Sat, 26 Aug 2017 10:48:25
As many as 21 leaders of different parties, including West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, rebel JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav will participate in the RJD's August 27 rally here, party sources said today.
RJD president Lalu Prasad has claimed the rally would herald the decline of the BJP-led NDA in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
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Sat, 26 Aug 2017 10:46:11
Tax payers will have to link their PAN with Aadhaar by the stipulated deadline, which is this month-end, as the Supreme Court verdict on privacy has no bearing on the requirement, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said today.
The requirement for Aadhaar being quoted for availing government subsidies, welfare schemes and other benefits will also continue unhindered for now, he told PTI.
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Sat, 26 Aug 2017 10:41:53
A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday convicted Dera Sacha Sauda chief and self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh of raping and sexually exploiting two disciples.
Deras are sects which adhere to no particular religion and attract a large following and consequently wield considerable political influence in Haryana and Punjab.
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Fri, 25 Aug 2017 16:21:06
In a bizarre incident, a class 6th student of Kendriya Vidyalaya school here at Hubli, injured herself on 24th August, Thursday while playing the deadly game 'Blue whale'. This is probably a first incident reported in the state.
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Thu, 24 Aug 2017 22:02:44
On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah and advisor to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, handed over the kiswa (cover) of the Holy Kaaba to Saleh Al-Shaibi, senior keeper of Kaaba, at a ceremony held at his emirate office in Jeddah on Wednesday. Prince Abdullah Bin Bandar, deputy emir of Makkah, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the
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Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:56:40
Nepal today assured India that it would not allow any activity against its "friendly neighbour", as the two sides signed eight pacts, including on cooperation in countering drug trafficking and post-earthquake reconstruction in the Himalayan nation.
After comprehensive talks with his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid emphasis on closer cooperation betwee
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Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:54:07
Succumbing to pressure from co- founders and a clutch of investors, Infosys today named former CEO and Aadhaar-architect Nandan Nilekani as its new chairman, replacing R Seshasayee.
Ravi Venkatesan also resigned as co-chairman, but will continue as an independent director.
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Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:51:58
Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Prakash Javadekar were on Thursday appointed the BJP's election in-charge for the high-stakes Gujarat and Karnataka assembly polls respectively.
BJP chief Amit Shah also appointed four Union ministers – Narendra Singh Tomar, Nirmala Sitharaman, Jitendra Singh and PP Choudhary – co-incharge for the Gujarat polls, scheduled to be held later this year, a party stat
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Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:46:53
A Hindu man and his family here have embraced Islam after allegedly facing social boycott for over 28 years since he married a Muslim woman.
Vinod Prakash Khare (51), a resident of Rajnagar town in the district in Bundelkhand region, said he had married a Muslim woman nearly 28 years back. Post the marriage, his wife was assigned a Hindu name.
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