hisar district
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Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha today said the BJP would be able to live up to the expectations of people only if it ceased to be a one-man show and a two-man army.Sinha said the youth, farmers and the traders were dissatisfied with present policies of the saffron party.I feel we face a...
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Centre's special representative for Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma says he does not have a magic wand, but wants to be judged by his actions when he starts the process of talks in the Valley tomorrow.I do not have a magic wand but my efforts have to be judged with sincerity and not through the prism of...
13:28
The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad on Sunday nabbed an ISIS suspect from Mumbais International Airport.Identified as Abu Zaid, the suspect is believed to have run an ISIS network involving several youths from Western Uttar Pradesh while staying in Dubai.He was found to be in touch with terror...
12:47
Sun shone bright in this city and neighbouring districts this morning, bringing respite to citizens facing the monsoon fury for the past few days.However, problems of water stagnation continued in some parts of the city and its suburbs such as Pallikaranai. Sun came out in...
12:32
The all-powerful GST Council may consider lowering tax rates on a host of goods such as handmade furniture, plastic products and daily use itemslike shampoo, and simplify return filing rules in its meeting this week.The Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is scheduled to meet on...
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Gujarat Congress leaders are expected to meet party MP and former Law Minister Kapil Sibal in Delhi this evening as party attempts to finalise its position on Patel quota demand ahead of state assembly elections. Campaign committee chairman Siddharth Patel along with Babu Mangukia are...
12:22
With just four days left before Himachal Pradesh goes to polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a series of rallies in the state today. He begins his punishing schedule in Una. At the rally, the PM addressing the crowds said, In the last 20 years, there has not been a single...
11:29
The aroma of Hyderabad's trademark cuisine biryani, baghare baingan and seviyan -- may 'waft' through the air the next time you receive a mail from the India Post. These three signature dishes of Hyderabad have made their way into India postage, with the Department of Post issuing stamps...
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Two terrorists were today killed as the Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Uri sector of north Kashmir's Baramulla district.The operation is still in progress.An infiltration bid was foiled in Uri sector and two terrorists have been killed, an Army official said in...
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Indian analysts are ecstatic that US President Donald J Trump's 11-day Asian tour is primarily about assembling a regional security architecture on the platform of a Quadrilateral Alliance ('Quad') comprising the US, Japan, India and Australia with a view to contain China. Some even predict...
10:14
A German national was beaten up by a group of people at the Robertsganj Railway Station in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday.The police arrested one railway staff in this connection.Robertsganj police reached the site of incident on the complaint of the Station Master and arrested...
09:29
A new Saudi anti-corruption committee has detained 11 princes, four sitting ministers and dozens of former ministers.The committee is headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.According to Dubai-based Saudi broadcaster Al-Arabiya, the committee has announced fresh investigations into the 2009...
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United States President Donald J Trump arrived in Tokyo on the first stop of his first tour of Asia. After he addresses American soldiers at the Yokota air base, Trump will play golf and have lunch with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, seen here at a meeting earlier this year at the White...
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