Man accused of hitting Bulandshahr cop with axe on head arrested: Police

The accused -- Kalua, was arrested from a far-flung village of Bulandshahr in the early hours of Tuesday after the police received information about his presence there, said police.

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The best films of 2018: From October to Andhadhun, Hindi cinema that dazzled us...

From Sriram Raghavan’s Andhadhun to Shoojit Sircar’s October and Vishal Bhardwaj’s Pataakha, here are the top 10 films of 2018.

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'Loan waivers fine, but only with fiscal space', says Arun Jaitley

As India enters a crucial general election year, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley spoke to Hindustan Times about the state of the economy, the Reserve Bank of India, the Mahagathbandhan attempting to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha polls, and the recent assembly election results.

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Grand alliance is a tested and rejected idea, says Arun Jaitley

Citing Telangana, the only state among the five that went to the polls recently to feature a similar grand alliance to take on the state’s ruling Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS), as an example, Jaitley said it was a case of “a pro-Telangana party and anti-Telangana one” coming together to oust the TRS.

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Fastest GDP growth status may not benefit India as in China's case

The short point is India needs to outperform itself in terms of economic growth to ensure that the fruits of growth are shared by a wider section of the population.

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MP, Raj governments must withdraw Bharat Bandh cases or lose support, Mayawati warns...

The BSP is supporting the Congress governments in both the states from the outside.

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'Ready for Rafale debate': Congress accepts Arun Jaitley's dare, asks government...

Congress members have been raising the matter since the start of the Winter Session of Parliament on December 11, demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Rafale deal.

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New GST rates from Jan 1; TV, monitor and 22 items to get cheaper

The GST Council has also decided to slash tax rate on parts and accessories for the carriages for disabled persons from 28 per cent to 5 per cent. Also third party insurance premium of goods carrying vehicles has been reduced from 18 per cent to 12 per cent.

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In fight for Dalit vote, BJP plans 100-ft statue of Pasi icon Uda Devi

The BJP has decided to take the fight for the Dalit vote ahead of the Lok Sabha election next year to the door of Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh.

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CCTV footage shows men transporting 'body parts of Saudi journalist Jamal Khash...

The images shown on A-Haber television late Sunday feature three men carrying five suitcases and two large black bags into the home of the Saudi consul general in Istanbul.

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Opinion| Sheikh Hasina's return to power in Bangladesh dogged by controversy

This general election marked the coming of age of a new generation in Bangladesh that is tired of the old political discourse pitting the “secular” AL against the pro-Islamist BNP and JeI. This divide represented the so-called India-friendly AL with the nationalist, pro-Islamic and pro-Pakistani mindset.

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Realtor's torture: Atiq Ahmad shifted from Deoria, jail staff suspended

The state government’s action against the prison officers and staff comes after the prison department submitted a report into the abuduction of realtor Mohit Jaiswal from Lucknow by Ahmad’s aides who took him to Deoria district jail where he was tortured by the former MP and his aides.

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India's theatre culture is undergoing a sea change

Theatre people and audiences have realised that they need to find more intimate and direct ways of reaching out to one another

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India must remind Sheikh Hasina to keep authoritarian instincts in check

The Awami League has blunted the BNP’s advantage among Islamist factions by itself pandering to Islamism. To be sure, Ms Hasina has cracked down on terrorism but has actively harassed journalists, arrested opposition leaders and remained passive to the killing of bloggers.

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Opposition thwarts govt's triple talaq push, Rajya Sabha adjourned till January...

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2018 was slated to be taken up by the Rajya Sabha on Monday afternoon for consideration and passing. However, as soon as an effort was made to take the Bill up, an uproar erupted in the house.

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'Family balm': Shah leads BJP offensive against Gandhis in chopper case

The Enforcement Directorate’s submission in court led to a slew of allegations being levelled against each other by the BJP and the Congress.

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Sajjan Kumar, 1984 anti-Sikh riots convict, surrenders in Delhi court to serve life...

Sajjan Kumar’s lawyer said he will comply with the high court’s judgment as the Supreme Court was not likely to grant a hearing to his appeal against the high court verdict during the vacation, which is ending on January 1.

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Parliament LIVE updates:Triple talaq bill stalled as Rajya Sabha adjourned till...

Parliament LIVE updates: The contentious triple talaq bill couldn’t be tabled in Rajya Sabha on Monday as the upper House of Parliament was adjourned till January 2, 2019 after uproar by the Opposition over the bill.

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'Sonia, Rahul Gandhi never interfered in any defence deal': Former Union minister...

AK Antony’s comments come close on the heels of the BJP and the Congress trading accusations against each other in the AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scam.

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On day 18 of Meghalaya rescue, Navy divers reattempt to reach bottom of rat-hole...

The Meghalaya rescue operation is being conducted by several agencies including the navy, NDRF, Odisha fire service team, officials of the district administration and others.

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OnePlus 7 to Samsung Galaxy S10: Here are top 5G smartphones coming in 2019

5G phones are coming soon. Here are top 5G smartphones confirmed and rumoured from top phone brands.

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Ayushmann Khurrana, Shah Rukh Khan and Vineet Kumar Singh: here are the top 10 actors...

From Ranveer Singh in Simmba and Shah Rukh Khan in Zero to Vineet Kumar Singh in Mukkabaaz and Gajraj Rao in Badhaai Ho, here are the top 10 actors of 2018.

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Tackling the ISIS threat in India

India’s primary battle is to defeat the group on end-to-end encrypted communication platforms such as Telegram, Whatsapp and Threema

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Bangladesh's Hasina wins election by landslide as opposition demands new vote

The opposition alliance accused Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party of using stuffed ballot boxes and other illegal means to fix the result.

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Army foils New Year's eve attack by Pakistan's Border Action Team along LoC, kills...

Naugam sector in Kashmir’s Kupwara district is manned by soldiers of the 19th Infantry Division of the Indian Army. There have been frequent ceasefire violations going in the Naugam, Tanghdar and Keran sectors in the past several months.

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PM Narendra Modi to touch 20 states in party's 100-day 2019 poll blitz

The party has also revived ‘Mission 123’ — winning as many as possible the 123 seats that the BJP contested but did not win in the Modi wave that took it to an unprecedented 282 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

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Indian economy in 2018: Dampened sentiments need a cheer-up tablet

India is grappling with the mismatch between economic fundamentals and business sentiments, which appeared to have taken a hit in the aftermath of the demonetisation exercise and the implementation of GST. The government’s perceived differences with the central bank have not helped matters.

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BJP, Congress' stories script a political thriller in 2018

The Congress, and the wider opposition, believes India is at a turning point and its nationalism project, instead of becoming stronger, is in jeopardy.

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Purvanchal VC cries foul after 'murder' advice to students goes viral

Professor Rajaram Yadav, the vice chancellor, issued a clarification, blaming the media for distorting his statement.

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Pakistan procuring 600 tanks to bolster capability along border with India: Intelligence...

Apart from battle tanks, Pakistan Army is also procuring 245 150mm SP Mike-10 guns from Italy out of which it has already received 120 guns, sources said.

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BJP seeks to push Triple Talaq Bill in Rajya Sabha today

The fresh bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on December 17 to replace an ordinance or the executive order criminalising the practice.

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Mehbooba Mufti meets militant's sister allegedly harassed by police

Mufti said the woman was arrested because she is a militant’s sister and was kept in police custody for three days.

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Uttar Pradesh police arrests 19 people in Ghazipur cop's death case

Police arrested 19 people on Sunday after 32 protesters were named in a first information report (FIR) over the killing of a policeman during mob violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur, according to officials.

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Three policemen injured in Lucknow mob attack after 5-year-old girl found murde...

The girl, the daughter of a ragpicker-cum-scrap dealer, was murdered on Friday afternoon but her body stuffed in a sack and dumped in a drain in the Akbarnagar slums of Mahanagar area was found on Sunday morning, police said.

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Navy divers get inside Meghalaya coal mine; no trace yet of 15 trapped

A team of Indian Navy divers which entered the approximately 350 feet-deep shaft of  the flooded rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya, where 15 miners remain trapped since December 13, could not get to its bottom as it emerged that the NDRF had miscalculated the depth of water in it.

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In tribute to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, PM Narendra Modi renames 3 Andaman and...

The Ross Island was renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, the Neil Island would now be known as Shaheed Dweep and the Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep, PM Modi said during a speech.

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Tech in 2018: 5G, foldable and blockchain phones finally became a reality

Samsung unveiled its first foldable phone in 2018 while HTC launched blockchain-based phone.

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Got veg sausages?: British tourist's query in Delhi stumps high commission

Britons have passionate views on whether their embassies and high commissions abroad are helpful or not, but the unnamed citizen on a visit to New Delhi was most likely not amused at the response, given the rarity of the dish, if it exists at all.

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UP CM's 'thok do' mentality behind cop's death in Ghazipur, says Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the incident took place because the Yogi Adityanath government knows only one language, that of violence.

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Rajya Sabha to discuss Triple Talaq Bill tomorrow, BJP, Cong issue whips

A whip had been issued by the BJP on Wednesday as well, directing its MPs to be present in Lok Sabha on Thursday, when the Triple Talaq Bill was tabled in the Lower House.

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Meghalaya miners rescue LIVE updates: Rescue operations resume to bring out trapped...

Meghalaya miners rescue LIVE updates: One comprising divers from Indian Navy and another from the Odisha fire services—reached the flooded coal mine in Meghalaya on Saturday.

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From Tabu to Neena Gupta: The top 10 best actresses of 2018

Tabu, Taapsee Pannu and Neena Gupta made it to our list of the top 10 best Hindi film actresses of 2018. Here’s the full list.

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Mrinal Sen's death marks the end of Golden Age of Indian cinema's stalwart film...

Mrinal Sen was known for his stellar work in movies like Bhuvan Shome, Baishe Sraban, Mrigaya and more.

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Everything that Star Trek got right: A look at future tech that's already here

We‘re 3D printing food, video-chatting. We have real-time translator apps that can even translate Klingon. And today’s visionaries are planning their retirement on Mars!

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'Kill, don't come crying to me': Purvanchal vice chancellor tells students

Congress leader Shailendra Singh said that the position of a vice chancellor is an important one and a person holding such a post should not make such statements.

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Emerging markets seen bringing more pain to investors in 2019

There are at least some reasons to be hopeful for emerging Asian assets: oil prices have dropped about 40 percent from their October peak, which is a boon for countries that import the commodity.

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India's Got Talent 8 winner Javed Khan says he wants to give his parents' a better...

Javed Khan, a magician from Sirohi, won the eighth season of the reality show India’s Got Talent. He spoke to HT about his journey so far and his future plans.

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'No water, no votes': Poll plan of villagers in Uttarakhand district in 2019

The villagers from Kot block held a protest outside the district magistrate’s office on Friday, demanding a drinking water scheme.

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Congress needs grand masonry skills for anti-BJP alliance

The BSP’s Mayawati and the SP’s Akhilesh Yadav are incommunicado. There’s no communication or exchange of views between them and other potential allies, especially the Congress.

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2018, a year of Trumpery and no Mugabe wit, writes Karan Thapar

As a noun ‘Trumpery’ means ‘rubbish’ and as an adjective it means ‘showy but worthless’. In either case, it describes dear Donald brilliantly

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BJP looks beyond ex-CM to pick LoP in Chhattisgarh

First, BJP strategists believe that a shift of backward communities towards the Congress led to its crushing defeat in Chhattisgarh.

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India vs Australia: Virat Kohli and boys win MCG Test by 137 runs, retain Border-Gavaskar...

India vs Australia: India picked the last two wickets of the innings quickly on the final day to claim the victory. Pat Cummins’ valiant innings of 63 was cut short by Bumrah and then Ishant dismissed Nathan Lyon to end Australia’s resistance.

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Voting begins in Bangladesh election, PM Sheikh Hasina seeks fourth term

Bangladesh stepped up security on December 29 in a bid to contain violence during a general election expected to see Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina win a record fourth term.

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Mercury dips to 2.6 deg Celsius in Delhi, cold wave likely to last 3 more days

The minimum temperature of 2.6 degrees early on Saturday was three degrees below normal. The day temperature of 20 degrees Celsius was one degree below normal.

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Congress government may review schemes for farm relief in Madhya Pradesh

The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh may review several schemes initiated by the previous Shivraj Singh Chouhan government to fund the party’s promise to waive farm loans of up to Rs 2 lakh, government officials familiar with the matter said.

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India vs Australia LIVE Score, 3rd Test, Day 5 in Melbourne: Covers coming off as...

India vs Australia: Catch all the action from day 5 of the ongoing Ind-Aus encounter from the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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In MP, Kamal Nath's spiritualism (department) replaces Shivraj Chouhan's happin...

The new spiritual department, whose creation had been promised by the Congress in its ‘Vachan patra’ (manifesto) ahead of the state assembly elections, will merge the happiness and religious trust and endowments departments with it.

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'Offering lollipops': PM Modi on Congress loan waiver promises in states

Attacking the Congress, Prime Minister Modi said permanent solution to the country’s perennial problems cannot be solved by the decisions taken for immediate benefits.

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Full text of Pakistan's 14-point proposals for Kartarpur pilgrimage

The document, leaked to the Pakistan media, among other things seeks three day advance list of pilgrims intending to visit the shrine along with their security clearance papers.

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'How long can one hold his breath underwater': Man who narrowly escaped Meghalaya...

Going by the story of Sahib Ali, at least 17 people are still trapped inside the illegal coal pit as only five narrowly escaped the flooding mine out of the 22 men who went in.

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Cop killed by stone-pelting mob in Ghazipur; second UP policeman to die in mob violence...

A Uttar Pradesh police constable was killed and some others injured as crowd of people waiting for local party leader in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district went out of control and started to pelt stones. The incident was not connected to Prime Minister Modi’s rally earlier in the eastern district.

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Christian Michel passed chits to his lawyer for help on questions about 'Mrs Gandhi'...

A Delhi court hearing the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case on Saturday imposed restrictions on alleged middleman Christian Michel meeting his lawyers in ED custody after the agency said that he was misusing legal access by passing chits to the advocates asking them how to tackle questions on “Mrs Gandhi”.

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Mother chops off newborn's extra fingers, toes with a sickle in Madhya Pradesh....

Police said the woman used a sickle to chop off the infant’s extra fingers and toes. She later coated the injuries with cow dung. Within hours, the infant died and was buried in the village.

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India vs Australia: Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami break 34-year-old...

Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Ishant Sharma etched their name in the history books when they broke a 34-year-old record during Day 4 of the third Test match between India and Australia.

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Odisha, navy teams reach Meghalaya mine, to begin rescue operations tomorrow

The initial rescue operation to help the miners had to be stopped as the pumps were not adequate to flush out large volumes of water. The state government then sough Centre’s help and high-powered pumps and a team was dispatched from Odisha.

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3 day advance list, security clearance on Pakistan's Kartarpur pilgrimage propo...

In its proposal, apparently leaked to the Pakistan media, Islamabad has suggested that India must give three-day prior information with security clearance certificates of pilgrims planning to visit the gurdwara, where Guru Nanak is believed to have spent 18 years of his life.

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Baba Ramdev's firm ordered to share its profit with locals in Uttarakhand

Run by Yoga guru Ramdev, Divya Pharmacy’s entire argument, according to HC, rested on a textual and legalistic interpretation, particularly of the term FEBS.

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India vs Australia: Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant combine to sledge Nathan Lyon at...

Rishabh Pant tried to unsettle Nathan Lyon from behind the stumps in the final session of the day.

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Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu out of action, wife holds fort

Sidhu, who addressed more than 70 public rallies in 17 days across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana as the Congress’ star campaigner, was advised “complete rest for three to five days” by doctors as he ended up damaging his vocal cords, as per a government press release.

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India vs Australia: Rishabh Pant matches Indian wicket-keeping record at the MCG

Pant took his dismissals tally to 19 on the penultimate day of the Test and by doing so he joined an elite group of India players in the list of most dismissals by a stumper in a series.

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'Have more kids, keep state young', says Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu in push to...

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu said youth below 25 years constitute around 50% of the state’s total population, and emphasised on the need to keep the state young by way of pushing up the representation of young people.

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Indonesian volcano shrinks after collapse sparks deadly tsunami

The deadly tsunami in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait on December 22 killed at least 426 people and injured more than 7,000 residents and holiday makers in the Lampung and Banten provinces.

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US President Donald Trump threatens to 'entirely' close US-Mexico border unless...

Donald Trump threatened to close the US-Mexico border if lawmakers refuse his demands to build a wall.

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India vs Australia: Have you ever heard of a temporary captain - Rishabh Pant fires...

India vs Australia: After Tim Paine used MS Dhoni to target Rishabh Pant, it was time for the young Indian wicket-keeper to return the favour.

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Earthquake of 6.9 strikes off Philippines, small tsunami possible

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, from the earthquake, which the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said struck 193 km (120 miles) east of the Philippine city of General Santos, at a depth of 60 km (37 miles).

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NASA spaceship to photograph most distant world explored yet on New Year's Day

A camera on board the New Horizons spacecraft is currently zooming in on Ultima Thule, so scientists can get a better sense of its shape and configuration -- whether it is one object or several.

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Rescue operation for Meghalaya trapped miners hit by delays at every step, Odisha...

The team equipped with 10 high-powered pumps to flush out water from the mine reached Guwahati on Friday morning around 11:30 am, but due to lack of transport provided by Meghalaya they had to wait till 5:45 pm to start their 220 km journey.

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Panel recommends reserve force to cut down army size

The single-member panel of former Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General DS Hooda (retd), under whose watch the 2016 surgical strikes were conducted, submitted its report to the National Security Advisory Board late November.

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India vs Australia LIVE Score, 3rd Test, Day 4 in Melbourne: Mayank goes after Nathan...

India vs Australia 3rd Test, Live Updates: Catch all the live score and updates from the 4th day of the ongoing Test match between India and Australia from the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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Too little, too late? Hopes faint as rescue teams rush to Meghalaya

Now 14 days after the accident, scathing criticism has done what the miners’ plight failed to do : stir the state government to ask for help from the Center. The air force, the navy, the NDMA and a plethora of sophisticated equipment are now on their way to the remote site of the accident. But it is a classic case of too little, too late.

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Indian-origin California police officer's killing fuels immigration debate, Trump's...

California police have identified the suspect as man who is “in our country illegally” and circulated his pictures on social media seeking people’s help in apprehending him. He had allegedly shot and killed Ronil Singh Wednesday morning during a traffic check

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'Rats drank it': Cops as 1,000 litres of seized liquor disappears from police s...

Superintendent of police Abhinandan Singh said an inquiry into the incident would be conducted to ascertain whether the liquor was consumed by rats or something else had happened to it.

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Mid-air collision of three planes averted in Delhi region after multiple warnings,...

Flights of Dutch carrier KLM, Taiwan’s Eva Air and the US-based National Airlines were involved in the incident, an official said. The incident happened in the Delhi Flight Information Region (FIR).

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Omar Abdullah gets his answer; Norway ex-PM was on private visit to Kashmir, says...

Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik visited Kashmir last month and met senior separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq. He also visited Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir and met a cross-section of people there.

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'My best act, I am not backing off': Anupam Kher on Accidental Prime Minister r...

Actor Anupam Kher’s comment comes after the Maharashtra Youth Congress raised objections to the film The Accidental Prime Minister and said that if the film is released without prior screening for their office bearers, they will resort to “other options” to stop the screening of the film.

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Desi spacecraft to send 3 Indians into space by 2022, costs Rs 10,000 crore

Two unmanned flights and one manned flight will be undertaken as part of the Rs 10,000-crore indigenous human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan.

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India vs Australia: Virat Kohli ends 2018 with a duck, misses out on multiple r...

Virat Kohli missed out on becoming the highest run-getter in a year across formats. He finished the year on 2735 runs which is just 98 runs away from the record holder Ricky Ponting (2833 in 2005).

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India vs Australia: Tim Paine uses Dhoni reference to sledge Rishabh Pant, asks...

India vs Australia: Tim Paine, who first saw his team concede a huge lead to India and was then witnessing a comeback courtesy a fiery spell of bowling by Pat Cummins, targetted Indian wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant.

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'Fake propaganda': Congress as BJP tweets 'Accidental Prime Minister' trailer

The ‘Accidental Prime Minister’ trailer begins with Sonia Gandhi appointing Singh as the Prime Minister after the 2004 elections. The focus is the power dynamics between Gandhi and Singh, with present Congress president Rahul Gandhi presented as the successor in-waiting.

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In Ahmednagar, BJP teams up with NCP, keeps Shiv Sena out for Mayor's post

The Shiv Sena was left out in the cold after its party corporators boycotted the mayoral election at last moment despite cornering the largest number of seats in the municipal elections.

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Air Force plane with 20 powerful pumps enroute Meghalaya for rescue mission

A request for 10 pumps of 100 HP, survey teams to detect seepage and other assistance from state-owned Coal India was made by the district administration in a letter to the state government on December 20, but the corporation received the communication for assistance from Shillong only on December 26.

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India's crackdown on Amazon and Walmart likely to hurt online shoppers

Amazon and Flipkart will make presentations before India’s finance and commerce ministries to contest the new rules, local news channel BTVI said in a Twitter post, citing unidentified people.

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India vs Australia: Ravi Shastri hits back at Aus commentator for jibe against Mayank...

O’Keefe had taken a dig at debutant Mayank Agarwal by saying that he scored a triple century against Railways ‘canteen staff’ in the Ranji Trophy.

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GST freezes actor Mahesh Babu's bank accounts over service tax dues

Mahesh Babu has not paid the Service Tax during 2007-08 for the taxable services he rendered as brand ambassador, appearance money and advertising for promotion of products among others.

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India's festering problem with Big Retail

India’s policy on retail and online retail has generally been confused, and, in addition, also been poorly implemented

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Urgent solutions needed to mitigate the impact of climate change on health

An all-encompassing strategy that addresses health though the sustainable development agenda will go a long way in setting the trajectory for impactful changes to address health impacts of climate change

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Inside Facebook's secret rule book for Global political speech

Facebook has drawn criticism for undermining democracy and for provoking bloodshed in societies small and large.

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Hushed murmurs, uncertainty, wait for ISIS-inspired terror suspect's return home

The NIA had initially rounded up 16 persons of the group ‘Harkat ul Harb e Islam’ — which translates to ‘War for the cause of Islam’. Ten arrested men include the alleged mastermind of the module, 29-year-old Mufti Mohammad Suhail.

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From AndhaDhun to Raazi: The top 5 Hindi films of the year that toppled the Kha...

2018 was the year when audience went to theatres to watch the travails of a middle-aged pregnant couple in Badhaai Ho, a Stree that had the menfolk of a small town on the run and a pianist who may or may not be blind. What they didn’t watch were inflated star vehicles.

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A house for Ram under PM housing scheme, demands BJP MP Hari Narayan Rajbhar

BJP lawmaker from Ghosi, Hari Narayan Rajbhar, sought a house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for Lord Ram as he ‘was living in a tent’, the makeshift sanctum sanctorum of an idol of Ram installed at the disputed spot in 1992.

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Ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019, PM Modi weighs four plans to offer farm reli...

The two-hour-long discussions between the PM and his top ministerial colleagues, in presence of the BJP chief, set off, on Thursday, a series of inter-departmental meetings on possible farm solutions.

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TV sting accuses aides of 3 UP ministers of bribery, SIT probe ordered

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the SIT to immediately start probe by recording the statements of all the people concerned and submit its report within 10 days.

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India vs Australia LIVE Score, 3rd Test, Day 3 in Melbourne: Bumrah castles Head...

India vs Australia, 3rd Test, Day 3: Catch all the live score and updates from the 3rd Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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2018: Indo-China relationship back on 'normal track', some concerns remain

The two Asian giants have worked assiduously to restore their relationship to an even keel following last year’s military standoff in Doklam, and the informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at Wuhan in April served as a catalyst for these efforts

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Taxi driver killed police inspector in Bulandshahr violence, arrested: Cops

The taxi driver, enraged at seeing a local youth get shot during Bulandshahr violence, caught Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, snatched his pistol and shot him dead, police said

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5 killed in Mumbai's residential high-rise fire, 2 injured including fireman

Five senior citizens died in a major fire that broke out in a 15-storey residential building located at Tilak Nagar. This is the fourth major fire incident that took place in Mumbai in the past four days.

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'Indigo worst performing airlines for consumers; Air India's luggage policy best':...

Private airline Indigo is the “worst performing” carrier for consumers, while national carrier Air India has the best luggage policy, said parliamentary panel on civil aviation chairman Derek O’ Brien.

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Fire in Kolkata Metro, passengers escape through dark tunnel, 16 fall ill

At least 16 passengers fell ill and one broke his leg during an escape attempt when the undercarriage of the first compartment of an air-conditioned train caught fire in Kolkata Metro.

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'Kartarpur corridor high point of diplomacy for Imran Khan,' says Pakistan gove...

Prime Minister Khan in November laid the foundation stone for the corridor linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India’s Gurdaspur district to facilitate visa-free movement of Indian Sikh pilgrims.

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Mangalore-bound Jet Airways flight grounded after smoke alert on plane; all passengers...

Jet Airways, in a statement, said it arranged an alternate aircraft to operate its flight to Mangalore from Bengaluru due to a “technical snag.”

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'Not about politics', says Ravi Shankar Prasad as Lok Sabha passes triple talaq...

The triple talaq bill seeks to criminalise the practice of instant divorce among a section of Muslims and provides for a three-year jail term for those found guilty of following the practice. The opposition had been demanding it be sent to a select committee of both houses

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In Himachal Pradesh, PM Narendra Modi's twin attack targets Congress on corruption,...

PM Modi, who has been a target of a sharp campaign by the opposition led by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over the Rafale fighter jet deal, said people were calling him names because his crackdown on corruption had hurt them.

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India vs Australia: Aussies are now officially Virat Kohli's favourite Test opp...

Cheteshwar Pujara slammed a classy ton while skipper Kohli added crucial 82 runs as India declared at 443/7 on the second day of the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

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10 men, part of ISIS-inspired terror module, sent to 12 days NIA custody

The NIA arrested the suspects from Delhi, Amroha, Lucknow and Meerut after carrying out searches at 17 locations across the Capital and Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday morning, after tracking the group for at least four months.

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Learn from defeats: Union Minister Anupriya Patel's stinker to ally BJP

The Apna Dal expressed its dissatisfaction days after Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RSLP) chief Upendra Kushwaha walked out of the NDA

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2 Navy personnel killed at Kochi Naval base in aircraft hangar collapse

Two Navy personnel were killed on Thursday when an aircraft hangar collapsed at the Naval base in Kochi, a defence spokesperson said.

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Meghalaya mining accident: Foul smell in mine as water stagnates, pumps will take...

The pumping out of water was stopped on Monday as the available pumps were ineffective and the rescuers needed stronger pumps.

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17-year-old raped by uncle, gives birth to baby in seven months in Pune

The man and his niece who is a class 11 student live in the same house. According to the complaint, the victim had been subjected to assault from May.

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15 miners trapped for 14 days, Coal India finally receives Meghalaya govt SOS

After receiving the request to help the trappped miners, Coal India is mobilising pumps, pipes, assistance for survey and other technical assistance as sought by the Meghalaya government

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Indian-origin police officer 'working overtime on Christmas' shot dead in Calif...

In honour of Corporal Ronil Singh of the Newman Police Department, Capitol flags in California will be flown at half-staff, the Governor’s office said. Corporal Singh is survived by his wife, Anamika, and 5-month-old son.

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Train 18 officially India's fastest train, railways minister Piyush Goyal tweets...

The fully air-conditioned Train 18, built at a cost of Rs 100 crore in 18 months by Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is deemed as a successor to the premier Shatabdi Express. Shatabdi was introduced in 1988 and runs on over 20 routes connecting metros with other important cities.

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Reading the signals: India has a new military strategy against China

The earlier defensive posture is no longer sustainable with Beijing possessing the capability to launch an assault without any warning leading to depletion of Indian resources in quick time

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Pakistan to repay China $40 billion for CPEC projects, says report

CPEC inflows into the existing projects will dry up in 2022-23 when the country will receive $26.5 billion, according to the planning ministry’s figures. On the basis of these inflows, Pakistani authorities have estimated that the country will return $39.83 billion to Chinese firms.

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India vs Australia LIVE Score, 3rd Test, Day 2 in Melbourne: Starc gets Virat Kohli,...

India vs Australia 3rd Test, Day 2 Live Updates: Catch all the live score and updates from the second day of the 3rd Test from the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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'No paychecks': Federal workers in panic mode as US govt shutdown enters 5th day

The partial shutdown will continue for at least a few more days as lawmakers head home for the holidays as Democrats and the Trump administration cannot agree on an amount of funding for border security.

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Shiv Sena eyes hard bargain as talks with BJP begin

The Sena-BJP alliance fell apart in the assembly elections held later in 2014, after the BJP refused to accept the Shiv Sena as the senior partner in the state.

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Why the farmer suicide debate is counter-productive to understanding India's agrarian...

In the discourse on agriculture, for instance, farmer suicides are cited as the biggest proof of the agrarian crisis in the country by a large section.

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India vs Australia: Cheteshwar Pujara slams 17th Test ton, creates new record

The right-hander has scored 7 scores of 50+ in a calendar year in away Tests. This is the joint 3rd highest overall and joint 2nd highest by an Indian.

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In Akhilesh Yadav's 'Thank you' to Cong, a clear hint about his 2019 alliance plan...

In the recent assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress won 114 seats while the BSP won two. Yadav had earlier said that the SP supported the Congress in MP only to keep the BJP out.

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BJP, RSS leaders possible target for ISIS-inspired terror module: NIA

A 45-year old woman from Lucknow and her son are suspected of funding and managing the finances of the group.

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Four engineering students allegedly rape Class 11 girl, dump her near Kanpur police...

According to police, the victim was known to one of the accused who coaxed her into visiting him at a flat in Abha apartment in Kakadeo area on Tuesday evening.

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India vs Australia: Mitchell Marsh 'booed' at MCG, Head terms it disappointing

The MCG crowd started booing Marsh once his name was announced on the public address system when he came onto bowl in the third Test against India.

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Naveen Patnaik reiterates financial autonomy for Odisha, but mum on PM Narendra...

Naveen Patnaik posed nine questions to the Centre, each mocking the Modi government’s schemes like Ujwala, under which gas connections are offered to the poor, telecom connectivity plans, completion plans for national highways and the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojana (crop insurance scheme).

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ISIS module busted: The 10 men who plotted the New Year's Eve attack

The 10 men were part of an ISIS-styled module named Harkat-e-Harb-e-Islam. Among the 10 men arrested by the NIA were an engineering student, a graduation student two brothers who worked as welders and a mufti working at a madrasa in Amroha.

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'Forget bullet trains': BJP leader's message to PM Narendra Modi after harrowing...

Laxmi Kanta Chawla, a former Punjab minister who held the health portfolio and then the social welfare portfolio, was travelling in an AC-3 coach on the Saryu-Yamuna train when she made the video.

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Delhi auto driver saves woman, baby from drowning, loses own life

30-year-old auto driver Pawan was heading home after dropping off a passenger when he saw a woman with a baby in her arms standing on the edge of a bridge on the Meethapur canal. In a moment, he saw the woman jumping off the bridge, police said Wednesday.

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'No big issue, why apologise?': Kumaraswamy on 'shoot mercilessly' remark

Embroiled in a row over his “shoot mercilessly” remarks, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy rejected the opposition demand for an apology over his comments, saying he was an “emotional person.”

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You're paid to win, not play: Steve Smith on Cricket Australia's pressure before...

Steve Smith said that when Australia lost to South Africa in November 2016, James Sutherland and Pat Howard told them that they are paid to win, not play.

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Boiled, skinned, cooked rats on top of holiday menu in Assam village

Destined to be boiled, skinned and then cooked in a spicy gravy, rat is more popular than chicken and pork with customers at the Sunday market in the village of Kumarikata in Assam state.

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Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao meets PM Narendra Modi in Delhi

This was Rao’s first meeting with Modi after the former won the assembly elections to return to power in Telangana.

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3 Indian siblings, on Christmas celebration visit, die in US home fire

A woman Kari Coudriet of Collierville, and Sharron, 17, Joy, 15, and Aaron, 14 — teen siblings of the Naik family from India — all died in the fire, said a statement released by the Coudriet’s Collierville Bible Church.

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'15 trapped miners gasp for air...': Rahul Gandhi takes a shot at PM Modi

The miners were trapped after water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into the horizontal manholes, often termed as ‘rat-holes’, at Ksan area in Lumthari village.

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Golfer Jyoti Randhawa arrested on poaching charges in Uttar Pradesh

Jyoti Randhawa, 46, ranked in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking several times between 2004 and 2009.

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New ISIS module traced, NIA raids 16 places in Delhi, UP, arrests 5

The raids were in connection with an ongoing probe against a new ISIS module named ‘Harkat ul Harb-e-Islam’.

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'Thieves are being purified': Shiv Sena takes swipe at PM Modi for power like oxygen...

Further slamming the BJP, the Marathi daily said those who could not bring ‘achhe din’ (good days) despite being in power now fear the Opposition. They get a feeling of disgust if they have to sit in the Opposition.

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India vs Australia: Cheteshwar Pujara slams fifty at MCG, continues to pursue Rahul...

India vs Australia: Pujara left most and played a shot only when a delivery was in his range. He put on 83 for the second wicket with Mayank Agarwal and then shared an unbeaten 92-run stand with captain Virat Kohli to take India to 215/2 at stumps on Day 1.

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Noida namaz row: Muslim workers say park was a convenient place to offer prayers

The workers said that for the past five years, the public park in the middle of Sector 58 is visited by over 300 men every afternoon to offer namaz. On Fridays, over 800 people turn up for the ‘juma ki namaz’.

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BJP leader thrashes disabled man for supporting Akhilesh Yadav

A BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal was caught on camera assaulting a disabled man for allegedly abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath and promising his vote to Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav.

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India vs Australia: Kohli should retire if he doesn't score a ton at the MCG, jokes...

The Boxing Day Test has been setup perfectly as India won the first match in Adelaide, followed by the hosts clinching a comprehensive win in Perth.

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The myth of India's Tibet card is finally shattered

The Tibetan movement itself is splintered with rival Buddhist factions and Beijing acquiring an iron grip over the roof of the world

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Why Chabahar port is a win-win for India

It will reduce Afghanistan’s dependence on Karachi port and, hence, will translate to less Pakistani leverage over Kabul

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India vs Australia LIVE Score, 3rd Test, Day 1 in Melbourne: Mayank, Pujara look...

India vs Australia, 3rd Test, Day 1: Catch all the live score and updates from the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground with our live blog.

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'People forgot that I sanctioned these projects': Deve Gowda on being left out of...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday inaugurated the 4.9 km long bridge at Bogibeel across Brahmaputra river, built at a cost of Rs 5,900 crore

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6 months after 11 suicides, Burari house gets rid of notorious 11 pipes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday inaugurated the 4.9 km long bridge at Bogibeel across Brahmaputra river, built at a cost of Rs 5,900 crore

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In Meerut, muslims sell their cows to stay clear of vigilantes

Approximately 60km away, many Muslims in Saundat village in Meerut also sold their cows and oxen soon after the Yogi Adityanath government came to power.

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KCR in Delhi, may meet Prime Minister Modi today

The Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar described the formation of a non-Congress and non-BJP government at the Centre as his “mission”.

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'Witchcraft practitioner' sacrifices mother-in-law, drinks her blood

Police also found a duck with its neck severed along with a buffalo calf with injuries on its neck.

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SAD leaders vandalise Rajiv Gandhi's statue in Punjab, trigger row

Jakhar said that in 10 year regime of Parkash Singh Badal led SAD-BJP alliance failed to take action against those responsible for the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib and killing two peaceful protesters at Behbal Kalan in Faridkot district.

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No foreign visit on cards as PM Narendra Modi focuses on 2019 polls

Modi, who has, according to the prime minister’s official website, made 48 foreign trips since June 2014, has no scheduled visits on his agenda for the next few months, the officials said.

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Home alone and isolated, Donald Trump stands ground on border wall

US President Donald Trump’s insistence on funding for the US-Mexico border wall comes in face of opposition by Democrats on spending any money on a wall or fence

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Tamil Nadu electrician working in Poland dead, family alleges murder

P Venkatesan, who had done a diploma in electronics and electrical, went to Poland in November 2017, through a Chennai-based placement agency to work as an electrician at a private hotel chain in Warsaw, according to his family members in Vellore district.

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'Murderers enjoy liberties': Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy's defence for controversial...

Speaking to reporters after visiting the family of Prakash, the JD(S) worker who was murdered on Monday in Maddur town in Mandya district, Kumaraswamy said Prakash was known for his work among the people, especially farmers.

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'Bogibeel Bridge would've been ready earlier if Vajpayee got second term': PM Narendra...

PM Modi said the Bogibeel bridge will strengthen the country’s defence prowess with movement of vehicles and trains to the northeast.

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Army recovers snow-stuck helicopter from Siachen Glacier, sets new record

The chopper was stuck at 18,000 feet and recovering it from there is a world record of sorts because India is one of the very few countries in the world who operate helicopters at such high altitudes

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'Pakistan will treat minorities as equals': Imran Khan's latest jibe at India

The controversy over the issue started when actor Naseeruddin Shah lamented the rise of mob violence in India over cow vigilantism and expressed fear over rising religious intolerance in the country.

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'Ask your employees not to offer namaz in parks': Noida Police issue notice to ...

Noida Police have asked companies in the industrial hub to ensure their employees do not use a park for any religious activity, including offering namaz on Fridays.

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Sunday mass attacked with swords, iron rods; women fight back with chilli powder:...

Deputy SP of Kolhapur Anil Kadam was quoted by ANI as saying, “10-12 people attacked Sunday prayer mass being held at the premises of a local resident Bhimsen Chavan in Kolhapur.”

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19-year-old girl kills mother for Facebook love, arrested with boyfriend

The girl, identified as S Devipriya, a resident of Anjaneyapuram in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvallur, is a second year Bachelor of Commerce student at a college in Avadi.

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Triple talaq bill to face Lok Sabha test on December 27, BJP issues whip to MPs

The three line whip, issued on Tuesday, is a strict instruction to attend and vote, breach of which would normally have serious consequences.

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5 dead, 21 hurt in China as hijacked bus ploughs into pedestrians: Reports

A hijacker carrying a knife had been detained and was being investigated by local police, state television CGTN reported.

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Kumaraswamy's 'kill mercilessly' order tosses up row, gets panned by BJP

Leaders of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party have said Kumaraswamy’s statement after Honnalagere Prakash was killed in south Karnataka’s Mandya district on Monday was irresponsible and that he should apologise.

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Dal Lake freezes as Kashmir records coldest night in 11 years at -6.8 degress

The official said Qazigund — the gateway town to the Valley — in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5.2C, while the nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 5.3C last night.

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India vs Australia: Shane Warne calls Virat Kohli the greatest cricketer on the...

Commenting on the atmosphere at the ground where he picked his 700th Test wicket, Warne said Melbourne is the sporting capital of the world and he loves coming to the G.

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Andaman's most-visited islands to be renamed during PM Modi visit

The Modi government is continuing with its name-changing spree, with the government now deciding to rename Havelock Island to Swaraj Dweep, Neil Island to Shaheed Dweep and Ross Island to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island.

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Pills, male calf, no females: Things women in Haryana do to beget a son

Poison pills: Expectant mothers desperate for sons are willingly consuming deadly cocktails of herbs given by quacks promising to change the sex of the foetus

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Death toll in Kabul attack rises to 43: Health ministry

Another 10 were wounded in Monday’s raid on a site where the Ministry of Public Works and other offices are located, spokesman Waheed Majroh said.

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'Kill mercilessly, no problem', Karnataka CM seen issuing order on video after JD(S)...

Karnataka Chief Minister was caught on tape saying ‘kill mercilessly’ to avenge the murder of a JD(S) leader in Mandya.

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Donald Trump says he's alone at White House waiting for Democrats deal

In a joint statement Monday, the Democratic leaders, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, said as long as Trump keeps listening to the Freedom Caucus and others on the right flank, there is no easy resolution to the impasse.

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In Uttar Pradesh, Congress readies Plan B if it has to go it alone in Lok Sabha...

A senior Congress functionary familiar with the developments said the party has to be ready for any “eventuality” in case it does not become a part of the Bahujan Samaj Party-Samajwadi Party alliance in the state.

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SP-BSP alliance in UP almost final, awaits Mayawati's finishing touches

The BSP chief was working to form a third front of parties not allied with the BJP or the Congress, the party leader said.

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'My body is Tibetan but spiritually I'm an Indian,' says the Dalai Lama

In a freewheeling interview with HT, the Dalai Lama speaks on wide-ranging spiritual and political issues, including what he thinks of India-China ties.

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PM Modi to inaugurate Bogibeel, India's largest rail-cum-road bridge, today

From providing medical facilities to education and airport, the bridge, whose foundation stone was laid by then PM H D Deve Gowda in 1997 and work commenced under then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002, is expected to be a boon for people of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

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How rampant is fare evasion? At Times Square, one rider a minute sneaks in

While there have always been riders who try to avoid paying, the practice has become so widespread in New York City that it is costing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority about $215 million in lost revenue this year, prompting subway officials to announce a crackdown.

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India takes over operations of Iran's strategic Chabahar Port, can bypass Pak on...

Iran formally handed over the port to India during a first meeting of the follow-up committee for the implementation of the Chabahar Agreement between Iran, Afghanistan, and India in the port city Tehran.

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Delhi government blocks steep hike in one-time parking charges

An order by Delhi transport minister Kailash Gahlot said that the December 21 order “appears to be irregular for many reasons”.

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Rescuers search rubble as Indonesia tsunami toll nears 400

Most of the victims were local holidaymakers staying in the hotels and bungalows along the popular beaches in Lampung and Banten provinces, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. More than 1,450 people were injured and dozens are missing after tsunami waves lashed the provinces late on Saturday, the agency said.

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CBSE board exams date sheet 2019: How students across India reacted to the sche...

CBSE 10th, 12th boards date sheet 2019 : The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday released the date sheet of Class 10 and Class 12 examination 2019.

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In Congress veteran Ashok Gehlot's team in Rajasthan, 18 first-time ministers

Eighteen legislators including Subhash Garg of RLD are first time ministers, while the other five have held ministerial posts earlier, as efforts were made to have a mix of young faces and experienced legislators from both Gehlot and Pilot camps.

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Gorakhpur doctor kills ex-wife, keeps her social media accounts running to deceive...

The accused kept Rajeshwari virtually alive for seven months. He kept her WhatsApp running and updated her social media account.

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Rumbling Indonesia volcano could trigger more tsunamis, experts warn

While tsunamis are often triggered by earthquakes, in this case experts believe the deadly waves were generated by an eruption of the Anak (or “child of”) Krakatoa volcano, which could have caused a large undersea landslide or flow of molten rock into the water.

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Supreme Court to hear Ayodhya title dispute on January 4

The matter is listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul.

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Pak couple pulls off intimate wedding on a budget of Rs 20,000. Twitter celebra...

Photographer Rizwaan has detailed how he chose to get married in an intimate ceremony with just 25 guests.

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'Mission continues': KCR, on federal front tour, meets Mamata. Delhi next

KCR, as the Telangana chief minister and TRS chief is popularly known, met Biju Janata Dal chief and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on Sunday and is likely to meet Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav next .

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India vs Australia: India's predicted XI for Boxing Day Test; expect more spin & new...

India vs Australia: Expect a lot of changes in India’s playing XI for the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against Australia. We are suggesting a few bold moves. Let’s see if Virat Kohli buys into our theory or not.

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BJP approaches SC seeking permission to hold Rath Yatra in WB

Last week, a divisional bench of the Calcutta High Court had stayed the order by a single-judge bench allowing the party to hold its rath yatras. The BJP had planned to flag-off its first rally from the temple town of Tarapith in Birbhum district.

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India vs Australia: Team India named 13 players for Perth Test to give Ravindra...

Sources in the know of developments have confirmed to Hindustan Times that while Jadeja was fit when he boarded the flight to Australia, an injury the spinner had sustained during the West Indies series came back to haunt him during the warm-up game in Australia.

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Ex-Pak PM Nawaz Sharif given 7 years jail term in corruption case: Report

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'Run, a wave is coming!' - panic and devastation after Indonesian tsunami

At least 281 people were killed in tsunami waves of up to three metres (10 feet) that hit several towns along the rim of the Sunda Strait, between Java and Sumatra islands, triggered by a landslide on the Anak Krakatau volcano.

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Bird Box movie review: Sandra Bullock's Netflix thriller refuses to be caged in

Bird Box movie review: Sandra Bullock’s Netflix thriller, directed by Susanne Bier, has shades of M Night Shyamalan’s The Happening and John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place. Rating: 3.5/5.

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'Race to the bottom': Arun Jaitley's takedown of Congress over GST barbs

Over the weekend, the GST Council had cut tax rates on about two dozen items to reduce the number of items taxed at the highest slab of 28 per cent.

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8 dead in pile-up during dense fog in Haryana's Jhajjar

A school bus, trucks and cars was reported to be among the vehicles that collided due to poor visibility.

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Centre to roll out prepaid metering across India from April, says power and renewable...

If state governments want to give subsidy, they can give as much as they want. However, whatever subsidy state governments decide to give, they have to give that amount to the DISCOMs.

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Bihar alliance shows the BJP's unilateralist approach is changing

The party has increasingly come to recognise that winning an outright majority yet again in 2019 will be difficult. It will need both pre-poll allies and post-poll allies at a time when the Opposition is focused on stitching state-specific alliances to take on the BJP

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Apple's iOS 12.1.2 update has a nasty surprise for iPhone users

The iOS 12.1.2 iOS update which was rolled out last week, is bricking iPhones by cutting off cellular data.

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My life is a clean slate now, I've to write my A, B, C, Ds afresh: Tandoor case...

Infamous “tandoor case” convict Sushil Sharma, who will be celebrating his 60th birthday on January 24 as a free bird, said his focus now is to serve his aged parents, who have suffered “for no fault” of theirs.

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Indian-origin man stripped of UK citizenship over rape conviction

The man, who can only be identified as RSD for legal reasons, came to the UK from India in 1997 and was granted British citizenship in 2004. In 2011, he was found guilty of grooming and raping a 7-year-old child.

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India vs Australia: Tim Paine defends Virat Kohli's attitude, says it makes the...

Tim Paine and Virat Kohli had some testy exchanges in the second Test at Perth, which at one point needed the umpire to intervene.

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People have right to speak their mind: Ashutosh Rana on Naseeruddin Shah's stat...

Naseeruddin Shah had Friday said that at many places, the death of a cow is being given more importance than the killing of a policeman.

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'PM Modi a hollow man who has done nothing for country': Andhra CM Naidu

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu said Prime Minister NarendraModi did nothing even for his home state Gujarat as its chief minister for 12 years, but made everyone believe he did “great things”.

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RSS wants government to focus on temple, farmers, MSMEs

As BJP prepares for the 2019 general elections, the feedback from the RSS is to revisit the policies to make them more beneficial for those with fewer resources and more attractive for the middle class.

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Ashok Gehlot government to be expanded today, 23 new ministers to be sworn-in

Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the Rajasthan Congress sources claimed that over a dozen ministers, mostly experienced leaders, would be given cabinet rank and the rest minister of state status or with independent charge.

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Trump names Mattis successor at Pentagon, says Syria pullout will be 'slow'

President Trump announced earlier in the week that the US will be puling out its 2,000 troops stationed in Syria to fight the Islamic State and Secretary of Defense Mattis, who had opposed the decision, resigned in protest after failing to persuade the president to change his mind

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India vs Australia: 'Will certainly have Mayank in the team' – Kumble picks India's...

Indian openers KL Rahul and Murali Vijay have been ineffective in the first two Tests and Kumble feels that it is time for a change at the top of the order.

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'Dialogue has begun': KCR kicks off third front plan, meets Odisha CM Patnaik

KCR, as the Telangana CM and TRS chief is popularly known, met Odisha CM and Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik this evening at the latter’s residence, saying the regional parties should come together as the country needs a change.

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'Very possible' US govt shutdown stretches into 2019: White House Official

Democrats held firm Sunday in opposition to paying for a border wall, which was a central promise of Donald Trump’s campaign for president.

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Congress to go with experienced hands in Rajasthan, cabinet to take oath tomorr...

In Rajasthan, CM Ashok Gehlot had forwarded a list of 40 contenders for ministerial berths to Congress president Rahul Gandhi for the cabinet expansion.

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25 'call centres' busted since July in Noida, 300 cyber thugs held

Over a dozen actions were witnessed in October and November, when fake call centres targeting foreigners, mostly American and Canadian citizens, solicited money to fix computers attacked by virus sent by them or by offering “tax benefits”.

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Redmi Go: All you need to know about Xiaomi's cheapest smartphone

Redmi Go is said to be Xiaomi’s most affordable smartphone yet. Here’s everything you need to know about the phone.

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Only BJP can build Ram temple in Ayodhya, says UP CM Adityanath

About the preparations being made for the upcoming Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, the chief minister alleged that Hindu festivals were demeaned and Hindu traditions were insulted so far.

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India vs Australia: Meet Archie Schiller, Australia's co-captain for Boxing Day...

Archie Schiller trained with the Australian players in Adelaide ahead of the first Test and was given the team jersey and on Sunday, he confidently told Langer that he can get India skipper Virat Kohli out.

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'Mahagathbandhan incoherent alliance of rich dynasties,' says PM Narendra Modi

The prime minister recalled that the key constituent of the mega alliance - the Telugu Desam Party-- was formed against the very “high-handedness” of the Congress by the veteran, late chief minister N T Rama Rao but said the party was now keen to join hands with the Congress.

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High drama at Sabarimala foothills as women, police face ire of devotees

Though the police team tried to arrest and remove a few of the devotees who blocked the traditional forest path and take the women members of Chennai-based outfit ‘Manithi’, hundreds of pilgrims rushed down to the valley to chase them away.

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2000-year-old ancient tombs with utensils, seals and skeletons found in Mongolia

An archaeological team discovered a complex of tombs in Jungar Banner area and a sacrificial pit dating between the late Warring States Period and the early Western Han Dynasty. Animal offerings, including skeletons of goats, cattle and dogs, were found in nearly one-third of the 99 tombs.

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NDA's Bihar seat-share deal: BJP, JD(U) to contest 17 seats each, LJP gets 6 in...

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) will contest on 17 seats each out of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar. Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party will contest on 6 seats in the state.

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UP man goes to police with mother-in-law's complaint, lands up behind bars

The police refuted the allegation and said that Nitin was sent behind bars because he manhandled a police officer and created ruckus on the station premises.

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Moto One Power review: Value-for-money mid-range phone with big 5,000mAh battery

Moto One Power is Motorola’s first phone with a notch display. The phone runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor with 4GB of RAM. Read our full review of the phone.

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India vs Australia: Ashwin, Jadeja in doubt, Hardik Pandya declared fit

The injuries could open the door for left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who played the last of his five tests against West Indies at Hyderabad.

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Virat Kohli has shown you can succeed across all formats: Rahul Dravid

The former India skipper has revealed that he always tells his players that playing Test cricket is the greatest form of satisfaction in the game.

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Busted 'cabbie gang' robbed over 200 night commuters in Delhi-NCR in 4 months

The robbers changed locations frequently and used two cars to throw police off track. They had specific roles. One would drive, others would withdraw cash from ATMs

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6 years after Dec 16 gangrape, Nirbhaya fund disbursal still a work in progress

The Nirbhaya fund was announced by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in 2013 in the aftermath of the gruesome gang rape and murder of a physiotherapy student in New Delhi on December 16, 2012.

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At least 43 killed, nearly 600 injured in Indonesia tsunami

At least 43 people have been killed and nearly 600 injured in a tsunami in Indonesia, officials said Sunday.

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TVs, movie tickets to get cheaper; GST council leaves cement untouched

The GST rate cut on about two dozen items came four days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi indicated the trimming of the highest tax slab of 28% after the ruling BJP’s recent election losses in the heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

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'Will show the Modi government how to treat minorities': Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said he will “show” the Narendra Modi government “how to treat minorities”, amid a controversy over Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah’s remarks on mob violence in India.

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Indian stock market leapfrogs Germany's to become 7th largest in the world

The move reflects India’s positive returns this year as companies’ reliance on domestic demand enabled them to avoid the meltdown in other emerging markets spurred by Federal Reserve tightening and a trade war between the US and China.

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INTERVIEW I 'Gandhis refuse to acknowledge Modi as PM': Ravi Shankar Prasad

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South African musician plays guitar during brain surgery

Musa Manzini’s guitar-playing helped guide the medical team in their delicate task while preserving neural pathways, said Dr. Rohen Harrichandparsad, one of the neurosurgeons.

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Mallya to caste: When London became a theatre of Indian politics in 2018

The Vijay Mallya extradition saga rolled on throughout the year, while the cut-and-thrust of domestic politics was reflected in two high-profile visits: the April visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Commonwealth Summit, and the August visit of Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

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Five major political trends from 2018

The turning of the cycle is the biggest political trend of the year

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Kumaraswamy expands cabinet, 8 Congress leaders inducted as Karnataka ministers

A statement from the office of Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah said Satish Jarkiholi, MB Patil, CS Shivalli, MTB Nagaraj, E Tukaram, PT Parameshwar Naik, Rahim Khan and RB Thimmapur will be inducted into the ministry.

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Tight security in Sabarimala as TN women devotees to attempt to visit temple on...

A senior police officer said the women’s team from Tamil Nadu will be told about the ground situation at the hill shrine and surrounding area and request to return but if they insist, officials will approach the government to take a decision.

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Full list of items set to get cheaper after GST Council tweaks tax slabs

The GST Council on Saturday tweaked the tax slabs slashing rates on several items. Among the things set to get cheaper are TV sets, monitors and movie tickets. Announcing the slab revamp, Finance Minister said the new GST rates will be effective from January 1.

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India vs Australia: 'Want to see tiger in the wild and not put in a cage' – Sandeep...

Former cricketer and chief selector Sandeep Patil has now jumped into the defence of Virat Kohli and said that he should continue his mean streak going in the four-match Test series

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GST council slashes tax on TVs, cinema tickets; leaves cement untouched

GST Council meeting: Among other cuts Union finance minister Arun Jaitley announced were on movie tickets, where those costing up to Rs 100 have been brought down from 18% to 12% and those priced above Rs 100 from 28% to 18%.

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Anti-Sterlite protesters killed by shots to head, chest; half from behind: Auto...

In the case of the youngest to be killed, a bullet entered the back of 17-year-old J Snowlin’s head and exited through her mouth, the autopsy found.

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Car buying gets costly in Delhi as one-time parking charges hiked up to 18 times

The transport department collects the parking charges on behalf of the MCDs, which claim that it is meant for creating parking infrastructure in Delhi. The proposal by the three MCDs to hike the charges was pending for quite sometime and was cleared by the transport commissioner on her last day in office, an official said.

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Will definitely contest: Kamal Haasan confirms he is in for 2019 poll fight

Haasan had last week said his party has started preparing for the general election but declined to speak on possibilities of forming an alliance with other parties.

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'Narendra Modi unmade India': Former Union minister Yaswant Sinha in no-holds-barred...

He also says that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea of self-employment is a “distraction from the more serious issue of unemployment and underemployment”.

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PV Sindhu opens up about handling success and unwavering belief in coach Gopichand...

PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win the year-ending BWF World Tour Finals title and the Olympic medallist will now be representing her home town Hyderabad in the upcoming season of the Premier Badminton League.

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Now, Samajwadi Party leader says Hanuman a member of Gond community

Hanuman was the ruler of the area and there was no doubt that he was a Gond, the SP leader said. Even the religious texts mentioned Hanuman as the king of the Gonds, he said.

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Six terrorists, allegedly belonging to Zakir Musa's militant group, killed in encounter...

The six killed are said to have belonged to the militant group Ansar Gazwat ul Hind, led by terrorist Zakir Musa.

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I am ready: AAP's Alka Lamba agrees to resign over resolution over 1984 anti-Sikh...

Contrary to the AAP’s allegation, Lamba, an MLA from Chandni Chowk, said she had instead “opposed” the inclusion of the portion on Gandhi and was being “punished” for the same.

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China denies report of secretly building military jets in Pakistan economic cor...

The CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Balochistan with China’s Xinjiang province, is the flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

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Dancing FBI agent accidentally shoots bar patron on the leg while performing back...

Chase Bishop, 30, pleaded guilty to third-degree assault in Denver District Court for shooting Thomas Reddington in the leg at the Mile High Spirits and Distillery, prosecutors said in a statement.

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Govt already had power to intercept, monitor, say officials

The outrage over authorising 10 agencies to lawfully “intercept, monitor and decrypt” information through a “computer resource” seems misplaced because these agencies already had this power under the IT Act, according to current and former government officials.

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US govt to partially shutdown amid deadlock over Trump's border wall funding

Operations for several key agencies will cease in the early hours of Saturday, despite the last-gasp talks that continued on Capitol Hill between White House officials and congressional leaders in both parties.

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US knew about Pakistan's nuke programme, overlooked to get support in Afghanist...

A year after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, then US secretary of defence Harold Brown and Chinese vice-premier Deng Xioping decided to ‘set aside’ concerns regarding Pakistan’s nuclear programme to strengthen it ‘against potential Soviet action’, documents reveal.

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Naseeruddin Shah's Ajmer event cancelled over right-wing protests

Naseeruddin Shah is in the middle of a controversy for his remarks on ‘mob violence’. He expressed anxiety over lynching in a video interview with Karwan-e-Mohabbat India.

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Broke unwritten rule: Jaitley targets Cong on row over IAF chief remarks

Arun Jaitley said the Congress Party has broken a long-standing unwritten rule of Indian politics by “targeting” the Chief of a Service in a political debate.

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Rahul Dravid picks the 'greatest innings' played by an Indian cricketer

Dravid also said he does not like watching lot of cricket but he enjoyed that particular innings, sitting in his house.

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Paswan crisis over, BJP clinches deal on Bihar seats. Announcement tomorrow

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In Arun Jaitley's stinging counter on snooping order, a reference to UPA's 2009...

Union minister Arun Jaitley hit back saying Congress was crying foul over powers created by it when it was in government.

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We wanted Anil Kumble to continue as India coach but he wanted to quit: VVS Lax...

The appointment didn’t quite work out as Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli’s difference of opinions spiralled into a full-blown public fallout which culminated into Kumble stepping down.

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Why Gary Kirsten was not appointed head coach of Indian women's cricket team

Gary Kirsten was the top choice but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said he was ineligible due to an ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) contract.

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Pakistan rejects Punjab's land swap demand to make Kartarpur part of India

The Punjab assembly on December 14 had unanimously passed a resolution, seeking an India-Pak land swap deal on Kartarpur, the final resting place of Guru Nanak located in Narowal district of Pakistan.

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Calcutta High Court cancels its order allowing BJP's 'save democracy' rath-yatra...

The West Bengal government had earlier moved the division bench of Calcutta High Court challenging single bench order allowing the Rath yatra.

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Still with BJP, says Paswan's brother after meeting Jaitley on Bihar seats

The Paswans, who head the Lok Janshakti Party, are attempting to ensure that they do not get a raw deal as the BJP and Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United split the Bihar seats in an equal number.

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1995 Tandoor murder case: Delhi high court orders release of convict Sushil Sha...

The Delhi Court has ordered to release Sushil Sharma, convicted for killing and burning wife in tandoor in 1995.

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'How am I traitor, I said it as a worried Indian': Naseeruddin Shah on cow rema...

“These matters don’t scare me, they make me angry. And I feel every right-thinking man should feel angry, not scared. This is our home, who dare evict us from here?” Actor Naseeruddin Shah said.

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'PM Modi did his best to engage Pak on Kashmir': Farooq Abdullah

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Delhi high court orders National Herald to vacate office building in 2 weeks

In a setback to the Congress, the Delhi High Court on Friday ordered its newspaper, National Herald, to vacate building within two weeks.

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Zero movie review: Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif dazzle in Aanand...

Zero movie review: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma charm their way through the first half of Aanand L Rai’s film, which is flat-out fantastic. Rating: 3.5/5.

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Sohrabbudin would have killed Narendra Modi if left alive: Former cop Vanzara on...

D G Vanzara, main accused in Sohrabbudin Sheikh encounter case and retired Inspector General of Police, Gujarat Friday maintained he and his team stand of killing Shiekh has been vindicated.

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'A stupid idea': Congress leader P Chidambaram on BJP govt's eight tax rates under...

“When the Congress president (Rahul Gandhi) said -- as I have said -- GST should be a single rate, it means that the standard rate of GST should be a single rate. That’s absolutely correct,” said senior Congress leader P Chidambaram.

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Giant python wraps itself around fireman in safety demo gone wrong. Watch

The fireman was explaining to children what they can do if a snake wraps itself around them

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'License to snoop': Opposition hits out at order to monitor computers

The order, signed by home secretary RK Gauba, authorises these agencies for interception, monitoring and decryption of any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer.

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No proof that Sohrabuddin encounter fake, says CBI court; acquits 21 cops

A total of 22 people, mostly junior officers of the Gujarat police, were on trial for killing Shaikh, a gangster with alleged terror links, and his wife Kausar Bi in an alleged fake encounter in November 2005. His aide Tulsiram Prajapati was killed in another ‘fake’ encounter in December 2006.

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US dollars worth Rs 3.5-cr found in microwave oven, ceramic mugs at Delhi's IGI...

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials said the man admitted to have smuggled forex worth $1.04 million thrice in the past. They suspect the man is part of an organised syndicate.

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India's richest lose $21 billion in 2018; Lakshmi Mittal, Dilip Shanghvi most h...

The 128 people in Asia with enough money to crack the 500-member Bloomberg Billionaires Index lost a combined $137 billion in 2018, the first time wealth in the region has dropped since the ranking started in 2012.

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Sajjan Kumar's plea for more time to surrender in 1984 anti-Sikh riots conviction...

The court had asked him to surrender by December 31 but he had on Thursday moved it seeking time till the end of January.

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Opinion| The BJP needs to snap out of denial mode

Those who insisted that the Modi-Shah combine was unbeatable have been silenced to an extent. There are five reasons why the Bharatiya Janata Party should worry.

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On GST tweaks, Rahul says PM implementing Cong's 'Grand Stupid Thought'

Congress president Rahul Gandhi was reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi hinting that 99 per cent of all items, including almost all items used by the common man, would be kept at a GST slab of 18 per cent or less.

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Qualcomm wins Apple case, could lead to iPhone ban in Germany

A German court on Thursday found in favour of US chipmaker Qualcomm in a patent dispute case against Apple, which could lead to a ban on sales of iPhones in Germany.

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Andhra Pradesh to get separate high court on Telugu New Year 2019

It will be the 25th high court in the country and will initially function from a temporary premises being constructed in Amaravati, which will be ready in a couple of months.

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Amit Shah meets LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan, son to talk 2019 seat share

The meeting comes a day after the Bihar politicians went public with their December 31 deadline to seal the NDA’s seat-sharing arrangement for the 2019 elections in Bihar.

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Upendra Kushwaha joins grand alliance in Bihar, says he was humiliated in NDA

Kushwaha quit the NDA in Bihar over the seat allocation for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He had been sulking since the BJP declared that the RLSP would not be given more than two seats .

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Gary Kirsten, WV Raman shortlisted for Indian women's cricket coach's job

India’s women cricketers could soon be learning the tricks of the trade from a man who helped the men’s team win the 2011 ICC World Cup. Gary Kirsten’s name has been short-listed for the post of the women’s team coach.

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Setback for Mamata Banerjee government, Calcutta HC allows BJP to hold 3 yatras...

The BJP is engaged in a running feud with the West Bengal government over the yatras that party president Amit Shah is to flag off.

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Goodbye Shatabdi, hello Train 18: Country's fastest train set for year-end laun...

PM Modi is likely to flag off Train 18 on December 29 from his constituency Varanasi. The gleaming blue-nosed train comes fitted with amenities at par with the best in the world -- from on-board WiFi to a GPS-based passenger information system.

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India vs Australia: Sourav Ganguly has an important message for Virat Kohli and...

India vs Australia: The former Indian captain was not very happy with the repeated failures of the Indian batting order and said that despite touring the side back in 2014, the batsmen have not shown any signs of improvement.

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An online battle for 900 million hearts and minds - India braces for 2019 polls

India already has close to 900 million eligible voters, and an estimated half-a-billion have access to the Internet. The country has 300 million Facebook users and 200 million on Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service - more than any other democracy. Millions use Twitter.

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Sajjan Kumar, convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, asks for 30 days to surre...

Sajjan Kumar had been convicted by the Delhi High Court after it reversed the Trial Court’s order acquitting him in the case.

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Celebrations, job, marriage: In Mumbai, Hamid Ansari lists his plans

Hamid Ansari reached Mumbai on Thursday. Ansari (33), a software engineer, was arrested in Pakistan in 2012 for illegally entering the country from Afghanistan, reportedly to meet a girl he had befriended online.

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World's political flashpoints to watch in 2019

In 2019, a number of these transitions from the post-Cold War era have the potential to come to a head, each carrying “worst case” risks. To help navigate them, here’s a compiled calendar of some of the key moments to watch, organized by topic.

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BTech student on way to coaching class abducted and gangraped, 2 arrested

According to the police, a case under section 376 D (rape by one or more persons constituting a group) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered and a search is on for the other two.

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'Tiger Zinda Hai': Shivraj Singh Chouhan reassures party workers after poll def...

Shivraj Singh Chouhan was addressing party workers who had come to meet him at the chief ministerial residence in Bhopal, and reassured them that he wasn’t going anywhere.

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After 2019 elections please, Mamata shrugs off Stalin's PM pitch for Rahul

MK Stalin had backed Rahul Gandhi as Opposition PM face describing the Congress president as one leader who has the “ability to defeat the fascist BJP”.

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Watch: Gurgaon man tries to flee traffic police, drags officer on bonnet

The incident, near Signature Tower chowk in Gurgaon, was recorded by an eye witness which shows the police officer trying to stop the car as the driver reversed the car.

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Rupee's year-end rally heralds a brighter 2019 as oil slumps

Cheaper oil and a central bank that’s boosting the amount of money it’s adding to the economy have driven gains in Indian assets this week.

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ISRO's 'angry bird' satellite for IAF: 4 things to know about GSAT-7A

The GSAT-7A satellite was carried by the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F11 (GSLV-F11), Isro’s 35th communication satellite and the 13th flight of the GSLV rocket to orbit.

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Mumbai's Jinnah House to be MEA property, to host top-level meets, banquets

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said her ministry is in the process of acquiring Jinnah House, originally owned by the founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Swaraj said Jinnah House would be converted into a venue along the lines of Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

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A duet, not a duel: China's world view has evolved

In 2018, China achieved all-round improvement and growth of our relations with neighbouring countries, especially with India.

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NDA eyes farm, rural fix ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections

The government will also propose lowering the goods and services tax (GST) on a majority of items currently in the highest slab of 28% to 18%, as announced by the Prime Minister on Tuesday, to boost consumer sentiment ahead of general elections.

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Welfare is the BJP's ticket to 2019

The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to ramp up its politics of welfarism, with the hope that direct beneficiaries of its programmes will also express their political preference for the party.

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The road ahead for Kamal Nath won't be easy

By setting up a 22-member committee for implementing farm loan waiver, the new chief minister has shown that he is earnest. But he will have to go beyond these populist measures if the Congress has to consolidate its gains in Madhya Pradesh.

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Congress became more cunning since Emergency, humiliated all democratic institutions:...

He said the main opposition party even questioned a Supreme Court verdict just because it did not like it, apparently hinting at the continued assault by the party on him over the Rafale deal.

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It's done, tweets Rahul Gandhi after Congress ruled states waive farm loans

The move was part of a Congress promise before the elections to waive off farm loans within 10 days of coming to power.

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