Sat, 11 Jan 2020 12:41:29
Kannauj (UP) Jan 10 (PTI) Around 2O people were feared killed on Friday in a massive fire that broke out following a collision between a private sleeper bus and a truck near Chiloi village under Chhibramau police station area here, said police.
Some 20 people are feared to have died in the incident while 21 have been rushed to hospital, Kannauj Superintendent of Police Amrendra Prasad singh
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Sat, 11 Jan 2020 12:38:21
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said it will hear on March 18 a batch of petitions challenging the Centre's decision to deport illegal Rohingya Muslim immigrants to Myanmar.
The top court is also seized of petitions which support the government's stand to deport over 40,000 Rohingyas, who fled to India after violence in the Western Rakhine State of Myanmar and are settled in Jammu, Hyderaba
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Sat, 11 Jan 2020 12:34:50
DUBAI: Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast's longest-ruling monarch who seized power in a 1970 palace coup and pulled his Arabian sultanate into modernity while carefully balancing diplomatic ties between adversaries Iran and the US, has died. He was 79.
The state-run Oman News Agency announced his death late Friday on its official Twitter account. The sultan was believed to have been in p
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Sat, 11 Jan 2020 12:30:43
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday announced that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act will come into force from January 10.
In a gazette notification, the Union home ministry said the act under which non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be given Indian citizenship, will come into force from January 10.
"In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of the s
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Sat, 11 Jan 2020 12:28:24
Pune, Jan 10 (PTI) Lamenting that many students can not read and write Marathi, Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Friday that the government was thinking of making Marathi compulsory in all schools till class 10.
He was speaking at a felicitation program at Baramati, his Assembly constituency.
"The number of children studying in English-medium schools is increasing and the
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Sat, 11 Jan 2020 12:26:55
Pune: India defeated Sri Lanka by 78 runs in the third and final T20 International to win the the three-match series 2-0 here on Friday.
Sent into bat, India rode on K L Rahul (54 off 36) and Shikhar Dhawan's (52 off 36) 97-run opening stand to post a challenging 201 for six in their allotted 20 overs.
Manish Pandey then smashed 31 off 18 balls and skipper Virat Kohli, batting at number six,
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Sat, 11 Jan 2020 12:25:27
Jaipur, Jan 10 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not depend on his home minister to understand where the country is headed, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Friday.
He was referring to Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone's recent visit to the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi in support of protesting students who were attacked by masked miscreants on January 5.
"Wh
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Sat, 11 Jan 2020 12:22:39
New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday said complete suspension of telecom and internet services indefinitely is impermissible and directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review "forthwith" all the orders suspending them.
Restrictions contemplated under Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Service) Rules, 2017 are temporary in nature and any order su
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Sat, 11 Jan 2020 12:20:59
New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) Freedom of press is a requirement in any democratic society for its effective functioning and governments are required to respect this at all times, the Supreme Court said on Friday.
The apex court said importance of the press is well established and is a valuable and sacred right enshrined under the Constitution.
"This right is required in any modern democracy wi
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