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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday brainstorm with chief executives of top global and Indian oil and gas companies on emerging energy scenario, with ripples from United States sanctions on Iran and volatile oil prices threatening growth. The third annual meeting would also...
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Pakistan is ready to share details of the debt related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor with the International Monetary Fund, Finance Minister Asad Umar has said while rejecting the US' view that China-funded projects were to blame for the cash-strapped country's current economic...
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Union minister Ramdas Athawale said on Sunday that Union minister M J Akbar should resign if the allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against him were found to be true. Replying to queries at a press conference in Pune, he cautioned that the #MeToo movement should not become a...
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Former judge K Ravinder Reddy, who quit after delivering the verdict in the Mecca Masjid blast case, has joined the Telangana Jana Samiti, part of the opposition alliance led by the Congress for the coming Telangana assembly polls, weeks after expressing keenness to embrace the Bharatiya Janata...
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The Communist Party of India on Sunday announced that it had entered into an alliance with Ajit Jogi's outfit Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) for the assembly polls in the state.The Chhattisgarh assembly polls will be held in two phases -- on November 12 and 20 -- and the counting of votes will...
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The Maharashtra government has decided to allow online sale and home delivery of liquor in the state, saying it could curb the cases of drunken driving. We want to curb the instances of drunken driving. Allowing home delivery of liquor will help in this, Excise Minister Chandrashekhar...
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Veteran Tamil film lyricist Vairamuthu Sunday said sexual harassment allegations against him are false and he is ready to follow the legal route if the accusers file a complaint against him. Several women, including singer Chinmayi Sripaada, have accused Vairamuthu of sexual...
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Stephen Hawking, one of the world's best-known theoretical physicists who died seven months ago, had warned against a new race of superhumans created as a result of genetic engineering that could destroy humanity from beyond the grave. The British author of the definitive 'A Brief...
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Continuing with its campaign against the government over the Rafale deal, the Congress on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was directly involved in it, adding that he had much to hide about it. Questioning Modi's silence over the deal, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma...
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Home Minister Rajnath Singh will celebrate Dussehra and perform 'shastra puja' in Bikaner along the highly sensitive Indo-Pak border, officials said Sunday. Perhaps this is for the first time that a senior minister of the central government will conduct 'shastra puja' or worship of weapons...
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The Delhi Commission for Women has launched a separate email address to report cases of sexual harassment under the #MeToo movement. The DCW has set up a separate email id for reporting the complaints at metoodcw@gmail.com. One can also call 181 for any assistance regarding the same,...
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Amid charges of sexual assault, Union minister MJ Akbar today said that he will take a legal action against 'wild and baseless allegations'.In a detailed statement Akbar said, Accusation without evidence has become a viral fever among some sections. Whatever be the case, now that I have returned,...
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The Congress today stepped up its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the allegations of sexual harassment against Union minister M J Akbar, saying his silence was conspicuous and unacceptable. As the #MeToo movement gathered pace over the last fortnight, the Union...
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Taking a cue from India's Aadhaar initiative, Malaysia wants to bring changes in its national identity card system for target delivery of welfare schemes and government subsidies to avoid duplicity and fraud.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Kuala Lumpur in May, offered Malaysia's...
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Natalie Portman has said the ongoing #MeToo movement forced her to rethink the definition of abuse. The 37-year-old actor hopes the campaign against sexual harassment, misconduct and assault will help prevent predatory behaviour.It was amazing how many things that I didn't even categorise...
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The foundation stone for a museum for prime ministers in the Teen Murti Estate premises will be laid by Union ministers on Monday, despite objections raised by the Congress, including former PM Manmohan Singh. Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma and Minister of State for Housing and Urban...
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Soon, passengers on board trains can lodge complain through a mobile app and it will be registered as 'Zero FIR and immediately investigated by the RPF, a senior official of the force has said. A pilot project under which complains of harassment, theft, crime against women can be lodged...
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In a cryptic response, Sacred Games star Saif Ali Khan has hinted that the core team of the Netflix series including showrunners Anurag Kashyap, Vikramadtiya Motwane, and writer Varun Grover, may see a shuffle in the wake of the #MeToo movement. The actor, who plays Sartaj Singh...
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Women filmmakers from Indian film industry have joined hands to support people sharing their stories of sexual harassment and have decided not to work with any proven offender. Critically-acclaimed directors such as Konkona Sensharma, Nandita Das, Meghna Gulzar, Gauri Shinde, Kiran...
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An emergency action plan will be implemented from Monday to combat air pollution that has begun to show a trend towards poor category, the Central Pollution Control Board said. Under the emergency plan called Graded Response Action Plan, stringent actions are implemented based on the...
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Pakistani troops on Sunday targeted forward posts along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Indian troops guarding the LoC retaliated and the exchange of fire between the two sides continued for over an hour, they said.There was no immediate report...
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The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has approved enhancement of free accident insurance cover for pilgrims visiting the shrine to Rs 5 lakh besides free treatment to trauma victims from nearby areas. The decisions were taken at the 63rd meeting of board which was held at the Raj Bhavan...
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Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was on Sunday discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where he has been undergoing treatment for pancreatic ailment, and is likely to return to his home state, sources said. According to sources in the AIIMS, he was on Sunday morning...
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Union Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment by several women journalists from the time he was an editor, has resigned, the News18 television channel reported quoting government sources. The channel reports that Akbar, who returned to...
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A molestation complaint has been filed against director Subhash Ghai by Television actor and model Kate Sharma.While addressing the media after filing the complaint, Kate alleged that the filmmaker molested her by forcefully trying to kiss and hug her.He called me to his house on August 6. There...
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United States President Donald Trump has said that he wants people with merit, who can help, to enter the country and not sneak inside the border illegally.I'm very tough at the borders. We've been very tough at the borders. People have to come into our country legally, not illegally. Legally....
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Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is likely to return on Sunday from Delhi, where he has been undergoing treatment for pancreatic ailment at a hospital, a senior government official said on Saturday.Parrikar, 62, was admitted to Delhi's premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences...
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Pakistan on Saturday warned of '10 surgical strikes' against India in response to a single such attack, in the latest war of words between the two estranged nuclear-armed neighbours.Major General Asif Ghafoor, spokesperson of the military's Inter Services Public Relations, stated this while...
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The wife of additional sessions judge, who was shot at by his gunman in a crowded market area in Sector-49 in Gurugram on Saturday, has succumbed to her injuries.Gunman Mahipal was arrested after he shot at the wife Ritu and son Dhruv of Additional Sessions Judge Additional Sessions Judge Krishan...
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Against the backdrop of Congress president Rahul Gandhi's interaction with present and past employees of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on the Rafale deal, the state-run aerospace company on Saturday regretted 'politicisation' of its employees and termed it as a sad and regrettable development...
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