Haryana Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a Bill to provide reservation to Jats and five other communities in government jobs and educational institutions, ahead of the April 3 deadline set by the community which had launched a violent agitation last month. Congress members did not attend the session today as they were demanding revoking the […]
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Htin Kyaw, a confidante of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, was sworn in Wednesday as Myanmar’s president, ushering in the first democratically elected government into office after decades of military rule. The 70-year-old Htin Kyaw took the oath of office in a joint session of Myanmar’s newly elected parliament with his two vice presidents
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The domestic airport police station on Tuesday evening registered a case against self-styled godwoman Sukhwinder Kaur alias Radhe Maa. Earlier this month the Andheri metropolitan magistrate had ordered the police to lodge an FIR under the Arms Act against her for carrying a sharp ‘trishul’ (trident) on a flight last year. DCP of the area
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved a Central government notification that provides protection to Good Samaritans or those who help victims of road accident by taking them to a hospital or reporting about the incident. A bench headed by justice V Gopala Gowda approved the notification that also provides protection to witnesses in road accident
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Pointing out that separately counting or allowing the nine rebel Congress MLAs to vote is an error, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Wednesday said the party might take legal recourse in the matter. “Separately counting or allowing the nine MLAs to vote is an error and we may take legal recourse. The rest of
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The US would like to see “deeper bilateral cooperation” with India on nuclear issues, the White House has said, ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington this week which will be attended by world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “We are certainly looking forward to Prime Minister Modi’s visit (to attend the summit),”
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Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Sunday that Iran must change its “behaviour” towards his country if it wants normal ties with the oil-rich Sunni kingdom. Jubeir, speaking at a joint news conference with his South African counterpart, said Riyadh “wants to have peaceful relations” with Tehran and that it had tried to forge
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A man walked into the underground US Capitol Visitor Center on Monday and was shot and wounded by police after he pointed what appeared to be a weapon at officers, police said. The suspect, Larry Dawson, 66, of Tennessee, was in stable but critical condition at a hospital, Capitol Police said in a statement. A
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Strongly condemning the terror attack in Lahore, the US today called for global unity against fighting extremism and offered assistance to Pakistan in investigation. “The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms this terror attack at a childrens park in Lahore yesterday. Its grotesque, and the fact that you have an extremist organisation targeting
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Two wheeler drivers in Kerala will have one more compelling reason why they should be wearing a helmet always – mandated by law but often observed in its breach. From April 1, riders would get ISI-approved helmets free of cost at the time of delivery of the vehicles, according to a directive by Transport and
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Senior Congress leader and party spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi’s article on sedition and free speech has appeared in the latest edition of pro-RSS journal ‘Organiser’. Singhvi has termed it as a “victory of Indian Constitution”, the fact that the journal repeatedly approached him and he finally agreed to write for it. The Congress leader makes
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Chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Tuesday order a magisterial inquiry into the alleged assault on mining activist, Ravindra Velip, in Sada sub-jail, citing discrepancies between the inquiry report submitted by the inspector general of prisons (IGP), Elvis Gomes, and the complaint filed by Velip. Speaking to TOI, Parsekar said the magisterial inquiry would be carried
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A top Pakistani government official had assured India of helping in research work related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s secret journey to Europe during World War II, a report said on Wednesday. According to a report published in Hindustan Times, Pakistan’s then information secretary Altaf Gauhar had agreed to help New Delhi, but on a
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The 17th century Indian tourist attraction was the backdrop to a famous photo of William’s late mother, Princess Diana of Wales, when she visited in February 1992. The photo of her sitting alone in front of the monument sparked rumours that her marriage to Charles was in trouble. The two announced their separation later that
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Three students of a madrassa were beaten up in Delhi on Saturday, allegedly by a group of men who tried to force them to chant a slogan. One of the students, an 18-year-old, has a broken arm. The police say there are “inconsistencies” in the statement of the young men, who say they were beaten
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A five-member Pakistani probe team, including an ISI official, on Tuesday visited the IAF base here, entering through the same breached perimeter wall used by terrorists in the January 2 attack, even as Congress and AAP intensified protests against the visit. The Pakistani Joint Investigation Team (JIT) team accompanied by NIA officials entered the strategic
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Despite what appears to be the somewhat farcical nature of the EgyptAir hijacking, any aeroplane incident is liable to raise more concerns in the mind of the travelling public. The bombing of the Russian Metrojet airliner in October, and subsequent questions about the efficacy of Egypt’s aviation security, virtually ended the tourism industry in its
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Asserting that the arrest of an Indian spy is not an issue of India, Director of Gilgit Baltistan National Congress, Senge Hasnan Sering said it’s an issue of how Pakistan is adjusting itself between Saudi Arabia and Iran’s developing strategic conflict. “I don’t think it’s an issue of India. This is an issue of how
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It’s been more than a year since the rumours of Karan Singh Grover and Bipasha Basu dating each other started doing the rounds. And it seems that the lovebirds are now ready to take their relationship to the next level. Buzz has it that the rumoured couple is set to tie the knot in April
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Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor has started to respect every man who has decided be a homemaker in order to encourage their wives to realise their dreams. However, the actor says that he cannot be Kabir, the character he portrays in his upcoming film Ki and Ka, because he is too ambitious but would love to
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Child actor Neel Sethi, all set to make his debut with Disney’s big-budget fantasy film ‘The Jungle Book’ as Mowgli, says he is fond of Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra. The ‘Quantico’ actress has voiced the character of ‘Kaa’, a snake who is one of Mowgli’s mentors and friends, in the Hindi version of the film.
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A day after a man grabbed a four-year-old girl off her bicycle and decapitated her with a cleaver in broad daylight, Taiwan is in shock. “A mother couldn’t protect her child even though she was standing right near her! How can we feel assured that our children will be safe?” asked Lindy Wang, a mother
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North Korea test fired a short-range missile on its east coast today, South Korea’s military said, amid heightened tension over the isolated country’s nuclear and rocket programmes. The missile was fired from near the North Korean coastal town of Wonsan at 5.40 pm (0840 GMT) and flew northeast for about 200 km and then “made
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Asking voters in Assam to reject BJP in the Assembly polls, Rahul Gandhi today said if it came to power, the state will be run from the RSS headquarters in Nagpur or the PMO. He also warned the people that BJP will only stoke violence in the state and end the atmosphere of peace ushered
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Mounting a blistering attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP president Amit Shah today dared her to throw out from the party Trinamool Congress leaders who are seen purportedly accepting bribes in lieu of undue favours in the Narada clips. Mr Shah also refuted allegations of match fixing between BJP and Trinamool in
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China has accused Japan’s “warlord” prime minister, Shinzo Abe, of threatening peace in the region, following the enactment on Tuesday of controversial laws allowing Japanese troops to fight on foreign soil for the first time since the end of the second world war. The security laws, which were passed last September after chaotic scenes in
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An Egyptian man hijacked an EgyptAir plane Tuesday and forced it to land on the island of Cyprus, where most passengers were eventually freed, though four crew members and three passengers remained on board with the hijacker, Egyptian and Cypriot officials said. The man’s motivation was unclear, but Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said the hijacking
Indonesia’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 10 Indonesian nationals are being held hostage after their ship was hijacked in Philippine waters. The ministry said in a statement that the owner of the hijacked tug boat and coal barge has received two telephone calls purportedly from militant group Abu Sayyaf, which is demanding a ransom.
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A huge blaze engulfed at least two residential towers in the northern UAE emirate of Ajman on Monday, local media and a witness said. The fire erupted at a building in the Ajman One residential cluster of 12 towers and spread to at least one other tower, Gulf News daily reported on its website. Ajman
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AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said that he is a loyal Indian and does not need a certificate of nationalism and patriotism from any one. “We do not need certificates from anyone, we have given our blood to this nation,” said Owaisi, who was in Lucknow on a brief stopover. He added that “his
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