Sun, 18 Aug 2019 11:07:41
Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Malik was on Saturday nominated for the country's highest sporting honour -- the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award -- along with Asian and Commonwealth Games champion wrestler Bajrang Punia.
The name of 48-year-old Deepa, who won a silver in the shot put F53 category in the 2016 Rio Paralympics, was added for the Khel Ratna by a 12-member selection committee on th
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Sun, 18 Aug 2019 11:05:37
Having run the government with a one man cabinet RPT a one man cabinet for 22 days,Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa finally got the go-ahead on Saturday from BJP national president Amit Shah to undertake the exercise on August 20.
"BJP legislative party meeting will be held on Tuesday at 10 AM at the conference hall, Vidhan Soudha. The cabinet expansion will take place on the same day p
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Sun, 18 Aug 2019 11:04:01
Ganesh Miskin, the hitman allegedly involved in the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh, had also shot literatteur and researcher Dr M M Kalburgi dead in August 2015, according to the special investigation team (SIT).
SIT, probing the case, stated this in a charge sheet it filed in the district court of Hubballi-Dharwad on Saturday.
The other accused in the case were Amol Kale, Praveen Praka
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Sun, 18 Aug 2019 11:02:32
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering held wide ranging talks on Saturday during which they discussed steps to further expand the bilateral partnership across several sectors as the two countries inked 10 MoUs to infuse new energy in their ties.
"We had a comprehensive meeting, where we deliberated on the relations between India and Bhutan.
There is great
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Sun, 18 Aug 2019 10:58:35
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has stressed the need of collective action from all countries to tackle terrorism and also to isolate those nations who aid and abet terror.
"Terrorism is one of the major challenges confronting the world today. All the nations must intensify their collective efforts and strive to eliminate the menace of terrorism and also isolate nations which aid and abet terro
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Sun, 18 Aug 2019 10:57:13
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said that under the leadership of interim president Sonia Gandhi, the party will become stronger.
"Congress party has been associated with the Nehru-Gandhi family even before Independence. Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi have sacrificed their lives for India. In Congress, everybody respects this family. That's why when a leader is chosen from th
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Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:41:30
The police and other security agencies across the district stepped up their vigil in the reported background of a high alert issued by Central intelligence agencies on Friday.
Deputy Commissi
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Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:34:36
One fisherman went missing after drowning in the Arabian sea, while his partner managed to reach the shores after the boat in which they were carrying fishing activity capsized.
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Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:33:02
Eight suspected members of a burglary gang, which was allegedly planning to carry out a heist in Mangaluru have been arrested, police said Saturday.
The gang members who were moving around in a Sports Utility Vehicle displaying, were arrested Friday night.
"Based on the information, we tried to nab the gang of eight people. They were staying in a room in a hotel. They tried to run away from the
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