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Telangana livestock agency to launch ‘white revolution’
Telecoms Reconsider Fees, as Price War Fades
Ten days since the An-32 transport aircraft with 29 people on board went missing, there has been no breakthrough in the ongoing search-and-rescue operation involving ships, submarines and planes. The...
Tension prevailed at the New Government General Hospital (GGH) on Saturday night when the kin of a patient staged a dharna alleging that the patient, Durga Prasad, died due to police torture.According...
Tens of thousands of people from Ethiopia's ethnic Amhara group took part in an anti-government demonstration in the northern city of Gondar, local media said, the largest such gathering yet in a string of recent protests.
Terminix may be close to paying a Delaware family $87 million to keep them from suing over a horrifying poisoning while they were vacationing in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
'Terrorists Stand No Chance Against Assad' as Turkey Sides With Russia on Syria
Tesla’s arrival to benefit local firms
Test cricket is the real deal, declared Ramachandra Guha, cricket historian and writer, emphatically. Tests are like single malt, one-day cricket like Indian-made foreign liquor and T20 is like local...
THAAD damages China-South Korea mutual trust: expert
The 200-mark for India came up in the 70th over, and the duo celebrated their 100-stand for the 2nd wicket off 283 balls.
The 24-year-old, who will compete in the 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle events in his third Olympics, is likely to face the toughest competition.
The 47-day trawling ban along the coast of Kerala ended at this midnight. The ban period went off peacefully, without any major confrontation between traditional craft and mechanised boats.The ban cam...
The 68-year-old Alabama resident waited for an intruder, then captured a man and restrained him with tape, electrical wire and rope. "I don't think he was intending to kill," an official said.
The accent of Ken Spillman sounded different. But this in no way hampered this Australian author from connecting with children. “Mine is Kangaroo English”, he told the children. Mr. Spillman showed th...
The administration is trying to make girls aware of the importance of toilets and would also teach them ways to assert themselves before their family members.
The Agency for Development of Aquaculture Kerala (Adak) has invited applications for groups of farmers who are interested in taking up farming under its integrated project for aquaculture and pokkali ...
The appointment of Gita Gopinath, a pro-market Harvard professor of economics, has triggered controversy in Kerala after she was made economic advisor to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Former chie...
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) aided in the rescue of 97 migrants adrift in the Mediterranean Sea, July 29.
The Assocham Bizcon Survey revealed that as many as 65.5 per cent companies expect macroeconomic parameters to look up by December.
The association also raised the issue of disparity in impanelment and asked the FM to ensure parity of IRS with IAS
The author of notable books such as The Shadow Lines (1988), The Hungry Tide (2004) and, most recently, The Ibis Trilogy, just published his new work, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable.
The Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) review of its monetary stimulus program promised for September has revived expectations it could adopt some form of “helicopter money,” printing money for government spending to spur inflation.
The bank on Friday disappointed market hopes that it might increase its heavy
The BJP-AJSU government in Jharkhand has left thousands of complainants in the lurch by keeping the posts of Lokayukt and the chief of the State Human Rights Commission vacant for several months, said...
The BJP on Sunday accused Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of being responsible for “murderous attacks” on its workers at Boudh and Angul and said the BJD activists could not have unleashed terror...
The body of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s elder son Rakesh (39), who died of multi-organ failure at Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium on Saturday, will be kept for public viewing at the Karnataka...
The Bombay High Court has criticised the practice of litigants levelling allegations against dignitaries holding top positions like Prime Minister, Home Minister and Chief Minister on frivolous ground...
The campaign which is being launched in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Pune starting August 1 will be available to users of Ola's premium Prime service
The Cassini Spacecraft gives us another interesting view of Saturn. Saturn’s A and F rings appear bizarrely warped where they intersect the planet’s limb, whose atmosphere acts here like a very big lens. In its upper regions, Saturn’s atmosphere absorbs some of the light reflected by the rings as it passes through. But absorption is […]
The Central Government has recently put out a report that Telangana was almost on par with Andhra Pradesh when it came to violence and sexual abuse against children in 2014 when the States were divide...
The Central Region retained their over all championship at the State Sports and Duty Meet of the Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) Department organised in the city from Friday to Sunday. Northern and Sou...
The Centre has decided to relax the requirement of a Protected Area Permit for foreigners visiting various parts of Ladakh including the Nubra valley, Jammu and Kashmir government said on Sunday .“At ...
The Centre’s move to appropriate unclaimed employee provident fund balances to a welfare fund is unfair
The Centre would soon initiate measures to make ethanol out of biomass that would create “tremendous demand for farm waste,” Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.
The Chinese search giant has analysed vast amounts of phone location data to monitor employment, consumer behaviour, and even Apple sales
The city police are in the process of identifying service-minded autorickshaw drivers to help pedestrians cross busy city roads. It will be implemented in the West Sub Division, as a pilot project. Se...
The city traffic police is struggling to cope with flooding of roads which has become a major hindrance to the smooth flow of traffic.On the Outer Ring Road, sources said the city’s civic agencies are...
The cluttered offices of a history magazine in Beijing have become an unusually public battlefield in China’s ideological wars.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) need not teach the CPI and its State secretary Kanam Rajendran the importance of Left unity, said the district executive council of the CPI here on Sunday.Hittin...
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The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill was passed by Parliament amid intense debate over how best India can conserve its forests
The convictions represent a rare instance of sentences for individuals, rather than fines levied against companies, after the international market meltdown of 2008.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe into the alleged custodial death of a 42-year-old domestic help in Jeevan Bima Nagar police station earlier this year is expected to be delayed as CID...
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The defence minister had said that those who speak ill of India need to be taught a lesson
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is looking to jointly pitch for projects in the international market in areas such as capacity building with Gurgaon-based Management Development Institute.The ...
The Deployment Of The US THAAD Missile In South Korea Signals Start Of New Cold War
The detention and harassment of two mediapersons after barring them from reporting at the Kozhikode district court by the police has come as an embarrassment to the Pinaryi Vijayan government even as...
The dispute between the Republican nominee and the parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain killed in Iraq has largely taken over the presidential race in recent days. But whether the fight will ultimately hurt Donald Trump among voters remains an open question.
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The District Collector has issued a flood warning to the residents of Chengam and Thandrampet taluks after water flow increased in the Thenpennai river. In a press release, the Collector said that the...
The District Consumer Redressal Forum, Hyderabad-lll, on July 25 directed Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited to pay a policy amount of Rs. 15 lakh from date of claim till realisation, along with...
The District Development Council (DDC) has been apprised that steps should be taken to appoint teachers on ‘halt station’ basis at the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) to improve quality of education. Teachers...
The district unit of the Congress, at the behest of Dinesh Gundu Rao, the working president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, has initiated steps to restructure 16 Block Congress Committees...
The drop at Gayatri waterfall is almost 350 feet while it was just 135 feet in last World Cup
The e-commerce start-up, which sells dress clones of what actors wear in movies, is looking to sell tours to film-shoot locations
The economy finally expanded on a yearly basis in the second quarter, signaling that the worst of the nation’s economic slump might be over. The 0.69 percent growth rate in the April-to-June period was better than the 0.48 percent increase the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting
The Erdogan regime continues to play with fire renewing accusations that the United States spearheaded a complex conspiracy to overthrow the Turkish government.
The erstwhile Tamil Nadu Hotel of the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) near the Theppakkadu reception at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) has been refurbished now and will be run by Eco ...
The ex-Browns quarterback still seems a long, long way from playing for anybody.
The exit of a competitor, financially backed by the maker of Coke, has raised the odds that SodaStream chief executive officer Daniel Birnbaum can make good on a pledge
The FBI has found 14 personal electronic devices from those aboard the balloon that crashed Saturday in Texas, NTSB spokesman Robert Sumwalt said. They include cell phones, one iPad, and three cameras. The cameras, he said, are destroyed, but he said he hopes NTSB lab technicians can recover the images.
The fifth generation computer navigation knee replacement surgery not only provides perfect alignment and perfect fitting of artificial knee joint, needed for perfect functioning, but also ensures lig...
The Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) Department has sought Rs. 125 crore from the State government to better equip itself for disaster management. A proposal was sent keeping in mind the experiences dur...
The first-ever chess competition for school students in Kalaburagi district organised by The Hindu in School (THiS) and Thyrocare will be held at the multi-purpose auditorium of the Sharanabasaveshwar...
The first ever The Hindu in School Chess Competition in Hubballi evoked good response with students from various districts of north Karnataka participating in it.Presented by Thyrocare, the competitio...
The First Meeting of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the Biotechnology Research Center (BTRC), Libya.
The flood that devastated downtown Ellicott City, Maryland, killed two people and destroying or damaging at least 25 buildings.
The Forest Department will identify two places for construction of railway underpasses for elephants between Madukkarai and Walayar where the railway line is close to the forest.A senior forest office...
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The French firm EDF has approved plans for a massive nuclear reactor in the UK, but the UK government is hesitating. Let’s hope it scuppers the project, says
The gender pay gap in India stands at 27 per cent, with men earning a median gross hourly salary of Rs 288.7 and women only Rs 207.8, according to the latest "Monster Salary Index". The Monster India report also indicates that while only 52.7 per ...
The government can legally withdraw the exemptions so far as central excise and service tax are concerned
The government is planning a Hydel Tourism Project worth around Rs.300 crore, connecting major tourist destinations in Kozhikode and Wayanad districts, according to Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac....
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The government's move to introduce the requirement comes against the backdrop of instances where people have been duped by way of fraudulent activities
The growth of traditional media is already dependent on what we call new media; its challenge is to blend into the digital world
The growth of ultra high net worth households (UHNHs) slowed down in 2015-16, growing at seven per cent, compared with 17 per cent in the previous year. Such households recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16 per cent in the past five ...
The Haryana government and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which are probing the unprecedented waterlogging and consequent monster traffic jam on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway two days...
The hot air balloon that crashed in Texas hit power lines when it went down, the NTSB says, but it's not clear whether it caught fire before or afterward.
The ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Ernakulam) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute is selling curry leaf seeds in one-kg packets for Rs.1,100 a packet...
The inclusion of Indian authors has been at the cost of foreign ones like Mary Parker, an expert in organisational behaviour, and Oliver Sheldon, whose globally read theories have been axed. Representation image
The Indian Armed Forces operate nearly 150 mid-sized UAVs and many more handheld ones. India needs to push its ‘Make in India’ initiative for UAVs. Mumbai and New Delhi police are on the...
The Indian BPO promotion scheme has drawn lukewarm response from companies as bids for only about 12,000 seats have been received from 61 companies as against the planned 48,300 seats
The Indian industry is expected to see growth by December in terms of sales and profitability even though fresh investments from the private sector continue to suffer due to under-utilisation of capa...
The Indian Medical Association under its Rise and Shine campaign on Sunday organised a continuing medical education (CME) programme here to discuss the growing epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency among t...
The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) in association with HEROS (Human empowerment through education, employment and recreation outdoors) and Mana Vuru Vizianagaram Facebook...
The Indian Oil Corporation, Salem division, organised a unique initiative to motivate the customer attendants of network retail outlets in the city recently.Select IOC retail outlets located on the na...
The infection appears to have spread among the local deer population as the virus was unleashed when the unseasonably hot summer heat thawed its host.
The Information Department has organised a seminar on B.R. Ambedkar and the Constitution of India on August 1 at 11 a.m. at the sports auditorium to mark his 125th birth anniversary.The seminar will b...
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The Italian coastguard said the bodies of five migrants were recovered from the Mediterranean, while more than 6,500 people had been rescued off Libya since Thursday.
The J-20 Mighty Dragon, underdevelopment fifth generation stealth fighter jet of the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) is underg...
The Jharkhand government has plans to set up five medical colleges in the State soon, Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Sunday said.“We want to develop mineral-rich Jharkhand, which is lagging far behind...
The Kalamukku fishing harbour on Vypeen island is humming with activity with the 47-day ban on mechanised trawling ending at midnight on Sunday.The ice plants are running to capacity. Last minute touc...
The Karnataka government will simplify procedures for getting new ration cards, said Minister for Food and Civil Supplies UT Khader. Addressing presspersons here on Saturday, he said that at prese...
The Kerala Police have devised a community-based intervention programme to bring immediate aid to road accident victims.The scheme, titled Save Our Fellow Traveller (SOFT), will be launched on an expe...
The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has directed that basic infrastructure be arranged in all Nirbhaya homes in the State.The commission, in its direction to the Social Justice ...
The Large Hadron Collider is more than a particle accelerator: it is a celebrity in its own right
The last rites of soldier Basavaraj Channappa Patil (44) of the Madras Regiment, who was killed in a land mine explosion in Batalik sector, Ladakh, on Friday night, is likely to be performed on Monday...
The latest batch of tech-industry earnings show how two technology trends—mobile and the cloud—are taking root and delivering big profits for the companies that bet on them.
NASA to Televise Prelaunch Briefing, Launch of Next Commercial Resupply Mission to International Space Station
NASA, USAID Open Environmental Monitoring Hub in West Africa
National Conference (NC) candidate Iftikhar Misger on Sunday evening was seen raising anti-India and pro-freedom slogans during a march in south Kashmir where announced that he was giving up his secur...
National Food Security Mission national consultant S.M. Kolhatkar inspected Arjun Naik Thanda village in Zaheerabad of Medak district recently.The Central government, under the NFSM, sanctioned suppor...
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National steeplechase athlete Pooja Kumari has drowned after she accidentally fell in a pond while clicking selfies with her friends on the campus of the Sports Authority of India near here, police sa...
Nation-wide bank strike hits daily operations
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NAVAIR Marks First Flight with 3-D printed, safety-critical parts
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) marked its first successful flight demonstration of a flight critical aircraft component built using additive manufacturing (AM) techniques, July 29.
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Navy Breaks Ground on New Red Hill Groundwater Monitoring Site
NBA: Warriors’ Green apologizes for penis picture
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Need for friendly administrationPuducherry government can peruse the procedures and practices the erstwhile French government adopted in registration of documents for transfer of immovable properties.
Net income grew 4 percent annually to NT$4.12 billion (US$129 million) during the April-to-June
Net sales for 400-odd firms grew 2.3% in June quarter as key sectors post double-digit growth
New Crew Members, Including NASA Biologist, Launch to Space Station
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New NASA Study Shows Historical Records Miss a Fifth of Global Warming
New Planet Is Largest Discovered That Orbits Two Suns
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics concludes that ten protostellar candidates are indeed protostars even though they are not presently embedded in a cloud. Stars form as gravity contracts the gas and dust in an interstellar cloud until clumps develop that are dense enough to coalesce into stars. Precisely how this happens, however, […]
New research led by NASA scientists reveals that almost one-fifth of the global warming that has occurred in the past 150 years has been missed by historical records due to quirks in how global temperatures were recorded. The study explains why projections of future climate based solely on historical records estimate lower rates of warming […]
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Pradesh Congress Commitee on Sunday decided that Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy and other ministers would hold daily meetings at the party office from Monday to Saturday to redress grievances of party...
Pradhan launches Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
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President Erdogan says Fethullah Gulen, leader of the Hizmet or "service" movement in Turkey, is behind the almost-coup. The cleric responds.
President Obama Signed This GMO Labeling Bill
President of India condoles the loss of lives due to floods in Assam, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh
President Starbucks has provided breakfast offerings for 10 years, attracting about 7.18 million customers annually, the company said,
Prices in most areas have been stagnant but some regions are showing reasonable appreciation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the ‘Run for Rio’ here on Sunday as a means to encourage the Indian contingent at the Olympics beginning on August 5.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Mission Bhagiratha at Komatibanda of Gajwel mandal in Medak district on August 7. In addition to this, he will also lay foundation stones for the renovation of...
Prime Minister says Centre working closely with the State governments to help those affected.
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‘Progress of monsoon from here on is crucial’
Project works at Sabarimala hit by trade unionism
Promotion tussle roils the army
Proposed railway line through wildlife zone sparks off a row
Prosecutors charge five with nanotechnology theft
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New traffic plan, opening of hypermarket add to chaos on service roads
Next Space Station Cargo Launch From Virginia Targeted for August, NASA Opens Media Accreditation
Nissan Motor India MD Arun Malhotra says the initial response was good
No dam being built across Palar: A.P. Minister
No inputs yet from U.S. on missing plane
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No senior banking executives have received jail time in Britain or the United States, but Ireland just handed down three rare convictions.
Not all small savings schemes are holding their ground amidst the new rate dynamics. Those that lost their 25 basis points interest rate spread advantage over G-Sec rates, took sharp cuts in March a...
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Not seeing enough good jobs: Infy co-founder
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NSM School alumni take to community service
NTSB: Balloon hit power lines before crashing, killing 16
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Of the 174 flood-prone areas, more than a quarter are in central parts of Bengaluru
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On Aug. 1, 1966, sniper Charles Whitman terrorized the University of Texas campus with a shooting spree that left 16 dead.
Once again, a vigorous monsoon so vital to India’s economic fortunes has left some States in a shambles. From Assam to Karnataka, heavy rainfall in a short span of time has created paralysing floods ...
One dead and three injured in shooting in crowded Austin entertainment district
One of the biggest moves before Monday's deadline won't be happening.
One of the world’s most improbable sports centres is a hulking, light-blue building on a mud-caked alley in Chacrinha, a favela on the western outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. This is the Miratus Cent...
One person was killed and four were injured early Sunday in two separate shootings in a crowded area of downtown Austin, Texas, police said.
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One woman drowned and over hundred others were rescued after severe thunderstorms and flooding ravaged parts of Maryland, an official said on Sunday.
Ongoing projects on Mahanadi won’t stop: Chhattisgarh Minister
On July 12, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands, finally announced its ruling in a South China Sea case the Philippines filed against China. Reactions to the judgement have been sharply polarized, with China and Taiwan firmly opposed, while the US, Japan,
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On Sunday, AAP leaders, without commenting on Chauhan’s arrest, directed their ire at the Prime Minister, accusing him of “hounding and fixing political adversaries” and losing his “mental balance”.
On the 50th anniversary of the shooting that left 17 people dead and more than 30 wounded, Texas will start allowing students to bring concealed weapons into some university campus buildings. Gun rights advocates say the timing is appropriate, arguing the 1966 shooting is evidence that good guys with guns are the best defense against mass shooters.
On the macroeconomic data front, PMI data on manufacturing and services sector will also influence trading
Opener Lokesh Rahul reached a career best unbeaten 150 as India moved to 259 for two at tea on the second day of the second Test against West Indies.
Opener Lokesh rahul scored a career-best 158 as India reached 358 for five at the end of the second day of the second Test against West Indies, here today.
Opener Lokesh Rahul showed a lot of composure en route a career best innings of an unbeaten 150 as India slowly and surely took control of second day's proceedings moving upto 259 for two at lunch in the second cricket Test against West Indies, here ...
Opener Lokesh Rahul showed a lot of composure hitting a career-best 158 as India reached a comfortable 358 for 5 on the second day thereby taking complete control of the second cricket Test against West Indies, here today.
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Other income, retail loan growth boost private banks' profit
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Outgoing Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner C.G. Betsurmath, who headed the civic body when Mysuru bagged the cleanest city rank twice in a row, said on Sunday that retaining the tag for the t...
Outside Ataturk Airport In Istanbul People Stand On A Turkish Army Tank
Over 500 investors in a chit fund scheme have been duped to an extent of Rs. 15 crore by a couple who ran the scheme at Amruthahalli.The case came to light after the couple, who left the city on the p...
Over 500 persons visit the park every day, say officials
Over 70 Terrorists Have Been Shot Dead in 2016: Parrikar
Over 80 IPhones and 13 IPads, worth several lakhs, were stolen from a shop in North Veli Street in the city on Saturday night.The crime came to light on Sunday morning when the staff opened the showro...
Over 90 per cent of airlines know cash-flow forecasting and working capital optimisation are priorities for their organisation, according to recent research by Sapphire Innovation. Despite that, over 70 per cent don't have an effective cash-flow ...
Over Half of Russians Consider US Presidential Elections Important for Russia
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Pakistan's Anti-Narcotics Force today arrested 12 employees of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for allegedly trying to smuggle 6 kilogram of heroin worth over 60 million rupees.
Panyam MLA Gauru Charitha Reddy and the party’s district president Gauru Venkata Reddy on Sunday sought public patronage to the bandh called by YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday ...
Parents protest ‘unreasonable’ fee hike by Gurgaon schools
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pContinuing its success on various recent projects, HAL has now flown the first FOC upgraded Mirage-2000 aircraft on July 28, 2016 adhering to the scheduled date of today. “We have done it...
Peasants’ organisation All-India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS) blamed the Odisha government for the recent chaos and law and order situations in relation to ration cards under the National Food Security...
Pension freedoms under threat for millions of final salary savers
People's Liberation Army ZTZ-99 Main Battle Tank Chinese ZTZ-99 MBT which is also known as Type 99 Main Battle Tank  People's Libera...
People at Moolampally who were evicted for the Vallapradam International Container Transshipment Terminal project gathered here on Sunday to pay their homage to Mahasweta Devi who passed away in Kolka...
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Petrol price slashed by 1 Rupee 42 Paise a litre, Diesel cut by 2 Rs One Paise; Non-subsidised cooking gas cylinder becomes cheaper by Rs 50
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pIt needs no revelation that there is widespread consternation within the strategically committed community, the intelligentsia and the media over the growing obsolescence and declining...
Places to be identified for railway underpasses for elephants
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PM, in Mann ki Baat, said government hospitals will offer free check-ups on the 9th of every month, which poor pregnant women should make use of
PM Modi calls upon country to wish the best for Indian contingent to the Olympics
PM urges youth to take up research and innovation to find technological solutions to country's problems
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Pokemon GO raises several safety, privacy, data protection and cyber security-related questions. Experts share their insights on how the mishmash of virtual and real worlds may play out in the legal domain
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Police also interrogated seven security guards who were on duty at the Sunny Park apartment building, where the incident took place.
Police in Texas has said they were seeking a person of interest in an overnight shooting that killed a young woman and wounded four other people.
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Pondicherry University distances itself from students’ annual magazine
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Pope Francis has refused to equate Islam with violence, saying Catholics could be just as deadly and warning Europe was pushing its young to terrorism.
Pope Francis said there were "doubts" over the case being made against Vatican finance chief George Pell, Australia's most senior Roman Catholic, for alleged child abuse.
Pope Francis told young people who flocked by the hundreds of thousands to his words Sunday that they need to “believe in a new humanity” stronger than evil, and cautioned against concluding that one religion is more violent than others.
Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika are two of 10 refugees selected for the first Olympic refugee team. They both fled civil conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in the 2016 Olympics these hopefuls will compete without a country. By competing in Judo at the 2016 Olympics, these athletes will bring their fight, and their story, to a global arena.
Posher and more male than in 2012: the sporting heroes carrying Britain's hopes at the Rio Olympics
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Protesters turned out for lightly attended demonstrations in Rio against embattled President Dilma Rousseff five days before the start of the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Prototype 2016 of J-20 Mighty Dragon Stealth Fighter Jet Joins Test Program.  These images were taken Earlier this week. This new prototype indicate that Chinese stealth fighter jet program is progressing well. 
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The Taliban took credit for an explosion that targeted a Kabul, Afghanistan, hotel early Monday morning, the latest of a series of bombing attacks seeking to further destabilize the war-torn nation.
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Well-known writer the late Poornachandra Tejaswi never held programmes to formally release his books. On Saturday, his place ‘Niruttara’ – near Mudigere, probably, for the first time, witnessed a book...
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What started as a small initiative has now become a famous and well patronised event in Salem city.The literary meetings organised by the Readers Circle of the Paalam the Book Meet Book Stall in the c...
When banks found the Indian government selling gold to meet obligations, they were assured that the state would go to any length to avoid a default.
When I worked as a global media coordinator for the United Nations several years ago, I organized biweekly conference calls, during which I would ask my colleagues around the world to provide informa...
When the five independent countries of Central Asia emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union in late 1991, the governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan ...
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Which Indian company is the first to get a nod to sell a follow-on biologic or subsequent entry biologic in a developed country? The Dissolution of the Monasteries in the late 1530s was one of the most revolutionary events in English history. It was ...
While the droughts are becoming more pervasive, floods are coming faster and with even more deadly impact
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“Why do people put up calendars with pictures of Gods and Goddesses in their homes when they can put up a beautiful painting of the same mythological characters?” said artist Ritu Gupta.She was speaki...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says Hillary Clinton is "trying to undermine our publication" and distract from the disclosures in the DNC email hack.
Will the GOP repudiate Trump’s cruelty to a fallen soldier’s family?
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Winds cause collapse of boat ramp at Olympic sailing venue
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With 12 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs arrested so far, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held a meeting at his residence on Sunday evening with his MLAs and leaders.As per sources, the meeting was attended ...
With a half-million people set to descend on this traffic-choked megacity for the Olympics, the city’s main transit improvement, a $3 billion subway extension, is still not opened—and it stops 8 miles short of the Athletes’ Village.
With an estimated value of over $200 million, Kohinoor was transferred to the treasury of the British East India Company in Lahore
With eye on 2018 polls, Cong. to rejig local committees
With its English cluster showing promising growth among viewers and advertisers alike, Viacom18 said it is keen to put its might behind local productions to woo advertisers and also create co-branding...
With many projects delayed or facing hurdles, thousands of investors face an uncertain future
With opposition parties attacking the BJP-led Haryana government over the ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’, the State government on Sunday claimed the scheme is being carried out in a “transparent a...
With the declaration by the government to make Visaskhapatnam IT capital of Navya Andhra Pradesh not making any progress, several IT entrepreneurs from the city expressed their anguish during their me...
With the threat from Coca-Cola Co gone, investors in SodaStream International Ltd have reason to be upbeat.
Xi calls for further armed forces reform
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Young thrill-seekers in the Middle East have taken their drifting meets to private tracks and unlicensed garages where they can be as reckless as they please.
You no longer need to look at dusty shelves of government-run libraries to find district gazetteers. The Department of Karnataka Gazetteer has digitised 20 district gazetteers in English, and more wil...
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Zuma in last-ditch plea for votes as ANC risks major losses in local elections
The Telangana State Contributory Pension Scheme Employees Association has decided to mount pressure on the government to revoke the old defined benefit pension system in place of the defined contribut...
The Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation (TSTDC) will be operating eight special package tours for the convenience of devotees attending Krishna Pushkarams, said its corporation chairman Pe...
The Thilagavathiar Tiruvarul Adheenam in co-ordination with the Adyar Cancer Institute, Adyar, will set up a cancer screening centre in Pudukottai as a mark of tribute to Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy, the f...
The third-largest maker of two-wheelers reported a fall of 22 per cent during the quarter ended June 30 with a demand slide in Nigeria and Egypt
The Tourism Department has proposed the complete renovation of the tourism infrastructure at the historical town of in Poompuhar, which attracts several tourists.The sprawling tourism centre, develope...
The traditional balanced diet may be way out of whack. To fight obesity and diabetes, doctors and nutritionists are embracing diets that were once called fads
The TRS MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy has taken serious exception to the allegations made by Congress leader Shabbir Ali on the involvement of the party leaders, and said they are baseless, and reflected ...
The Turkish community in Germany gather at a rally to express support for Turkish President Erdogan after a failed coup attempt. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
The twists and turns in the Tata-Docomo case have raised questions over the enforceability of international arbitration award in India
The two-day Polit Bureau meet of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) concluded here on Sunday, with the party urging the government to start a political dialogue in Kashmir and restrict the operat...
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan today launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) at Motihari in Bihar’s East Champaran district.
The University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, has invited applications for the State, district and taluk-level awards from interested farmers. The awards will be presented during the Krishi Mela...
The US embassy and other foreign missions today urged the Maldives president to return to the path of democracy, saying they are concerned over what they call recent erosions of fundamental freedoms and institutions of democracy in the archipelago ...
The US would face a civil military crisis if Republican Donald Trump is elected president, a decorated retired American general warned today.
The Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association conducted its annual prize distribution function at the ACA-VDCA stadium here on Sunday. Vice-president of VDCA T.S.R. Prasad, who was chief guest, gave ...
The Visa-PayPal pact sparked a selloff in PayPal shares that has put the fast-growing company on the defensive and underscored that in the battle between Silicon Valley and entrenched financial firms, the newer players may eventually ally with firms they once hoped to compete against.
The visit to the heavily Republican state suggests the Democratic nominee is taking nothing for granted in the race against Donald Trump.
The water connection of the building was also cut, the official added.
The widespread agrarian distress in the country is in no small measure due to the withdrawal or dilution of the various support systems that the state extended to the agricultural sector earlier (“It...
The Women's Reservation Bill may be on the back-burner for parties now, but an actor-turned-BJD MP is planning ...
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This government will continue its mission until investiture of a new government
This is the week when the GST Constitution amendment Bill should be passed by the Rajya Sabha. The Congress has now said it will support the Bill. Who will oppose it? Should we anticipate a crisis? If things go the government way, the Bill will ...
This newly released Cassini image shows Saturn’s rings with Dione and Epimetheus off in the distance. Saturn’s main rings, along with its and moons, are much brighter than most stars. As a result, much shorter exposure times (10 milliseconds, in this case) are required to produce an image and not saturate the detectors of the […]
This newly released Hubble image captures the remnants of a long-dead star. These rippling wisps of ionized gas, named DEM L316A, are located some 160,000 light-years away within one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors — the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The explosion that formed DEM L316A was an example of an especially energetic […]
This Rio favela is a hotbed of badminton
Thoothukudi police on Sunday arrested a courier delivery boy, A. Anjose (26) of Sixth Street at Lions Town here, who was allegedly involved a case of armed robbery.The police also recovered two gold c...

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