2017

Lucknow:- Election Commission has sought a report from Meerut district administration regarding a controversial statement by BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj, who indirectly blamed Muslims for the population boom in the country. "The commission has…
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New Delhi:- Acting on Opposition complaint, the Election Commission has sought the Centre's response on their objection to presenting the budget on February 1 before the Assembly polls to five states. Chief Election Commissioner Nasim…
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New Delhi:- CBI has arrested seven persons in Ghaziabad with 427 kilograms of cannabis which was being brought in a train from Odisha. CBI sources said agency teams received an input that the consignment of cannabis was coming from Puri in…
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Sydney: Australia clinched a series clean sweep with an emphatic 220-run win over Pakistan in the third Test in Sydney on Saturday. The tourists were all out shortly before tea on the final day for 244 chasing 465 runs with paceman Josh…
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Mumbai: Actor-singer Meiyang Chang, who will be playing a gay character in a web series, feels Bollywood needs to handle such portrayals with more sensitivity. In the web series "Untag", Chang plays the role of Nischay Barbara and he has…
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Beirut: At least nine people, among them seven government soldiers, were killed in fighting near the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, despite a fragile nationwide truce, a monitor said today. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said…
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United Nations: Pakistan has handed over a dossier on India's alleged "interference" in the country to new UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and asked the world body to play a role in "restraining" India from such activities.…
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Puducherry: The Puducherry unit of BJP today scoffed at the criticisms made against the functioning of Lt Governor Kiran Bedi, by the ruling Congress here. President of the local BJP, V Saminathan told PTI today that he had apprised the…
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Mumbai: Reigning Olympic and world 800m champion and world record holder, David Rudisha is the International Event Ambassador for the 14th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon to be held on January 15. The 28-year-old Kenyan middle-distance…
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KU exams, entrance test postponed STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: A "medium danger" avalanche warning was on Friday issued for some districts of Jammu and Kashmir for the next 24 hours, advising people not to venture into avalanche-prone areas. A…
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