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3 terrorists were killed Saturday in an encounter with security forces in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said in Srinagar.Three terrorists were killed in an operation in Danna in Bandipora district of north Kashmir, Srinagar-based defence spokesman, Col Rajesh Kalia,...
20:35
Supreme Court judge Justice Indira Banerjee has revealed in an open court that an effort was made to influence her in a case related to Hotel Royal Plaza.A bench comprising justices Arun Mishra and Banerjee was hearing the matter on August 30 in court number 8 when the revelation was made.Justice...
19:46
A District Reserve Guard jawan was killed and three others were injured in an IED blast triggered allegedly by Naxals in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police said.The incident took place around 12.30 pm in Rabdipara village when a team of DRG personnel was out on a routine search...
19:35
Chief Justice of India's office has recommended Justice Ranjan Gogoi to be the next CJI, ANI says quoting sources.Earlier this week, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had reportedly asked CJI Dipak Misra to recommend the name of his successor, setting in motion the process of change of guard in...
19:05
The United States on Saturday slapped sanctions on two Pakistani companies by placing them on the export entities list for activities related to nuclear and missile trade.The two companies -- Technology Links Pvt Ltd and Techcare Services FZ have been placed under the Entity List by the Export...
18:43
As the Kerala government embarked on a fund mobilisation drive for reconstructing the flood-ravaged state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Saturday he was hopeful of getting the offer of aid made by the United Arab Emirates.His statement assumes significance in the wake of a row over the...
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Terming the Bhagwad Gita a 'non-religious' text and 'a way of life', Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde said on Saturday there is nothing communal in distributing the text in educational institutes.Tawde also said the copies of holy books of other religions can also be given to colleges,...
17:29
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday blamed 'phone-a-loan' scam of the previous United Progressive Alliance government for the bad loans in the banking sector and said every penny given at the behest of 'namdars' (dynasts) will be recovered.Speaking at a function to launch the payments bank...
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The Supreme Court will repeat history this week as an all-women bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and Indira Banerjee will hold court on September 5.The apex court had seen a women alone bench for the first time in 2013 when Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Ranjana Prakash Desai sat together for...
16:51
A super-speciality hospital near Hyderabad has suspended four staff members who allegedly took a selfie with the body of actor-politician Harikrishna, who died in a major road accident on August 29.A complaint has also been lodged with police against the four people for allegedly infringing on...
16:16
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches India Post Payments Bank (IPPB).IPPB will have 650 branches and 3,250 Access Points across the country.All the 1.55 lakh Post Offices in the country will be linked to the IPPB system by December 31.Through India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) we will reach to...
16:09
Pakistan has temporarily shut its consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city due to alleged interference by a local governor.The Pakistan Embassy in Kabul has informed Afghan authorities that the consulate will remain closed until Nangarhar Province Governor Hayatullah Hayat stops his...
15:56
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has asked its cadres not to touch the feet of party chief M K Stalin as it went against the ideals of self-respect and instead greet him saying 'Vanakkam,' with love.Deprecating touching the feet of Stalin, the party said, Let us give up the servitude of touching the...
15:44
India has submitted second extradition request to Antigua and Barbuda government for the extradition of Indian fugitive Mehul Choksi, who has acquired the citizenship of the Caribbean country.Indian High Commissioner in Guyana, Venkatachalam Mahalingam, visited St John's,...
14:53
The son of Vernon Gonsalves, one of the five activists arrested for alleged Maoist links, on Saturday rejected the police charges against his father and termed them as 'laughable'.Vernon Gonsalves, a Mumbai resident, is one of the prominent activists and lawyers whose homes were raided by the...
14:06
India captain Virat Kohli was on Saturday rested from the Asia Cup with the selectors naming Rohit Sharma as captain of the 16-member squad for the tournament to be held in United Arab Emirates.Rajasthan left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed is the only new face in the team. Asia Cup is scheduled to...
13:59
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has collected data on temples, Hindu priests and mutts across Madhya Pradesh ahead of the year-end assembly polls.However, the purpose of this entire exercise is not clear in the state, where the BJP is seeking a record fourth term in office.Yes, we have...
13:51
Pakistan government has decided to go ahead with the sale of luxury surplus vehicles of the Prime Minister House under the austerity drive of the new government, said a report on Saturday.A list of the luxury vehicles has been prepared to be sold during an auction set for September 17 at the...
13:02
A 27-year-old inmate of a shelter home for mentally challenged women died at a hospital in Patna on Friday, a day after two other women went missing.Anamika, an inmate of the Aasra shelter home in Patna, was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition Thursday, Patna Medical College and...
12:17
An intoxicated man allegedly urinated on the seat of a woman passenger on board an Air India international flight, prompting the Civil Aviation Ministry to seek a report from the national carrier.The incident took place on August 30 when Air India flight AI 102 was on its way to New Delhi from...
11:45
An Indian citizen, who was the CEO of two information technology companies in the United States, has been arrested in connection with a multi-year visa-fraud scheme involving forged and fraudulent documents to get visas such as H1B for over 200 foreign workers.Pradyumna Kumar Samal, 49, was taken...
10:52
Sudha Bharadwaj, one of the five activists arrested in multi-city raids by the Maharashtra Police, has outrightly rejected the claims made by the investigating agency and said a purported letter implicating her was totally concocted to criminalise her and human rights organisations. ...
10:23
United States President Donald Trump will visit France and Argentina this November, while giving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Singapore a miss, the White House has announced.Trump will participate in a November 11 event in Paris commemorating the 100th anniversary of the...
10:02
Two men were arrested and a hundred cartons of liquor worth Rs 7 lakh seized in Shamli district, police said Saturday. Circle Officer Rajesh Tiwari said a truck was intercepted last evening in Jhinjhana Police Station area Friday evening. The truck was smuggling over one hundred...
09:29
Jain Monk Tarun Sagar passed away this morning in Delhi. He was 51. Sagar had a massive following in the Jain community. According to reports, he was admitted to a private hospital few days ago after he was diagnosed with jaundice.Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tarun Sagar will...
09:01
The Trump administration has announced an end to all funding to the United Nations Palestine Refugee Agency, alleging it to be irredeemably flawed.The administration has carefully reviewed the issue and determined that the United States will not make additional contributions to UNRWA, State...
08:29
Union minister Ramdas Athawale has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's number of seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls may go down by 30-40 seats but the National Democratic Alliance will still return to power. He also said he was ready to act as a mediator between Patidar leader Hardik...
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A British Bangladeshi Islamic State (ISIS) follower was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey court in London on Friday after he was found guilty of hatching a terror plot to behead Theresa May in a suicide attack on Downing Street.Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman had been convicted of...
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