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SC warns BCCI officials over draft constitution
The Supreme Court today warned three top BCCI officials of serious consequences if they do not give suggestions on the cash-rich cricket body's draft constitution, in accordance with its judgement.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the draft constitution should include the suggestions of the Lodha committee in its entirety so that a holistic document can be placed before the apex court for a final decision.
During the hearing, the bench, which...
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Rescuers in grim search for survivors of Mexico quake
Mexico waited anxiously today for signs of life at a collapsed school in the capital, as rescuers continued clawing through rubble for survivors of a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 233 people.
Firefighters, police, soldiers and volunteers worked frantically to remove debris in scenes repeated across a swath of central states in Mexico's second killer earthquake this month.
The most agonizing search was at a school in the south of Mexico City where 21 children --...
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'Musharraf claims Zardari responsible for Benazir's killing'
Pakistan's former dictator Pervez Musharraf today claimed that Asif Ali Zardari was responsible for the killing of his wife Benazir Bhutto, saying the former president gained the most from the assassination of the country's first woman prime minister, media reports said.
The 54-year-old Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief and a two-time prime minister was killed along with more than 20 people in a gun and bomb attack in Rawalpindi's Liaquat Bagh during an election campaign rally...
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HC allows Durga idol immersion on all days, including Muharram
The Calcutta High Court today allowed immersion of Durga idols on all days from Vijayadashami on September 30, including on Muharram, and directed the West Bengal government to make necessary security arrangements.
A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rakesh Tiwari and Justice Harish Tandon asked the state government to chalk out designated routes for immersion and tazia processions.
It said that immersion of Durga idols would be held on all days from Vijayadashami on...
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Rane quits Cong, says it didn't keep promise of making him CM
Former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane today quit the Congress, amid speculation that he was planning to join the BJP.
Announcing that he has quit the party, Rane accused the Congress of reneging on its promise of making him the chief minister after he joined the party 12 years ago.
Rane, who was the chief minister in 1999 while being part of the Shiv Sena, said he has also resigned as a Member of the...
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Kejriwal invites Kamal to joint active politics
With Tamil Nadu politics undergoing a churning, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met actor Kamal Haasan here for over an hour and invited him to join active politics to fight corruption and communalism.
After the luncheon meeting at the actor's Eldams Road residence, Kejriwal, with Kamal Haasan by his side, told the media that it was important that when India was battling corruption and communalism, all like-minded people should talk to each other...
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Sonia writes to Modi on women's reservation bill
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to get the women's reservation bill passed in the Lok Sabha taking advantage of the BJP's majority in the House.
Gandhi also assured support of her party to the legislation, which she said would be a "significant" step forward in the empowerment of women.
The Rajya Sabha had passed the bill on March 9, 2010.
"I am writing to request you to...
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Rohingyas illegal immigrants, not refugees: Rajnath
The Rohingyas were illegal immigrants and not refugees who had applied for asylum in India, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.
Addressing a seminar organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Singh asked why some people were objecting to the deportation of Rohingyas when Myanmar was ready to accept them.
"The Rohingyas are not refugees. They have not come here after following proper procedures. No Rohingya has applied for asylum. They are illegal...
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Dawood in 'setting' with government to return to India: Raj Thackeray
Fugitive mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar wants to return to India and is currently negotiating a settlement with the BJP-led government at the centre, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray said here on Thursday.
Making the sensational claim, Thackeray said that Dawood is now very sick and crippled, he is very keen to return to India and breathe his last in his motherland.
"He is currently engaged in a 'setting' with the government for this...
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Three killed, 30 injured in Kashmir grenade attack
Three civilians were killed and 30 others, including policemen and paramilitary troopers, injured in a grenade attack by militants in Pulwama in south Kashmir.
Police said militants hurled a grenade near a bus stand in Tral town of Pulwama district.
"Three civilians, including two men and a woman, were killed and 30 others including policemen and paramilitary troopers were injured in this attack.
"The injured have been shifted to hospital for treatment. The area has...
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CBI arrests retired HC judge, 4 others in corruption case
The CBI has arrested retired Orissa High Court judge Ishrat Masroor Quddusi and four others in connection with a corruption case, agency sources said here today.
The arrests were made late last night after a detailed search operation at eight locations, including the residence of Justice (retired) Quddusi in Greater Kailash here. Searches were also carried out in Bhubaneswar and Lucknow.
The others arrested in the case were B P Yadav and Palash Yadav of...
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Short-range nuclear weapons to counter India's cold start doctrine: Abbasi
Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said today his country has developed short-range nuclear weapons to counter the 'cold start doctrine' adopted by the Indian Army.
Abbasi was also assertive of Pakistan's nuclear arsenals being safe and secure.
"We have a very robust and secure command-and-control system over our strategic nuclear assets. Time has proved that it's a process that is very secure. It's a process that has complete civilian oversight through the NCA," Abbasi...
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'Trump's threat to destroy N.Korea sounds like dog barking'
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said US President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Pyongyang sounded like "a dog barking".
"If he was thinking he could scare us with the sound of a dog barking, that's really a dog dream," Ri, who is here for the UN General Assembly, told the media on Wednesday night.
In Korean, a dog dream is one that is absurd and makes little sense.
Though Trump's speeches typically employ...
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GDP stimulants ready: Jaitley
Thursday, 21 September 2017 | PNS | New Delhi
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Sindhu loses to Okuhara; Srikanth, Prannoy enter quarters
Thursday, 21 September 2017 | PTI | Tokyo
P V Sindhu suffered a straight-game loss to world champion Nozomi Okuhara to crash out but Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy advanced to the quarterfinals of the USD 325,000 Japan Open Super Series, here...
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Portugal PM supports India's bids for UNSC membership
Thursday, 21 September 2017 | PTI | United Nations
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Luis Da Costa has supported India's bid for a permanent membership of the UN Security Council, asserting that efforts must continue to ensure greater representation in the most powerful wing of...
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Eating nuts can stave off obesity risk
Thursday, 21 September 2017 | IANS | New York
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Thursday, 21 September 2017 | Saimi Sattar
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Thursday, 21 September 2017 | Jayesh Rane | MumbaiThis refers to the editorial, “It's a dream come true” (September 19). After much procrastination, the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river was dedicated to the nation. It is shocking that the second highest dam in the world took 56 years to be completed. The reason for this are...
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