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On the brink of history: Saudi women to contest and vote in elections for the first time

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Segregated from male voters and unable to drive themselves to hustings, Saudi women begin their first-ever election campaign on Sunday, a tentative step towards better representation in the male-dominated kingdom. Around 900 female candidates are standing in next month’s municipal election, a poll that also offers a chance for female voters to elect their officials […]

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Hollande, Putin agree to work more closely to combat Islamic State in Syria

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France and Russia will exchange intelligence on Islamic State and other rebel groups to improve the effectiveness of their aerial bombing campaigns in Syria, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday after talks with Vladimir Putin. However, the two men remained at odds over the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, an ally of Russia

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Russia suspends cooperation with Turkey, threatens economic sanctions after ‘treacherous’ hit on warplane

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After vowing to carry out broad retaliatory measures against Turkey’s economy to avenge the downing of one of its warplanes, Russia said on Thursday that it has suspended all cooperation with the Turkish military including a hotline set up to share information about Russian air strikes in Syria, TASS news agency reported. Turkish President Recep

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Chai pe charcha: Modi invites Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh for tea

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Reaching out to main opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh for tea on Friday evening during which issues like GST may come up. Modi invited the Congress leaders at his Race Course Road residence at 7 PM, sources said. This assumes significance as the Government and the

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Panthnirpekshya vs Dharmanirpekshya: Is Rajnath Singh giving new twist to the ‘secular’ debate?

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For long, the official Hindi translation of the Indian Constitution and its preamble as published by the Union Law Ministry, which can be taken as an authoritative official document, have been using the word ‘Panthnirpekshya’ instead of ‘Dharmanirpekshya’ for the English word ‘secular’. It is only in common usage, written and oral, the word ‘Dharmanirpkeshya’

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India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable Prithvi II missile

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India on Thursday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, as part of a user trial by the Army. The missile test was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur at 1210 hrs. “The trial

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Puducherry asks Centre for Rs 182 crore aid after heavy rains destroy homes, infrastructur

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Chief Minister N Rangasamy has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to earmark Rs 182.45 crore as emergency relief to the union territory to tackle the flood havoc due to the heavy North East monsoon. Normal life, standing crops and lots of physical infrastructures were badly affected due to the

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Mamata Banerjee bats for Aamir Khan, says ‘this country belongs to everyone’

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Extending her support to Bollywood star Aamir Khan by saying that it is his democratic right to say what he felt, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said no one has the right to ask someone to leave this country as this country belongs to everyone. But the RSS does not agree. On

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Winter Session: Failure to pass GST will cost India dear; BJP shouldn’t let that happen

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Parliament’s Winter Session, which started today (Thursday) and follows a wasted monsoon session, is crucial not just for the NDA government but for Narendra Modi himself to reaffirm his reform intent to the world. If Modi fails to deliver in this session that would send a horribly wrong signal to the world on India’s prospects

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Not Islamic State itself, but the traction of ‘brand IS’ is a security challenge in West Bengal

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The Islamic State (IS) mouthpiece Dabiq’s latest story on ‘The Revival of Jihad in Bengal’ has set the alarm bells ringing in this part of the world, especially in the light of 13 November Paris attacks carried out by the outfit. Just how serious is its threat to West Bengal and the rest of India?

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Winter Session gets underway: Rajnath talks about Aamir, secularism; Sonia on BJP

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The winter session of parliament got off to a predictably heated start with the government attacking Opposition on “misuse” of the word secularism but cozied up nicely with their political opponents for some swift and strategic compromise on its pet agendas – the Goods and Services tax (GST) bill, for starters. The GST bill is

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Supreme Court questions Maharashtra government on delay in reopening dance bars

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Maharashtra seems hellbent on moral policing and is doing everything to keep the nearly 800 dance bars across the state – which were ordered to be reopened by the Supreme Court on October 15 – shut again. An apex court bench on Thursday fumed at the state for not complying with its order passed 40

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Fifth AAP MLA Akhilesh Tripathi arrested by Delhi police since government formation

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA was on Thursday arrested by the Delhi Police after a city court ordered the legislator to be sent to judicial custody in a case of rioting and criminal intimidation. According to officials, Akhilesh Tripathi, MLA from Model Town area of the Capital, was sent to two days judicial custody making

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3 Pakistan-based terror groups, ISI planning major strikes in India: Intelligence agencies

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Coinciding with the 7th anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the central intelligence agencies have received specific inputs that Pakistan’s ISI recently held a meeting with chief commanders of top terrorist outfits – Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) – asking them to carry out terror strikes in India. Reports suggest that some 30 militants

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To speed up growth, Modi needs to show Indians more reasons to save

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On paper, India’s households have more reason than ever to save. But convincing them that the central bank can keep inflation low is proving difficult, hindering the country’s ambitious growth plans. That raises the stakes for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, which wants to channel more savings into investments that can generate both growth and

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Cricket must go on between India and Pakistan, wherever or whenever: Afridi

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Pakistan’s Twenty20 skipper Shahid Afridi Wednesday fully endorsed any resumption of cricket ties with India, saying wherever and whenever a series is played the show must go on, irrespective of politics. Asked about Pakistan players’ reaction to a possible series between the arch-rivals in Sri Lanka in December, Afridi replied: “I think cricket should go

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Desert countries Qatar and Saudi Arabia witness record rainfall and flooding overnight

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Overnight rain made many roads near impassable for commuters amid reports on social media that even Doha’s Hamad International Airport was affected, due to leaks at the estimated USD 17 billion (16 billion euro) building, which opened last year. The heaviest rain – 66 millimetres, according to the Qatar Meteorology Department – fell around the

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‘Human and technical errors’ led to deadly strike on Afghan hospital, killing 31: US military

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The US airstrike that killed 31 civilians at a hospital in Afghanistan on 3 October resulted from preventable errors by soldiers and airmen who violated rules of engagement and have been removed from duty while awaiting further investigation, military officials said Wednesday. A briefing in Kabul provided the latest US explanation but left some questions

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All you need to know about the key Bills listed to be taken up in the Winter Session of Parliament

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Giving the details of the government business for the Winter Session, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs M Venkaiah Naidu has said that in consultation with various ministries, 38 items have been identified of which 22 items have been prioritised. Here is a list of bills pending or to be introduced in Parliament and their status.

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Winter Session begins: PM Modi calls for debate, dubs it ‘soul of Parliament’

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With the Winter Session of the Parliament beginning on Thursday, the first Constitution Day, Narendra Modi expressed his hope for the legislative process and highlighted the need to spread awareness about the Constitution. “Debate is the soul of Parliament and we are hopeful that we can fulfil people’s expectations in Parliament this Winter Session,” said

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Snapdeal says Aamir’s comments in personal capacity, gets support from Flipkart

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E-commerce major Snapdeal on Wednesday said it was “neither connected nor plays a role in comments made by Aamir Khan in his personal capacity”. The company was forced to make the statement after it started drawing lot of flak online after Khan’s comments on intolerance in India at the RNG Awards in New Delhi resulted

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Return of Sarbananda Sonowal: Why Congress is not losing sleep over BJP’s tactical moves in Assam

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For those willing to let their hair down this is the best time to be Assam. The weather is pleasant and there’s a comforting calmness in the air. But scratch the surface a bit. If you are interested in politics we would find tension building up. Hectic preparation is afoot from all players, big or

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Hand-written passports became invalid for travelling abroad from today

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Hand-written passports of Indian citizens are no longer valid from Wednesday as per government’s directive. The government had asked those having hand-written passports to get machine-readable ones having bar codes by November 24. The government had decided to discontinue hand-written passports in accordance with recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to incorporate biometric

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Maharashtra CM, Mumbai Police pay homage to martyrs of 26/11

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis along with other ministers and the Mumbai Police, on Thursday paid homage to the martyrs on the seventh anniversary of the horrific terror attack of 26/11. On this day in 2008, ten Pakistani terrorists had arrived by sea route and opened fire indiscriminately at people killing 166, including 18 security

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