Mon, 14 Aug 2017 19:01:40
Pakistan on Monday hoisted the largest flag in its history at Attari-Wagah border near Lahore to mark the country’s 70th Independence Day.
Pakistan army chief general Qamar Javed Bajwa hoisted the flag at the border at 12 in the midnight, kicking off the festivities of across the country.
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Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:59:24
The NHRC has sent a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over deaths of several children at a state-run hospital in Gorakhpur, while observing that it amounted to "gross callousness" on part of the health administration of the state government.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent the notice to the UP Chief Secretary, and sought a detailed report in four weeks on the step
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Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:53:23
More than 9.3 crore Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) have been linked with Aadhaar, a senior Income Tax Department officer said.
Of the total PAN-Aadhaar seeding, which is nearly 30 per cent of the total about 30 crore PAN holders, about three crore linkages were done in June and July.
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Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:41:55
An authoritative India today completed a 3-0 clean sweep of Sri Lanka with an innings and 171-run annihilation in the third and final Test, bringing to an early end to one of the most lopsided series in recent years.
None of the three matches lasted five days, with the final one being the shortest, lasting just two and a half days.
With Sri Lanka resuming the day at 19 for one after follow
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Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:39:31
A man in Jamshedpur was in for a shock when he received an electricity bill of Rs. 38 billion on Sunday.
B.R. Guha was handed the non-payment of the bill by the Jharkhand Electricity Board, following which, electricity was disconnected from his home.
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Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:28:44
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said that mosques cannot be handed over to anybody simply because a cleric says so as Allah owns places of worship. His statement came in the backdrop of the Shia Central Waqf Board of Uttar Pradesh telling the Supreme Court that a mosque could be built in a Muslim-dominated area at a reasonable distance from the disputed site in Ayodhya. “Masjids cannot be given j
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Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:26:05
Flash floods triggered by incessant rains have left at least 27 people dead and nearly six lakh others marooned in nearly two dozen districts in Bangladesh, officials said today.
The unrelenting flow of water from upstream regions coupled with monsoon rains has flooded as many as 20 districts with the flooding spreading to other parts, officials said.
The Disaster Management Ministry said th
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Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:24:17
At least 12 people were killed in a landslide in Nepal today, taking the death toll in floods and rain-related calamities to 78, while thousands remained displaced across the Himalayan nation, officials said.
Heavy rainfall has lashed Nepal for the past four days, swelling several Himalayan rivers beyond the danger mark and causing flooding and landslides at many places in the country.
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Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:18:46
UT Khader, minister for food and civil supplies, on Sunday condemned the lackadaisical attitude of the Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and the Centre on the Gorakhpur tragedy, saying they make a hullabaloo when only it's about cows and it is unfortunate the precious lives of kids are of no concern to them.
At least 70 kids have died over the course of five days at the Baba Raghav Das Medical C
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