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Arrest of activists shows 'emergency-like' conditions prevailing in country: Yashwant Sinha

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Panel submits report on incidents of lynching to GoM headed by Rajnath

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All 5 human rights activists to be kept under house arrest till next hearing: SC

A day after five human rights activists were arrested in connection with caste riots in Bhima Koregaon on January 1, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant stay of arrest of the five activists and also asked the Maharashtra government and police to file a reply by next Wednesday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MT3Prt

Cabinet apprised of MoU between India and South Korea railways

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'Need to have uniform legal marriage age for both genders'

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Family-run parties disintegrate in this manner: BJP on Shivpal's split from SP

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Government approves trade cooperation framework with Rwanda

The government on Wednesday approved a trade cooperation framework between India and Rwanda to facilitate better economic relations between the two countries. The framework was signed on July 23 this year during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the east African nation. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2BXuXRx

India to help Cambodia renovate Lord Shiva temple

India on Wednesday signed an MoU with Cambodia to help the Southeast Asian nation on restoration and preservation of an ancient Lord Shiva temple, a world heritage site. The MoU was signed after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held wide-ranging talks with her Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhonn. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MDh5Rp

Congress demands PM apology after RBI says 99.3 pc junked notes returned to system

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Vajpayee a 'crown jewel of Indian politics': Venkaiah Naidu

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Terror conspiracy case: NIA court sends deputy jail superintendent to 9-day police remand

Deputy Superintendent of Amphalla Jail Feroz Lone was arrested by the National Investigation Agency here yesterday for allegedly conniving with the main accused, Ishaq Palla, to send Kashmiri youths Suhail Ahmad Bhat and Danish Ghulam Lone to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir for arms training to wage war against India. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NuWtrd

Government starts countervailing investigations on Chinese herbicide

India has initiated a countervailing duty probe into increased imports of Chinese herbicide - Atrazine Technical, a move aimed at guarding domestic players from imports that are subsidised by the neighbouring nation. The investigation has been initiated by the DGTR, under the commerce ministry, on a complaint by domestic manufacturers. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wpXvOv

China denies Trump's claim it hacked Clinton's emails

​US intelligence agencies have accused Russia of involvement in the hacking of Democratic emails during the 2016 election campaign. The Justice Department has indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking into Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic Party. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wu2nBC

Asian Games 2018: India's medal winners on Day 11

The Indian mixed doubles tennis pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra brought India's first doubles medal at the Asian Games in the sport as they had to contend with bronze after suffering the defeat at the hands of Chuqin Wang and Yingsha Sun of China in the semifinals. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PjsrqT

Wrestlers Bajrang, Vinesh in race for Khel Ratna award after 'golden' 2018

Champion wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat are in contention for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour, after notching up gold medals in this year's Commonwealth Games and the ongoing Asian Games. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2POshZy

Four policemen killed in terrorist attack in J&K's Shopian

According to police, an escort party of the DSP headquarters came under attack at Arhama village. In the ensuing gun battle, four policemen suffered bullet injuries and were immediately rushed to the hospital where all of them succumbed to their injuries. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wmOQMQ

Mamata's nephew Abhishek Banerjee files defamation suit against Amit Shah

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Gautam Navlakha slams his arrest as 'political ploy' by govt to target dissent

"The entire case is a political ploy against political dissent by this vindictive and cowardly government, which is bent upon shielding the real culprits of Bhima Koregaon and thus divert attention from its own scams and failures which stretch from Kashmir to Kerala," Navlakha said in a statement issued by the civil rights group People's Union for Democratic Rights of which he is a part. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2okgsOl

Congress making truth a victim, compromising national security: Arun Jaitley on Rafale

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In a veiled attack, Arun Jaitley calls Arun Shourie, Yashwant Sinha 'career nationalists'

In an exclusive interview to ANI, Jaitley hit out at his former party colleagues and said that the two would have sung a different tune had they still been a part of the NDA government. Alleging that the two former cabinet ministers have the habit of speaking contrarian language, Jaitley asserted that they don’t hold any credibility. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PhMlCt

PMO received over 12,500 RTI applications in 2016-17, highest since 2012

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Rs 2.25 lakh cr lost to demonetise Rs 13,000 cr: P Chidambaram

Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram said for the Rs 13,000 crore, which did not come back to the banks, the country lost Rs 2.25 lakh crore worth of GDP, crores of jobs and over a hundred lives. His remarks came soon after the Reserve Bank of India said in its annual report on Wednesday that around 99.3 per cent of the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, which were banned overnight in November 2016, were returned to RBI. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N0wjzh

Aadhaar card was not mandatory as ID proof for girls, women who tied rakhi to PM Modi

A fake post doing rounds on social media claims that furnishing their Aadhaar cards was mandatory for all the children and women who Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on Raksha Bandhan day, and only those who had their Aadhaar cards were allowed to tie rakhi on PM Modi’s wrist. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PMP7Rd

Sushma Swaraj meets Cambodian counterpart; holds wide-ranging talks

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FAKE: Claim that Muslim Congress leader raped Hindu woman after she tied rakhi to him

Photos showing a Hindu woman tying a rakhi to a Muslim man and another one showing a severely injured woman are being shared together with a fake claim that the man, said to be a local Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh's Gonda, raped and brutally thrashed the woman a day after she tied him a rakhi. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NyxxiA

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar to fly to US for treatment

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Shivpal Yadav to float own political front along with other caste-based regional parties

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Centre to use special powers to allow RSS’ Vigyan Bhawan event

The RSS, which is holding its lecture series ‘Future of Bharat: An RSS perspective’ from September 17 to 19, applied for booking Hall number 6, which has a capacity of 350-400 persons. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LAm0gw

4th Test: Buoyant India ready to carry winning momentum

Having made a commendable comeback from the brink of a series defeat, India will look to increase their stranglehold on hosts England to draw parity when the two teams square off for the fourth Test, on Wednesday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2ojNxty

Jadeja must play if Ashwin is unfit: Mohinder Amarnath

The concern over the fitness of premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin continued for the touring Indian team ahead of the fourth Test on Wednesday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2BZGfoA

Pressure builds on Iran's Rouhani as parliament targets two more ministers

The move came only three days after lawmakers sacked the minister of economy and finance blaming him for the collapse of the rial currency and surging unemployment. They had, weeks earlier, dismissed the labour minister. Another motion, signed by 70 lawmakers, aims to impeach the minister of industry, mines and business. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MV1MmH

It will be suicidal to match China port for port: MEA

The ministry is believed to have informed a Parliament panel that India is following a “demand driven process” which is agreeable to the partner nation as well from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wxuArb

KJ Alphons allays safety fears as he woos Chinese tourists; blames biased reporting

Alphons, who is currently visiting Beijing, Wuhan and Shanghai along with about 20 leading Indian travel agents to woo Chinese tourists to visit India, said that incidents like lynchings are bad for India's reputation. The incidents of lynching are not affecting tourism "big time", he told reporters after holding a roadshow here last night. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ojllqJ

Ahead of India-US 2+2 dialogue, China says India natural partner in BRI

China has attempted to allay India’s apprehensions on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) by saying that India should not be paranoid about this project from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PkWlLt

Rahul Gandhi flays Centre for not providing adequate aid to flood-hit Kerala

Rahul Gandhi said that he was in favour of accepting foreign aid from countries like the UAE for rebuilding the flood-ravaged southern state. "Central government support is the right of the flood-affected people of Kerala.. but I am sad that the Centre hasn't given as much aid to the state," Gandhi told reporters here. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2oiOWRa

Government to roll out schemes named after Vajpayee

Ministers have either already held meetings or have scheduled them with their top officials to decide on commemorative schemes that can be taken up. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PbD6Ui

3 poll-bound states & making Modi PM again thrust of BJP CMs’ meet

The day-long meeting at BJP headquarters saw the chief ministers making presentations over the state of affairs in their states. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ok0hR7

In indirect swipe at BRI, Swaraj says projects can’t be used for dominance

Swaraj describes India’s approach on connectivity and maritime initiatives in Indo-Pacific region as based on inter-dependence from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LAhi2F

Boxer Amit enters Asian Games semis, assured of medal

Indian boxer Amit Panghal (49kg) advanced to the semifinals to assure himself of a maiden medal at the Asian Games on Wednesday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MSwZHd

Less than half of refugee children enrolled in school: UN

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NDA got Rafale jets 20% cheaper than UPA: Jaitley

Slamming Rahul Gandhi's charge of a more expensive final Rafale jet being purchased by the present government, Jaitely said that every fact by Congress is factually false. "Mr Rahul Gandhi himself has given seven different prices in different speeches with regard to the Rafale," Jaitely added. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PdAq8U

Five human rights activists arrested for Bhima Koregaon violence: Latest developments

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PM Narendra Modi urges people not to spread dirt through social media

​​In a video interaction with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and volunteers from Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, PM Modi said everybody should train themselves to never use social media platforms to "spread dirt" but the many good things that are around them. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2BUEgSz

Three Left-wing activists arrested after raids brought to Pune

A senior Pune police officer said that prominent Telugu poet Varavara Rao, and activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira are likely to be produced in a court later in the day. Near simultaneous searches were carried out yesterday at the residences of Rao in Hyderabad and Farreira in Mumbai. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LA3Ewq

Woman TV journalist hacked to death in Bangladesh

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Imran Khan to skip UN meet to focus on Pak economy

Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will head the Pakistani delegation at 73rd UN General Assembly session set to open on September 18. There was a debate in Pakistan whether the new PM would attend the UN session or stay home as part of his austerity drive and focus on economic issues. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LCZFiN

Asian Games Live Day 11: Swapna Barman leading Heptathlon standings

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Jobless Manjit Singh tends to his cattle, farm during breaks

A jobless man from Haryana's Ujhana village in Jind district gave India its most unexpected gold in Jakarta on Tuesday. Manjit Singh doesn't have a permanent job. He was on a two-year contract with the ONGC before the Asiad. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PbPzaG

India vs England: Fair grass cover on pitch for fourth Test

The Indian team hadn't yet taken the field when coach Ravi Shastri knelt down on the Ageas Bowl pitch, trying to figure out its nature. He had his reasons - India have been in England for more than a month, but not once have played on a strip which looked green. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MysdPD

India's schedule at 2018 Asian Games on Day 11

India's medal hopes continue to rest on track athletes on the 11th day of the 18th Asian Games with Dutee Chand leading the charge in the women's 200m final. Women's hockey team will play China for a place in the final. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2oimnDz