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Faizabad: Owaisi's MIM has decided to field a Dalit candidate from Muslim-dominated Bikapur constituency of Faizabad for the February 13 Assembly bypoll. Pradeep Kori, a Dalit youth, is the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) candidate from…
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Chandigarh: The Punjab government has decided to enable the teaching of the Punjabi language online as part of efforts to popularise it around the world. Towards that end, a comprehensive roadmap is being chalked out in association with…
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La Quinta (California): Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri got off to a flying start on his tournament- debut, firing eight birdies in a blemish-free opening round to grab a share of the lead at the PGA Tour's Career Builder Challenge in…
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Mumbai: "Wazir" star Amitabh Bachchan has become the first Bollywood celebrity to have 19 million followers on popular micro-blogging site Twitter. The 73-year-old megastar beaten his contemporaries Shah Rukh Khan (17.5 million), Aamir…
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Davos: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday met US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew here at the World Economic Forum and discussed the upcoming Economic and Financial Partnership summit between the two countries. Jaitley also met the…
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New Delhi: The first three working days after the end of the odd-even scheme saw rapid worsening of air quality with levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) registering a jump of more than 57 per cent on the first working day itself,…
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Washington: Pakistan and Afghanistan need to work together to effectively overcome the Taliban challenge, the White House said, a day after the militant group massacred 21 people, mostly students, at a popular Pakistani university. "The…
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Mumbai: Market benchmark BSE Sensex recaptured the 24,000-mark by adding over 240 points in early trade today, tracking gains at other Asian markets. Moreover, recovery in the rupee and value-buying in recently battered bluechip stocks…
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Tokyo: The Japanese Cabinet approved today the lifting of sanctions on Iran, following the recent completion of a landmark deal to try to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. The widely expected move will allow Japanese companies…
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ANCHOR Dr Shahid Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's death has pushed Jammu and Kashmir in an unprecedented political uncertainty where non-entities, in terms of numbers in the Legislative Assembly, have become highly pro-active and, in a way, restive…
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