2016

Beijing: Forty-three Chinese lawmakers had resigned and 27 others dismissed in the last three years for graft charges under President Xi Jinping's campaign against corruption in the Communist nation, a senior official said today. Some of…
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Jamnagar: President Pranab Mukherjee today honoured the Indian Air Force's elite 119 Helicopter Unit, involved in various counter insurgency operations including the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai to flush out terrorists, for their…
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New Delhi: Opposition parties led by Congress and SP today created a storm in Rajya Sabha over alleged government interference in the autonomy of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), forcing adjournment of the House till noon. Opposition…
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R S Pura (Jammu): Describing detection of 30-metre long tunnel from Pakistan to the Indian side as a major success, BSF today said that it was dug with the aim of pushing in armed militants into Jammu region. "We were carrying out our…
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Mirpur: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels the current Indian team is a "balanced" side which can "take on any team anywhere in the world" atleast in the shortest format of the game after they notched up their ninth win out of 10…
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New Delhi: Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule for assembly polls in five states, including West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, today. EC has convened a press conference this afternoon where polls to Assam, West Bengal, Tamil…
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New Delhi: Leading bourse National Stock Exchange (NSE) will auction investment limits for overseas investors for purchase of government debt securities worth Rs 4,681 crore on Tuesday. The auction will be conducted on NSE'-ebid platform…
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India is set to take a quantum leap in infrastructure and the government is committed to strengthening it. The Prime Minister today unveiled an ambitious Rs 50,800-crore Setu Bharatam…
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Shimla: Cutting across party lines, MLAs in Himachal Pradesh Assembly urged the state government to protect stray and abandoned cows by constructing shelters, prompting Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh to promise steps in this regard. The…
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Jammu: Despite facing devastating floods in 2014, the department of Irrigation and Flood control has not been able to meet the target laid down by the Jammu and Kashmir government for dredging of river Jhelum from Anantnag to Baramulla.…
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