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State-sponsored Russian hackers appear far more interested this year in demonstrating that they can disrupt the US electric utility grid than the midterm elections, according to US intelligence officials and technology company executives. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vdCipL

The BCCI is working overtime to ensure the new teams have a smooth passage to first-class cricket. Besides grappling with the fixtures of the domestic calendar, the board faces the task of ensuring local talent get their due in the teams from Northeast, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Puducherry. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LKZg1u

He is nervous but Dinesh Karthik can't escape a feeling of deja vu as he gets ready to don the big gloves in a Test series in England exactly 10 years after his impressive knocks against the same opposition. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LW6iO5

Even as IMA called for a 12 hour nationwide strike today against the govt's plans to table the NMC Bill in the Parliament during the ongoing session, many state associations including Delhi and Maharashtra ignored it. Private hospitals in Delhi were working as normal, while Delhi Medical Association said it does not support IMA on this issue. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mLRjLw

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Originally, 40 people were supposed to join the trip to Mahabaleshwar, the famous hill station town in Western Maharashtra, but some of them opted out at the last moment because the bus was small and there was no space. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2v7V4ia

Former England captain Graham Gooch reckons Virat Kohli's "extra motivation" could prove to be dangerous for the home side in what will be a tight Test series due to the prevailing heatwave in the country. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2AiahD6

Michael Hussey, who represented Australia in 79 Tests, 185 ODIs and 38 T20s is currently doing commentary at the ongoing third edition of the TNPL. He spoke on the upcoming India-England series, why Ashwin should play ahead of Kuldeep Yadav and more. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2mSqTHT

Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu once again lashed out at the NDA govt at the Centre for not according special category status for the state. Refuting PM Modis reported statement that he had taken a 'U-turn' on the special category status issue, Naidu maintained that he had only taken the "right turn." from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OpEIdJ

The failed attempts to bag the top prize in her previous Asian Games appearances are fresh in her memory as shooter Heena Sidhu gears up to break the gold medal jinx in the upcoming quadrennial extravaganza. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2M07FeJ

Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix on his final flying lap in rain-hit qualifying on Saturday with Valtteri Bottas in second for a Mercedes front row lock-out. ​ from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2uXGkTH

China's second seed Wang Qiang produced a clinical display to reach her first WTA final with a 7-5 6-2 win over Poland's Magda Linette at the Jiangxi Open on Saturday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2M07BeZ

A special session of the Maharashtra legislature would be convened to pass "a law or a resolution" regarding reservation for the Marathas, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday as political parties pledged support for a quota in jobs for the influential community. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AjvNrg

Mehbooba Mufti claimed that she allied with the BJP as her party legislators and senior leaders told her that it would be a "disrespect" to Sayeed if she went against his decision to form the government with the saffron party. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LX5NDf

Senior PDP leader and Lok Sabha member from Baramulla Muzaffar Hussain Baig on Saturday warned of another partition of India if lynching of Muslims over cow-smuggling allegations were not stopped forthwith. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LEMlyp

Mesut Ozil enjoyed a successful return to action at the end of a tumultuous week as the German midfielder scored the opening goal for Arsenal in a 5-1 victory over a makeshift Paris St Germain side in a pre-season friendly in Singapore on Saturday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LuXBOh

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stepped up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the tax payers would have to pay Rs 1 lakh crore over the next 50 years to "Mr 56's friend" for maintaining the 36 Rafale aircrafts that the country was buying. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LOHCtM

Seven Indian athletes, including star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and sprint sensation Hima Das, are set to compete in the prestigious IAAF Continental Cup to be held in Ostrava, Czech Republic on September 8-9. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LyhGDu

Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer has revealed that veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni advised him to stay away from all sorts of media platforms in order to stay focused. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vbCbLb

St Stephen's College has withdrawn an invite extended to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to attend an event and interact with the students of the institute. The event, planned by one of the societies of the college, will be held on August 1. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LHdGzU

Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's former coach Gary Calvert, under whom he scripted history by winning the gold medal in the Junior World Championships in 2016 with a world record throw, has died in Beijing. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2NSqL6K

Greece will begin burying the victims this weekend of a devastating wildfire near Athens which killed at least 88 people and raised recriminations over the government's handling of the disaster. PM Alexis Tsipras took political responsibility on Friday for the tragedy. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mNKsBd

In Moscow, organisers said up to 100,000 people gathered for a permitted rally against the government-backed reform, which is currently going through parliament. However, reporters put the turnout much lower at around 10,000. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AhHKOd

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Saturday lauded the efforts by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to bring the opposition parties together and said they will only be successful if the Congress takes the fight to the BJP. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2uVPWhG

Sri Lanka's injury-prone skipper Angelo Mathews has ruled himself out of bowling during the one-day internationals against South Africa which start Sunday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LsZQBK

Over 1,000 "war rockets" of the 18th century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore state, Tipu Sultan, were found in an abandoned open well at Bidanooru Fort in Karnataka's Shivamogga district, said an official on Saturday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AjAktE

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Munich airport said on Saturday that a security breach forced a temporary shutdown of Terminal 2, resulting in 200 flight cancellations. The terminal was shut between 6:47 and 11:44 Central European Time (CET) (0447 and 0944 GMT). Flights resumed at 2 p.m. CET, the airport operator Flughafen Muenchen GmbH said in a press release. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mRyPJE

Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation as a cardinal of Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, D.C. and one of the US Catholic Church's most prominent figures, who has been at the centre of allegations of sex abuse with minors and young seminarians. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AnXjnc

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Pep Guardiola and Manchester City showed their human side in the sympathetic manner with which they treated David Silva over the premature birth of his son Mateo, the Spanish star told The Daily Mirror. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2AixIw7

Cricketer-turned politician Khan, in his first public address after leading his party to victory in the general elections, had said Pakistan is ready to improve its ties with India and his government would like the leaders of the two sides to resolve all disputes, including the "core issue" of Kashmir, through talks. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2K21vsD

The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Saturday strongly opposed the National Commission for Women's (NCW) recommendation for abolishing the practice of confessions in churches, saying it was an integral part of Christianity and cannot be interfered with. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LwfZqf

The engines manufactured by the Engine Factory, Avadi -- a unit of Ordnance Factory Board, Department of Defence Production -- were fully indigenised for the first time under the Centre's Make in India programme. At a function held at the factory, Sitharaman formally handed over the documents of the two types of engines to Vice Chief of Army Staff Devaraj Anbu. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vkriaf

Stung by a lower-ranked Ireland, Indian women's hockey team will need at least a draw against USA in Sunday's pool B match to keep their hopes of reaching the knock-out stage of the World Cup alive. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2uWiCaj

England central defender Harry Maguire's impressive performances at the World Cup has made him a prime target for Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, according to British media reports on Saturday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LWDhBH

The former Union minister said that things had changed from the time when the Congress was an "unchallenged" political party in India and stressed on the need to strengthen it at the booth level, reminding that now elections were fought at that level. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mQ6PWY

Former Prime Miniter and Co-chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) Prachanda will inaugurate the summit jointly hosted by Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDA) and Nehru Memorial Museum Library, the organisers have said. BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav will deliver the keynote speech at the summit. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mNRo1l

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Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) won 115 seats in Wednesday's ballot, short of the 137 needed for a simple majority, but a surprisingly strong showing that helped fuel suspicion of rigging. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NSSAf9

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Govt has expanded the definition of sexual offences against SC and ST persons to “rape, unnatural offences and gang rape”. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2uVEN0u

Senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav said, "The main decision taken in the national executive is that party president Akhilesh Yadav has been authorized to take a decision on alliance and seat sharing for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. "The executive is of the view that elections should be held through ballot papers and not through EVMs," he told reporters. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LW0PH0

Currently, there is no time limit for the government to decide on names the Supreme Court or high court collegiums recommend as judges. Recommendations have often remained undecided for months. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LHYaE0

The state Assembly on Thursday passed the West Bengal Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2018, taking the chief minister out of the purview of an investigation by the Lokayukta. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NRQJaN

England wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow feels that leg-spinner Adil Rashid will be able to put aside the rumblings his selection to the England Test team has generated and continue his form from where he left in the one-dayers against India. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LxGvzy

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Shaktipada Sardar (45), the secretary of BJP Mandal committee of Mandira Bazar-Dhanurhat area was returning home last night when miscreants attacked him with sharp weapon and left him bleeding on the road, they said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OnMLre

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In his letter to Sinha, Ramesh said that his statement to the media last evening carried in today's papers regarding the approval given to the museum for Prime Ministers "is misleading and actually inaccurate to say the very least." from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OmVQAJ

While Manmohan Singh’s 31 trips in 2009-2013 cost Rs 386.35 crore, Modi’s equal number of trips in his first four years cost Rs 387.26 crore. It is Rs 91 lakh more than in Manmohan’s first four-year tenure in UPA-2. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mNw4Jf

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Vijay Mallya's Force India Formula One team has been put into administration after a court hearing in London on Friday, deputy principal Bob Fernley said. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2OoHn7b

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Former national champion Sourabh Verma stormed into his first final of the season after defeating compatriot Mithun Manjunath in straight games at the USD 75,000 Russia Open Tour Super 100 tournament on Saturday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LrnC1b

Kanwar Yatra is an annual pilgrimage undertaken by Lord Shiva's devotees, also known as kanwariyas. The devotees from Kushahari village will reach Sultanganj in Bihar, from where they would collect water of the Ganga river and walk around 104 km to Baba Dham. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LKOWqy