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Gujarat expects decent rains after low a | Gandhinagar, July 31 (TIWN) Even though the rain gods have made a late entry into the parched lands of Gujarat, the state expects decent rainfall in the week ahead with a low pressure system being created in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh. | 30-Jul-2019 |
Swami Vivekananda helped revive depresse | New Delhi, July 31 (TIWN) Swami Vivekananda acted as a tonic for the Hindu mind that was depressed and demoralised, RSS Joint General Secretary Suresh Soni said here on Tuesday while releasing the book 'Essential Vivekananda'. | 30-Jul-2019 |
Congress expels 14 Karnataka rebel legis | New Delhi, July 31 (TIWN) The Congress on Tuesday expelled 14 legislators, disqualified by former Karnataka Speaker K.R. Ramesh, for anti-party activities. | 30-Jul-2019 |
Will wear saree next time if Mahakal pri | Ujjain, July 30 (TIWN) Former Union minister Uma Bharti, who offered prayers in Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain on Tuesday, said that the next time she will wear a saree while praying to Baba Mahakal if the priests ask her to do so. | 30-Jul-2019 |
Rise in Delhi crime due to lack of pro-a | New Delhi, July 30 (TIWN) The surge in Delhis crime graph, particularly the heinous incidents involving use of firearms, is mainly because of lack of pro-active policing and hot pursuit of hardened criminals, former decorated Police Commissioners of the national capital say. | 30-Jul-2019 |
Unnao rape survivor accident: SP leader' | Lucknow, July 30 (TIWN) The Yogi Adityanath government has recommended a CBI probe into the road accident in which the Unnao rape survivor and her lawyer have been critically injured and two female relatives killed. | 30-Jul-2019 |
Parliament clears bill to check ponzi sc | New Delhi, July 30 (TIWN) Aiming to curb the menace of ponzi schemes and protect gullible investors, Parliament has passed the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019. | 30-Jul-2019 |
Karnataka rebel MLAs move SC against dis | New Delhi, July 30 (TIWN) Karnataka MLAs have found refuge in the Supreme Court as two Congress rebels, Ramesh Jarkiholi and Mahesh Kumathalli, on Monday moved it seeking directions to quash the Karnataka Assembly Speaker's decision to disqualify them from the House. | 30-Jul-2019 |
Anandiben Patel sworn in as UP Governor | Lucknow, July 29 (TIWN) Anandiben Patel was sworn in as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh on Monday. She was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Chief Justice Govind Mathur | 29-Jul-2019 |
14 more Karnataka Congress-JD-S rebel le | Bengaluru, July 29 (TIWN) A day before the trust vote on the B.S. Yeddiyurappa government in the Karnataka Assembly, Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Sunday disqualified 14 rebel legislators of the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) for defying their parties whip to attend the House on July 23. | 29-Jul-2019 |
A holy cow which can predict your future | New Delhi, July 29 (TIWN) In a video that went viral on social media, businessman Robert Vadra on Sunday expressed his love for India due to its "diversity and versatility" and posted a video of a cow that he claimed can predict one's future. | 29-Jul-2019 |
India to be third biggest economy by 202 | Lucknow, July 28 (TIWN) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that in the next five years, India would be the third biggest economy in the world. | 28-Jul-2019 |
3-year old girl raped in Kanpur, accused | Kanpur, July 28 (TIWN) In a shocking incident, a three-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in Pem village in Kanpur on Saturday, said the police. The acccused Radhey Shayam has been arrested and booked under the POCSO Act. | 28-Jul-2019 |
Assam CM to push for development of Indi | Guwahati, July 27 (TIWN) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said he will approach the Central government to develop the India-Bangladesh border at Karimganj in line with the India-Pakistan border at Wagah to attract tourists as well as promote nationalistic sentiment. | 27-Jul-2019 |
Saradha case: CBI summons Trinamool MP O | Kolkata, July 27 (TIWN) The Central Bureau of Investigation has summoned Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien in connection with the probe into the Saradha chit fund scam, a CBI official said on Saturday. | 27-Jul-2019 |
Moin Qureshi case: ED arrests Satish Bab | New Delhi, July 27 (TIWN) The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested Hyderabad-based businessman Satish Babu Sana in a money-laundering probe against controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi. He has been arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. | 27-Jul-2019 |
J&K problem can't be solved by military | New Delhi, July 27 (TIWN) The Central government's decision to deploy additional forces for security in Jammu and Kashmir has drawn sharp reactions from political parties in the Valley. | 27-Jul-2019 |
Three of family found dead inside IIT-De | New Delhi, July 27 (TIWN) Three members of a family were found hanging inside the Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi premises, the police said on Saturday. | 27-Jul-2019 |
Govt counters resigned High Court†| AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): After resigned Govt PP of Tripura High Court Amitabha Ray Barman has alleged, he resigned due to Govt’s pressure on him and his role was attempted to be manipulated, in counter Govt sources have claimed that Tripura Gov't if has forced Ray Barman to resign the post of Addl. PP but there are valid reasons. | 26-Jul-2019 |
Lynching: SC issues notice on plea for i | New Delhi, July 26 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a petition seeking direction to stop increasing mob lynching incidents targeting the minority community in the country. A set of directions was laid down by the top court in its 2018 judgement to prevent mob lynching. | 26-Jul-2019 |
BSNL, MTNL reeling under Wi-Fi burden of | New Delhi, July 26 (TIWN) State-owned telecom companies are incurring losses in providing high-speed Wi-Fi connections to members of Parliament, Union Minister for Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said. | 26-Jul-2019 |
India-Pak ties: Young citizens discuss w | New Delhi, July 26 (TIWN) More people-to-people exchanges, and talks, both formal and informal, are the way forward for an end to the bilateral tensions hobbling the India-Pakistan relations, members of a group from India that attended a Track-II dialogue in Islamabad earlier this month, have said. | 26-Jul-2019 |
Prayagraj police questions church offici | Agra, July 26 (TIWN) A team of investigators from Prayagraj on Thursday questioned some church officials of the Bhishop House located in the premises of St Paul's Church School. | 26-Jul-2019 |
As drones monitor Kanwar Yatra, Dehradun | Meerut, July 26 (TIWN) As the annual pilgrimage of Shiva devotees -- Kanwar Yatra -- hits its peak celebrations in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the all important national Highway connecting Delhi and Dehradun has been closed from early on Friday. | 26-Jul-2019 |
Lynch mobs turned Lord Ram's name into m | Kolkata, July 25 (TIWN) Trinamool MP Nusrat Jahan says so-called "cow vigilantes" have turned Lord Ram's name into a murder cry and has appreciated members of civil society groups speaking up for human life. | 25-Jul-2019 |
'Didi' working on rejuvenating Trinamool | Kolkata, July 25 (TIWN) Days after her Trinamool Congress suffered huge reverses in the Lok Sabha polls, a visibly distraught West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had promised to "take care of my party". | 25-Jul-2019 |
Mumbai NCP chief walks over to Shiv Sena | Mumbai, July 25 (TIWN) In a jolt to the opposition Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), its Mumbai President Sachin Ahir walked over to the ruling Shiv Sena here on Thursday. | 25-Jul-2019 |
Two independent Karnataka MLAs withdraw | New Delhi, July 25 (TIWN) Two Karnataka independent MLAs -- R. Shankar and H. Nagesh -- on Thursday withdraw their plea from the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Assembly Speaker to conduct a floor test in the House immediately. | 25-Jul-2019 |
What next in Madhya Pradesh? | Bhopal, July 25 (TIWN) After deflating the BJPs Karnataka euphoria the Congress leadership in Madhya Pradesh has got down to the job of insulating itself against imminent retaliation from a wounded. | 25-Jul-2019 |
Kashmiri Pandits want Article 370 to go | New Delhi, July 24 (TIWN) Pitching for abrogation of Article 370, Kashmiri Pandits feel the provision granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir is one of the major reasons for their exodus from the Valley, along with terrorism. | 24-Jul-2019 |
No question of accepting mediation on Ka | New Delhi, July 24 (TIWN) There is "no question of accepting anybody's mediation on the Kashmir issue", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh declared on Wednesday. | 24-Jul-2019 |
Article 370 can't be shielded from Parli | New Delhi, July 24 (TIWN) The constitutional validity of contentious Article 370 has been put to test again! Legal experts believe that the Article is temporary in nature, and avenues have not been explored yet to change its status via Amendment Act to the Constitution. Therefore, it is contestable on the floor of the Parliament and exposed to the scrutiny of law. | 24-Jul-2019 |
Rape victim withdraws case against forme | Lucknow, July 24 (TIWN) There is finally some relief for former Samajwadi Party (SP) minister Gayatri Prajapati, who has been in jail since March 2017 on charges of gang raping a woman and her minor daughter. He is also an accused in the mining scam, which is being investigated by the CBI. | 24-Jul-2019 |
Article 370 divides Kashmir and Jammu | Srinagar, July 24 (TIWN) Just the mention of "Article 370" divides Jammu and Kashmir state on regional lines. While Jammu overwhelmingly wants the provision to be scrapped from the Constitution, Kashmir valley-centric parties, across board, warn that tampering with the special provision would stir the hornets nest and the fallout would be difficult to handle. | 24-Jul-2019 |
SC extends NRC deadline for 1 month, dec | New Delhi, July 23 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the July 31 deadline to August 31 for the publication of the final draft of the NRC in Assam while it rejected the plea of the Centre and the Assam government for 20 per cent sample re-verification in the districts bordering Bangladesh. | 23-Jul-2019 |
UP plans to play greater role in Defence | Lucknow, July 23 (TIWN) With Defence Minister Rajnath Singh belonging to Uttar Pradesh, the state is likely to get priority in matters related to defence. | 23-Jul-2019 |
Pakistan violates ceasefire at three pla | Jammu, July 23 (TIWN) The Pakistan army on Tuesday violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) at three places in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. | 23-Jul-2019 |
Wake up and call Trump's bluff: Congress | New Delhi, July 23 (TIWN) Continuing its tirade over US President Donald Trump's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him to mediate in the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan, the Congress on Tuesday dared Modi to wake up and call the latter's bluff. | 23-Jul-2019 |
Centre sees RTI Act as a nuisance: Sonia | New Delhi, July 23 (TIWN) Congress Parliamentary Party Chairman Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Centre over the Bill that seeks to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 saying the government sees RTI Act as a nuisance and wants to destroy the independence of the Chief Information Commission. | 23-Jul-2019 |
Mamata flays Centre, BJP over I-T notice | Kolkata, July 22 (TIWN) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday condemned the BJP-led NDA government's move to send income tax notices to Durga Puja committees in the state and said religious festivals should not be taxed. | 22-Jul-2019 |
Mehbooba Mufti could be questioned in JK | Srinagar, July 22 (TIWN) After senior People's Democratic Party leader and former Public Works Minister Naeem Akhtar was questioned in a multi-crore works allotment scam, sources here said sleuths of the state crime branch could now question PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. | 22-Jul-2019 |
India's tryst with destiny: 'Bahubali' p | Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), July 22 (TIWN) India's second lunar mission was on track as its 'Babubali' GSLV rocket successfully put the moon spacecraft -- Chandrayaan-2 -- into the orbit in a copy book style on Monday afternoon. | 22-Jul-2019 |
Congress protests Priyanka's detention i | New Delhi, July 22 (TIWN) Congress members in both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha on Monday protested outside Parliament over the detention of party leader Priyanka Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh last week. | 22-Jul-2019 |
Countdown for India's 2nd moon mission r | Chennai, July 22 (TIWN) The countdown for Monday's Rs 978 crore Chandrayaan-2 mission launch that started at 6.43 p.m. on Sunday is progressing smoothly, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. | 22-Jul-2019 |
Mother moves SC seeking safe return of d | New Delhi, July 21 (TIWN) A woman, fighting a legal battle with her estranged husband for the custody of children, has moved the Supreme Court seeking safe return of her daughter from the USA as the case is still pending in a Mumbai family court. | 21-Jul-2019 |
Hundreds pay homage to Dikshit at Congre | New Delhi, July 21 (TIWN) Hundreds paid homage on Sunday to veteran Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit as her mortal remains were taken from her residence to the party headquarters. | 21-Jul-2019 |
No resumption in dialogue but India, Pak | New Delhi, July 21 (TIWN) Even though India has refused to resume full-fledged dialogue with Pakistan because of continued terrorism emanating from there, the two countries have been holding talks on opening a corridor for pilgrimage to Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan. | 21-Jul-2019 |
Over 16K cases pending in Armed Forces T | New Delhi, July 21 (TIWN) The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) meant to provide justice to the aggrieved forces personnel is severely affected due to non-functional benches. The pending cases in the AFT, set up only 10 years ago as dedicated courts in the three services, have spiralled to 16000. | 21-Jul-2019 |
Priyanka ends dharna, to return to Delhi | Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), July 20 (TIWN) "I am now leaving because my purpose of meeting the families of the victims has been fulfilled. But I will return very soon. I had come here on the instructions of my brother Rahul Gandhi." | 20-Jul-2019 |
Corruption in NRC process, government wa | New Delhi, July 20 (TIWN) The process of preparing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam has been rigged due to corruption, believes the government which now wants to engage senior officers for re-verification of the exercise aimed at identifying illegal immigrants for deportation. | 20-Jul-2019 |