5.5 magnitude earthquake rocks Kashmir

SRINAGAR: A moderate intensity earthquake shook Kashmir valley on Sunday but there was no report of any damage due to the tremor.A tremor of 5.5 magnitude was felt in Kashmir but there were no report of any damage, an official said here.The epicentre...

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Amit Shah in Kerala as BJP struggles to find foothold in state

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With BJP consistently failing to make electoral breakthrough in Kerala, party chief Amit Shah on Sunday started his maiden visit to the southern state to discuss with leaders and grassroots functionaries strategy to strengthen and...

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Govt issues show-cause notice to Al Jazeera for allegedly showing wrong India map

NEW DELHI: A leading international channel has been slapped with a show-cause notice by the information and broadcasting ministry for allegedly depicting a wrong map of India in its news reports.Sources told PTI that the I&B ministry has in its showcause...

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BJP forms panel to help govt roll out social schemes

NEW DELHI: In a bid to help publicize and implement social welfare schemes initiated under Prime Minister Narendra Modi government, BJP has formed a committee for active coordination between the party and the government.The move, BJP sources said, was...

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Mamata Banerjee is 'inconsistent': Forward Bloc

BHUBANESWAR: Dubbing Mamata Banerjee as "inconsistent", All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) on Sunday said the West Bengal chief minister lacks ideology."She (Mamata) has paved way for the BJP to enter in the politics of West Bengal. We do not subscribe to...

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Rain brings relief to north India

NEW DELHI: Moderate rain lashed Delhi and some areas of Rajasthan though maximum temperatures stayed above normal levels in most parts of northern India.Rains since early morning and overcast skies throughout the day kept the temperatures within comfortable...

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Mukesh Ambani drops out of PM's delegation to Japan

NEW DELHI: Mukesh Ambani, the world's richest energy billionaire and head of Reliance Industries, has dropped out of a business delegation accompanying Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to Japan.Ambani, who was to be part of a group of industrialists...

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Govt striking a balance between security concerns and probity to ease blacklisting norms for arms companies

NEW DELHI: The Modi government has struck a balance between national security considerations and probity while easing blacklisting norms for armament companies facing corruption charges. This comes in the backdrop of large-scale blacklisting proving...

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2 dead, 2 injured as hosiery plant's boiler explodes in West Bengal

BARASAT (WEST BENGAL): Two persons were killed and two others seriously injured when a boiler in a hosiery plant exploded in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Saturday.The incident took place in the Talberia hosiery plant under Duttapukhur...

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Balraj Puri, veteran journalist, dies at 86

JAMMU: Veteran journalist Padma Bhushan Balraj Puri passed away after prolonged illness at a Government Medical College here on Saturday. He was 86.He is survived by his wife, daughter and journalist son Luv Puri. His cremation will take place at Jogi...

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Gujarat CM reviewed progress of ‘Gatisheel Gujarat Target 100 Days’

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel on Friday held an interim review meeting of the Gatisheel Gujarat Target 100 Days' work plan of Patan, Mehsana, Aravalli, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar and Kutch district at Mehsana.She asked the district...

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Girl alleges she was sexually harassed, blackmailed at Visva Bharti University

SANTINIKETAN: Authorities at Visva Bharati University authority are looking into a complaint by a girl student of Kala Bhavan that she was "sexually harassed" by three students of the same department."We have received a complaint through the principal...

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Pak tried to make a spectacle of talks by meeting separatist leaders: Modi

NEW DELHI: Breaking his silence on cancellation of talks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India was "disappointed" as Pakistan wanted to make a "spectacle" by meeting separatist leaders but said efforts will continue to build peaceful, friendly...

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J&K government official sent to 3 years in jail for taking bribe

SRINAGAR: A special anti-corruption court in Jammu & Kashmir on Friday convicted a government official for taking bribe and awarded him three years' imprisonment.The court of additional special judge anti-corruption J&K convicted the then 'naazir'...

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Sex ratio dips in rural areas

AHMEDABAD: Researchers have sounded an alarm bell regarding the dwindling Child Sex Ratio (CSR) in both urban as well as rural areas. The CSR, according to 2011 census, in Gujarat—886 girls per 1,000 boys in the 0-6 age group — for the first time has...

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'Ensure purchase of maize by state in place of passing buck to centre,' Congress to Badal

JALANDHAR: Kapurthala MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh has asked Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal to ask Centre to allow National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED) to purchase maize from state farmers instead of passing...

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AAP demands withdrawal of security cover given to 1984 anti riots accused

AMRITSAR: After heavy criticism of BJP government for providing Z category security to Muzaffarnagar riots accused Sangeet Som, it is now Aam Admi Party (AAP) that has demanded to withdraw the Z category security cover given to alleged accused of 1984...

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Casual workers in Rajasthan get a raw deal, says report

JAIPUR: By a rough estimate, out of thousand casual employees in Rajasthan, 957 labourers do not get security benefits of employment and 988 are not eligible even for the paid leaves. The latest data released by the national sample survey (NSS) on `informal...

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56 bonded labour of Chhattisgarh rescued from J&K brick kiln

RAIPUR: Following several incidents of bonded labour and human trafficking in Chhattisgarh, fresh case of nearly 56 bonded labours of state being kept in confinement and forced to work without payment and food at Jammu & Kashmir has come to the fore.According...

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India should improve R&D contribution globally, Rajya Sabha deputy chairman says

PUDUCHERRY: Rajya Sabha deputy chairman P J Kurien on Thursday said the country's share of investment in global research and development was as low as 2.1% while China's contribution towards it was 12.5% and that of the US was 33.6%. He said policy makers...

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Jathedar directs Panth to strengethn SGPC which seeks intervention of PM in Takht Hazur Sahib incident

AMRITSAR: While Jahtedar of Akal Takht Giani Gurbachan Singh has directed Sikh Panth to strengthen hands of Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for implantation of single maryada (Sikh code of religious conduct) at all the five Takhts the...

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Lalit Modi can return to India, Delhi high court rules

NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Wednesday ordered restoration of the passport of former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Kumar Modi, paving the way for his return to the country.A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Vibhu Bakhru set...

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Asian Development Bank to provide up to $9 billion loan to India

NEW DELHI: Committing to support infrastructure development in India, Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday said it will provide up to 7-9 billion loan to the country over the next three years."ADB's operations for India will maintain high level...

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Lalu undergoes 6-hour-long surgery, doctors close 3mm hole in his heart

MUMBAI: Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad underwent a six-hour-long cardiac surgery at Asian Heart Institute in Bandra-Kurla Complex on Wednesday.He underwent three procedures during the operation — his aortic valve was replaced, a portion of his...

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Air India tops list of passenger complaints, SpiceJet second

NEW DELHI: Air India tops the list of passenger complaints lodged against Indian airlines in July this year, followed by no-frill carrier SpiceJet, official data shows.Most air travellers, who have lodged complaints against the airlines, complained of...

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Shivraj Singh Chouhan inducted into BJP Parliametary Board

BHOPAL: What BJP veteran LK Advani recommended in March last year, has been implemented by party national president Amit Shah on Tuesday. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been appointed as one of the 12 members of the BJP Parliamentary Board...

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Rajinikanth in party’s good books, will welcome him, BJP says

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu BJP on Tuesday down played reports of it wooing Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, but said that the actor was welcome to the party fold.Tamil Nadu BJP president Tamilisai Soundararajan told PTI here that Rajinikanth was already in the...

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Bihar bypolls a proper lesson for secular forces: CPM

NEW DELHI: Left parties on Tuesday said the unity between JD(U) and RJD in the Bihar assembly bypolls had paid off in keeping BJP out and stressed that secular forces should draw proper lessons from this."These bye-elections have political significance...

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Bombay HC asks PIL on fair elections to be treated as representation by EC

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday directed the Election Commission and law commission of India to consider a public interest litigation as a representation for amending the law to ensure that the forthcoming assembly elections are held in a free...

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Ex-Army men working in paramilitary to get equal compensation

NEW DELHI: (PTI) In a decision that will benefit nearly 1,000 ex-Army men working in different paramilitary forces on contract basis, home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday ordered that in the event of a line-of-duty death such soldiers will get benefits...

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Why can’t witness protection be made statutory? HC asks

MADURAI: Expressing concern over the decline in conviction rates in heinous crime cases due to absence of protection to witnesses, the Madras high court bench here on Monday directed the home secretaries of the Centre, Tamil Nadu governments, Union law...

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Five JVM (P) MLAs resign from membership

RANCHI: Five JVM (P) MLAs who recently joined BJP tendered resignation from membership of the legislative assembly on Monday, the day when speaker was about to pronounce his judgement in connection with the petition of disqualification filed against...

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Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh once again shown black flags in Ranchi

RANCHI: Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh was once again shown black flags at Birsa Munda airport in Ranchi and at the programme venue in Garhkhatanga where he laid foundation stone of National Institute of Agriculture Biotechnology on Monday.JMM...

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Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh once again shown black flags in Ranchi

RANCHI: Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh was once again shown black flags at Birsa Munda airport in Ranchi and at the programme venue in Garhkhatanga where he laid foundation stone of National Institute of Agriculture Biotechnology on Monday.JMM...

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Muslim religious leaders dismiss 'love jihad' talk

LUCKNOW: Muslim religious leaders and scholars have dubbed as "false propaganda" the issue of 'love jihad' raised by BJP and other right wing outfits, saying that Islam does not allow forced conversions.Taking strong exception to the campaign by saffron...

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Transferred to Mizoram, Maharashtra governor Sankaranarayanan resigns, says he may return to active politics

MUMBAI: Hours after he was shunted to Mizoram, Maharashtra governor K Sankaranarayanan on Sunday resigned from his post, virtually hitting out at the Centre suggesting that the move could be part of political vendetta.Refusing to take up his new assignment,...

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UPA's sanitation scheme a failure, will review it: Govt

NEW DELHI: The government will review the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan scheme, launched by the previous UPA government in 2012 to eradicate the menace of open defecation in the country, saying it was a "failure".Ahead of the conference of state ministers in...

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India to fence over water to stop immigration from Bangladesh

KOLKATA: As a huge part of Indo-Bangladesh border is marked by rivers and wetlands, the central government in a one-off initiative in the country has decided to implant special kind of fence over water along the riverine border to stop illegal immigration....

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Congress stands exposed, reveal who had pressurised CAG: BJP

NEW DELHI: Attacking the Congress over former CAG Vinod Rai's claims, BJP on Sunday said the opposition party stood "exposed" and demanded that the identity of leaders who "approached him" to drop names of those involved in scams during the UPA regime...

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We couldn't take UPA's achievements to people: Digvijaya

HYDERABAD: Alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power by "making false promises", Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said some shortcoming lay with his party too in taking the UPA's achievements effectively to the people."Gujarat...

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UPSC preliminary examination on Sunday, Supreme Court rejects plea seeking stay

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Saturday refused to postpone civil services preliminary examination scheduled for Sunday, saying the objections raised by students on comprehension part have been addressed and the exam can't be stayed at the last hour...

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PM sanctions Rs 2 lakh to kin of each dead in floods in 4 states

NEW DELHI: Condoling the loss of lives in floods in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday sanctioned Rs two lakh for the next of kin of each of the deceased.Modi also sanctioned Rs 50,000 for each of the...

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Brigadier posted on LoC allegedly sodomizes sahayak, faces sacking

NEW DELHI: A brigadier deployed along the line of control in the Poonch sector of Jammu & Kashmir is facing the prospect of disciplinary action for allegedly sodomizing his sahayak (assistant).Sahayaks, who were earlier known as batmans, are regular...

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Withdraw Teesta's security cover: Gulbarg massacre witness requests Modi

AHMEDABAD: The prime witness to the Gulbarg Society massacre of post-Godhra riots has requested prime minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) cover from social activist Teesta Setalvad and a team of lawyers that...

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Build Ram temple in Ayodhya: Subramanian Swamy to PM Modi

NEW DELHI: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate steps to rebuild the Ram temple in Ayodhya by 2016 and fulfil the party's commitment to the electorate.In a letter to Modi, he has suggested appointment of a former...

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Centre says it never asked Uttarakhand governor Aziz Qureshi to quit after he moves Supreme Court

ON BOARD SPECIAL PLANE: The government on Friday denied claims made by Uttrakhand governor Aziz Qureshi that he had been asked to quit and said an "appropriate response" will be filed before Supreme Court soon.Talking to PTI after touring flood-affected...

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