Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s step to cut corporate tax as historic calling it a ‘win-win for 130 crore Indians’ “The step to cut corporate tax is historic. It will give a great stimulus to #MakeInIndia, attract private investment from across the globe, improve […]
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Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire on Thursday night and resorted to firing and shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in two sectors of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, an Army official said. Pakistani rangers also fired few small arm rounds along the International Border (IB) in Hiranagar sector of Kathua, […]
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Birth rates keep falling in China; in one mega city by 30 percent
The number of births in China fell in the first six months of 2019 in both urban and rural areas, latest rounds of country-wide surveys have revealed, indicating a reluctance among couples to have a second child three years after Beijing abolished the one-child policy. The falling birth rates differ […]
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‘Namaste… and sorry’: Tulsi Gabbard’s message to PM Modi ahead of Houston event
Tulsi Gabbard, a member of the Democratic Party of the United States, welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be in US for his ‘Howdy, Modi!’ event scheduled to be held in Houston on September 22. While warmly welcoming the prime minister, Gabbard also apologised for not being able to […]
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Citizenship bill top campaign issue, will expose Mamata: Bengal BJP chief
The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) that proposes to give citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Muslim-majority countries neighbouring India is the main issue for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaign in West Bengal ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections, the party’s state unit chief Dilip Ghosh said. “Let Mamata Banerjee try […]
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Perception about UP has changed, says CM
Listing his achievements in the past 30 months, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the perception of the state has changed considerably during this period. “On March 19, 2017, the BJP government was formed in the state after a 14-year exile. In the past two-and-half years UP […]
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‘Trying to turn JNU campus into jail’ : JNUSU against carrying ID cards
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has issued a circular asking students to ensure that they carry their ID cards and those visiting them “cooperate with security personnel whenever they ask for identity”. The circular was issued by the university’s chief security officer, Naveen Yadav, on September 19 and the newly […]
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70-year-old Jharkhand’s man lynched on child-lifting suspicions
A septuagenarian man was beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of being child lifter in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj district, police said on Thursday. The police, however, are yet to identify the victim, whose body has been sent for autopsy. “We have lodged an FIR against unknown persons today and […]
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Alka Lamba disqualified from Delhi Assembly
Rebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Alka Lamba was on Thursday disqualified from the Delhi Assembly by Speaker Ram Niwas Goel “on grounds of defection”, said a statement issued by the Assembly secretariat. “Alka Lamba, the Respondent in this case, an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly of the National […]
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Mumbai citizens complain to BMC of foul smell, fire tenders rushed to find source
Citizens from several areas across Mumbai complained of foul smell on Thursday night. Citizens, in a state of panic, started complaining to the fire brigade while some took to Twitter to complain. Reports of the foul smell came in from Chembur, Ghatkopar, Tilak Nagar, Andheri, Kandivali, Kurla and several other […]
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To create awareness about new traffic rules, students to form human chain at India Gate
A group of thousand students will form a human chain at the India Gate on Saturday to spread awareness about the new traffic rules under the amended Motor Vehicles Act which has been opposed by several quarters of the society due to provision of hefty fines. Around 5,500 uniformed school […]
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SC notice to Centre on plea of mothers of Rohith Vemula, Payal Tadvi
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea filed by mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, who had allegedly committed suicide following alleged caste-based discrimination, seeking to end such bias in universities and other higher education institutions across the country. While Vemula, a Ph.D scholar at Hyderabad […]
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One dead in Washington DC shooting: What we know so far
One person was killed and five others wounded on Thursday in a shooting on the streets of Washington, DC, not far from the White House, police said. The incident happened in the parking lot of an apartment block. Here’s what we know so far: *The gunfire erupted in the Columbia Heights neighbourhood, […]
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‘Those having over 2 kids before July 25 can fight panchayat poll’: Uttarakhand HC
The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday ruled that the two-child norm in panchayat elections will not be applicable to those candidates who have given birth to over two children before July 25 this year when the new law regarding this came into force. On July 25, 2019, an amendment regarding […]
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Plea alleges detention of children in Kashmir, SC seeks report
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a report from Jammu and Kashmir High Court on the alleged detention of children in Kashmir during curbs following the scrapping of Article 370 in the state on August 5. Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, representing child right activists Inakshi Ganguly and Shanta Sinha who […]