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Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Monday launched the Rugby World Cup 2019 Trophy Tour in India, welcoming the Webb Ellis Cup to the capital. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2nhCwby

Former Union minister and Indira Gandhi's close confidant RK Dhawan died here on Monday evening at a local hospital. He was 81. Rajinder Kumar Dhawan was a Rajya Sabha member and a private secretary to Indira Gandhi for a long time. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OOlyhS

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on Monday rubbished comparisons between Kapil Dev and Hardik Pandya, saying the legendary all-rounder is a once-in-a century cricketer and cannot be compared to anyone. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vpCYJk

The nomination of the 66-year-old former Punjab chief minister was approved soon after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party named its top leader Imran Khan to be the prime ministerial candidate of the single largest party in the National Assembly. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vk01Wc

Stringent punishment for rape of a girl under 12 years has been provided with the minimum jail term being 20 years which may go up to life in prison or death sentence. Gangrape of a girl under 12 years of age will invite punishment of jail term for the rest of life or death. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vHvMrA

Amid the controversy over lowering of Justice KM Joseph's seniority while appointing him to the Supreme Court, the government on Monday defended the move, saying it went purely by the "time-tested" principle of high court seniority list. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vG8nGL

The oath-taking ceremony of three judges elevated to the Supreme Court — Justices Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran and KM Joseph — will take place as scheduled on Tuesday in the order of seniority notified by the Centre. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2neQriF

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Siddaramaiah, who is the chairman of the Congress-JD(S) coalition coordination committee, has so far written four letters to Kumaraswamy on a host of issues, including the one to reconsider the budget announcement to increase fuel prices. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AHD6cw

Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre, while replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, said all the cattle in the military farms will be transferred to central and state government departments or to state cooperatives. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OM0ng4

On the penultimate day of the contest, India 'A' declared their innings closed at 584/8 - an addition of 173 to their overnight score of 411/2. Then, the red-hot Mohammed Siraj (4/18) ripped through the South Africans' top order, reducing them to 3/6. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MrPWwA

Bangladesh on Monday promised to introduce the death penalty for deliberate road deaths in a bid to quell more than a week of demonstrations calling for better road safety, as new student-led protests were met with tear gas and rubber bullets. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vHxWaC

Approval of the government's handling of Brexit talks rose as high as 55 per cent in the first half of 2017 but has since fallen as the government struggles to strike a deal on Britain's future relationship with the European Union. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vmnIgq

Chef Joel Robuchon, who at one point had earned more than 30 Michelin stars across nearly two dozen restaurants on three continents, died on Monday at his home in Geneva aged 73, his staff said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Moc8I5

A decision about whether he sits for an interview with Mueller may also occur in the coming weeks, according to another one of his attorneys, Rudy Giuliani. Trump has seethed against what he feels are trumped-up charges against his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vmVoe1

Launched in a rocket, China's waverider was released in the air after about 10 minutes. It flew independently, made large-angle turning maneuvers, and landed in the targeted area as planned, the statement said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LSk0FD

Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday that international experts have identified six sites near the existing camp housing about 700,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar that could provide better and safer conditions and could accommodate more than a quarter of a million people. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vtanDh

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Mahesh Mangaonkar was part of the Indian men's squash team that bagged the gold medal in the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea, and he says the current squad will aim to repeat the feat in the upcoming edition of the continental multi-sport event. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vJoq6D

Pacer Mohammed Siraj produced another fiery spell, pushing India A towards a big win against South Africa A on day three of the first unofficial Test. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vjM4ri

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World Champion Mirabai Chanu's participation at the Asian Games appears doubtful with India chief coach Vijay Sharma recommending that she must pull out of Jakarta event to be fit for the Olympic qualifiers, later this year. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2nhjS3U

England cricketer Ben Stokes lost his self-control and knocked two men unconscious in a street fight last September, a court heard on Monday as his trial for affray began. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vDUh8Y

The JRL, comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, said the deferment of the case by a few weeks was an indication about the intentions of the court which entertained the "mischievous petitions backed by the RSS, as part of RSS' well-known agenda on Jammu and Kashmir". from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OghTZ7

The government on Monday introduced Juvenile Justice (care and protection of children) amendment bill, 2018 in Lok Sabha which seeks to empower district magistrates to pass orders for adoption of children to reduce the time taken for issuing such directions. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vnRvVZ

Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath feels Ishant Sharma needs to figure out his role in the Indian team, observing that he has been more of a workhorse than a strike bowler. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vKrQpM

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) approached the apex court after Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur failed to appear before a joint investigation team probing alleged money laundering of Rs 35 billion through fake accounts, the News reported. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vlMRYs

Shiv Sena has asked the BJP not to celebrate its win in two civic polls in Maharashtra, saying it did not show that voters' mood was turning in its favour ahead of LS polls. The BJP won the Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation election last week by defeating the Congress-NCP alliance. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OLii6P

The Rajya Sabha today passed a bill to provide constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes, as several members urged the government to make public the findings of the caste census and implement reservation accordingly. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MmmjNs

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His life thrown haywire by a rape allegation, leading Indian table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh has married his accuser four months after his career nose-dived owing to the crisis. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MmayXn