Tue, 24 Oct 2017 19:19:38
Fighter and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) today performed breathtaking touch-and-go landings on a stretch of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway here, showing that highways can be used as landing strips in case of any emergency.
Over a dozen IAF planes, including Mirage-2000 fighters and Sukhoi 30s, besides 35,000 kg C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, took part in the exercise near Bang
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Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:09:43
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that India has remained as the world's fastest growing economy for the past three years, thus maintaining very strong economic fundamentals with progressive growth story.
"There are strong macroeconomic fundamentals," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said while addressing a media conference.
"We will report on the situation as they develop. A
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Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:00:46
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday discussed a range of bilateral, regional and global issues and expressed their "firm resolve" to end the menace of terrorism
The two leaders also discussed ways to further the shared objective of promoting security and stability in Afghanistan
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Tue, 24 Oct 2017 17:58:28
Several opposition parties today announced that they would observe November 8, the first anniversary of demonetisation, as Black Day and would hold protests across the country to highlight its "ill-effects" on the economy.
Announcing the decision at a joint press conference of the opposition coordination committee, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "This particular
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Tue, 24 Oct 2017 17:53:00
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said that standing during national anthem cannot be a test of someone's patriotism.
"Why one should show patriotism in the cinema hall? What Supreme Court has said is absolutely right and the observation of Justice DY Chandrachud is correct. Standing during national anthem cannot be a test of someone's patrioti
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Tue, 24 Oct 2017 17:46:55
Stepping up his attack against the government over GST, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today took the Gabbar Singh analogy further by referencing the Bollywood villain's dialogue to say it was a tax that coveted people's earnings.
Gandhi, who had yesterday described the goods and services tax as "Gabbar Singh Tax" during a rally in Gujarat, today recalled a much quoted dialogue from "Shol
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Tue, 24 Oct 2017 17:44:26
A plea has been moved in Supreme Court challenging the notification of the Department of Telecom on linking of mobile numbers with Aadhaar.
The plea filed by Tehseen Poonawala sought direction for quashing of the notification of March 23, issued by the Department of Telecom (DoT) and holding it "unconstitutional" and "null and void".
It also sought direction to the telecom operators from imp
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Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:31:41
The controversy around the origin of Taj Mahal was created by the BJP to divert attention from key issues, including the alleged increase in the wealth of its chief Amit Shah's son, former JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar alleged here today.
"The controversy over Taj Mahal was created by the BJP leadership to divert attention of the people from Shah's son Jay Shah's manifold increas
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Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:24:16
District In-charge Minister Vinay Kulkarni has charged that the BJP leaders are followers of Nathuram Godse who murdered Mahatma Gandhi and they celebrate Godse Jayanti, and therefore, they do not have the moral right to speak about the birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan, who was a freedom fighter. He told media persons here on Monday that opposing a person just because of his/her religion in which
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