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MCD elections 2017: Sluggish start to voting, just over 1% polling till 10 AM

April 23, 2017 12:01 IST

Polling for 270 wards of municipal corporations in East, North and South Delhi commenced at 8 AM.

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PM Modi to address all BJP CMs today

April 23, 2017 11:31 IST

A similar exercise was held in last August.

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MCD elections 2017: Polling in two wards postponed due to death of candidates

April 23, 2017 11:25 IST

Out of the total 272 wards, the NDMC and the SDMC have 104 seats each while the EDMC has 64. The MCD has been ruled by the BJP for the last 10 years.

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MCD polls: Lt Governor, CM Arvind Kejriwal cast their votes

April 23, 2017 11:32 IST

Baijal cast his vote at a polling station in Greater Kailash 3. Union minister Harsh Vardhan also voted in his Krishna Nagar constituency.

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Delhi: Animal activists assault 3 men transporting buffaloes

April 23, 2017 14:44 IST

People For Animals (PFA) activists claimed that they followed a truck from Haryana after they receiving information that the men were transporting animals for slaughter.

Telangana: Four killed as bike rams into tree

April 23, 2017 10:50 IST

The bodies were sent for postmortem to a government hospital in Jagtial, police added.

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From June, a mega app to answer all your rail-related queries

April 23, 2017 10:35 IST

There are several apps operated by the Indian Railways which provide various kinds of services. These include the CMS App for complaint management system.

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Delhi: PIL in High Court for ban on 66 pesticides restricted world over

April 23, 2017 10:30 IST

The plea seeks cancellation of the registration of the 66 chemicals and a prohibition on their sale in India.

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CIC decides 1,288 appeals by a person in one order

April 23, 2017 10:25 IST

Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) and Assistant Public Information Officers (APIOs) are deputed to handle Right to Information applications in a public authority.

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Save the Ganga, Sully the GangaSubscriber Only

April 23, 2017 13:21 IST

A court order has declared India’s revered river a person with legal rights. But why is it being split into two – a deity to be protected in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, and a waterway of degradation in Bihar?

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Congress has failed to get a grip on governance: Vijay SamplaSubscriber Only

April 23, 2017 09:40 IST

Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh has failed to get a grip on governance in the first one month of office, says Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment and Punjab BJP president Vijay Sampla

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Panel formed by SGPC in 2015 to remove, appoint jathedars nowhere in sightSubscriber Only

April 23, 2017 09:33 IST

Only one meeting of this panel was conducted, shortly after formation at Anandpur Sahib

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Punjab promotes moong dal to curb stubble burningSubscriber Only

April 23, 2017 09:22 IST

According to experts, ‘summer moong’ is not only a high-value cash crop which fits perfectly in the wheat-rice cycle in the state, but it’s also a short-duration crop improves soil health.

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Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami meets protesting farmers at Jantar Mantar, says will take up matter with PM Modi

April 23, 2017 09:06 IST

"I will take up with PM the demands put forward by the farmers. I urge the farmers to end this protest," Palanisami said

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Delhi MCD elections 2017: Polling ends, turnout around 54 per cent

April 23, 2017 06:42 IST

The civic polls will witness a triangular contest involving three major parties- the AAP, BJP and the Congress.

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Gurgaon: 5-year-old run over by van, driver absconding

April 23, 2017 06:30 IST

Police said the accident took place near Kanhai village at 8 am when the child was standing by the roadside with her father

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Tamil Nadu farmers threaten to drink urine, Edappadi Palaniswami to meet them today

April 23, 2017 10:07 IST

On Saturday, P Ayyakkannu, who was leading the protests, said the Deputy Commissioner of Police had advised them against drinking their own urine.

Expelled by Congress, Barkha Singh joins BJP

April 23, 2017 06:14 IST

Goel said Singh had a long experience of working for causes of women and hoped “her joining will strengthen the team within the BJP working for women’s empowerment”.

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Alliance under strain, Mehbooba Mufti to meet PM Modi

April 23, 2017 06:11 IST

The PDP leader also talked about Thursday’s attack by members of the VHP and Bajrang Dal on a Muslim nomadic family in Jammu.

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Unrest in Kashmir: Situation fragile…Battle of minds as vital as bullets, says Srinagar Corps chiefSubscriber Only

April 23, 2017 08:51 IST

Lt Gen J S Sandhu says violence will go on, ‘developments on expected lines’

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8-year-old among 5 hurt as Jammu nomad family attacked by VHP

April 23, 2017 06:04 IST

The Bakerwals travel from the plains to higher reaches in J&K with their animals at the onset of summer every year, doing the reverse journey in winter.

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Exact number of trucks entering Delhi still unclear, over 10,000 FIRs against environment tax violatorsSubscriber Only

April 23, 2017 06:03 IST

In 2015, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) pointed out a mismatch between their survey and the civic body’s claims over the numbers of commercial vehicles entering the city.

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BJP leader Subramanian Swamy brings up Robert Vadra in National Herald caseSubscriber Only

April 23, 2017 05:55 IST

On Saturday, Swamy filed a fresh application seeking more witnesses to be examined by the court in the National Herald case.

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Dadra and Nagar Haveli sees alarming rise in leprosy casesSubscriber Only

April 23, 2017 05:54 IST

Of its population of 3.42 lakh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli has a 52 per cent tribal population, people living mostly in mud houses with poor hygiene.

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Kannada outfits withdraw bandh against Baahubali 2

April 23, 2017 05:51 IST

Nagaraj, however, warned that Sathyaraj’s movies may be affected in the state if the actor provokes Kannadigas again.

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