Thu, 20 Jul 2017 17:14:28
Ram Nath Kovind, the NDA candidate, was today elected as India's 14th president receiving an overwhelming majority of votes from the country's lawmakers.
Kovind defeated opposition's Meira Kumar, a former Lok Sabha speaker, garnering more than 65 percent of the votes in the Electoral College, the Returning Officer for the poll announced today.
The 71-year old, who will be the second Dalit to
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:31:32
BJP workers staged a protest in front of deputy commissioner’s office on Wednesday, condemning the killing of pro-Hindu activists in the state.
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:52:26
Uttara Kannnada district will be open defecation free by end of September District Panchayat Chief Executive Officer L Chandrashekara Nayak said.
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:33:24
CCTV cameras installed at Majali checkpost in the taluk are not functioning since last several months. This has resulted in a setback in keeping proper vigilance on the movement of supicious vehicles on this route.
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:29:17
The death toll in the bus accident that took place today morning in Himachal Pradesh's Simla has risen to 28.
Nine others have sustained injuries.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is reaching the spot.
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:11:26
Kevin Pietersen has said that he has not ruled out resurrecting his international career with his native South Africa even though he'll be pushing 40 when he requalifies.
The 37-year-old batsman will become eligible to play for the Proteas in 2019 having not been selected for England after being sacked in the aftermath of the 2013-14 Ashes defeat in Australia.
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:05:12
Airlines have no authority to impose flying ban on anybody, including parliamentarians, and the law of the land should take its course, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said on Thursday.
The remarks came after SP member Naresh Agrawal raised the issue of recent flying ban imposed by major domestic airlines, including state-owned Air India.
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:03:10
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati's resignation from the Rajya Sabha was accepted on Thursday by chairman Hamid Ansari, a senior official of the Upper House said.
The 61-year-old had submitted a fresh resignation letter as per the prescribed format, tendering a hand-written one-line letter, he said, wishing not to be named as he was not authorised to comment.
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:00:54
Top Indian shot putter Manpreet Kaur will miss next month's World Athletics Championships in London after she tested positive for banned substances for the second time in a couple of days, the AFI said on Thursday.
Manpreet's urine sample 'A' collected during the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix at Jinhua (China) on April 24 has also been found to have stimulant dimethylbutylamine in it.
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