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Deputy chief minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi said on Thursday that the CBI which had been asked to probe the Muzzafarpur sex abuse case of minors was free to take any action against the persons involved and asserted that no offender will be protected. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2KmhkKZ

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The complete draft of the NRC, released on July 30, included the names of 2.89 crore people out of the 3.29 applicants. The names of over 40 lakh applicants did not find a mention in the list. The district-wise breakup of the list was made available at the NRC sewa kendras. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2KlWdYR

Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Thursdau that he respected the decisions taken by chief minister Amarinder Singh but that did not mean he had "put a lid" on his mouth. He asserted he was answerable to the people who did not vote for "us" to become "deaf and dumb". from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OEHkUT

The Assam Police on Thursday said that three cops, including two woman constables, were injured in a scuffle that resulted when police tried to stop members of a Trinamool Congress party delegation at Silchar’s Kumbhirgram airport. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LYCByW

Badminton legend Lin Dan's bid for a sixth world title met a sorry end as the man widely regarded as the best player of all time was well beaten by Chinese compatriot Shi Yuqi in the last 16. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MbyZGI

The Lok Sabha passed the Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill 2017, superseding the amendments by the Rajya Sabha, with all 406 present voting in favour after an almost five-hour debate in which more than 30 members participated. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2n6n3uQ

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India on Thursday strongly condemned the abduction and killing of an Indian national along with two other foreign nationals in Afghanistan. External affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the Indian Embassy in Kabul is in touch with the Afghan authorities over the incident. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LOlsIW

Michelle Wie said she was "devastated" after a longstanding hand injury forced her to pull out during the first round of the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes on Thursday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2KkuqYM

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Slapping additional tariffs on Chinese imports -- 60 per cent of which are made by foreign firms, including American companies -- will only raise costs for domestic US consumers, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2n7pNZ8

The Supreme court said it was "extremely disturbed" after going through the letter received from Patna-resident Ranvijay Kumar who has raised the issue of repeated interviews of the alleged victims of the Muzaffarpur incident. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2O6plFX

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Indian shuttlers are just a victory away from winning four medals at the BWF World Championships. But for Kidambi Srikanth all the others stormed into the quarterfinals in Nanjing on Thursday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2OCrVo8

The ministry of women and child development has directed the states to inspect all child care institutions in the aftermath of the alleged sexual abuse of 34 minor girls at a shelter home in Bihar, a senior ministry official said on Thursday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2v6p4vJ

Article 35A, which was incorporated in the Constitution by a 1954 Presidential Order, accords special rights and privileges to the Jammu and Kashmir citizens and denies property rights to a woman who marries a person from outside the state. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2O5YBWh

The Dalit Sena, affiliated to BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday for the government's "historic" decision to bring a bill to overturn a Supreme Court order on a law on atrocities against dalits and tribals. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2v8F14s

Indian shuttlers are just a victory away from winning four medals at the BWF World Championships. But for Kidambi Srikanth all the others stormed into the quarterfinals in Nanjing on Thursday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vpgx6m

Anikate Chakraborty finished third with a tally of 18.450 in Age Group 2 of the men's individual category, while Esha, Yurika and Divyashree also claimed a bronze medal in the women's trio event. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2O18eFs

In an attempt to strengthen the opposition unity against the ruling BJP, 17 political parties, including Trinamool Congress, are planning to approach the Election Commission, demanding that 2019 Lok Sabha polls be conducted on ballot papers. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vaqXYk

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An Army officer has been booked by the CBI in a case related to the alleged Manipur extra-judicial killings which are being probed by the agency on the orders of the Supreme Court. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AvFUsQ

India skipper Virat Kohli mocked at Joe Root's 'mic drop' celebration with his own version of the gesture but the England captain took it sportingly, saying "it adds to the spectacle of Test cricket". from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2AyRvrk

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Rail and road traffic was disrupted in several districts of Bihar on Thursday on account of a day-long bandh called by the Left organisations to protest against the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal and the alleged atrocities against dalits in the state. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vC2VVF

The Indian athletics contingent's preparation for the upcoming Asian Games was dealt a severe blow after steeplechase runner Naveen Dagar tested positive for banned substance meldonium during the Inter-State Athletics Meet in Guwahati. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2O71EgW

Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth suffered a shock defeat at the hands of unseeded Daren Liew of Malaysia in the pre-quarterfinals to bow out of the World Badminton Championships on Thursday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LOJLqr

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday warned that action will be taken against Akhilesh Yadav as he had done "some damage" while vacating the bungalow allotted to him in Lucknow as chief minister. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AFuF10

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The joint Hurriyat leadership has called for shutdown across the state on August 5 and 6. They have also threatened mass agitation if Article 35A was tinkered with in any form. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OE36Z1

The encounter began after the terrorists opened fire on the security forces' personnel on patrol duty in Lolab valley, police said. The terrorists are yet to be identified. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2O6MPei

TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, who is a member of the delegation, told PTI that the police stopped them at the airport on their arrival saying their visit might create trouble. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ODkoFM

Swaraj had a good exchange of views on a wide range of bilateral issues with her Turkmenistan counterpart Rashid Meredov. She is currently on a four-day visit to Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan as part of India's efforts to boost strategic partnership with resource-rich Central Asian nations. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2O7ib4v

During the family tree verification, all legacy data submitted by the applicants were examined to check whether they are genuine to weed out claims made just on the basis of domicile documents from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LLASxT

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"In all, 39,600 complaints (including spillover as on January 1, 2017) were received by the CVC during the calendar years 2017 and 2018. Of these, 36,625 complaints were disposed of," minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh informed the Rajya Sabha. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LMVSUT

Convicted gangster Anand Mohan’s erstwhile People Party was the vehicle for Thakur’s attempt to enter politics in 1995 and 2000 on an assembly ticket from a seat in Muzaffarpur. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2O4dyb0

Mamata Banerjee conveyed her invitation to Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and party MP Sanjay Raut when she held discussions with the latter at Parliament House, it is learnt. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LPbSWA

"An Indian, a Malaysian and a Macedonian citizen were abducted and killed. We have found their bodies," Hashmat Stanekzai, spokesman for Kabul's police chief, told Reuters. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2O46pHI

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There is buzz in Congress circles that former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is keen on heading the Haryana Congress ahead of the assembly elections scheduled next year. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2M8BSrN

"When I came here for county stint last year, first thing I realised is the speed with which the bowlers bowl here," India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who had played for county side Worcestershire, told BCCI.tv. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LVbODP

The community was already annoyed by BJP over the alleged fake encounter of gangster Anand Pal Singh, a local Rajput hero and the screening of movie 'Padmavat'. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Az4JUL

The Supreme Court on Thursday said matrimonial sanctity is an issue but the penal provision on adultery is apparently violative of the right to equality under the Constitution as it treats married men and married women differently. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2n3yq6X

One must understand that if an Assamese Muslim or Bengali-speaking Muslim has not found his name in draft NRC, four such Hindus or tribal people have not found their names in NRC. So there is no hue and cry here, Himanta Biswa Sarma said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Az5sFt

As the Opposition criticised the government for not taking action to restore the provisions which were struck down by the Supreme Court, Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha that the Union Cabinet has already cleared a bill in this regard. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2v9STvr

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A bench of Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta took cognizance of the matter and expressed concern that the alleged victims of sexual assault at the shelter home were subjected to media interviews again and again. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OG2QsG

While Virat Kohli-led Indian team is playing England in the first of the five-match Test series in Birmingham, former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has returned home in Ranchi after the limited-over duties in the United Kingdom from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2AyWacJ

The Cuban capital will celebrate 500 years in 2019, with an urban restoration plan aiming to give space to modernity while maintaining respect for its vintage character. "Havana remains frozen in time. The revolution's aims were to look after the country," city historian Eusebio Leal, who's in charge of restoring the historic center, told AFP. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OwJwxX

The Indian mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa pulled off a stunning victory over the Malaysian world no.7 combination of Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai to progress to the quarterfinals of the World Championship on Thursday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2v7MTTE

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said protection of Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes was very important and the law regarding it must be strengthened. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Kg4AW5

Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu said he sees the ascension of Imran Khan in Pakistan as "an opportunity to change people's lives, an as an opportunity for peace". In a press conference, Sidhu heaped praise on Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Prime Minister-elect, displayed how ecstatic he was at being invited to Khan's swearing in ceremony and said Khan could finally be the key to better India-Pakistan ties. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2M1cjfo

On a comeback trail after a long hiatus due to an injury leading to poor form, two-time Commonwealth Games champion pistol shooter Rahi Sarnobat is targeting a podium finish at the Asian Games commencing later this month. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vaefZs