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EVM tampering: SC to hear plea seeking thorough investigation
July 3, 2017 09:23 IST
Politicians have openly alleged tampering of EVMs in the recently concluded assembly elections
Pulwama encounter: Two militants gunned down, operation in progress
July 4, 2017 17:06 IST
Early morning, the security forces cordoned the area and launched a search operation, following information about the presence of militants there, a police spokesman said. The operation is still going on.
Farmer organisations from Punjab to join Mandsaur protest marchSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 08:47 IST
The protest march will reach ‘Jantar mantar’ in Delhi on July 18 and will focus on only two main issues — “total loan waiver for all farmers and providing one-and-half times more price of the total production cost of the crop”.
China cancels Indian journalists’ Tibet tripSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 08:40 IST
"Perhaps, it is because of the recent tension. They would have thought let things cool down first," Naik added. The duration of the trip was from July 8 to 15. Like Naik, journalists from other India media houses were invited.
Marked increase in criminal activities under BJP rule: Congress
July 3, 2017 08:35 IST
"The law and order has gone for a toss under the three years of BJP rule at the Centre. There has been a marked increase in the number of rape, murder, loot and lynching incidents," Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.
For A Smoother RideSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 08:25 IST
Four-laning of NH-22 (Parwanoo-Shimla) and NH-73 (Panchkula-Yamunanagar) is expected to cut travel time and make the journey safer. Better connectivity will benefit all of the Tricity. Work on NH-73 is progressing faster than on NH-22, which was stalled due to a NGT stay.
NC says will not accept GST in kits present form, traders form committee to give alternative proposalSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 07:42 IST
J&K is the only state that has not yet rolled out the new tax regime. The J-K government has convened a special session of the assembly on July 4 to discuss and extend the constitutional amendment 101 to the state to facilitate the implementation of GST.
Today’s Congress is not even a legitimate Congress party: Socialist leader K C TyagiSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 07:30 IST
If Meira Kumar’s name had come up before Kovind or Gopal Gandhi’s name had been decided, then JD(U) would have agreed with the rest of the joint Opposition on that name.
Poverty, terror both common problems of India, Bangladesh: Sarbananda SonowalSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 07:15 IST
“We have common enemies, problems and threats, those have to be combated and fought together. Our common enemy is poverty and together we have to fight that. Our common threats which of course are also a global threat are terrorism and fundamentalism," Sonowal said.
Delhi confidential: Perks of a young partySubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 06:15 IST
In the two years as Delhi Chief Minister, the AAP chief has attended the weddings of four of his MLAs, the last one being that of Burari MLA Sanjeev Jha the previous weekend.
As Gorkhaland stir continues, anger grows in the plainsSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 06:12 IST
Meanwhile, reports are coming in of harassment of people from the hills and Sikkim in towns such as Siliguri, which has an overwhelming population of Bengali-speaking people, and of people even leaving.
Complaint against Amit Shah reception at Goa airportSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 14:01 IST
BJP leaders from Goa, including Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, had received Shah Saturday and escorted him to a makeshift podium where he spoke for 15 minutes praising GST, before the makeshift arrangements were packed up.
Scientists arming new weapon against dengue, malaria — mosquitoesSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 09:17 IST
Phase 2 of trials underway in Jalna on ‘friendly’ mosquitoes genetically modified to cause offspring to die. Next step? Limited tests in open field
Look how the sun is making waves in Kerala’s backwatersSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 05:49 IST
Performance review of solar boat launched six months ago prompts state to go for 10 more
Safe sanitary napkins: she’s trying to break a taboo by speaking about itSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 10:56 IST
Jain, a 31-year-old Delhi-based architect, is on a mission: spread awareness about the environmental burden that disposable sanitary napkins impose, and the alternatives.
Dalits enroute to deliver 125-kg soap to Yogi Adityanath detained at JhansiSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 05:29 IST
According to the samiti, 45 Dalits, including eight women, boarded Sabarmati Express from Ahmedabad Saturday night for Lucknow. The UP police said 41 members of the group were detained at Jhansi.
Non-bailable warrant issued against Shabir Shah in money laundering caseSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 05:19 IST
The agency had moved an application for a non-bailable warrant against Shah on June 9 and the court issued it on June 22. The ED called Shah seven times for questioning but he did not turn up on one pretext or the other.
‘Congress can’t call itself a national party anymore’ : Yogi AdityanathSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 05:12 IST
The chief minister was addressing a Jan Swabhiman Rally organised by the Apna Dal (S) in Varanasi to mark the birth anniversary of Apna Dal founder Sonelal Patel.
Assam cow vigilantes stop vehicles, assault driversSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 04:53 IST
Nath said no complaint had been lodged by anybody regarding alleged illegal transportation of cattle. “No one has also lodged any complaint of assault,” the commissioner said.
Journalist says Bajrang Dal men made him chant Jai Shri RamSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 04:46 IST
Ataharuddin, a resident of Karneji village in Vaishali, told The Indian Express that on June 28, he was travelling by car with his aged parents and wife to Samastipur district via Muzaffarpur when he encountered the Bajrang Dal activists.
Jharkhand lynching case: BJP says its leader Mahato had nothing to do with Bajrang Dal, cow protectionSubscriber Only
July 4, 2017 16:58 IST
On Sunday, the BJP was at pains to underline that Mahato was “a dedicated party worker”, with “nothing to do with the Bajrang Dal or Gau Raksha Samiti”. They also accused police of failing to check “illegal slaughter” in the area.
Cow protection is about science, agro-economics, says Devendra FadnavisSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 13:57 IST
Devendra Fadnavis noted that prohibition of cow slaughter was part of the Constitution under Article 48, adding that looking after cows’ welfare was important for a better future.
More than 5 lakh SC/ST and minority students in Delhi haven’t got scholarshipsSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 13:06 IST
Applications were invited for seven schemes (five Centrally sponsored and two state-sponsored) between July and November 2016, and “a total of 66,882 applications received”, says the DDC report.
NIA builds case against J&K stone-pelters with electronic evidenceSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 04:01 IST
Agency sources point out that the probe against stone-pelters is far easier compared to that of terror funding against separatists, where fund trails have to be established end to end, beginning from Pakistan.
Rae Bareli killings: Adityanath gives police 10 days to crack caseSubscriber Only
July 3, 2017 04:00 IST
According to the police, five persons were killed, allegedly by residents of Apta village last Monday when they tried to escape after opening fire at the house of the village pradhan (village head).
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