Rahul starts deliberations after string of poll reverses

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi has embarked on brainstorming sessions with senior Congress leaders to decide the future course for the party in the wake of a string of electoral debacles since the Lok Sabha polls in May.As part of the exercise, the Congress...

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Muslim cleric joins BJP in J&K

JAMMU: A Muslim cleric joined the state unit of BJP on Friday among others ahead of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.Muslim cleric from Nowshera-Lam area, Imaam Ikhlaq Ahmed Nakshabani joined BJP at a function here which was attended by senior...

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CBI arrests BJD MLA Pravat tripathy, party suspends him

BHUBANESWAR: In a major embarrassment for the ruling BJD in Odisha, the CBI on Friday arrested senior MLA and former government chief whip Pravat Tripathy for alleged link with the Artha Tatwa Group, a ponzi company involved in the multi-crore chit fund...

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Petrol price cut by Rs 2.41 per litre, diesel by Rs 2.25

NEW DELHI: Petrol price was on Friday cut by Rs 2.41 a litre, the sixth reduction since August, and diesel by Rs 2.25 per litre on back of falling international oil rates.The reduction in rates of petrol and diesel, which was deregulated for the first...

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Are foreigners sexually abusing children in the name of providing education, asks Madras high court

MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Friday impleaded the Union secretary of women and child development in a child abuse case and directed the assistant solicitor general (ASG) to obtain details of child abuses by foreigners in India.The...

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Panneerselvam seeks Modi's help to save lives of five Indian prisoners in Sri Lanka

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam on Thursday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to save the lives of five fishermen from Rameswaram who were sentenced to death by a Sri Lankan court on charges of smuggling narcotics.In...

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Black money: We will go after offenders, SIT chief justice Shah says

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-appointed SIT, looking into the black money cases, on Thursday said it will go after the offenders "big or small" and will submit its report by the first week of December.It also made clear that confidentiality about account...

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Rs 5 lakh additional compensation each to kin of 1984 riot victims

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Rajnath Singh has approved a substantial hike in compensation awarded by the government to families of civilians killed in communal, terrorist and Naxal violence.An amount of Rs 5 lakh, up from the existing Rs 3 lakh...

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Coast Guard ships to rescue fishing boats from Cyclone Nilofar

AHMEDABAD: Taking precautionary measures ahead of Cyclone Nilofar, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Thursday deployed its four ships at Porbandar coast to search and rescue fishing boats sailing along the Gujarat coast and to place them at the nearest safe...

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Information can't be disclosed outside specific proceedings: Swiss govt

NEW DELHI/BERNE: Amid a debate on disclosure of names of suspected black money holders, Switzerland on Thursday said information exchanged under Swiss-India tax treaty cannot be disclosed "in principle" to a court or any other body outside the proceedings...

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Cyclone Nilopher to bring heavy rains in three districts of western Rajasthan: Met

JAIPUR: The countdown for cyclone Nilopher in Naliya (Gujarat) which will also bring rains in western Rajasthan has began on Wednesday. Jaipur Met office on Wednesday has officially announced that as an impact of Nilofer cyclone heavy rainfall will be...

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Saradha scam: ED attaches assets worth Rs 60 crore

NEW DELHI: Moving ahead in the multi-crore Saradha chit funds scam case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday attached assets, including a school, a cement factory and few resorts, worth Rs 60 crore in West Bengal in connection with its money...

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Actor Raghava Lawrence to build temple for his mother

CHENNAI: Actor-filmmaker Raghava Lawrence, who is currently busy with Tamil films "Muni 3" and "Oru Ticketil Rendu Cinema", has decided to build a temple for his mother in his father's hometown Poovirundhavali in Tamil Nadu.The work on the temple has...

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Tamil actor Raghava Lawrence to build temple for his mother

CHENNAI: Actor-filmmaker Raghava Lawrence, who is currently busy with Tamil films "Muni 3" and "Oru Ticketil Rendu Cinema", has decided to build a temple for his mother in his father's hometown Poovirundhavali in Tamil Nadu.The work on the temple has...

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Central government offices to shut down early on Thursday

NEW DELHI: After Delhi government offices remained closed on Wednesday in view of the holiday declared on Chhath, it is now the turn of some key Central government offices to shut down early on Thursday. As the government organizes a 'Run for Unity'...

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Black money: Govt will submit list to Supreme Court tomorrow

NEW DELHI: The government will give the names of all the Indians who hold foreign bank accounts, given by foreign countries, to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, finance minister Arun Jaitley said and emphasized that no one will be protected.The list will...

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No Chinese incursion, troops trespass into each other's territory by mistake: India

ITANAGAR: Union minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday denied any incursion by China's People's Liberation Army in Taksing area of Arunachal Pradesh in recent times."It is a natural phenomenon as troops from both the sides usually...

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No Chinese incursion, troops trespass into each other's territory by mistake: Rijiju

ITANAGAR: Union minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday denied any incursion by China's People's Liberation Army in Taksing area of Arunachal Pradesh in recent times."It is a natural phenomenon as troops from both the sides usually...

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Nilofar to weaken closer to Gujarat coast, but will bring heavy rains on Friday-Saturday

NEW DELHI: The cyclonic storm Nilofar, developed in Arabian Sea, on Tuesday turned "very severe" while approaching Oman coast, but the system will gradually weaken close to Gujarat coast on Friday. Still, it will bring heavy to very heavy rainfall along...

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Black money: Arun Jaitley non-committal on making list public after Supreme Court pulls up Centre

NEW DELHI: The government will give the names of all the Indians who hold foreign bank accounts, given by foreign countries, to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, finance minister Arun Jaitley said and emphasized that no one will be protected.The list will...

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ECI to issue poll notification for RS biennial polls on November 3

LUCKNOW: The Election Commission of India on Monday announced the itinerary of the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha on 10 seats from Uttar Pradesh. The tenure of 10 members of Parliament is ending on November 25. The MPs are: Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta (BSP),...

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12,000 ITBP personnel to be deployed along China border

NEW DELHI: Against the backdrop of over 300 transgressions by the Chinese army along the line of actual control till August this year, the government has given an in-principle approval for induction of nearly 12,000 personnel in the Indo-Tibetan Border...

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As China flexes its muscles, Vietnam seeks India’s ‘active support’ on South China Sea row

NEW DELHI: As disputed South China Sea witnesses increased Chinese influence, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Monday pitched for India's "active support" to peacefully resolve all disputes and sought its greater linkages across the region.Tan,...

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India should refrain from complicating boundary issue: China

BEIJING: With India announcing the construction of 54 new border posts in Arunachal Pradesh, China on Monday cautioned India to refrain from taking any action that may "complicate or exaggerate" the boundary issue."China's position on China-India boundary...

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Pakistan Hindu urge Jatha leaders to take ashes of their dear ones to immerse in Ganga

AMRITSAR: Hindu families living in Pakistan have sought help from Jatha's visiting Pakistan on various religious occasions to either help them in getting visa's to visit Haridwar in India so they could immerse ashes of their dear ones in Ganga or themselves...

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250 temple devotees rescued from Tamil Nadu forest

MADURAI: About 250 people, who were returning from the Sundara Mahalingam temple near Saptur in the Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, were stranded in a forest after heavy rain brought flash floods in a stream on Sunday. All of them were rescued by...

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Cyclone Nilofar to bring heavy rainfall in Kutch region

NEW DELHI: After Hudhud that hit India's eastern coast, it's now turn of another cyclonic storm 'Nilofar' to keep country's weather forecaster on toes. Its impact is likely to be felt mid-week in Kutch area of Gujarat.The new cyclonic storm, formed in...

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Maharashtra BJP MLAs to meet on October 28 to elect leader

MUMBAI: Maharashtra BJP legislature party will meet on Tuesday to elect their leader, paving the way for him to meet governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and stake claim to form the government.The meeting to elect the legislature party leader and the chief minister...

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Asset rise: Railway minister rubbishes claims of Election Watch body

MANGALORE: Union Railway minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday rubbished claims of National Election Watch and Association of Democratic Reforms that his assets had seen the highest increase after he took office five months ago.In the declaration of...

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401 Lok Sabha members yet to declare asset details

NEW DELHI: Over 400 Lok Sabha members including Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Lal Krishna Advani and Rajnath Singh have not declared their assets and liability details to the House secretariat as on September 26, according to an RTI reply.Lok Sabha Secretariat...

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Nitin Gadkari, Union transport and highways minister, rides scooter without helmet

NAGPUR: Union transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday rode into a controversy when he was caught on camera entering RSS headquarters here on his scooter without wearing a helmet in violation of traffic rules.TV channels showed the 58-year-old...

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Rs 80,000 crore worth defence projects cleared, 6 submarines to be built in India

NEW DELHI: Defence projects worth a whopping Rs 80,000 crore were on Saturday cleared by the government which decided that six submarines will be made indigenously and over 8,000 Israeli antitank guided missiles and 12 upgraded Dornier surveillance...

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Rs 80,000cr worth defence projects cleared, 6 submarines to be built in India

NEW DELHI: Defence projects worth a whopping Rs 80,000 crore were on Saturday cleared by the government which decided that six submarines will be made indigenously and over 8,000 Israeli antitank guided missiles and 12 upgraded Dornier surveillance...

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PM inaugurates Reliance Foundation Hospital

MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the revamped Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai.Located in south Mumbai, the hospital in its 90th year was rebuilt by the Reliance Foundation,...

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Amit Shah to address Madhya Pradesh BJP meet on Thursday

BHOPAL: BJP national president Amit Shah will be in Bhopal on Thursday to inaugurate the two-day "Sankalp Adhiveshan (pledge convention)" of state party workers to be held at the Dussehra Maidan in BHEL area. Madhya Pradesh BJP president Nandkumar Singh...

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Pakistan sends Diwali sweets to President and Prime Minister

NEW DELHI: Despite the bitterness in India-Pakistan ties, Pakistan has sent 'Diwali sweets' to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The sweets, by Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit and his wife, were also sent to external...

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French filmmakers make secret documentary on Andaman’s Jarawa tribe, FIR filed

PORT BLAIR: Two French filmmakers have been booked on the charge of trespassing into the protected Jarawa tribal reserve in the Andaman islands and filming a documentary on the threatened aboriginal tribe."We have filed an FIR against French director...

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Black money scandal a broken BJP promise, says Trinamool

KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress on Friday blamed the BJP-ruled Centre for playing the politics of blackmail on the black money scandal. "Who is the Government trying to protect in the black money scandal? Is it playing politics to blackmail the culprits?...

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NDA ally PMK alleges 'Hindi imposition' in radio

CHENNAI: PMK, a partner of NDA from Tamil Nadu, on Friday accused the Union government of trying to "impose Hindi" through local radio broadcast and asked the Centre to give up the proposed initiative. "The Centre has planned to impose Hindi through...

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