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Had asked states to shut unregistered children's homes: Centre

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Prasad-led BCCI's selection panel unlikely to get extension

The three-member senior national selection panel, led by MSK Prasad, is unlikely to continue once the new BCCI constitution is formally adopted as per the Supreme Court directive and the election process is set in place. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2OpT90w

Young Indian pacers are ready for next level: Glenn McGrath

Former Australian seamer and one of the sport's all-time great, Glenn McGrath believes that India are well stocked as far as quality pace bowlers are concerned and believes that there are more in the pipeline. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vte4bS

RS Dy chairperson election: BJD, TRS boost to NDA; oppn questions Congress strategy

While there was jubilation in the NDA, murmurs of dissatisfaction could be heard in the opposition camp over the Congress's strategy in the prestige battle. Most opposition parties felt their candidate could have got more votes in the polls had the Congress nominated a member from any of its supporting parties. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OpgAHc

Maratha quota stir bandh in Maha's Yavatmal peaceful, say cops

Attendance at government offices was also thin due to the ongoing strike by staffers demanding implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations among others, officials said. Protesters had blocked a road between Pusad and Mahagaon tehsils yesterday night. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2M6u1iz

Parliament passes Sports University Bill

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Govt hikes compensation for maintenance costs of Air India planes used for VVIP flights

For the current fiscal, the budgeted amount for annual maintenance of Air India's Boeing planes used for VVIP flights is Rs 320 crore, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha told the Lok Sabha. The expenditure excludes that of crew and staff salaries, insurance, depreciation and interest on borrowings, among others. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ASOWRa

Antigua examining India's request to extradite Choksi: MEA

An India team led by a senior official from the Ministry of External Affairs on August 3 handed over a request to Antigua for extradition of Choksi who obtained citizenship of the island nation. It mentioned that the provisions of India's Extradition Act, 1962 shall apply to Antigua and Barbuda with retrospective effect from 2001 when the Caribbean nation notified India as designated Commonwealth Country under the island nation's extradition law. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OohB29

India has asked China to stop construction in PoK: Govt

In a written response to a question in the Rajya Sabha, VK Singh, Minister of State in the External Affairs Ministry, said India's consistent and principled position has been that the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. He asserted that Pakistan was in illegal and forcible occupation of a part of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2M8vFjA

Rahul Gandhi to inaugurate Congress's new office in Chhattisgarh tomorrow

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BCCI acting secretary, treasurer set for cooling off period

A relaxation in the mandatory 'cooling off' norm by the Supreme Court may be seen as a relief for the BCCI but not for its incumbent acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vybYYj

Salah, Ronaldo, Messi on Champions League awards shortlist

Ronaldo, who won the award last year, topped the scoring charts with 15 goals as Real Madrid won a third consecutive crown. Egypt's Salah led Liverpool's remarkable run to the final with 10 goals, while Barcelona talisman Messi netted six goals. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2M6Gh2r

'Pak poll body demands signed apology from Imran Khan in election code violation case'

​​A four-member bench headed by the chief election commissioner Muhammad Raza Khan heard the case against Khan, the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after the Election Commission of Pakistan took notice of the photos of him stamping the ballot paper in full public glare in the NA-53 Islamabad constituency. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AW4CTy

Russia hands life sentences to 'Grand Theft Auto' gang

Moscow Regional Court sentenced four members of the group that Russian media nicknamed the "GTA gang" to life imprisonment for killing their victims in carefully planned attacks, TASS state news agency reported. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OTLatz

British Museum to return looted antiquities to Iraq

The eight objects were confiscated by police in May that year after the dealer failed to produce proof of ownership and were passed to the museum for analysis earlier this year. Three of the objects carry Sumerian inscriptions which identify their origin as the Eninnu temple in the ancient city of Girsu, now known as Tello, in southern Iraq. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AXfZuA

Death toll from Greek forest fire rises to 93

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Saina Nehwal slips out of top-10 in world badminton rankings

Meanwhile in the men's rankings, Kidambi Srikanth dropped two places to be at the eighth place while HS Prannoy is static at No.11. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2nnG9gj

Indian hockey teams qualify for Youth Olympic Games

India's junior men and women teams will feature in the five-a-side competition at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics to be held from October 6 to 18. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vWJib0

Jayaram, Rituparna, Mithun enter quarter-finals of Vietnam Open

Jayaram, who touched a career-high rank of 13, toppled top-seeded Brazilian Ygor Coelho 22-20, 21-14, in 34 minutes and will next face Canada's Xiaodong Sheng. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2B74rFh

Stokes 'could have killed me', claims defendant

Stokes, Hale and a third man, Ryan Ali, were in Bristol Crown Court on Thursday for the fourth day of their trial for alleged affray in the southwest English city on September 25 last year. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2OTgSqS

Cabinet nod to pacts between India, Indonesia for cooperation in science & technology, health

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Parliament passes Bill to restore original SC/ST atrocity law

Parliament on Thursday passed a Bill to overturn a Supreme Court order concerning certain safeguards against arrest under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe law, with the Rajya Sabha unanimously adopting the legislation. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Olzv5S

Man in Pakistan jail for 36 years to walk free next week: Jaipur MP

Union minister of state for external affairs minister VK Singh told a delegation led by Jaipur MP Ramcharan Bohra in New Delhi on Thursday that Gajanand will be set free on the eve of Pakistan's Independence Day. "The minister has assured us that Gajanand would be released from the jail in Lahore on August 13," Bohra said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MuP3U1

Indian family offloaded: Suresh Prabhu asks DGCA to seek detailed report from British Airways

The government has ordered a thorough probe into the case of alleged racial discrimination by British Airways (BA) which had recently offloaded an Indian family as their three-year-old son was crying. Aviation minister Suresh Prabhu tweeted, saying he had directed DGCA to get a detailed report from BA on this issue. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AW99p3

Jinnah House row: HC allows Nusli Wadia to replace his mother as petitioner

Dina Wadia had in August 2007 approached the high court claiming that being the sole legal heir of Jinnah, she should get the possession of the house. After she passed away on November 2, 2017, in New York at the age of 98, Nusli Wadia sought to replace her. The industrialist relied on his mother's will dated April 16, 2009, where he was appointed as the executor. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vvxwEL

Harivansh Narayan Singh hopes for constructive debate, consensus in House

Newly-elected Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh on Thursday said it would be his endeavour to uphold the dignity of the Upper House and expressed hope that differences would be ironed out through constructive debates, consensus and guidance. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vCp5YH

Stokes wishes England newcomer Pope well

Absent all-rounder Ben Stokes sent best wishes to his England team-mates, in particular debutant batsman Ollie Pope, ahead of the second Test against India at Lord's on Thursday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2Op1wcz

Israel launches scores of airstrikes as Gaza fire persists

Hamas is demanding the lifting of an Israeli-Egyptian border blockade that has devastated Gaza's economy, while Israel wants an end to rocket fire, as well as recent border protests and launches of incendiary balloons, and the return of the remains of two dead soldiers and two live Israelis believed to be held by Hamas. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OoH63D

India vs England, 2nd Test: Rain washes out morning session at Lord's

Weather forecast is for improved weather around tea time, so there could be an extended last session. Drainage facilities at Lord's are excellent and play can begin as soon as the conditions improve. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vCtb31

J&K govt gives nod to Delhi police to investigate arms license cases

The state government had last month ordered an inquiry by state vigilance organisation into large scale issuance of individual arms licenses in contravention of rules and banned issuing fresh arms licences. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Oo8kXP

346 pilgrims leave for Amarnath shrine

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Rahul Gandhi says PM Modi is 'anti-Dalit', Amit Shah says Congress is 'patronising, condescending' towards the community

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said PM Narendra Modi has an ''anti-Dalit mindset" and BJP president Amit Shah immediately hit back saying the Congress has had a "patronising and condescending" attitude towards the Dalit community. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2KKhzja

Cabinet amends instant triple talaq bill allowing magistrate to give bail, offence remains non-bailable

The Union cabinet on Thursday approved an amendment in the yet-to-be-passed instant triple talaq bill, making it permissible for a magistrate to give bail for the offence. The offence, though, continues to remain a non-bailable one. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2nusqEJ

AG Venugopal blames SC for ‘hitting’ mining, telecom and coal sectors

On SC’s decision to ban liquor vends alongside national highways, the attorney general said: “Thousands of people lost their jobs.” He also spoke of the 2G and the coal case judgements, in which the court had en masse cancelled licences citing “illegalities”. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OXf6VV

Website of Sikhs for justice has links with Pakistan

The role of a Pakistani national Amir Siddique, who claims to be a Karachi-based freelance web developer, is suspected. He has also claimed to have developed the website snip.pk. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AQSl2N

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘deep dive’ efforts for 2019: agri, jobs, health & education

The Congress president has held in-depth discussions with subject experts and stakeholders over the past six months and many more are lined up, sources told ET. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vwrELI

Rahul Gandhi: PM Modi has anti-Dalit mindset

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having an "anti-Dalit" mindset and asserted that his party will fight for an India where there is place for everybody. Gandhi joined a protest over the dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, at Jantar Mantar. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OjXMci

अॅमेझॉन सेलः 'या' स्मार्टफोनवर मिळणार बंपर ऑफर्स

अॅमेझॉन सेलः 'या' स्मार्टफोनवर मिळणार बंपर ऑफर्स from टेक - फोटो धम्माल - Maharashtra Times https://ift.tt/2Mj8kei

Only we know how we face people when we return without medal: Sakshi

Under the scanner for her below-par performance in the run-up to the Asian Games, Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik is feeling the heat but insists that athletes always aim for medals so that fingers are not pointed at them. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vx1zMr

Live Cricket Score, India vs England 2nd Test: Day One

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BJP would need 'Vajpayee's touch' to win 2019 elections: Naresh Gujral

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Nadal leads way into Toronto third round

Top seed Rafael Nadal blew past patchy Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday to begin his quest for a fourth Canadian trophy at the Toronto Masters. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MtQ0fn

Sharapova storms past Kasatkina in Montreal

Maria Sharapova fired 25 winners past hapless Russian compatriot Daria Kasatkina in a 6-0, 6-2 victory at the rain-hit Montreal WTA event on Wednesday, but Angelique Kerber's first match since capturing the Wimbledon title ended in a sobering defeat. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MfJH2a

Chelsea swoop for Kepa in record move as transfer deadline looms

Chelsea shattered the world-record fee for a goalkeeper with an 80-million euro swoop for Athletic Bilbao's Kepa Arrizabalaga on Wednesday as the Premier League transfer window prepared to slam shut. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2OSp3nv

'My time was short' - Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle dead at 36

Tributes flowed for Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle Thursday after he lost his battle with cancer, dying aged 36 after halting treatment for leukaemia last week. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2M4z8Q9

Manchester United aim to defy Mourinho's doubts in Premier League opener

Manchester United have to defy their own manager Jose Mourinho's fears for a season of doom and gloom when they kick off the Premier League campaign against Leicester City on Friday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2AXfpgk

Arun Jaitley is in good health: Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal has been given the charge of Finance Ministry after Arun Jaitley relinquished the portfolio due to health reasons. Jaitley, who is Leader of the Rajya Sabha, on Thursday made his maiden appearance during the current session. He also participated in the election for the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman and spoke briefly. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2nn3u1N

When Congress connected emotionally with DMK

However, DMK has the track record, just as AIADMK, to do business with both Congress and BJP, depending on who would assume power at the Centre. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vUJ9EI

Arun Jaitley is in good health: Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Arun Jaitley is in "good health" and will soon be resuming his duties, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. Goyal has been given the charge of finance ministry after Jaitley relinquished the portfolio due to health reasons. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2M4O3Kk

US imposing new Russia sanctions over chemical attack

The State Department said Wednesday the US made the determination this week that Russia had used the Novichok nerve agent to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, and that sanctions would follow. It said Congress is being notified of the Aug. 6 determination and that the sanctions would take effect on or around Aug. 22. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MvMjpG