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Sunni Waqf Board denies diluting its stand in Ayodhya case

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The Board also welcomed the permission granted for mediation by the Supreme Court...

Former Jharkhand Congress chief Ajoy Kumar joins AAP

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“We will decide whether my role will be in Jharkhand or Delhi,” says Kumar..

Central Railway recovers ₹7.88 crore fine from ticketless travellers in Pune

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The rail division conducted a drive from April to August to identify ticket-less travellers..

Court says no to plea for CBI probe against Unnao doctors

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‘It’s the prerogative of the CBI to conduct the prosecution’..

M.P. to seek ₹11,861 crore from Centre as flood aid

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‘More than 22 lakh farmers hit as crops were destroyed’..

Bengal Governor seeks clarification on anti-lynching Bill

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Decision after Congress, Left leaders have cited grave irregularities, legislative improprieties in the Bill..

All mediapersons in Sehore district are dishonest: Pragya Thakur

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Journalists threaten boycott if she fails to justify allegation..

Mamata calls on PM Modi, skirts NRC issue

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed a host of issues including the Assembly’s..

Ram Chabutra becomes focal point in Ayodhya hearing

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Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, on the Ayodhya Bench of the Supreme Court, on Wednesday said it was probable that Hindu worshippers flocked to Ram Chabutra..

M.P. raising quota for OBCs to 27%: reply to plea, HC tells govt

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Petitioner contends the increase breaches the 50% limit for cumulative reservation..

Maharashtra polls: Unhappy with seat share, Shiv Sena tries to put BJP in dock

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Amid talks of the BJP seeking more seats than the Shiv Sena for the upcoming Maharashtra polls, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party is trying to corner the..

ONGC fined in Assam for drilling site pollution

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Waste pits of six wells full of effluent, without any treatment facility, says State Pollution Control Board..

Scholars call upon government to lift ‘J&K academic blackout’

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Professors from six reputed scientific institutions stress the need for preservation of campus integrity in blockaded Jammu and Kashmir...

‘₹170 cr. provided to ineligible persons under govt. scheme’

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Fake beneficiaries included govt. employees, pensioners..

Never been to jail, says Sharad Pawar in rebuke to Amit Shah

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‘Those who were in prison can’t question my contribution’..

Shiromani Akali Dal to contest Haryana polls

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Forms panel for talks with BJP on seat-sharing..

Substantial improvement in use of seat belts among bus, truck drivers: study

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The study by NGO Save Life Foundation was conducted at different sites in two States — at Burari, Bhalswa and Mukundpur in Delhi and Mumbai Pune Expressway and Old Mumbai Pune Highway in Maharashtra...

Mob makes four undergo ‘Bangladeshi test’ in Assam

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Police have confirmed that they are not illegal immigrants..

Government using Kashmir to divide India: Rahul Gandhi

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The former Congress party chief says jailing leaders including Farooq Abdullah will make room for terrorists...

Delhi court sends Karnataka Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar to judicial custody

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Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar directed the ED to take Shivakumar to the hospital first and to see whether doctor suggests admission...

Assam NGO demands CBI probe on NRC funds

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‘More than Rs 1,600 crore has been spent in the NRC process and there is suspicion of misutilisation of funds by the authorities concerned which must be investigated at the earliest’..

Modi meets mother Heeraben on his 69th birthday

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After inaugurating the Namami Devi Narmade Mahotsav, Modi reached his mother’s residence and had food with her..

36% of over 100 tribal children at Maharashtra health camp found malnourished

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A total of 124 children were examined at the health camp conducted on Monday in the tribal-dominated Jawhar taluka..

Six Rajasthan BSP MLAs write to Assembly speaker to merge legislative party with Congress

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In a politically significant development in Rajasthan, all six BSP MLAs on Monday night gave a letter to the state assembly speaker to merge the leg..

Communication blockade in J&K: Scientists step in to assist students who missed deadlines

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Kashmiri applicants to foreign universities face hurdles..

BJP-Sena seat-sharing deal may derail over Aarey

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While Sena chief says project may meet same fate as Nanar oil refinery, CM claims talks in last stage..

CBI sleuths visit Bengal Secretariat, seek Rajeev Kumar’s whereabouts

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The IPS officer has twice failed to appear before the agency in connection with the Saradha scam..

Gehlot plays down Dy. CM’s statement on law and order

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‘It’s good that party people are raising such issues’..

Cong.-SAD war of words over Nanak’s birth anniversary event

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Amarinder accuses Harsimrat of driving deeper wedge between govt. and SGPC..

Turkish award for activist who survived assault by coal mafia

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Agnes Kharshiing had come under attack in last November..

NC chief Farooq Abdullah’s home designated jail

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Farooq Abdullah confined to one room, family cook asked to leave the house..

Ordinary Kashmiris hit by successive developments: former J&K Governor Vohra

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Striking a note of empathy, specially for the youth, he repeated that the youth and their parents were let down by the developments that hurt Kashmir's prospects..

Tripura tribal party initiates to unite regional parties on NRC

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INPT would hold a rally on September 24 to press two demands – implementation of NRC and withdrawal of proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill...

UP ‘honour’ killing: Dalit man burnt alive

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The victim was beaten up, kept hostage in a house and set ablaze..

Mamata likely to meet Modi on Wednesday

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The West Bengal CM will be leaving for New Delhi on Tuesday, sources said...

Gehlot conducts aerial survey of flood-hit areas of Rajasthan

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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also visited flood-hit areas of Kota..

Two budding footballers lost in Bhopal boat tragedy

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Former Indian under-14 team captain rescued by fisherman..

Windfall for Odisha tribals if single-use plastic is banned

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5 million in the State involved in plate-making from leaves..

Army moved in to Madhya Pradesh as dam overflows

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It will help officials during evacuation...

NRC will be compiled in Haryana too: Chief Minister Khattar

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Mr. Khattar said the State government is working at a fast pace on the family identity card, and its data would be used in the NRC exercise...

Stick to 2003 ceasefire agreement, India tells Pakistan

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This year they have resorted to more than 2,050 unprovoked ceasefire violations in which 21 Indians have died, says a source..

Pakistan army raises white flag to retrieve bodies of its two soldiers along LoC

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Official sources said the Indian Army respects the dead and so permitted the Pakistanis to retrieve the bodies of their soldiers...

Three-month relief from hefty traffic fines in Jharkhand

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The government has asked officials to raise awareness on the amended rules during this period, an official statement said..

PM Modi to witness Sardar Sarovar dam’s water level milestone on Sept 17

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The Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat is expected to reach its full storage capacity soon, a milestone that will be witnessed by Prime Minister Narendra..

Is India likely to ban single-use plastics soon?

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10,000 tonnes of plastic waste is left uncollected every day..

NCR Planning Board accepts Rajasthan’s plea on zoning

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State wants the exercise to be reserved for areas which need planned development..

Haryana journalist slapped with FIR for report on rotting grain

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Officials claim fake video aired; accused alleges cover-up..

NCP leaders accuse BJP of using intimidation, fear to poach leaders

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The Opposition has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the ‘indiscriminate poaching’ of its leaders even as Nationalist Congress Party (N..

‘Service week’ to mark Modi’s birthday

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Shah, Nadda mop floor at AIIMS..

More whistling villages: MP stirs problem of plenty for Meghalaya

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In the area, mothers call their kids by a tune..

Home Ministry leads government wings in adoption of Hindi

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After Amit Shah took over, 60% of the files are in the language as against 10% earlier; renewed push in the power corridors in the second tenure of Modi government..

Truck operator fined ₹6.5 lakh in Odisha

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It has been dubbed as the single-highest penalty imposition in the State so far...

Will not allow a walkover on Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir: National Conference leader Hasnain Masoodi

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“The game plan of Delhi is to discredit and demonise political forces and political families here. And then plant their own saplings,” the Anantnag MP says...

SP MLA booked in UP for allegedly misbehaving with government officials

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The Uttar Pradesh Police has booked Nahid Hasan, Samajwadi Party MLA from Kairana for allegedly misbehaving with government officials, disrupting law..

West Bengal may implement Sixth Pay Commission from January 2020 : Mamata

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The implementation of the Pay Commission recommendations will cost the State exchequer about ₹10,000 crore annually..

J&K Permanent Residents law unchangeable: J&K National Panthers Party

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The law is unchangeable, says Prof. Bhim Singh...

If Shah Bano case verdict can be reversed, why not traffic fines, asks Maharashtra Transport Minister

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Maharashtra Transport Minister wants penalties reduced..

Bhima-Koregaon: HC dismisses Navlakha’s plea to quash FIR

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‘Satisfied with material connecting him to case’..

AMU students lodge complaint over dress code threat

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A group of Aligarh Muslim University students has complained to the district administration after some right-wing leaders asked a local college in Al..

Adityanath allots land to 281 persons affected by Sonbhadra killings

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This is the U.P. CM’s second visit to the place since July...

Bhopal boat capsize: The teen who missed out on the ‘fun’, but lived to tell the tale

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18-year-old who decided to stay back escapes...

Nath accuses Narmada Control Authority of ‘partisan attitude’

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‘It had drifted away from its mandated task and failed to protect the interests of party States’..

JJP releases first listfor Haryana polls

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Fomer Minister, ex-MLAs in the fray..

Ganesh idol immersion: 33 drown in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi

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Most of the victims were in their 20s; some of them were minors...

Calcutta High Court withdraws protection from arrest to IPS officer Rajeev Kumar

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IPS officer Rajeev Kumar is not an accused but a witness till today, says the judge...

Frog figurines 'separated' in Bhopal after heavy rains

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A couple of months after they were wedded, two frog idols were ‘divorced’ in Bhopal earlier this week in hope that it would ‘reverse the effect’ of th..

Appointment of ministers for political gains not correct: Bombay High Court

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The Bench dismissed a petition challenging the appointment of Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and Avinash Mahatekar as ministers in the Devendra Fadnavis-led government in the State...

Chhattisgarh election | Widows of slain politicians in Dantewada by-election face-off

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The seat has seen a see-saw contest between BJP and Congress since 2003..

Kashmir Valley’s apple growers welcome govt.’s scheme

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Intervention will reach out to 60% of J&K population: Malik..

11 drown as boat capsizes during Ganesh idol immersion in Bhopal

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The incident took place on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday in Khatlapura on the banks of the Lower Lake when a group of people were taking the Ganesh idol for immersion, Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Bhopal, Irshad Wali told PTI...

Tabrez Ansari’s wife demands CBI probe into his death

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The wife of Jharkhand lynching case victim Tabrez Ansari demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident saying she did not have faith in the investigation b..

3,000 kg of marijuana seized in Odisha

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The Odisha police seized around 3,000 kilogram of marijuana from four vehicles in Badagada police station area in Ganjam district on Thursday while it..

Motor Vehicles Act: Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police launch awareness campaign

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As protesters turned violent over amended motor vehicles Act, the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissionerate launched an awareness campaign. The peop..

Pak. bid to politicise Kashmir at UNHRC rejected: India

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Repeating a lie does not turn it into a gospel truth, says Delhi..

One drowns, five missing during immersion of Ganesh idols in Maharashtra

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The incidents were reported from Amravati, Bhandara and Satara districts during Lord Ganesh idol immersion and the missing persons are feared to have drowned, say police..

Armed forces should be at forefront of combating bioterrorism: Rajnath Singh

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Pakistan skips Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's military medicine conference..

Tabrez Ansari lynching case: Centre will speak to Jharkhand govt, says Kishan Reddy

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Incidents of lynching unfortunate, says Minister..

Car in Mohan Bhagwat’s convoy hits bike, kills 6-year-old in Rajasthan

7 days ago

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The car involved in the accident is yet to be seized, police said..

NCST recommends ‘tribal area’ status for Ladakh

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‘Will help in democratic devolution of powers, preserve and promote culture’..

Centre to bring ordinance to ban e-cigarettes in country

7 days ago

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Tobacco industry questions move, calls it ‘draconian’..

Mufti Muhammad Sayeed’s ancestral house in Kashmir for sale

7 days ago

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His family members feel unsafe living there after security was withdrawn..

Narendra Modi stresses cow’s importance to rural economy

7 days ago

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“Some people, the moment the words Om and gai (cow) fall on their ears, their hair stands on end. They think the country has gone [back] to the 16th and 17th centuries,” Mr. Modi says...

New Motor Vehicle Act will not be implemented in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

7 days ago

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The Trinamool Congress chief describes the new Motor Vehicle Act as very harsh...

On Muslim man who wed a Hindu woman, Supreme Court observes he should be ‘a loyal husband’

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A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra observed that the man should be a “loyal husband” and a “great lover”...

In Mathura, Narendra Modi launches programme to vaccinate 500 million livestock

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Narendra Modi segregates plastic waste along with women..

Unnao rape case: Kuldeep Sengar brought to AIIMS to record survivor’s statement

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Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is a key accused in the 2017 Unnao rape case, was on Wednesday brought to the AIIMS to record a statement..

Rights of citizens will be protected: Smriti

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The interest and rights of every Indian citizen will be protected and those who have illegally entered the country will be dealt with as per provision..

Finance Commission assures of action on Rajasthan’s demands

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There will be no injustice, says N.K. Singh..

Action against IIT teacher after student claims ‘inappropriate conduct’

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A foreign girl student levelled allegations of “inappropriate conduct” against a faculty member, prompting the IIT-Kanpur to remove him immediately fr..

Opposition cries foul as Punjab govt. appoints 6 MLAs as advisers to CM

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AAP says move an attempt to bypass constitutional cap; warns of legal action..

State looks at disaster management model

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Govt. to take the help of U.S. agency; flood damage crosses ₹14,000 cr. in a decade in MMR alone..

Renaming of tribal autonomous council mooted

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One third reservation for women in the 28-member council also sought..