Shiv Sena demands ban on burqa in public places, cites Sri Lanka

It said that the ban - something similar which the party has proposed in the past -- “has already come in Ravana’s (Sri) Lanka, when will it be implemented in Ram’s Ayodhya -- this is our question to (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi.”

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Drama at Gurugram market over women in 'short dresses', video goes viral

A group of young women on Tuesday shared a video on social media of an incident in Gurugram, wherein an older woman allegedly harassed them at a restaurant over their dress choice. The group accosted the woman at a store and demanded an apology from her.

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Cyclone Fani inches closer to Odisha, poll code lifted in 11 districts

Cyclone Fani s likely to hit the Odisha coast by Friday afternoon and also affect West Bengal and the Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh.

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Telangana man raped, killed 3 girls, dumped bodies in wells

Police said the alleged killer attempted to wipe out evidences by dumping the dead bodies of three minor girls in abandoned wells outside the village in Yadadri Bhongir district .

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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: With AAP alliance we would have won all 7 Delhi seats,...

Congress’ New Delhi candidate Ajay Maken claims without an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party, winning all seats in Delhi will be tough.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Gautam Gambhir settles in for long, steady innings in...

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir is the BJP candidate on East Delhi parliamentary constituency.

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Fani now 'extremely severe', says Met; Odisha sounds red alert

Special Relief Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi said Cyclone Fani is likely to cause extensive damage to houses and disrupt rail/road link at several places.

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India will add 2 more aircraft to strengthen AWACS capabilities

Armed with deep penetration and long-range radars, AWACS control the battle theatre in times of hostilities by providing advance information about movement of air assets of the adversary.

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Australia-born cricketer gets five-year rape sentence

Alex Hepburn, 23, was convicted following an attack that took place during the first night of a sexual conquest “game” he helped set up on a WhatsApp group.

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Theft at Noida Sector 104 house rented out by MS Dhoni

According to the police, the incident took place on Sunday when the caretaker of the single floor premises noticed that one LCD television was missing.

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Controversial Air India pilot gets, then loses new posting

Air India’s pilot body, Indian Commercial Pilot Association, has condemned the move and said that Kathpalia would now be able to take action against those who deposed against him.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019- 'It's unfortunate that Rahul Gandhi is contesting from Kerala,...

Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury tells Saubhadra Chatterji in an interview that the Left, whose presence in national politics has diminished over the years, is ready to play a big role in forming an alternative, secular government at the Centre.

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India replies to Chinese media criticism of navy

Quoting a military expert, who sounded triumphant about “accurately predicting” that fires could breakout on INS Vikramaditya, the article said the error-prone Indian Navy had failed to learn its lessons.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: In east UP, Congress banks on Priyanka Gandhi in triangular...

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2 dead, 4 injured in US university campus shooting

The shooting prompted a lockdown at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and caused panic across campus as students sheltered in place.

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Masood Azhar's listing is one small step in India's fight against terrorism

The past listings — of Hafiz Saeed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed — have done little to stop the terrorist groups from operating freely in Pakistan and mounting attacks on Indian soil

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RCB vs RR: Shreyas Gopal dismisses Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers and Marcus Stoinis...

Shreyas Gopal became the second bowler to take a hat-trick in this season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as he achieved the milestone during the match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

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Supreme Court gives govt 4 days to file Rafale affidavit

Attorney general KK Venugopal sought four weeks’ time to file the Centre’s reply. The bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, directed the government to file its reply by May 4 and posted the matter for hearing on May 6.

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How privacy fares in the 2019 election manifestos

We now have a rights-based language around privacy in the mainstream political discourse but that’s where it ends

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Four of Sikh family shot dead in Ohio

The four victims were found by another relative who called the police.

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Govt asks Rahul Gandhi to clarify his citizenship; Oppn hits back

Cong questions timing of notice, says chief born and brought up in India; BJP doubles down on attack.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: PM Modi didn't violate poll code in Wardha speech, says...

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Fire breaks out on top floor in a high-rise in Navi Mumbai

No reports of any casualty so far.

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On its new stand on global terror tag for Masood Azhar, China makes 3 points

The renewed focus on blacklisting comes against the backdrop of the Pulwama suicide bombing in February that killed 40 CRPF soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir. Masood Azhar’s Jaish-e-Mohammed had claimed responsibility for the terror attack.

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Ex-SC employee not to participate in-house inquiry panel probing CJI case

The employee said in a statement that Tuesday was the third day she had gone to participate before the three-member panel headed by Justice S A Bobde.

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'Burning files': Rahul Gandhi's tweet attack on PM after Shastri Bhawan fire

No casualties were reported in the fire at Shastri Bhawan which houses several key ministries.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019- 'Heeded party's advice': Priyanka Gandhi on not contesting...

Priyanka Gandhi, who is in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, was widely expected to make her electoral debut in Varanasi. Congress workers wanted to avoid a 2014-like eventuality and urged the leadership to her from either Varanasi or Allahabad, party functionaries said.

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IPL 2019: Rashid Khan reveals what he will miss most about David Warner

While expressing his thoughts on David Warner’s departure, Rashid Khan gave an insight to the lighter side of the Australian left-hander.

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Narayan Rai, Asaram's son, sentenced to life in rape case by Gujarat court

Narayan Rai, the son of self-styled godman Asaram, was sentenced to life term by a court in Surat on Tuesday in a rape case.

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'Will be properly resolved': China on listing Masood Azhar as global terrorist

China put a technical hold in March on a fresh proposal to impose a ban on the head of Pakistan-based JeM which claimed responsibility for the deadly Pulwama terror attack. It was for the fourth time, China blocked Azhar’s listing as a global terrorist by the UN.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Mayawati's threat after BSP candidate joins Congress in...

Lokendra Singh Rajput, the Samajwadi Party-BSP alliance candidate from Guna in Madhya Pradesh, quit on Monday and came out in support of Congress candidate Jyotiraditya Scindia.

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Rahul Gandhi to file fresh affidavit in Rafale contempt case after SC tells him...

Rahul Gandhi to file fresh affidavit in Rafale contempt case after SC tells him to clearly spell out his point

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Supreme Court tells government to respond to Rafale case review petition by Sat...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond to the Rafale case review petition by Saturday. The court will hear the matter on Monday.

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'What rubbish?': Priyanka Gandhi on govt notice to Rahul Gandhi on citizenship ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s lawmaker Subramanian Swamy filed the complaint alleging that Rahul Gandhi is a British citizen.

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Indian charged with kidnapping after driving away 2 children in car in US

Dalvir Singh, a heroin addict, was taken into custody and charged with two counts of kidnapping, felonious assault for dragging Nita Coburn, 69 and grand theft, Middletown Division of Police said in a statement.

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IPL playoff qualification scenarios - The mid-table muddle

As the IPL group stage enters its final week, only two teams, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals, have secured qualification for the playoffs. There is a proper muddle in the mid-table and as many as five teams are vying for the remaining two spots.

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Kiran Bedi can't interfere with Puducherry govt: Madras HC

Kiran Bedi has been engaged in a running feud with Puducherry chief Minister V Narayansamy since she assumed office in May 2016.

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No proof to back army's Yeti footprints claim, say experts

The army tweeted late on Monday to say that one of its mountaineering expedition had come across the footprints of the Yeti, or the abominable snowman as it is known in legends, near the Makalu Base Camp earlier in April.

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TikTok app returns to Google, Apple app stores

TikTok application is now available for download on Google and Apple app stores.

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11 years later, a Tata turnaround by Mamata Banerjee's party

Trinamool’s turnaround on Tata is aimed to showcase the industry-friendly face of the Banerjee government ahead of the last three phases of polling that will take place largely in urban and semi-urban areas, including Singur, the site of the doomed project.

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'Ban him for 72 years': Akhilesh Yadav stings PM Modi for Bengal speech

The Election Commission has recently barred several leaders including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu from campaigning for 72 hours due to poll code violations.

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ICC Cricket World Cup: My responsibility is to help Virat Kohli - Rohit Sharma

Speaking about the atmosphere in the Indian team, Rohit said that all types of inputs and suggestions are welcome and that it only helps bind the group together.

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Failing to crack JEE, Hyderabad student shoots himself with father's pistol

The student, who appeared for the recently held Class 12 board examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as a private candidate, took coaching with Aakash Institute for the JEE exam.

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Russian spy?: Beluga whale with harness raises alarm in Norway

Joergen Ree Wiig of the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries says “Equipment St. Petersburg” is written on the harness strap, which features a mount for an action camera.

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19-year-old allegedly raped in moving car in Shimla

The girl was on her way to the Mall road when she was forcibly dragged into the vehicle.

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Bengal BJP candidate meets Trinamool leader, fuels speculations

Anupam Hazra, the BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate in Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency in the city where polling would be held on May 19, called on Anubrata Mondal, the TMC’s Birbhum district president, at the latter’s party office.

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'Feel proud to have been a chaiwala like PM Modi', says newly-elected North Delhi...

The newly-elected mayor of North Delhi Avtar Singh and his wife ran a tea stall called ‘Tea Peepal Meridien’ under a tree at Chabi Ganj in Kashmere Gate from the year 1990 to 2000.

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Govt's notice to Rahul Gandhi over complaint on his citizenship: Report

Rahul Gandhi issued home ministry notice over complaint on his citizenship, told to respond within a fortnight: ANI

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RCB predicted XI against Rajasthan Royals: Virat Kohli to make changes to Royal...

RCB predicted XI - RCB will be playing at their home venue and there will be vociferous support, but the management needs to find the right balance and players at different positions.

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Felt Ambati Rayudu had done everything to be in the World Cup squad: VVS Laxman

Laxman also spoke about the Indian team combination, the Dhoni factor, and why this World Cup will be a high-scoring affair.

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8-year-old in Delhi drowns 18-month-old for 'revenge'

Terming the murder an act of revenge, police said the boy was angered after his brother had fallen and injured himself a few days ago.

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AAP, Congress battle for Muslim votes as BJP banks on split in Delhi

Trying to stage a comeback in Delhi, the Congress, which governed the city for 15 years till 2013, is reaching out to the community. But the Congress’s bigger worry is that these votes may be spilt.

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Ex-BJP lawmaker's house raided after newlywed woman goes 'missing' in Ferozepur

My wife went missing on April 24 under mysterious circumstances. It was found she had telephonic conversations with Sukhpal Singh Nannu. Satnam Singh, complainant

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IS chief Baghdadi appears for first time in five years in propaganda video

Baghdadi, 47, had a long grey beard that appeared dyed with henna and spoke slowly, often pausing for several seconds in the middle of his sentences. He appeared for the first and last time in public in Mosul in 2014, where he declared an Islamic “caliphate” in the swathes of territory IS then held in Syria and Iraq.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Jodhpur vote will impact the fate of two titans

The fight is keen in Jodhpur and Barmer-Jaisalmer; the BJP has an edge in Pali and Jalore-Sirohi.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'Modi, Shah brazenly violated poll norms but enjoying...

“Rahul Gandhi is man enough to stand up and own his mistake. Rahul has told the apex court how in the heat of the moment he made that statement,” says senior Congress leader and party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi.

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India was 4th biggest military spender last year

According to the SIPRI data, China was the second-largest military spender last year. Beijing increased its military expenditure by 5% to $250 billion in 2018. It accounted for 14% of global military spending. In contrast, India’s military spending went up by 3.1% to $66.5 billion. India accounts for 3.7% of the global defence spending.

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Sushma Swaraj speaks to US on Iran oil issue

Swaraj explained India’s political and economic conditions to Pompeo and sought some relaxation as making immediate arrangements for 23.5 million tonnes of oil – the amount supplied by Iran every year – from an alternative source was not possible, people familiar with developments said.

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Masood Azhar likely to get global terror tag this week

Azhar’s designation as a global terrorist would be a major diplomatic victory for the Narendra Modi government, which has been pushing for the move particularly since the February 14 terror attack in Pulwama.

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SC panel probing CJI case holds three-hour hearing

No one except the complainant has been allowed to appear before the panel, even though last week an attempt was made by the complainant’s advocate to help her in the ongoing proceedings.

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Kerala-based ISIS suspect inspired by Sri Lanka bombing plotter caught: NIA

During the course of the interrogation, the man admitted that he wanted to carry out a suicide attack in Kerala.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019-'Backlash prompted bashers to be proud Hindus': Arun Jaitley...

In a blog post titled “A Convenient Season for Being a ‘Proud Hindu’“, finance minister Arun Jaitley further said Digvijaya Singh, the Congress candidate from Bhopal, is a well-known majority basher.

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Endgame is actually a new beginning

Will the stories continue to on rely on tried and tested tropes or will this popularity encourage them to take more risks?

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The communique is good but will it be reflected in BRI governance?

China used the second Belt and Road Forum to address international concerns about the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It is time China converted BRI into a genuinely multilateral initiative

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What is behind Indians' life expectancy going up?

An improvement in healthcare along with a decline in infant and child mortality have contributed to this progress

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: EC to decide on complaints against PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi...

In her petition, Congress leader Sushmita Dev alleged that both PM Modi and Amit Shah indulged in hate speeches and used armed forces for “political propaganda.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: As power trips, MP CM Kamal Nath casts vote with camera...

When asked about the incident and power outage, Nath told reporters that he would look into the matter. Power supply was restored at the booth after nearly 25-30 minutes, an official said.

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Sri Lanka bars Muslim women from wearing veils in public after Easter bombings

Police said they had arrested 48 suspects over the last 24 hours over the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka.

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'Campaigning or horse trading': Derek's dig at PM on his TMC defection barb

TMC’s senior leader in the Rajya Sabha and spokesperson Derek O’Brien said the party would complain to the Election Commission that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was indulging in horse trading.

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'I woke up late': Why Moon Moon Sen did not know of violence in her constituency

Clashes erupted in West Bengal’s Asansol constituency with reports of the sitting MP Babul Supriyo’s car being vandalised on Monday, the fourth phase of polling for 72 seats across 9 states.

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SpiceJet plane overshoots runway at Shirdi airport; operations hit

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'Am real chowkidar': Ex-BSF jawan named SP's Varanasi...

The Samajwadi Party made the surprise announcement on Monday to replace Shalini Yadav opposite PM Modi from this high-profile constituency.

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BSF jawan sacked for video on food quality is SP's new Varanasi candidate

Former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who hails from Haryana, replaces Shalini Yadav.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: In Bengal, PM Modi says 40 MLAs will leave Trinamool after...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that Trinamool Congress lawmakers will desert Mamata Banerjee after May 23, the day the results of Lok Sabha elections will be declared.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Bengal battle reaches EC in Delhi

Bengal battle reaches EC in Delhi

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Bollywood stars, politicians queue in as Mumbai goes to...

Amitabh Bachchan, his wife Jaya Bachchan, son Abhishek Bachchan and daughter-in-law voted in a polling booth in Juhu as politicians, candidates and industrialists were seen across the city during the fourth round of polling in the Lok Sabha election.

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Cricketer Mohd Shami's estranged wife held after high drama at in-laws' house

When the police failed to bring a truce between the warring parties, they took Haseen Jahan into custody.

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Cyclone Fani may be headed to Odisha; NDRF, Coast Guard on alert

The NDRF and the Indian Coast Guard have been put on high alert and placed at the disposal of the state governments concerned.

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3,000 kg garbage collected from Mount Everest region

A total of 3,000 kg of solid waste has been collected from the Mt Everest region since the beginning of the Nepal government-backed Sagarmatha Cleaning Campaign on April 14, the media reported on Monday.

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Alex Hales withdrawn from England's ICC World Cup squad

ICC World Cup: Hales was earlier banned for 21 days for recreational drug use and has not played for Nottinghamshire this season after making himself unavailable for his county for “personal reasons”.

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'Don't know much about politics but am a patriot': Sunny Deol files nomination in...

Sunny Deol was inducted into the party on April 23 in New Delhi in the presence of Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal.

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IPL 2019: I am aware of the bickering and back-biting - Dinesh Karthik

Regarding Russell, who has made incredible hitting his favourite pastime, the keeper-batsman was impressed with his maturity.

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Bride among 4 killed in Punjab road accident, groom critical

The dead include the bride, her two relatives and the driver of the vehicle they were travelling in. The groom was seriously injured in the accident which happened around 6am.

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Centre asks SC to defer Rafale review hearing listed for tomorrow, says needs more...

The government’s request was mentioned before the bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. The court hasn’t indicated its mind on the request and asked the Centre to circulate its letter. It will rule on the centre’s request later.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Rahul Gandhi responds to SC's contempt notice, wants petition...

Rahul Gandhi does not need to be present in court when the three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna hear the case.

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IPL 2019: No one batting with Hardik made it harder for us, says Mumbai Indian's...

Mumbai Indians will have a return-leg clash against KKR on May 5 which will be their last clash in the league round. Needing a win to seal a playoff berth, Mumbai Indians next face Sunrisers Hyderabad at home on May 2.

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As cyclone Fani nears, PM Modi asks officials to be well-prepared

Cyclone Fani, that has been gaining strength in the south-east Bay of Bengal, is likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours, the weather department said.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'Those who defamed Begusarai will lose', says Kanhaiya...

Kanhaiya Kumar is making his electoral debut as the Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate for Begusarai, where the left party was once dominant. He is contesting against BJP leader Giriraj Singh in Begusarai.

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Congress moves top court against EC, alleges inaction against PM Modi, Amit Shah...

Congress lawmaker from Assam’s Silchar Sushmita Dev requested the top court to direct the Election Commission to decide on complaints against PM Modi and Amit Shah within 24 hours.

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10.27% voter turnout as Mumbai, Hindi heartland states vote in phase 4 of Lok Sabha...

Voting began at 7 am on Monday for 72 seats across nine states in the fourth phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections with PM Modi’s appeal for ‘record voting’ and reports of EVM glitches and clashes from several areas.

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Immigration server restored at Delhi airport, 6 flights delayed

The system was restored at around 1.45 am, he said. According to the official, six international flights were affected due to the server issue.

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TN 10th Results 2019 Live Updates: Tamil Nadu Board SSLC results declared, pass...

TN 10th Results 2019 Live Updates: Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE) Tamil Nadu has been declared the SSLC 10th Result 2019 today at 9:30 AM. Follow live updates here.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP candidate Babul Supriyo's car vandalised in Bengal...

BJP candidate Babul Supriyo’s car was vandalised during poll related violence in Bengal’s Asansol on Monday.

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SRH predicted XI against Kings XI Punjab - Plenty of changes expected

Sunrisers Hyderabad predicted XI - Kane Williamson is expected to make a number of changes to his playing XI for the match against Kings XI Punjab.

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Priyanka Chopra, Anil Ambani among early voters in Mumbai

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Voters were seen queuing outside polling booths across Mumbai as residents across the state started casting their franchise in the last 17 of Maharashtra’s 48 Lok Sabha seats.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019- I will quit politics if Rahul loses in Amethi: Navjot...

Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party, Sidhu said anyone who remained loyal to it was considered a nationalist and those who left it were dubbed anti-national.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: EVM snags delay polling in several booths in Rajasthan

An EVM in booth number 42 stopped working in Deoli under the Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency resulting in a delay in voting. Reports about a glitch in an EVM in Ajmer district’s Bhinai also came in.

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Why the Modi wave is missing so far in the polls

So far this election has not seen either a pro- or anti-Modi wave. While it might change in the round of elections, it can go either way.

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Elections 2019: Money power still rules the roost

Criminals were used to influence and create pressure during elections. But now the same task is performed through the use of vast amounts of cash. The hooligans turned into leaders, and the leaders become slaves to money. We did not even realise it until it was too late.

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One dead, seven injured after gunman opens fire in Baltimore

Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said the gunfire erupted after 5 p.m. on a block in the city’s western district of brick row homes.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Alliance arithmetic may make it difficult for BJP to repeat...

The outcome in this region will largely depend on caste alignments, particularly of the Other Backward Classes and the Dalits. The BJP has not fielded its sitting MPs in three (Etawah, Hardoi and Misrikh) out of four reserved seats. In all, the BJP has changed six candidates in the 13 seats that will be voting.

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50-year-old Delhi man dies after being beaten with broom for refusing to share ...

The murder accused, also a sanitation worker with the same civic body, remained unaware that he had killed his colleague until he was arrested from the nearby Ashok Vihar on Saturday, a senior police officer said.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 128 million get their say today in 72 seats across 9 ...

Voting will take place today for 17 seats in Maharashtra, 13 each in Rajasthan and UP, 8 in West Bengal, 6 each in Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, 5 in Bihar, 3 in Jharkhand, and a part of the Anantnag constituency in Jammu and Kashmir

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Immigration system server face glitches at Delhi airport; long queues at counte...

Many passengers took to Twitter to complain about the delay in immigration process and some of them also tweeted pictures of long queues at the airport.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019 polling phase 4: 1,000 Pakistani immigrants to cast first...

An official, speaking anonymously, said over 1,000 Pakistani migrants were given Indian citizenship in January of the 3,090 applications Jodhpur district administration received.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019 Phase 4: All you need to know

Lok Sabha elections 2019 Phase 4: The fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 will be held on April 29, Monday. In this round, 72 Lok Sabha constituencies across nine states will go to polls in the seven-phase election.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Mumbai, Hindi heartland states vote in crucial phase of...

Of the 72 seats going to polls, the BJP won 45 in 2014. Its allies won another 11 seats. The Congress’s tally was just two.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP banks on Modi appeal to reverse Congress assembly...

The high-profile seats of Barmer, Nagaur, Jodhpur and Rajsamand will be among the parliamentary constituencies that will vote in the fourth phase of the 17th general election.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019 phase 4 voting live updates: Voting on 72 seats in phase...

Lok Sabha Election 2019 phase 4 voting Live updates: Seventy-two seats across nine states will go to polls in the fourth phase of 2019 general elections on Monday. Follow live updates:

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A look at blockbuster fights in Phase 4 of Lok Sabha elections 2019

The fourth phase of the seven-phase of general elections will take place on April 29 to choose 72 members of the Lok Sabha across nine states and Union Territories. A look at some of the key contests.

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Over 270 die in Indonesia counting ballot papers by hand during elections

As of Saturday night, 272 election officials had died, mostly from overwork-related illnesses, while 1,878 others had fallen ill, said Arief Priyo Susanto, spokesman of the General Elections Commission (KPU).

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Polls start in Mamata's south Bengal fortress

While Banerjee has vowed to make a clean sweep of all 42 seats in the state, three in this phase stand out — Berhampore, Asansol and Burdwan-Durgapur.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: In last phase, a personal battle for Naveen Patnaik

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Lok Sabha elections 2019 phase 4: BJP-Sena hope to repeat thumping win in Mahar...

Last year, the Shiv Sena decided to go it alone in all future polls, but in February this year, the party made a U-turn by announcing an alliance with the BJP. A seat-sharing deal, under which the Sena would contest 23 seats and the BJP, 25, was sealed.

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Donald Trump adds paper tariff to his trade problems with India

India is one of the world’s leading importers of paper, ranging from paper for writing, newsprint, coated paper, napkins, tissues and corrugated paper. The United States is among the top importers.

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KKR vs MI: Rohit Sharma expresses anger after LBW dismissal - Watch

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma was not quite happy with his dismissal during their match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'Manmohan Singh kept mum when Pak beheaded soldiers':...

Shah also claimed that a “pall of gloom had descended on Pakistan and the offices of SP, BSP and Congress on the day of surgical strikes”.

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Dubai man who survived Sri Lanka bombings was present in Mumbai during 26/11

Abhinav Chari and his wife, Navroop K. Chari were in the island nation for a business trip and were staying at the Cinnamon Grand where a bomb had gone off while the Easter Sunday breakfast buffet was being served, reports Gulf News.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: AAP for 72-hour ban on Gautam Gambhir for poll code v...

According to the AAP leader, though the EC ordered an FIR against Gambhir for his first violation, it “seems to have had no effect on him and he continues to wilfully violate the code showing his utter disregard for the EC.”

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'Not aware of the caste PM Modi belongs to,' says Priyanka...

Gandhi’s remarks came a day after Modi told a rally in Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh: “Behenji (Mayawati) is distributing my caste certificate. And now that she has started it, I must tell you that I come from the most backward caste in Gujarat.

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'PM Modi doesn't respect his mother, how can he respect India': Mamata

At her second rally at Nimtouri, also in East Midnapore, Banerjee alleged that crores of rupees were being spent on Modi’s rallies but the Election Commission of India (ECI) was not taking any action.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'How is PM Modi's caste relevant?': Arun Jaitley hits...

Finance minister Arun Jaitley further said those who are deceiving the poor in the name of caste will not succeed and added that “they have only amassed wealth in the name of caste politics.

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'Hindustan Jindabad tha, aur rahega': PM Modi tweets after meeting Sunny Deol

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was touched by Sunny Deol’s humility and deep passion for a better India.

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DC vs RCB: Virat Kohli shares light moment with Rishabh Pant after surviving close...

DC vs RCB: Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli shared a light moment with teammate Rishabh Pant during the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals.

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British Indian property guru Ajay Jagota joins Brexit Party for EU elections

Now, just as campaigning for the European Union (EU) elections intensifies, Ajay Jagota has joined ranks with Nigel Farage’s new anti-EU Brexit Party and will stand as a Member for the European Parliament (MEP) from London.

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Cyclone Fani unlikely to hit Tamil Nadu Coast, temperatures may soar, says IMD

The IMD and private weather observers also alerted that if the cyclone fails to hit TN, temperatures in the state may shoot up because of the non-arrival of heavy rainfall.

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Hustling it out with Heston: What happened when British celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal...

We took the celebrated Michelin star chef on his maiden trip to a bustling Indian vegetable market where he ended up frying bhajiyas at a roadside stall.

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After Bangladeshi actors, wrestler Khali told not to campaign in Bengal

Rana had on April 26 participated in a road show for his “friend” Anupam Hazra, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in Bengal’s Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency in Kolkata’s southern suburbs.

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'All parties will decide the issue': Ram Madhav on J-K's special status

About BJP’s election manifesto that asserts that the party would abrogate Article 370 and 35A, Madhav said, “This issue will be decided by Parliament.”

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Lok Sabha elections 2019- 'Main Modi hoon...': Priyanka Gandhi questions PM's n...

Priyanka Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not visiting even a single village in his Varanasi constituency and not asking anyone about their problems.

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Not receiving any money from Mumbai Indians - Sachin Tendulkar replies to conflict...

Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday filed a 14-point written response to a notice sent by Ombudsman cum Ethics Officer Justice (Retd) DK Jain.

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Raids in Kerala over ISIS links, three suspects being questioned

NIA raids three places in Kerala in over ISIS links, three suspects being questioned.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019| 'Silent spectator, failed India': Chidambaram targets...

The former Union Finance and Union Home Minister also said the plank of nationalism, propagated by the BJP, is a ploy to hide “failures” of the NDA government

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Realme 3 Pro review: A worthy rival to Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro?

Realme 3 Pro takes on Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro with superior specifications and a 64-megapixel Ultra HD camera mode. Both the phones are available in India at a starting price of Rs 13,999. Which one should you choose? Read our Realme 3 Pro Review.

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'Negative politics', says Gautam Gambhir on AAP's complaint of 2 voter IDs

Aam Aadmi Party’s candidate from East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency Atishi had lodged a criminal complaint against Gautam Gambhir for allegedly holding two voter ID cards - one from Karol Bagh and another from Rajinder Nagar.

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Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka blasts mastermind killed during gun battle on...

Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed during gun battle on Friday

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Man who posed as CRPF constable nabbed in Delhi metro station

The man claimed he was a CRPF trainee attached in Srinagar (J&K) and had come on leave to attend his mother’s funeral at Shamli.

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Cyclone Fani likely to intensify into severe cyclonic storm in next 12 hours

Cyclone Fani, which has been strengthening in south-east Bay of Bengal, is very likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours and into a very severe cyclonic storm during the subsequent 24 hours.

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Driver reverses train in Rajasthan for 1 km to save life

The train driver, whose name was not known, reversed the train for about a kilometre so that the injured passenger, who had fallen from the train, could be taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

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137 Air India flights to be delayed today after server glitch

The average duration of delay -- on these 137 flights of Sunday -- would be of 197 minutes, the airline’s spokesperson said.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019-'Felt rejected but still support BJP': Vinod Khanna's wife...

Addressing a press conference here, Kavita indirectly hit out at the BJP for “betraying” her by not considering her candidature from Gurdaspur, which her late husband had represented four times in the Lok Sabha.

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RCB predicted XI against Delhi Capitals: Virat Kohli could make tactical changes

Royal Challengers Bangalore predicted XI - Kohli has a couple of decisions to make in the match against Delhi Capitals.

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Depression over Bay of Bengal intensifies into cyclonic storm

Cyclone Fani currently lays over east Equatorial Indian Ocean (EIO) and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019| Would not have needed surgical strikes if Sadhvi cursed...

Digvijaya Singh further said that Hindu-Muslim-Sikh-Christians are brothers. “These people say Hindus should get united as they are in danger. I want to tell them that this country was ruled by Muslims for 500 years. No harm was done to any religion. Be careful to those people who sell religion.”

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Ask SBI to release 1 month salary to Jet staff: Aviators Guild to PM Modi

In a late evening e-mail to the prime minister, the guild also sought government’s directive to “stop de-registration” of the airline’s aircraft, which are now being leased by other domestic carriers.

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Young woman tourist found murdered in Goa hotel room

A 25-year-old woman tourist from Himachal Pradesh was found murdered in a room at a hotel in North Goa on Saturday, police sources said.

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Brazilian model dies after collapsing on catwalk at Sao Paulo Fashion Week

The 26-year-old model fell while turning to leave the runway. Medics immediately attended to him in front of horrified onlookers, according to local media reports.

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MS Dhoni moves Supreme Court over 'cheating' by Amrapali Group

Dhoni in his plea informed the court that he had booked the penthouse in Amrapali Safari in Ranchi. Simultaneously, the management of the Amrapali Group also engaged him as the brand ambassador for promoting projects of the group.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: In Madhya Pradesh, Congress challenge is PM Modi's po...

The battle of Madhya Pradesh rests on a complex interplay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s overarching popularity, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s local vulnerabilities, Congress’ advantage of being in power for five months and its disadvantage of being seen as failing to deliver its promises.

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IS claims 3 militants who blew themselves up in Sri Lanka raid that killed 15

Sri Lanka’s Catholics on Sunday awoke preparing to celebrate Mass in their homes by a televised broadcast as churches across the island nation shut over fears of militant attacks, a week after the Islamic State-claimed Easter suicide bombings killed over 250 people.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: In three phases, seizures worth Rs 3,205 crore; cash hauls...

Tamil Nadu was the state with the highest haul of gold at 3,063 kg worth Rs 708.71 crore, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 1,263 kg and Uttar Pradesh at 709 kg.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao to meet regional leaders...

KCR has apparently chosen to negotiate with Left parties first to counter Congress allegations that the federal front was a B-team of the BJP and the idea was floated only to split allies of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Did the Sabarimala issue affect voter behaviour?

A parliamentary constituency (PC) wise analysis of voter turnout figures shows that Pathanamthitta, the PC where the Sabarimala shrine is located, registered the highest growth in voter turnout.

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Battling cancer and no pay, Jet staffer commits suicide

Shailesh Singh, 45, jumped off the terrace of his four-storey building in Nalasopara East on Friday afternoon, an official said.

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Opposition parties complain to EC, demand removal of BJP's name from EVMs

The delegation has demanded that all such EVMs should be removed from the polls for the remaining phases or the names of other parties too should be displayed in a similar manner on the voting machines.

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Another Easter Sunday bomber visited India in 2017, shows intel

The April 21 attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels killed more than 250 people, including 11 Indian nationals, and injured 500. Fifteen people, including three suicide bombers, died during a raid by Sri Lankan security forces on Friday night and nearly 100 people have been detained in the island nation.

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What does it mean to be a good brother: Rahul Gandhi explains at Kanpur meet with...

Sharing a video soon after he met Priyanka Gandhi at the Kanpur airport, on his Facebook page, Rahul Gandhi wrote, “Was nice meeting Priyanka at Kanpur Airport! We’re headed to different meetings in UP.”

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'As Gujarat CM, Modi got his caste in backward list for poll gain': Mayawati

The BSP supremo’s comments came hours after Modi slammed the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh, saying the tie-up of “opportunists” wants a helpless government because its mantra is “jaat, paat japna; janata ka maal apna”.

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2 policemen killed, 1 civilian injured in Maoists attack in Chhattisgarh

Two days before the fourth phase of the Lok sabha polls, two policemen were killed and one civilian was injured on Saturday in Maoist attack in Chhatisgarh’s Bijapur district.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Opposing sentiments greet PM Modi's Varanasi roadshow

The rally saw tens of thousands of supporter turn up, besides a number of prominent artists, musicians and national awardees.

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IPL 2019: Russell slams KKR's 'bad decisions', says team atmosphere not healthy

Russell has been the biggest impact player for KKR with three man-of-the-match performances from their four wins but his team has let him down.

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In Unnao, black flags waved at Priyanka Gandhi by Hindu Yuva Vahini cadres

The HYV workers were chased and thrashed by the people present at the road show. Two of the workers had to run inside the police station, where the police detained them.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'Alliance playing caste card to loot people': PM Narendra...

In his address at an election rally in Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi claimed that the BSP supremo Mayawati had betrayed her own ideology by allying with the “people who were opposed” to the Dalit ideologue BR Ambedkar.

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'Avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka': India issues advisory to citizens

The Sri Lankan government has beefed up the security in the country post the deadly bombings that claimed more than 250 lives. A nation-wide emergency including night time curfew is in place at present which may also affect travel within Sri Lanka.

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Only one road has been built in 5 years in PM's own constituency: Priyanka

Priyanka Gandhi was speaking at an election rally in Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh. Earlier in the day she also held a roadshow in Unnao.

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Missionary school in Manipur burnt down after disciplinary action against stude...

The incident took place at St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary School in Sugnu, the second oldest Catholic school in Manipur.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019- 'Wanted to be part of PM Modi's nomination': Shehnai maestro's...

Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan’s grandson Nasir Abbas wrote an open letter to PM Modi, expressing his desire that he wanted to be part of team Modi’s proposers on April 10.

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UP Board 10th topper Gautam Raghuvanshi says maths is fun, scores 98 in maths, 99...

Gautam Raghuvanshi wants to crack IIT and then he aspires to become IAS officer and serve the country. “It is my my childhood dream to become a collector because they command huge respect,” the topper said.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019- 'If voted to power again, will withdraw Article 370 from...

Launching a scathing attack on National conference leader Omar Abdullah for his remarks on having a separate prime minster for Kashmir, the BJP president Amit Shah said Kashmir is an inseparable part of India.

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Indian-American engineer announces 2020 Congressional bid from New Jersey

Hirsh Singh, known as a supporter of President Donald Trump, will seek the Republican nomination for the US Senate in 2020 against Cory Booker, according to the New Jersey Globe news website.

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RBI to launch new Rs 20 notes, this is what they look like

While the base colour of the note will have be Greenish Yellow, it will have “other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse”.

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Shashi Tharoor told to appear in court over 'scorpion' remark against PM Modi

The order against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor comes on a plea by BJP leader Rajiv Babbar who had filed a complaint against Tharoor alleging that the comments hurt his religious sentiments.

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'A slip of the tongue': Shatrughan Sinha clarifies his Jinnah remark

Sinha said he wanted to take Maulana Azad’s name but instead, uttered the name of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

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Gautam Gambhir must face action for holding rally without permit: EC

Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir must face action for “holding a political rally without taking permission”, the Election Commission said on Saturday.

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Depression over Indian Ocean intensifies, likely to become cyclone

A depression over the Indian Ocean and southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified and moved further northwestwards, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Saturday.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Tough fight for Dimple in Kannauj as BJP looks to breach...

BJP’s nominee Jagdev Singh Yadav did not show up to file his nomination on the last day and independent candidates withdrew from the race following which Dimple Yadav was elected unopposed.

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'Black sheep': The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings

Sri Lankan officials have identified Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Zahran as the suspected ringleader of a group that carried out a series of Easter Sunday suicide bombings in the country on April 21.

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Game over for Oppn, says PM Modi in UP's Kannauj that voted SP for 20 years

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the SP-BSP alliance was bankrupt on policies and that there is a massive support for the BJP among all sections of the people.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: In Cong outreach to young, Avengers Endgame connection...

The initiative is the latest in a line of outreach programmes that the party’s publicity team is undertaking to reach out to its upwardly mobile voters.

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'From Gandhi to Jinnah...': Shatrughan Sinha applauds Congress at rally

Shatrughan Sinha, who recently left BJP and joined Congress, on Friday lauded Muhammad Ali Jinnah along with Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru, saying they all had a role to play for India’s independence.

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Raj Babbar takes jibe at Mamata Banerjee, asks how she knew Modi's kurta size

Taking a jibe at West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who the Prime Minister claimed gifted him kurtas and sweets, senior Congress leader Raj Babbar wondered how the Trinamool Congress leader knew the size of Modi’s kurta.

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IPL 2019: How KXIP, KKR, RR and RCB can still qualify for playoffs

What the bottom ranked teams - KXIP, KKR, RR and RCB - need to do to qualify for IPL playoffs

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'Scary and smelly': Helios Capital founder falls into Mumbai manhole, survives to...

Mumbai, India’s financial capital, has seen repeated accidents recently due to deteriorating infrastructure and bureaucratic lapses

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Age of consent should be lowered to 16, observes Madras High Court

The court was hearing the matter of a petitioner named Sabari (an alias, since the petitioner is a minor), who was convicted by a Fast Track Mahila Court in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, in June 2018,sentencing him to 10 years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs 3000, under POCSO.

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Karnataka Police pick up former army official for 'hoax' terror threat call

Police traced Swamy Sundar Murthy to his house after the call was made and handed him over to the Bengaluru city police

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US imposes sanction on Pakistan; may deny visas to deportees

The US has imposed sanctions on Pakistan after Islamabad refused to take back its citizen deportees and visa over-stayers from America, warning that it may withhold visas of Pakistanis beginning from its senior officials.

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Seven states put on alert after terror attack call to police

The alert comes at a time when security and intelligence agencies are concerned about the existence of sleeper cells on Indian soil that could be linked to the group that carried out bombings in Sri Lanka, where 253 people were killed on Sunday during Easter celebrations.

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Fifteen killed in Sri Lanka in shootout with suspected Islamist militants

The gun battle between troops and suspected Islamist militants erupted on Friday evening in Sainthamaruthu in Ampara, to the south of the town of Batticaloa, site of one of the Easter Sunday blasts at luxury hotels and churches.

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Air India services affected across world due to server shutdown, passengers stranded...

Passengers travelling domestic and international are stranded at the Delhi airport since early Saturday morning.

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Sri Lanka troops kill two suspected IS men in gunfight during police raid

Gunmen opened fire on troops when they attempted to storm the house in the town of Kalmunai, spokesman Sumith Atapattu said.

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'Woman killed 'boyfriend' with help of daughter's lover': Cops

On Friday, the police claimed that it had solved the case by arresting the accused woman, Shamim, 35, and her daughter’s boyfriend, Musahid, 20.

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Gatecrashing 'Page 3' parties lands man in jail

He was arrested after the hotel’s guards identified him from a photo they had earlier been given by the police, the investigating officials said.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'Income tax raids meant to create atmosphere of fear,'...

“BJP is so bankrupt that it couldn’t find a candidate for Bhopal [from its own leaders]. They are trying to cause a division in society. After all, what kind of political or administrative experience does Pragya Thakur have?” said Kamal Nath

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'Fighting this case in the dark': IAS officer who checked PM Modi's chopper

An officer of the 1996 Karnataka cadre, Mohammed Mohsin was serving as general observer for the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha, where the Prime Minister addressed a rally on April 17.

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'Chose to contest Lok Sabha elections as Digvijaya was picked': Pragya Singh Th...

Pragya Thakur, who is out on bail in a terror case, has also been targeting Singh for allegedly coining the term “saffron terror”. Singh had later clarified that terrorism had no colour, and saffron symbolised valour, and had religious connotations.

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Avengers Endgame movie review: Marvel's epic Infinity Saga finale is a triumphant...

Avengers Endgame Movie Review and Rating: Marvel concludes the epic Infinity Saga with a triumphant tear-jerker, starring Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth. Rating: 4.5/5.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi with new slogan over 'false...

Rahul Gandhi also mocked the prime minister for making military operations carried out after the terror attacks in Uri and Pulwama a part of his poll plank and said he (Modi) spoke of the strikes because he had been left with nothing else to talk about.

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CBI files FIR, 6 PEs over irregularities in Mayawati-era sugar mills case

The irregularities led to a loss of Rs 1,179 crore to the state exchequer, according to a 2013 report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) that formed the basis of the case.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: PM Modi sets 3 targets for workers, stresses 'incumbency...

Referring to the campaign model followed by the party in Gujarat, where Modi was the chief minister before he contested the 2014 general elections, he suggested that the BJP workers should personally reach out to families in their respective areas over the next few days and spend time with them.

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CSK vs MI: MS Dhoni ruled out of IPL 2019 match against Mumbai Indians - Here's...

Chennai Super Kings made three changes in their team as MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja and Faf du Plessis have been replaced by Mitchell Santner, Dhruv Shorey and Murali Vijay.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'Cong's NYAY will put money in bank accounts PM Modi opened':...

Attacking Modi on the issue of unemployment, Gandhi promised jobs to the unemployed youth of Odisha if Congress is voted to power.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'Need a PM like him': Tejashwi Yadav endorses Rahul Gandhi...

Tejashwi Yadav praised Rahul Gandhi and said that the Congress president does what he says and the country needs a prime minister like him. Praising Congress’s NYAY scheme, he described it as a programme that had the potential to bring a turnaround in the country.

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UK optimistic about listing of Masood Azhar as global terrorist at UN

The UK and the US had backed a fresh effort by France to designate Azhar at the UN’s Islamic State and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee after the February 14 suicide bombing at Pulwama that killed 40 Indian troops.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'Can you stop NSA from meeting PM too,' writes Naidu in...

In a nine-page strongly-worded letter to chief election commissioner Sunil Arora, Naidu accused the Commission of denying him a level playing field as compared to the Centre and other states.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'Congress contesting 2019 election on the 1971 agenda,'...

In the post, titled “Has the Congress Thrown its Hands up?”, Jaitley, claimed that the BJP had made significant gains in the East and that Karnataka appeared to be going the BJP’s way.

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Diamond merchant who bought Modi's suit duped of Rs 1 crore

Laljibhai Patel, chairman of Dharmanandan Diamonds Pvt Ltd, had hit the headlines in 2015 when he bought Modi’s much- famed pinstripe suit for Rs 4.31 crore in a public auction.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Sunny Deol a 'filmy fauji', I'm the real one, says Amarinder...

Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh described Bollywood actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol as “an ageing actor whose acting career was over” and someone who “come and go”. Sunny Deol is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Gurdaspur on a BJP ticket.

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CSK vs MI: Suresh Raina on the verge of historic first in IPL

CSK currently lead the IPL charts with 16 points and a win for them will all but confirm their place in the play-offs.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: On PM Modi and teleprompter, Rahul Gandhi offers an explanation...

Rahul Gandhi said the PM had to read his speech because “he gets his orders from above”. He did not clarify who could be scripting his speeches.

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BJP miffed as Muslim leader refuses to campaign for Pragya Thakur

Pragya Thakur had created a political furore with her remarks on Karkare, who died fighting terrorists during the attacks on Mumbai in 2008, saying that she had cursed him just a month before his death.

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Cash transfer promises: Recipe for a fiscal disaster

Not only is the country’s tax base small, it is also difficult to raise tax rates too much without reducing compliance

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Navy officer dies in fire on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya near Karnataka's...

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'If I do anything wrong, I-T should raid my home too': PM Modi

In his speech, the PM referred to the recent raids at the homes of chief minister Kamal Nath’s aides in Madhya Pradesh, raids which he referred to as the ‘Tughlaq Road election scam’, to launch a salvo at the Congress.

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Decision to not contest from Varanasi was Priyanka Gandhi's, says Sam Pitroda

Political circles had been agog with speculation for weeks that the recently-appointed Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi would contest from Varanasi.

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Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's third bail plea rejected by London court, to stay...

Nirav Modi, who has been behind bars at Wandsworth prison in south-west London since his arrest last month, appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot via videolink from the jail.

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ICC World Cup 2019: Sourav Ganguly names his favourites to reach semi-finals

ICC World Cup 2019: Sourav Ganguly, who led the team to the 2003 World Cup finals expects that current round robin format will be one of the most “keenly contested” tournament.

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Make Indian cities walkable

There are enough studies to show that better walkability make cities more viable for citizens, especially those who rely on public transport to get around

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Sri Lanka attacks: Could lives have been saved?

India could have saved many of the lives lost in 26/11. Sri Lanka was unprepared as well, and will soon want to know why

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Sri Lanka bombings carry a stark message for India

The main group behind the bombings, the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ), is an ideological offspring of the rapidly growing, Saudi-funded Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath (TNTJ)

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CSK Predicted XI against MI: How will MS Dhoni go against Rohit Sharma's Mumbai...

Chennai believe in not tinkering around with their squad much and they like to give players enough chances before they are axed from the line-up.

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'BJP's east Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir has two voter ID cards,' alleges AAP,...

‘BJP’s east Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir has two voter ID cards,’ alleges AAP, files police complaint

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Surat court convicts Narayan Sai in rape case, sentencing on April 30

The 40-year-old Narayan Sai was arrested from Pipli near Haryana’s Kurukshetra in December 2013 after two sisters from Surat filed rape complaints against him and his father Asaram in October that year.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Alka Lamba 'shunned by AAP', says she won't campaign for...

Alka Lamba said, she was not invited for any MLA meetings of the party in the last four months.

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'Wife of ND Tiwari's son showing confusing behaviour': Police

During four days of intense interrogation, she did not break down once but now she appears to be regretting smothering Tiwari on the night of April 15-16.

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'Violated our order': SC gives RBI last chance to give bank info under RTI

The bench, which did not go ahead with contempt proceedings against the RBI, made it clear that it was giving a last opportunity to it to comply with provisions of the transparency law.

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Supreme Court puts on hold proceedings before commission set up to probe AIADMK...

The top court’s stay order came on a petition filed by the Chennai-based Apollo hospital where the AIADMK matriarch had died.

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'My wife will leave me if I join politics': Ex-RBI governor Raghuram Rajan

Raghuram Rajan, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund who was denied a second term as Reserve Bank governor by the BJP-led government, also talked about the outgoing dispensation and the challenges awaiting the next in an interview with Mint.

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MI Predicted XI against CSK: Rohit Sharma to make tactical call against Chennai...

In Rohit Sharma, Mumbai have a shrewd captain who leads from the front, and a solid batting unit that includes Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard and the Pandya brothers - Hardik & Krunal.

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'Wanted radical cleric Zahran Hashim killed in Shangri-La hotel attack': Sri Lankan...

Hashim appeared in a video released by the Islamic State group after they claimed the bombings, but his whereabouts after the blasts were not immediately clear.

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Plane carrying Congress president Rahul Gandhi to Patna returns to Delhi after engine...

Plane carrying Congress president Rahul Gandhi to Patna returns to Delhi after engine trouble

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'For the first time, there's pro-incumbency wave in country': PM Modi in Varana...

Varanasi goes to polls on May 19, the last round of seven-phase elections.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019 live updates: PM addresses BJP workers in Varanasi ahead...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will file his nomination papers for re-election from the Varanasi parliamentary constituency at 11.30 am, the seat he won in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

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PM Modi to file nomination papers today, Dom Raja, chowkidar among proposers

Modi will file his nomination papers on Friday morning in presence of senior NDA leaders, including Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, AIADMK leaders, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Prakash Singh Badal, Lok Jan Shakti’s Ram Vilas Paswan, many Union ministers and chief ministers.

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IPL 2019: The curious case of Ajinkya Rahane

This is the roller-coaster story of Rahane; never completely out of reckoning but often looking in from the outside.

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Sri Lanka releases pictures of 6 suspects, including 3 women, as police intensifies...

Nine suicide bombers, believed to be the members of local Islamist extremist group called National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ), carried out a series of devastating blasts that tore through three churches and three luxury hotels on Easter Sunday.

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Terror plotter Yasin Bhatkal now a Tihar protest leader

A prison officer, who did not wish to be named, said Bhatkal last week led a two-day hunger strike demanding that jail inmates be allowed continued use of the cookers.

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Bureaucrats must be made as accountable as politicians | Opinion

Politicians are made accountable every five years in India. NDA I makes way for UPA I-II and then NDA-II. But the basic structure of permanent bureaucracy is never called into question or held accountable the same way.

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Denied money to buy liquor, Delhi man kills mom, brother with knives, scissors,...

After assaulting them, Arora allegedly sat next to his bleeding mother and brother and smoked a beedi before some policemen and local residents overpowered him, an eyewitness, who did not wish to be named, said.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'We all miss Laluji...there is no sibling rivalry in our...

Tejashwi Yadav, 29, has already held over 90 election meetings in Bihar and Jharkhand, sharpening his attack on the ruling Janata Dal (United)-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance.

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India, China begin to prepare for 2nd informal summit

New Delhi initially suggested dates in November for the meeting, set to be held in India, but later agreed on dates in October after Beijing said the timing of the summit should be advanced so that the momentum created by the Wuhan meeting isn’t dissipated, people familiar with the developments on both sides said.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: PM Modi focuses on security, terror in Varanasi

The prime minister, who files his nomination papers on Friday, raked up the issue of the recent terror attack in Sri Lanka, which killed at least 250 people, and said those who died had everything, but everything was taken away in one incident.

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Exclusive: 'Will seek Pakistan help to trace terrorists if needed': Sri Lanka PM

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe sent written responses to e-mailed questions from Hindustan Times on Easter Sunday’s suicide attacks on churches and hotels in Colombo, in which 253 people, including at least 45 children, were killed and hundreds injured.

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China silent on Pak's navy parade absence, clubs New Delhi ties with Islamabad

China’s defence ministry on Thursday remained silent on the reason behind the absence of any Pakistani warship at this week’s high-profile maritime parade to mark Chinese navy’s 70th anniversary.

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Cabin crew harassed by IndiGo pilot in cockpit

A female cabin crew member of domestic carrier IndiGo has alleged sexual harassment by a pilot of the same airline.

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In home constituency, PM Modi's show of strength

A day before he files his nomination papers for re-election, PM Modi on Thursday participated in a spectacular electoral roadshow attended by tens of thousands of supporters in his Lok Sabha constituency, culminating in the daily evening aarti on the banks of the Ganga.

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Sri Lanka lowers suicide bomb attacks toll to 253 as some 'double-counted'

Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday revised the toll from Easter bombings down to 253, from the previous figure of 359, explaining that some of the badly mutilated bodies had been double-counted.

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Sri Lanka suspends visas on arrival programme after suicide bomb attacks

The visas on arrival pilot programme was part of a larger initiative to increase tourist arrivals to the country during the six month off-season period from May to October.

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Massive fire breaks out at chemical factory in North Delhi, 26 fire engines are...

The cause of the fire is said to be a short circuit, according to ANI. No casualty has been reported so far.

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After mega Varanasi roadshow, PM performs Ganga aarti. Nomination tomorrow

The show of strength takes place on a day the Congress ended all speculation about its general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra taking on Modi in the city.

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Sri Lanka's defence secretary resigns following suicide bomb attacks

He said that security agencies were actively responding to intelligence they had about the possibility of attacks before they were launched.

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Tribunal puts on hold suspension of IAS officer who checked PM's chopper

The tribunal, which decides service complaints by government officers, will next hear Mohammed Mohsin’s plea on June 3.

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Nirav Modi likely to seek bail again in London court

After being refused bail twice, diamantaire Nirav Modi is expected to seek bail again when the Westminster Magistrates Court takes up his case on Friday in a ‘case management hearing’ before the extradition trial begins later in the year.

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Can the Naveen model counter Modi?

Even if a United Front-like 1990s experiment appears unlikely in case the BJP fails to achieve its 2014 performance, don’t rule out a greater role for the regional supremos in any post-May 23 ruling dispensation

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The big picture after the Balakot airstrikes: Does the fate of F-16 matter?

India has successfully expanded the space for conventional warfare but is still to figure out how to make the best use of this new space to achieve maximum dominance over Pakistan

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A cautious regulation of tech companies may address many of its ills

Tech world now wants it to be regulated by government. This is a big departure from the open internet that Silicon Valley had been evangelising all along

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A video call from wife cost ND Tiwari's son Rohit Shekhar his life, say cops

A video call had triggered the quarrel and a taunt about a shared glass of alcohol with another woman (name withheld) had led to the murder, police said.

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Rupee dives to 6-week low as crude prices spike

The BSE Sensex closed at 38,730.86, down by 323.82 points, or 0.83 per cent and the NSE Nifty dropped 84.35 points to settle at 11,641.80.

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In a first, Army invites women applicants to join military police

This is being seen as a major breakthrough for women in armed forces as so far, they were being inducted only as officers and this is the first time they would be taken in as soldiers.

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OnePlus 7 Pro price leaked ahead of official launch, set to cross Rs 50,000 mark

OnePlus 7 Pro’s top-end model will compete with Samsung Galaxy S10e, Apple iPhone XR and Google’s upcoming Pixel 3a affordable flagship phones.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019 live updates- 'Even those fighting 20 seats think they'll...

Lok Sabha elections 2019 live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a mega roadshow in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on Thursday, a show of strength that will include union ministers, state chief minister and other senior leaders of the BJP. Follow live updates here

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PM Modi's Varanasi roadshow soon: Politicians, sports stars, artistes to attends

The BJP workers fanned out in the city going door-to-door inviting people, including city-based Padma awardees, local industrialists, literary figures and ordinary people, to participate in the roadshow.

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Justice NV Ramana opts out of panel on inquiry into allegations against CJI

A Supreme Court source said that Justice Ramana has opted himself out of the inquiry panel headed by Justice S A Bobde.

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Major cyclone likely to cross Tamil Nadu: IMD advisory

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places over coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Thunderstorm activity will also intensify with gusty winds (50-60 kmph) and lightning.

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Retired judge to probe claims of conspiracy against Chief Justice. Will be assisted...

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IPL 2019: R Ashwin explains angry reaction after receiving send off from Virat ...

With 27 runs needed from the final over, Ashwin hit the first ball for a six, but on the very next delivery, he hit one straight to Kohli at long-on off Umesh Yadav’s bowling. Kohli celebrated in his typical usual self, giving Ashwin a fiery send-off.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019- 'If PM Modi returns…': Arvind Kejriwal jabs Rahul Gandhi...

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the key promise of his party is to defeat the BJP and to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah from power.

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IPL 2019: Teams get Plan B ready as foreigners leave for World Cup

While England players have already started to leave, Australian cricketers are slated to join their preparatory camp starting May 2 in Brisbane.

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Not Priyanka Gandhi, Ajay Rai is Congress candidate against PM Modi from Varana...

The Congress had fielded Rai against PM Modi in 2014 Lok Sabha elections too when he ended up in the third position behind Modi and Arvind Kejriwal of The Aam Aadmi Party.

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Sri Lanka deploys thousands of troops to look for bombing suspects

The government has acknowledged “major” lapses over its failure to prevent the horrific attacks despite receiving specific intelligence warnings.

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Catholic church services suspended in Sri Lanka after Easter Sunday suicide bombing...

All of Sri Lanka’s Catholic churches have been ordered to stay closed and suspend services until security improves after deadly Easter bombings, a senior priest told AFP Thursday.

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Engine of Air India's Boeing aircraft shuts down at Delhi airport, 'black fumes'...

Airport fire personnel then observed that black fumes were coming out of the engine’s exhaust, following which they sprayed foam on it, Air India said in a statement on Thursday.

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'Rich and powerful can't run this court', says Supreme Court on conspiracy against...

Supreme Court, at hearing on conspiracy against Chief Justice, says ‘rich and powerful can’t run this court’

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Boeing axes orders for 210 planes after Jet Airways stops flying

Boeing finance director Greg Smith confirmed the adjustment was related to financial problems at Jet Airways, which halted all flight operations indefinitely on April 17 after its lenders rejected a plea for emergency funds.

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Watch: Suspected suicide bomber walks into elevator of Colombo hotel

The latest footage comes after another suspected suicide bomber was seen entering St Sebastian’s church in Negombo, where 200 people were killed in the deadliest of the six near-simultaneous attacks

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Day before filing nomination, PM Modi to hold grand roadshow in Varanasi today

PM Modi’s road show on Thursday will begin from the Banaras Hindu University gates, where Modi will pay tributes to BHU founder Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. A senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said the road show would be a “never before, never after” event.

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Blast in Sri Lanka's Pugoda town, 40 km from capital Colombo

Police said they were investigating the explosion, which came at a time of high tension in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday suicide bomber attacks on the island state that killed 359 people and wounded about 500.

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BJP contesting on 437 Lok Sabha seats, first time more than Congress

The Congress has announced candidates for 423 seats and is likely to announce a few more candidates in the next few days, but it is unlikely that its number of candidates will surpass that of the BJP.

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All about Utsav Bains, the lawyer who claimed conspiracy against CJI Ranjan Gog...

Utsav Bains has to his credit a documentary on child rights and in 2012, he had filed a plea for probe into sexual exploitation of children at a shelter in Rohtak, Haryana.

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'Might send gifts, but won't give single vote': Mamata's reply to PM Modi

In a candid conversation with actor Akshay Kumar, Modi revealed that Banerjee, otherwise one of his most vocal critic, herself selects kurtas and gifts them to him every year.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Candidates who file nominations but don't have to con...

A substitute or a covering candidate is fielded by every major political party as a backup in case the candidature of the main nominee is rejected after scrutiny by the election officers or if the candidate dies.

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The two millionaire brothers behind Sri Lanka's suicide attacks that killed 359

Two brothers who lived in Mahawela Gardens have emerged as key players in suicide attacks on Easter Sunday that killed 359 people and stunned an island state that had enjoyed a decade of relative peace.

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'Betrayed, weighing all my options': Vinod Khanna's wife after BJP fields Sunny...

The BJP Tuesday evening named Deol as its candidate from Gurdaspur, a decision which is being seen as a setback to Kavita who was hopeful of getting nominated from the seat.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Will BJP be able to win back key heartland states from...

In 80% of the cases (18 of 23 GE races), the party that won the state election went on to win the state in the following general elections. Only in five cases did the winner differ and no particular state is affected by it. It happened twice in Uttar Pradesh and once in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Jay Panda faces star power in high-profile battle

The road to Kendrapara is littered with posters of Anubhav Mohanty’s latest flick, “Biju Babu”. Although Mohanty claims the film has nothing political about it, the timing of the film’s title and that Mohanty is contesting from an area considered the legendary Biju Patnaik’s ‘karambhumi’ is too obvious to ignore.

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'We may scale up supply of uranium to India': Kazakhstan ambassador Bulat Sarse...

“Now we are discussing (the supply of) 7,500 tonnes and maybe more. (The issue is) positively moving and I hope that soon we could (finalise it),” the envoy added.

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'Terror group NTJ wanted separate Islamic confederate in Sri Lanka': Official

The official, however, said the Tamil Nadu-based organisation doesn’t seem to be involved in Sri Lanka attacks but it was in touch with radical elements, an angle which needs to be probed further.

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Agencies identify 10 Pakistan-based terrorists involved in smuggling

Last week, India had suspended the cross-LoC trade at two points for an indefinite period, following reports that it was being misused by elements from across the border to smuggle weapons, narcotics and fake currency.

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Post-Balakot, Pakistan scrambled jets from 8 bases. Was 10 minutes late: IAF re...

The assessment has revealed several positives, but because “no battle plan ever survives the first contact with the enemy”, there were also deviations from the plan, and some outright negatives too.

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Rohit Shekhar's wife smothered him while he was drunk: Police

Around 3.30 pm on April 16, Shekhar was found unresponsive and bleeding from his nose in a first floor room at his Defence Colony bungalow by a domestic help, 17 hours after he returned from Uttarakhand.

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RCB vs KXIP: AB De Villiers guides Royal Challengers Bangalore to third consecutive...

Navdeep Saini’s fabulous penultimate over kept Royal Challengers Bangalore afloat as they beat Kings XI Punjab by 17 runs in an Indian Premier League encounter.

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ICC World Cup 2019: Shikhar Dhawan confirms India's No. 4

Shikhar Dhawan said there was no debate on who will bat at No. 4 for India in the upcoming ICC World Cup 2019.

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Seize evidence on conspiracy against top judge: SC orders CBI, Intel Bureau

The committee, headed by justice SA Bobde, and comprising justices NV Ramana and Indira Banerjee, is to begin its in-camera hearing of the issue on Friday.

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Watch| 'India helping Lanka prevent second wave of bombings'

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BCCI Ombudsman issues notices to Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman on conflict of...

Justice Jain in his notice has asked both Tendulkar and Laxman to file written responses to the allegations by April 28 and has also simultaneously asked BCCI to file their response.

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India needs to execute its vision on regional connectivity

New Delhi has laid out the key criteria that connectivity initiatives such as the BRI should fulfil

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Madras High Court moves to lift ban on Chinese video app TikTok

TikTok allows users to create and share short videos with special effects and is one of the world’s most popular apps. It has been downloaded by nearly 300 million users so far in India, out of more than 1 billion downloads globally.

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BJP has helped the middle class realise its aspirations

By creating a robust fiscal architecture, arresting inflation, and improving ease of business, it has ensured growth

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With Iran and trade rifts, India feels brushed aside by Donald Trump

The Trump administration this week said it would start to sanction countries that do not comply with its orders to stop buying oil from Iran, demanding that eight governments -- including India and China -- end all imports when six-month waivers run out next week.

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IPL 2019 Live Score, RCB vs KXIP IPL Live Score: Kings XI Punjab opt to field against...

RCB vs KXIP Live Score, IPL 2019: Follow live score and updates from the Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab.

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Madras High Court lifts ban on download of TikTok app in India

TikTok’s interim ban on Google Play Store and App Store has been lifted by the Madras High Court. The app will soon be available to download.

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Fugitive offender tag is like 'economic death penalty': Mallya tells Bombay High...

Mallya made the statement through his counsel Amit Desai before a bench of justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre, during arguments on his plea challenging several provisions of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act that came into existence in August last year.

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Exclusive: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wit left me stumped, says Akshay Kumar

In an exclusive chat about his conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, actor Akshay Kumar describes the interaction as ‘surreal and heartwarming’.

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'Truth and religion always win,' says Pragya on court ruling

Thakur’s lawyer J P Mishra submitted in the court that she was fighting the election for the “cause of ideology and for the “sake of the nation” and “to condemn the people who say there is Hindu terrorism”.

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Modi's 'ghoongroo' barb at opposition over PM candidate

Taking a dig at the opposition, he said, anybody whose party is contesting even 20-25 seats, wants to become the prime minister.

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'Will enquire, enquire and enquire', vows SC on conspiracy against judges

The Supreme Court told lawyer Utsav Bains to file another affidavit after he claimed to have more incriminating evidence about the larger conspiracy against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Court rejects plea seeking to bar Pragya Thakur from contesting...

Nisar Sayyad, who lost his son in the blast, moved the court last week, urging it to bar Thakur from contesting the election after the BJP fielded her from Bhopal, where she is locked in a battle with Congress veteran Digvijay Singh.

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'Wife killed Rohit Shekhar, destroyed proof in 90 minutes,' claim police

Additional Commissioner of Police Rajiv Ranjan told IANS that she had confessed that she had murdered her husband and cited an unhappy marriage as the reason.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019| 'Alternative career': Congress stings PM Modi over Akshay...

The Congress’s jibe at Modi came after channels aired the Prime Minister’s interview with the Bollywood star, who described it as a “candid and completely non political” chat.

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IPL 2019: Shane Watson credits MS Dhoni, Stephen Fleming after playing match-winning...

Watson had gone without a fifty in his first 10 innings of the ongoing Indian Premier League before striking 96 off 53 balls on Tuesday night to guide Chennai Super Kings to a win over Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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Had alliance with Congress, found their ego is too big: Akhilesh Yadav

The Samajwadi Party had an understanding with the Congress during the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. However, for the Lok Sabha elections, the SP-BSP combine has left the Congress out of its alliance.

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Sri Lanka blasts updates- President asks police chief, defence secretary to resign:...

Sri Lankan police said on Wednesday they had detained 18 more people for questioning over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels, claimed by the Islamic State group. Follow updates here

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'My sense of humour is intact but…', PM Modi tells Akshay Kumar

“I used to lighten the moment if my father used to get angry in just a minute. I like to play with words even now. But now, things are misconstrued and half-baked sentences are used. But I am scared now what if …my intentions are not that.. and they are misused,” the Prime Minister said during the interview.

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21 opposition parties file review petition in Supreme Court, seek verification of...

This is not the first time that the opposition parties have demanded verification of at least 50 per cent of the EVMs using VVPATs. They had raised this demand with the Election Commission in February as well.

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Top Sri Lankan officials deliberately withheld intelligence on attacks: Minister

He said information on possible suicide attacks on churches, hotels and politicians were received from Indian intelligence on April 4 and a Security Council meeting was chaired by President Maithripala Sirisena on April 7, but the information was not shared more widely.

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Chiefs of CBI, IB summoned to Supreme Court in harassment case against CJI

The Supreme Cout has summoned CBI, intelligence chiefs to chambers after lawyer detailed conspiracy to frame CJI in harassment case.

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IPL 2019: MS Dhoni gives an update on his back troubles ahead of World Cup

Former Indian captain MS Dhoni, who has been prolific this season, has faced troubles with his back in the recent past and was even forced to miss a match owing to this injury.

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Woman among nine bombers in Sri Lanka blasts, says defence minister

Sri Lanka police say nine suicide bombers were involved in serial blasts, eight identified

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Denied ticket by the BJP, Udit Raj joins Congress

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Sri Lanka bombings death toll rises to 359, police say 18 suspects arrested ove...

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka attacks and released images that purported to show the attackers.

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Wife of Rohit Shekhar, ND Tiwari's son, arrested in his murder case

Wife of former Uttarakhand CM ND Tiwari’s son Rohit Shekhar Apoorva has been arrested days after his murder.

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After Pulwama attack, pressure mounts on Pak to take 'irreversible' steps against...

When France moved a proposal at the UN’s 1267 Sanctions Committee to designate the JeM chief as a global terrorist, the move was strongly backed by the US and the UK. However, China blocked the proposal, apparently at the behest of its traditional ally Pakistan.

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CSK vs SRH, IPL 2019: If I tell the secret of reaching play-offs, Chennai won't...

Shane Watson turned back the clock in stunning style and hit a masterful 96 to guide CSK to a six-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Chepauk Stadium on Tuesday.

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RCB predicted XI against Kings XI Punjab: Virat Kohli could make tactical chang...

Royal Challengers Bangalore predicted XI - Will Kohli make any changes to his side. Moeen Ali has to be used tactfully by the management and perhaps, now is the time to play Shivam Dube instead of Akshdeep Nath.

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'Mamata Didi gifts me kurtas every year,' PM Modi tells Akshay Kumar

Talking about his early family life, the PM said he relinquished everything at a very young age. “I am totally detached now… even my mother says ‘don’t waste time on me’”.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: 'BJP committed cow slaughter', says Union minister Vijay...

Even as the party cited “independent surveys” in which heavy anti-incumbency was found against Union minister and Hoshiarpur MP Vijay Sampla, the move has surprised many as he did not court any major controversy —as an MP or minister.

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'Nothing like Hindu terror, Pragya's candidature a reply to such insults': Devendra...

Defending his party’s decision to field Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur in Bhopal, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the move is a riposte to those who insulted Hindus by coining the term Hindu terror.

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'Climate change stunted India's growth by 31%', shows study

The Indian economy is 31% smaller than it should have been and the culprit is global warming, according to a study by Stanford researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on Monday.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Gautam Gambhir richest of all hopefuls, has assets worth...

The former Indian opener, who has been fielded by the BJP from East Delhi constituency, has shown an income of nearly ₹12.40 crore in the income tax returns filed for 2017-18.

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India sent three alerts to Sri Lanka before Easter Sunday attack

The last alert was sent hours before the suicide bombers attacked the three churches and four hotels.

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Consumers may feel pinch of high oil prices post Lok Sabha polls

Benchmark Brent crude prices on Tuesday surged to $74.70 per barrel, the highest since November 2018, mainly due to the US decision to withdraw waivers to all countries, including India, from importing Iranian crude oil from May 2.

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In interview to Akshay Kumar, PM Modi reveals Obama's advice to him

In this season of elections, with Bollywood stars jumping into the electoral fray, when people on Twitter began wondering whether Akshay Kumar was taking the plunge into politics, the actor took to Twitter once again to clarify that that wasn’t the case.

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3-judge panel to look into harassment charge against CJI, first meet on Friday

Justice SA Bobde said being the number two judge, the Chief Justice of India has appointed him to look into the allegations of sexual harassment charges levelled by a former woman staff.

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10 days before Sri Lanka bombing, there was clear intel about church attacks

The warning in the April 11 letter was plain: A local group was planning a suicide terror attack against churches in Sri Lanka.

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66 per cent cast vote in third phase of LS polls; one killed in Bengal

Election Commission officials in Delhi put the voting percentage at 66 per cent till 8 pm. Final figures are likely to change as queues of voters were seen at several centres even after the scheduled time for voting ended.

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Watch: Exact moment suicide bomber enters Sri Lanka's St Sebastian church

The new CCTV footage that has appeared shows a man carrying a heavy backpack walking across the cobblestoned front yard of the St Sebastian Church before entering the church hall and blowing himself up killing as many as 50 people inside the premises itself.

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Saudi Arabia executes 37 citizens convicted of terrorism

Saudi Arabia said it executed 37 of its citizens on Tuesday after they were convicted of “terrorism” in the kingdom, which is one of the world’s top executioners.

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OnePlus 7 Pro, OnePlus 7 India launch date officially revealed: Here's what to expect...

OnePlus 7 launch date is finally out. OnePlus will launch OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7 Pro and a 5G variant as well.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019| 'PM job not for auction': Modi's barb at Mamata Banerjee...

Taking a dig at the opposition leaders present in Banerjee’s mega anti-BJP rally in Kolkata on January 19 this year, Modi said some of those leaders present on the dias on that day, are now demanding a separate Prime Minister in the Jammu and Kashmir.

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Some people with explosives on the run, more attacks possible: Sri Lanka PM

Ranil Wickremesinghe told reporters that the government’s security agencies were monitoring Sri Lankans who had joined Islamic State and returned home.

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Prepare for the Iranian crude waiver to end

India should be pragmatic enough to realise that Iranian crude is not worth risking the bilateral relationship with the US

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'Central forces asking people to vote for BJP': Mamata...

Pointing out that the central forces do not have the right to ask voters to vote for BJP candidates, Banerjee said the Election Commission has been apprised of it.

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IPL 2019: KKR ask captain Karthik, Uthappa and 3 others to go on a break

The decision to send the players on a break was taken after Kolkata Knight Riders suffered their fifth straight loss of the season to find themselves at No. 6 in the IPL points table.

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Voter killed in clashes between TMC, Congress workers at West Bengal booth

A clash erupted between supporters of Trinamool and the Congress in which the voter was caught up.

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Colombo on high alert after reports of lorry, van carrying explosives

A warning issued by the Director of Security at the Colombo Harbour said intelligence had found information that an unidentified container truck and a van carrying a potential explosive device was heading towards Colombo

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ISIS claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings that killed 321

Islamic state has claimed responsibility for coordinated bombings in Sri Lanka which killed 321 people and injured about 500 others, the group’s AMAQ news agency said on Tuesday

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Singer Hans Raj Hans is BJP's Northwest Delhi candidate, Udit Raj dropped

As speculation grew of Hans being picked for the Northwest Delhi seat, Udit Raj, accompanied by dozens of his supporters, reached the Delhi BJP office on Pant Marg, where they created a ruckus.

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'Plea to bar me from contesting polls frivolous,' says Pragya Thakur

The father of one of the blast victims moved the court Thursday, urging it to bar Thakur, the prime accused in the case, from contesting the election from Bhopal.

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Probe shows Sri Lanka attacks were 'retaliation for Christchurch mosque shooting',...

Fifty people were killed in shooting attacks on two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on March 15.

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'Robust plan' in place, India responds to US ending Iran sanctions waiver

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SC issues notice to Rahul Gandhi on Rafale comment after Centre says his affidavit...

The Supreme Court issued notice to Rahul Gandhi on Rafale comment after Centre said that his affidavit was “lip service, not apology”.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 0% voting in 2 hours in Anantnag: 'Give anger a voice,'...

Due to volatile security situation in the constituency, the voting will be held in three phases in the constituency beginning Tuesday.

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10 Indians killed in Sri Lanka serial blasts, says external affairs minister Sushma...

The toll from the deadly suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka rose to 310, with several people dying of their injuries overnight.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Actor Sunny Deol joins BJP, likely to contest from Pu...

The 62-year-old actor had met BJP president Amit Shah last week amid speculation that he may contest from Amritsar or Gurdaspur.

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Lok Sabha Election 2019 Phase 3 - 'Had to wait for a while': Kerala CM Pinarayi...

The malfunctioning was pointed out by none other than Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who said that election officials appear to have failed to ensure that the EVMs worked properly.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 'EVM's voting for the BJP', alleges SP leader Akhilesh...

Voting was disrupted at polling booths in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram after some voters complained that their votes to the Congress’ hand symbol went to the BJP’s lotus, prompting the grand old party’s legislator to lodge a complaint.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: EVM snags reported in early hours of voting for phase...

Voters complained of slow speed and non-functional EVMs in early hours in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad, Bareilly and Aonla. Problems with VVPAT were was also reported from a booth in Firozabad

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Supreme Court notice to lawyer who claimed conspiracy to frame Chief Justice

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court issued notice to a lawyer who had claimed there was conspiracy to frame Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in a sexual harassment case.

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Second team of NTJ terrorists ready for bombing, Indian officials tell Lanka

India is helping Sri Lanka probe the attacks with “technical and intelligence” support, and Indian security agencies are watching a Tamil Naidu-based cleric, officials said.

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Death toll in Sri Lanka blasts rises to 310, 40 people under arrest

Around 500 people were wounded in the blasts, Ruwan Gunasekera said in a statement.

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India votes in biggest round of LS polls; Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah in fray

Glitches in Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) were reported from a few places in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Bihar.

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Exclusive: Performance of Sunrisers Hyderabad, impact of IPL and World Cup ambitions...

Speaking exclusively to Hindustan Times, the leg break bowler spoke about his and SRH’s performance this season, dependence of the team on openers David Warner & Jonny Bairstow and the big opportunity Afghanistan have at the ICC World Cup.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Voting in all 20 seats in Kerala, Sabarimala row may sway...

Rahul Gandhi’s candidature and the BJP’s Sabarimala campaign shone the spotlight on the southern state in the election season.

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'Was chowkidar for hair, now for nation': Hairstylist Jawed Habib on BJP entry

Jawed Habib said he was happy to join the BJP as he had seen the changes brought in the country by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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IPL 2019: You deserve this, you are wow - Sourav Ganguly salutes Rishabh Pant after...

Pant, who has already played few cameos this season, played perhaps his most responsible innings this season and led his side to the win in the final over.

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Lok Sabha election 2019: 'Voter ID more powerful than IED', says PM Modi after casting...

The Prime Minister reached the polling booth in Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ranip area of Ahmedabad in an open vehicle and interacted with people as he went inside to vote.

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The perils of making nuclear deterrence your campaign rhetoric

Nuclear powers are expected to be responsible, in deed and speech. Understated responsibility and strategic maturity has served India brilliantly, even post-Balakot. Narendra Modi has erred gravely in changing a successful script, and trivialising it in the campaign.

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Lok Sabha election 2019: PM Modi seeks blessings from his mother on polling day

Photographs tweeted by news agency ANI showed the Prime Minister touching nearly 99-year-old Heeraben Patel’s feet as she blesses him. Modi also met people outside his mother’s house in Gandhinagar before getting in the house.

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Lok Sabha election 2019: Vote to choose a govt that keeps you happy, tweets May...

Polling is being held in 117 parliamentary constituencies in 15 states and Union Territories on Tuesday in the biggest of the seven-phase Lok Sabha election 2019.

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'Come out in record numbers': PM Modi tweets as third phase of Lok Sabha polls ...

Ahmedabad, where Modi will cast his vote, has two parliamentary constituencies of Ahmedabad East and Ahmedabad West.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Litmus test for Samajwadi Party in traditional bastion

The alliance between SP, Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party and Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal poses a challenge to BJP, which won 71 out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state in 2014.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress, TMC hope to stave off BJP charge in Bengal

Congress won three of the five seats – Malda North, Malda South, Jangipur – in Malda and Murshidabad districts in 2014. Trinamool Congress (TMC) has never won any of the four Lok Sabha seats in the two districts.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: In Karnataka, coalition math key to Opposition strate...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 17 out of the 28 seats in Karnataka in the 2014 elections. Karnataka is the only southern state where the BJP has consistently performed well.

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All you need to know about phase 3 of Lok Sabha elections

The third phase of the Lok Sabha elections will cover the highest number of seats in any phase across 13 states and 2 Union Territories - Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress faces test of popularity in 11 Lok Sabha str...

It is also only one of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies that the Congress has won at least 12 times (in 16 attempts). That translates into a 75% strike rate.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Will Congress retain assembly poll gains in BJP's Gujarat...

In the 2014 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat with a vote share of 59%. In terms of vote share, the Congress was 26 percentage points behind the BJP.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: In biggest phase of Lok Sabha polls today, BJP faces test...

Of the 117, polling in one seat in Tripura was deferred from an earlier phase and polling in Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir, will happen in three phases starting with the third one.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: A look at big battles in third phase of Lok Sabha pol...

A total of 117 seats in 15 states and Union Territories are going to polls in the third phase.

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Lok Sabha elections Phase 3 LIVE Updates: Voting on 117 seats in phase 3 to begin...

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase 3 Polling LIVE Updates: A total of 117 seats in 14 states and Union Territories are going to polls in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday.

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Congress old guard is back, Delhi set for 3-way fight

The Congress announced on Monday the names of Sheila Dikshit and some of her key associates from the time she was chief minister as Lok Sabha candidates, signalling the end of a four-month-long negotiation saga with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and making the fight for the national capital a triangular contest.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 72-hour campaigning ban on Navjot Singh Sidhu

The Election Commission Monday censured Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu and barred him from campaigning for 72 hours for alleged communal remarks during an election rally in Bihar.

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FIR against Pragya Thakur for comment on demolition of Ayodhya structure

The District Election Officer said Pragya Thakur’s was not acceptable because it was not satisfactory.

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Sri Lanka's response to the Easter tragedy has been extremely disciplined

Experience suggests the attacks were probably not a fallout of the nation’s simmering domestic disputes

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The Sri Lanka bombings: A time of fear and uncertainty

The Lankan blasts exposes the dysfunction within the government

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Lok Sabha elections 2019 live updates| Navjot Sidhu banned from campaigning for...

Lok Sabha elections 2019 live updates: PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to address multiple rallies on Monday in Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Follow live updates here.

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'Should tie bomb around Rahul Gandhi': BJP's Pankaja Munde on Balakot proof

In response to the Pulwama terror attack, the Indian Air Force carried out the airstrike on February 26. The Pulwama attack was orchestrated by the JeM.

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Ex-Cricketer Gautam Gambhir is BJP candidate from East Delhi, Meenakshi Lekhi to...

Ex-cricketer Gautam Gambhir is BJP candidate from East Delhi, Minakshi Lekhi to contest from New Delhi.

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RR vs DC: Ajinkya Rahane slams second IPL ton against Delhi Capitals

The right-hander looked in good rhythm since ball one as he went past the fifty-run mark off just 32 balls.

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India studies implications of US ending Iran oil sanctions waiver: Sources

“We have seen the announcement by the US Secretary of State. We are studying the implications of the decision and will make a statement at an appropriate time,” said a source.

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'Dhoni as my PM' - Twitter erupts after MS Dhoni strikes Bangalore, almost pulls...

An unbeaten innings of 84 off 48 balls, Dhoni almost pulled off a miraculous chase. Needing 26 runs in the final over, MS clobbered Umesh Yadav for a boundary and three sixes, but then failed to connect the final ball as CSK lost the match by 1 run.

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Behind Akshay Kumar's cryptic tweet, an interview with PM Modi: sources

We have learnt that Akshay Kumar’s tweet this morning was about him interviewing the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

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Three children of Denmark's richest man killed in Sri Lanka serial bomb blasts

The spokesman declined to give any further details but Danish media said the family had been on holiday in Sri Lanka.

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Priyanka Gandhi fumes at Smriti Irani for distributing shoes in Amethi

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Smriti Irani’s shoe distribution in Amethi was not disrespect for Congress president Rahul Gandhi but an insult for the people of Amethi and Rae Bareli.

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No more sanction waivers for India, 7 others on Iranian oil: US

The Trump administration on Monday announced the United States will not grant any more sanctions waivers to countries such as India and China that import Iranian crude in a bid to increase pressure on Tehran to give up its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programme.

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Explosion near Colombo church in Sri Lanka while officials were defusing bomb: ...

An explosion went off on Monday in a van near a church in Sri Lanka where scores were killed the previous day, when bomb squad officials were trying to defuse it, a Reuters witness said.

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In regret affidavit, Rahul Gandhi quotes PM Modi's 'clean chit' on Rafale

Rahul Gandhi said he had made the statement “in the heat of political campaigning”

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Lokpal to work from Delhi's 5-star luxury hotel

The Lokpal chairperson, all of its eight members and support staff are being allocated space in the hotel premises, they said.

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ICC World Cup 2019: Virat Kohli a fantastic leader who doesn't shy away from responsibility,...

ICC World Cup 2019: Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who was also a chairman of selectors for the 2011 World Cup winning squad, said all great Indian cricketers is defined by one characteristic trait.

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