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Trump vows 'extraordinary relationship' with Putin as summit opens
Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin began an historic summit today vowing their determination to forge a reset of troubled relations between the world's greatest nuclear powers.
Trump, bent on forging a personal bond with the Kremlin chief despite allegations of Russian meddling in US politics, went into the summit blaming "stupidity" by his predecessors for plunging ties to their present low.
Looking sombre, the two leaders exchanged a few opening remarks in front of the press...
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Will await BJP proposal on seat-sharing: Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday he is awaiting the BJP's proposal on seat-sharing for next year's Lok Sabha polls and expects the process to be finalised soon.
"I will talk with BJP leaders on seat sharing.A proposal on this matter will come from the BJP in three to four weeks," he told media here.
Nitish Kumar, who is also President of the ruling Janata Dal-United, also said that "seat sharing will be settled soon".
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Delhi Police incompetent, can't protect citizens: AAP
In the wake of a 17-year-old girl committing suicide inside a police station here, Delhi's ruling AAP on Monday slammed the securitymen, saying the failure to protect someone's life inside a police station proves their incompetence.
"This incident has shocked not just Delhi but the whole country. The police, which is responsible to protect the citizens, especially the women, is completely incompetent. It failed to protect a minor girl inside a police station," Aam Aadmi Party...
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Triple talaq most inhuman practice: Parrikar
There is no practice more inhuman than triple talaq, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday, claiming that Muslim women in Uttar Pradesh helped the BJP sweep the state polls after the passage of a law against the practice.
Speaking at a meeting of party workers here, Parrikar asked the party cadre to reach out to the minority communities and dispel their baseless perceptions due to fake news, adding that the phenomenon of fake news would...
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HC takes suo moto cognisance on waterlogging in Delhi
The Delhi High Court on Monday took suo moto cognisance of the water logging problem in Delhi and asked the state government, civic authorities and other to file response related to the issue.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar asked the Delhi Jal Board to file a response explainning the water drainage system in the national capital.
Taking account of recently published news reports on waterlogging, the court said it...
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People are more important than industries, SC tells Centre
The Supreme Court on Monday, while taking into note of a report that 60,000 people have died due to pollution, told the Centre that "people are more important than industries".
A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta slammed the Ministry of Environment and Forests after it sought time to study the impact of ban on import of pet coke used in industries as fuel which is a cause of pollution and asked...
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Rahul writes to PM for passage of Women's Reservation Bill
Congress President Rahul Gandhi today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to ensure the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, starting July 18.
In his letter to the prime minister, Gandhi offered his party's unconditional support to the bill and said the time has come for a change, and for women to take their rightful place in state legislatures and Parliament.
The Congress chief also urged Modi to ensure...
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Tharoor's office vandalised in Kerala capital, MP claims 'Sanghi goondas' behind it
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's office here was vandalised today by the youth wing activists of the BJP, police said, days after he set off a huge row with remarks that the BJP, if voted to power again, will rewrite the Constitution and pave the way for creation of a "Hindu Pakistan".
The Congress Lok Sabha member from the Kerala capital said the BJP and "Sanghi goondas" orchestrated the incident.
"Today @YUVAMORCHABJP vandals attacked my constituency...
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ED team in Singapore to track down Nirav Modi
In a bid to tighten the noose around fugitive diamond jeweller Nirav Modi, wanted in India in a Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, a three-member Enforcement Directorate (ED) team has reached Singapore.
"Our team is in Singapore to ready the case against Nirav Modi," a highly placed ED source told IANS.
The team will meet the authorities in Singapore to present India's case.
The visit follows the case it registered against Nirav Modi...
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NDA govt is working to double farmer income by 2022: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government is working to double the income of farmers by 2022.
Modi, who addressed a public rally here, attacked the Mamata Banerjee government for throttling democracy and encouraging syndicates in West Bengal.
"My government is your government, it is a government of farmers. Our government worked for farmers... From quality seeds to market, it is important to have warehouse to save the produce," he said.
Mounting an attack on the state...
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Successful Test Firing of BRAHMOS to Validate Service Life Extension
BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired at 1017 hours today, the 16thof July 2018 at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Balasore, Odisha as part of service life extension programme under extreme weather condition of sea state 7.
The life extension test firing of BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile was conducted from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher,which was witnessed by Army officials, Scientists from DRDO and BrahMos. This trial is part of the Life Extension...
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WPI inflation rises to 5.77 pc in June on costlier veggies, fuel
Inflation based on wholesale prices shot up to 5.77 per cent in June on increasing prices of vegetables and fuel items.
The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation stood at 4.43 per cent in May and 0.90 per cent in June last year.
According to the government data released today, inflation in food articles stood at 1.80 per cent in June 2018, as against 1.60 per cent in the preceding month.
Inflation in vegetables jumped to 8.12 per...
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Kerala church scandal: SC to hear tomorrow anticipatory bail plea of priest
The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the anticipatory bail plea of Father Soni Abraham Varghese in connection with the sex scandal case involving four clergymen attached to the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud agreed to hear the plea of the priest after he sought urgent hearing as he fears arrest in the case.
The crime branch had on July 2...
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Court sends separatist Aasiya Andrabi, 2 others to one-month judicial custody
Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi was today sent to one-month judicial custody by a Delhi court in connection with a case of allegedly waging war against the country with support from Pakistan.
Andrabi, who is chief of the banned outfit Dukhtaran-e-Milat, was produced before the court along with her two women associates, after the expiry of their 10-day NIA custody.
District Judge Poonam A Bamba sent the trio to judicial custody after the NIA said they...
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Mexican president-elect slashes his own salaryMexican president-elect slashes his own salary
Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he plans to earn 40 per cent of what his predecessor makes when he takes office in December as part of an austerity push in government.
Lopez Obrador told reporters yesterday he will take home 108,000 pesos a month, which is USD 5,707 at current exchange rates, and that no public official will be able to earn more than the president during his six-year term.
He reiterated campaign promises to...
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Opp plans House strategy
Tuesday, 17 July 2018 | PNS | New Delhi
No consensus on RS Dy Chair face but ready to take on Modi Govt The Opposition parties on Monday met and formulated a joint strategy to corner the Modi Government in the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning on Wednesday. Among...
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India invites investments from Omani companies
Monday, 16 July 2018 | IANS | New Delhi
The Indian government on Monday invited Omani companies to invest in India and benefit from Make in India programme aimed to encourage manufacturing, an official statement said.
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Shivalkar praises Kuldeep for accuracy, loop
Monday, 16 July 2018 | PTI | Mumbai
English batsmen are struggling against Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav and veteran left-arm spinner Padmakar Shivalkar attributes the Indian wrist spinner's success to his accuracy and loop.
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India, Iran discuss boosting economic cooperation, connectivity
Monday, 16 July 2018 | IANS | New Delhi
India and Iran on Monday discussed strengthening economic cooperation and enhancing connectivity during a delegation-level meeting between Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi here.
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Monday, 16 July 2018 | IANS | Sydney
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Tharoor’s flip-flop on Hinduism is mind-boggling
Tuesday, 17 July 2018 | M Ratan | Via emailThis refers to the article, “India according to Shashi Tharoor” (July 16) by Sudip Bhattacharyya. It is painful that Shashi Tharoor, an elected Congress MP from Kerala, despite his impressive educational background, continues to act irresponsibly and thoughtlessly following his advent into politics. Earlier too his crude remark, where he called...
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