Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:35:24
A major tragedy was on Monday averted when a bird hit Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's helicopter while it was taking off.
An eagle hit the helicopter during its take off at the HAL Airport here when Siddaramaiah was flying to Shravanabelagola along with Karnataka Home Minister Dr G. Parameshwara. But the alert pilot averted a major tragedy and landed the chopper safely.
After the tec
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:32:48
Tamil Nadu farmers protesting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi "temporarily" called off their agitation on Sunday after over 40 days after Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami "promised" to meet their demands.
"The chief minister and the Union finance minister have the power to take a call on our demands. We have decided to call off the agitation for a period of one month based on the assurances given
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:26:11
Why can't women live in peace in this country, a Supreme Court bench, apparently exasperated over growing crimes against women, has observed.
The observation came when a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra was hearing an appeal filed by a man who was sentenced to seven years in jail by the Himachal Pradesh High Court for allegedly teasing and compelling a 16-year-old girl to take the extreme st
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:19:37
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and emphasised that dialogue was the only way to prevent the situation from deteriorating in the Valley.
She invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's policy on Kashmir, and said the thread should be picked up from where he had left off -- an apparent suggestion for talks with separatists.
"How
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:17:52
With numerous incidents of triple talaq coming to the fore, All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) president Shaishta Amber on Monday advocated that justice will not be meted out until a law is made in this regard.
Lambasting the Muslim Law Board for inaction, Amber said that men are misusing the triple talaq divorce system.
"Till the time people who are guilty are not punishe
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:15:17
Around 14 activists belonging to rightwing groups Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other groups were arrested by the police after they ransacked the Sadar Bazar Police Station in Agra's Fatehpur Sikri.
An FIR has been registered against the accused after they clashed with the police earlier in the day.
The station came under attack by the right wing activists yesterday as they at
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:05:52
India should focus less on speeding up the process of building aircraft carriers to contain China in the Indian ocean and more on its economic development, Chinese official media said today. "New Delhi is perhaps too impatient to develop an aircraft carrier. The country is still in its initial stage of industrialisation, and there will be many technical obstacles that stand in the way of a build-u
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:01:15
Chief Minister K Palaniswami today said he had raised a number of issues concerning Tamil Nadu, including its demand for exemption from NEET test, at the NITI Aayog meeting held in New Delhi.
"We stressed for the exemption of NEET for Tamil Nadu at the NITI Aayog meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...Also, it has been insisted that the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) should be cons
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:59:37
Nearly 300 Whatsapp groups were being used to mobilise stone-pelters in Kashmir to disrupt security forces' operations at encounter sites, of which 90 per cent have been shut down, a police official said today.
Each of these 300 Whatsapp groups had around 250 members, the official said while explaining how determined attempts were being made to disrupt the operations of the security forces by m
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