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"I am saddened to learn the passing away of A B Vajpayee former Prime Minister of Republic of India," Li said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sent on August 17. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2nTWDx6

As floodwater recedes in Kerala, the Centre is focusing on checking the outbreak of water-borne diseases in the affected areas. The health ministry on Monday airlifted 52 MT of emergency medicines, while a second batch of 20 MT medicines is expected to reach later at night. Around 20MT of bleaching powder and 1 crore chlorine tablets will also be dispatched by Tuesday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ORPmcA

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Vinesh Phogat delivered a historic wrestling gold, the shooters picked up momentum with a couple of silver medals and an unexpected podium finish was assured in Sepak Takraw on a fairly good day for India at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2N3bcsU

Francis begged forgiveness for the pain suffered by victims and said lay Catholics must be involved in the effort to root out abuse and cover-up. He blasted the clerical culture that has been blamed for the crisis, with church leaders more concerned for their reputation than the children. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vXCuup

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Wrestler Vinesh Phogat led India on the second day of the 18th edition of Asian Games with her maiden gold medal while shooters Deepak Kumar and Lakshay clinched silver medals in 10m air rifle and trap events respectively. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MlQCrD

"Issue notice. Let a copy of the petition be served on the caveator. Counter affidavit be filed within four weeks hence. Rejoinder, if any, be filed within two weeks therefrom. List after six weeks," the bench said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OMnHtt

The spokesperson stressed that new Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had not stated that "the Indian Prime Minister had made an offer of a dialogue", but had said that Modi in his letter to Khan, had also mentioned something similar to what the foreign minister elucidated earlier "that the way forward was only through constructive engagement". from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MIQx0i

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In Beijing, the Malayalee Association along with the Indian Community of Beijing (ICB) raised 50,000 yuan (about Rs five lakh) at a get together here on Monday. Suresh Varma, president of the Beijing Malayalee Association, said the money is being routed to the Chief Minister's fund in Kerala. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N2k6qy

Incidentally, this was the very same house from which two nervous women were dramatically winched up to safety by a brave Navy commando when torrential rains lashed Kerala three days ago. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2nRcKeP

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Rajat Kalsan, convenor of National Alliance of Dalit for Human Rights was the chief guest at the event while social activist Dinesh Khaper presided over the function. Buddhists from Yamunanagar and Ballabhgarh were present on the occasion to perform the rituals and complete the conversion. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2nRbPuF

Vinesh Phogat on Monday created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games, brushing aside her rivals with remarkable ease in the 50kg category here. ​ from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2L9XK4P

India and Japan have decided to further expand their defence ties, with more bilateral combat exercises, military exchanges and top-level visits as well as collaboration in maritime security and defence production, with an eye firmly on an aggressive and expansionist China. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2w5fvhd

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a PIL seeking its direction to Centre and states to make sports compulsory in educational curriculum from elementary to higher education and to declare right to sports as a part of fundamental rights on line of right to education. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N2k2av

Speaking at a condolence meeting attended by leaders of all major parties, Azad said Vajpayee had brought together leaders cutting across ideological divides even in his death which, he added, was something rare. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Pm91SW

A complaint was filed in a court here on Monday against former cricketer and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu seeking registration of a case against him under sedition and other charges for hugging Pakistan's army chief. ​The complaint was filed by advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha in the court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Hari Prasad. The court fixed August 24, 2018, as the date for hearing the matter. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2L8Dm4c

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Addressing a prayer meeting in memory of the former prime minister, who died here last week, Modi said it was Vajpayee who changed the narrative when some countries were cornering India on the Kashmir issue. "Due to Vajpayee ji, terrorism became an important issue on the world stage," he said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PpqiLa

Former president Pranab Mukherjee, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the Congress chief and other senior party leaders, offered floral tributes to him at Veer Bhumi in the national capital. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N0ifTq

Ever since the torrential rains started lashing the state causing massive destruction across its length and breadth, the prisoners began preparing large number of chapathis and vegetable curry for relief camp inmates and those stranded in marooned houses. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2nOSQ3Y

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After drawing flak from Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and the opposition for embracing the Pakistan army chief, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Monday that he was prepared to give a strong reply to all when needed. On his return from Pakistan on Sunday, Sidhu had defended his action, asking what was he supposed to do when someone tells him that "we belong to the same culture". from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2nTvAle

A day after deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Keshav Prasad Maurya said that the Centre could opt for the legislative route in Parliament for the construction of Ram temple, Asaduddin Owaisi, MP and AIMIM chief on Monday slammed Maurya and said the matter is pending in the Supreme Court. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N3fsJ9

The incident took place at Kulligad when huge boulders and debris suddenly came down from a hillock, trapping a mini-bus and a car plying on the Doda-Kishtwar road, senior superintendent of police Rajinder Kumar Gupta said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Pm8Mau

Maurya said that if the grand Ram temple was built, it will be a "true tribute" to VHP stalwart Ashok Singhal, Mahant Sri Ramchandra Das Paramhans (former head of the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas in Ayodhya) and karsewaks who sacrificed their lives. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LetUfK

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Last Monday, a few company representatives and a CII delegation met state industries minister and made known that such kind of violence within their factory premises was unacceptable. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2L8CUmw

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The Uttarakhand BJP had earlier considered taking 35-year-old Shayra Bano, one of the original petitioners against instant talaq in the Supreme Court, into the party. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PpFKqD

75% of inmates across children shelter homes in state complain of some kind of abuse from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LetLZK

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With 76% of the population of Chhattisgarh living in rural areas, Congress has a planned rural campaign, which would hinge on complete farm loan waiver. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N0hJEY

Schemes with promises of free smartphones for women & midday meals for rural workers rolled out. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Pm8uQW

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Vinesh Phogat on Monday created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games, brushing aside her rivals with remarkable ease in the 50kg category here. ​ from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PoKjBl

Billed as an important visit by officials on both sides to improve communications and the atmospherics between the two militaries after last year's 73-day Doklam standoff, Gen Wei would have in-depth exchanges with his counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman during the visit. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OQXr17

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday moved into a modest three-bed room house of his military secretary along with two servants, a day after announcing that he would not be staying in the sprawling PM House which has a staff of 524, keeping his pledge to cut down the expenditure of the cash-strapped government. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Mz8fUd

Washington and Ankara are locked in a bitter feud over the nearly two-year jailing of Andrew Brunson over disputed terror charges, which has triggered a trade row and sent the lira into a tailspin. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2nQRJkf

Khan, who was sworn-in as Pakistan's 22nd Prime Minister on Saturday has vowed to initiate massive economic and tax reforms, launch an austerity drive to cut deficit, curb corruption and bring back laundered money. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N6uSfO

There were no casualties and no claim of responsibility for the fleeting attack, in which three of the six bullets that were fired hit the embassy gate and a reinforced window. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2nSo8qN

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Donald Trump pulls the United States out of the landmark nuclear pact between world powers and Iran on May 8, reinstating Washington's sanctions on Iran and companies with ties to the Islamic republic. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2nYgvzf

Carrying brightly coloured umbrellas under the blazing sun, a sea of worshippers scaled the rocky hill southeast of the holy city of Mecca for a day of prayers and repentance. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Po7dsw

Francis begged forgiveness for the pain suffered by victims and said lay Catholics must be involved in any effort to root out abuse and cover-up. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ONpMFG

India's hopes of winning a medal in badminton team events at the 18th Asian Games went up in smoke after both the men's and women's sides bowed out of the competition following an identical 1-3 loss in the quarterfinals on Monday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2N5c7ZR

There are tattoos, diamond ear studs, the swagger, absolute disdain for critics that make Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya strikingly similar personalities and add to this a loving bond with their respective childhood coaches. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2nTjusA

Young Indian shooter Lakshay claimed the silver medal in the men's trap event of the Asian Games on Monday. The 19-year-old Lakshay shot 39 out of 45 to finish second on the podium. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2Pom86c

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The dust has hardly settled over controversies surrounding the selection of India's Asian Games contingent and now there is a fresh one, after the list for the Indian para-badminton squad for the coming Asian Para Games in Indonesia this October was announced. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PpaB6A

Since he took over power in 2012, Xi, who has emerged as the most powerful leader after Mao Zedong heading the party, military and the presidency, has been constantly highlighting that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) should function under the absolute leadership of the Communist Party China (CPC). from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MzPMGW