China`s top official in charge of relations with self-ruled Taiwan warned on Thursday of “complex changes” ahead in ties with the island, which is likely to return the independence-leaning opposition to power in mid-January polls. Defeated Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan after losing the Chinese civil war with the Communists in 1949. Beijing has never […]
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More than one million refugees and migrants braved the seas in 2015 seeking sanctuary in Europe, nearly five times more than in the previous year, the United Nations’ refugee agency said on Wednesday. About half of the 1,000,573 men, women and children who made the perilous journey came from war-torn Syria, while Afghans accounted for
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Communists don’t make progress by merely adopting resolutions. This was the general feeling among delegates present in the CPM’s four-day organizational plenum on Wednesday afternoon.They wanted the party politburo to do some introspection over its activities before setting guidelines for the party’s primary unit. Fact is that nearly 50% of the 16-member CPM politburo members
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More Indians, and not just students but tourists and businesspersons, have been deported by the US in recent days, the external affairs ministry said on Wednesday. The first reports about US deportations were about Indian students headed for two California universities. Some of them were turned away from Dubai, and the rest from San Francisco.
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If after more than three decades of Chinese growth, Beijing recorded high air pollution levels, then New Delhi achieved the ignominy in much lesser time sans the growth. In Delhi too, like many other cities, vehicular emissions, road transport in particular, add to the high air pollution levels. Emulating other countries—Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, China—we will
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Delhi has become the hub of pre-activated SIM cards, which are available at a premium rates and are being used for criminal activities like spying, extortion, harassment, baking fraud and other high-tech scams, the police said. The revelation comes after the Crime Branch of Delhi Police arrested a 28-year-old man from Delhi and seized 205
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The Delhi and District Cricket Association on Wednesday decided to file a defamation case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, suspended Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kirti Azad and other Aam Aadmi Party functionaries for making “wild and baseless” allegations of corruption against it, reported PTI. Addressing a press conference, acting president Chetan Chauhan said the
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With just two days until the start of the election year, Donald Trump has shifted his focus away from his primary opponents and onto the Republicans’ likely foe in the general: Hillary Clinton. Speaking at a rally in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Tuesday afternoon, Trump called the former Secretary of State “theatrical” and said,
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The Union Home Ministry on Thursday termed the suspension of two DANICS-cadre officers by the Delhi government as null and void. Two senior civil service officers of the Home Department were on Wednesday suspended by the AAP government for refusing to sign on a Cabinet decision file, following which around 200 DANICS-cadre officers went on
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Sleuths zeroed in on the identity of McNaught Damini, the “pretty woman” who the airman Ranjith KK was talking dirty with for the past several months on Wednesday, even as the arrested IAF employee told the police that he had given details of operation Inderdhanush – an India-UK joint bi-lateral exercise held in the United
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The decision of the Union cabinet to provide Rs 5,000 crore for residential and institutional solar rooftops in the next five years will give major fillip to renewable energy, provided power distribution companies ensure speedy payment to consumers. The new scheme, providing capital subsidy of 30% to general category states and 70% to special category
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A ministerial panel on national education policy has recommended altering the current no-detention policy introduced by the UPA government in schools, and suggested that students be screened at the Class 5 and 8 levels. “We have given our recommendations on the no-detention policy to 22 states, of which 18 have agreed to the change. We
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An overnight gunfight in south Kashmir’s Pulwama between holed up militants and security forces in district left two separatist guerrillas dead. “Two militants including Manzoor Ahmad Dar of Samboora (Pulwama) and a Pakistani national have been killed in Gusoo village encounter,” said a senior police officer. Security forces including troops of 53 Rashtriya Rifles, 183
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Ten people were killed and at least 15 others injured when a rashly driven private bus rammed into a “gharuka” (motorised cart) on Mehta-Amritsar road near Chogawan village here on Wednesday evening. All deceased–six women, three men and a seven-year-old-girl–were travelling in the “gharuka”. Police said a total of 25 people were travelling in the
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“He (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) has not done so (stopover in Lahore) to promote India’s national interest. It is now in public domain that he used vested private business interests for a secret meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Kathmandu earlier and the same channel he has used for the meeting in Lahore.
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New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is “unlikely” to play in the third one-day match against Sri Lanka on Thursday as he recovers from a back injury, coach Mike Hesson has said. McCullum, who has long battled a bad back, damaged a disc diving for a ball on the boundary during the second match in Christchurch
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Iranian Revolutionary Guards launched rockets near the U.S. aircraft-carrier Harry S. Truman and other warships as they were entering the Gulf on Saturday, giving only brief notice in a “highly provocative” act, a U.S. military spokesman said on Tuesday. NBC News, citing unnamed U.S. military officials, said the Guards were conducting a live-fire exercise and
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All central government ministries and their Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) were today told to dispense with the requirement of interviews for selections at junior level posts within next two days, however, they may continue with skill or physical test. The timeliness set regarding completing the process of the discontinuation of interview by December 31, 2015
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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to release separatist leader Masarat Alam, who has been in jail since April this year. According to TV reports, the court quashed Alam’s detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA), however, they also expressed the opinion that he might be arrested again in
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The U.S.-led military coalition against the Islamic State killed a key leader in Syria who had direct ties to the terrorists who carried out the attacks in Paris and was planning more attacks against the West, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Army Col. Steve Warren, the top spokesman for the coalition, told reporters that Charaffe al
A Taliban suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed 26 people and wounded dozens on Tuesday after crashing into the main gate of a government office in northwest Pakistan, officials said. The blast in the town of Mardan demonstrated the Pakistani Taliban’s continued ability to stage deadly attacks, despite a major military offensive against its headquarters
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Former New York Governor George Pataki said on Tuesday that he’s ending his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, with just over a month to go before the first nominating contests begin. Mr. Pataki made the announcement in an ad that aired on local NBC affiliates in New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina Tuesday
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In a bid to control noise levels in Chhattisgarh, the state government has issued necessary directives to prevent sound pollution on roads and other public places. Noise producing instruments will also be under scanner as per the directives. The Housing and Environment department in a circular to all district collectors has asked to take steps
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Bollywood actor Salman Khan launched a new e-commerce website, called KhanMarketOnline.com, on his 50th birthday on December 27. The actor had given a full page advertisement in the papers, urging fans to register on the website in order to get a return gift. Salman was already retailing products of his fashion brand Being Human online.
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In the wake of a series of killings in Bihar, Union Minister and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Tusesday alleged that “Jungle Raj is back” in the State as predicted by the NDA and slammed the Nitish Kumar government, saying there is “no action” as if there is “some connivance”. “Jungle Raj (lawlessness) is
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With just two days to go for the implementation of the odd-even restrictions on private cars in the national Capital, the big question everyone is asking is whether the public transport of Delhi is equipped to handle the extra rush? The 15-days of odd-even formula is going to test the already-stretched public transport system of
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With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in power, it is difficult to keep Ram Temple out of national politics. Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) Mahesh Sharma on Tuesday added to the ongoing debate on Ram Temple and said that his party and the central government have already given their opinion on
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Remembering their daughter on her death anniversary, Nirbhaya’s parents staged a silent protest at Rajghat on Tuesday while demanding the setting up of fast track courts for heinous crimes. They said they had put forth four demands before the government, noting that only one demand — the juvenile Bill — has been fulfilled. “We are
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The Ministry for Environment, Forests, Climate Change and Animals Welfare have never had such a curious minister. From pronouncing trees are nuisances that get in the way of development, to writing letters to states to kill all animals that come into fields including elephants, Prakash Javadekar is the very antithesis of what an MoEF should
A little after 10 pm on Tuesday, commandos trooped into two prominent South Delhi malls, a crowded basement shopping complex in the heart of the city and a five-star hotel, causing some moments of panic. Until it turned out to be a security drill, codenamed “Operation Black Rose”. At least four locations, the Promenade and
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