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Sitaram Yechury Won't Get Third Term In Rajya Sabha, Say Sources
Senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury will not get a third term in the Rajya Sabha, his party has decided, sources told NDTV. The CPM's central committee, the party's highest executive body, met in Delhi over three days and voted against sending Mr Yechury to the upper house with the help of the Congress.
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Grounded TDP Lawmaker Diwakar Reddy Says 'Sorry' To IndiGo, Can Fly Again
JC Diwakar Reddy, the TDP lawmaker banned last month by domestic airlines for creating a ruckus at Visakhapatnam airport, can fly again. IndiGo, the budget airline that first grounded the 73-year-old lawmaker for misbehaving with its officials, said he had expressed regrets at a meeting today. Senior airline officials had met the lawmaker over a lu...
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China Unusually Aggressive On Sikkim Stand-Off: Foreign Secretary To MPs
Though China habitually stirs up border disputes, its approach to the stand-off at Sikkim that began last month is unusually aggressive, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar told a group of MPs today which included senior opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi.
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President Election A Fight Against Narrow-Minded Communal Vision, Says Sonia Gandhi
Presenting Meira Kumar and Gopalkrishna Gandhi before lawmakers, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said the presidential poll is a fight against "narrow-minded communal vision". The interaction between the opposition lawmakers and the candidates for president and vice president's post took place on Sunday evening - hours before today's Presiden...
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PM Narendra Modi Says States Should Crack Down On Cow Vigilantes: 10 Points
A day before Presidential elections and the beginning of the Monsoon Session of parliament, hectic meetings were held in the ruling NDA and the opposition camps. The government, which is preparing to face a united opposition - a bloc of 18 parties - on a host of issues including the landmark Goods and Services Tax, held not only a strategy session ...
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He Tried To Force Open Plane Exit Mid-Air, Sent For Mental Assessment
A little before 10 pm on Monday, passengers in an AirAsia flight were horrified to see a man suddenly leaping up and trying to wrench open the emergency door while the plane was still mid-air, preparing to land at Jharkhand's Ranchi.
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Rahul Gandhi Didn't Want To Ask This. Sitaram Yechury Did It Instead
When senior Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav talked of raising the farmer unrest in the country to corner the Modi government at Tuesday's meeting of Opposition parties, many leaders present wanted to know whether Mr Yadav was speaking for himself or for his party, which is led by Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has recently been seen...
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On Flight To Ranchi, A Passenger Tried Opening Exit Door Before Landing
Passengers on board an AirAsia flight from Delhi to Ranchi had a close shave with disaster and went through some tense moments when a disruptive passenger tried to open the emergency door while the plane was in air.
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Opposition Parties Not Sure If Sharad Yadav's Views Reflect JDU's
When Janata Dal-United or JDU parliamentarian Sharad Yadav spoke about raising the issue of farmers protest to corner the Narendra Modi government at a meeting of the opposition parties on Tuesday, many opposition lawmakers had one question - Was Mr Yadav articulating his own views or his party's?
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Veg-Only For Economy Fliers In India 'To Cut Wastage', Says Air India
Economy passengers of Air India's domestic flights will find "on board meals a strictly vegetarian affair" as the airline decided to serve only vegetarian meals for economy fliers.
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India's New, Tough Anti-Hijacking Law Comes Into Force
India's new law that ramps up punishment for hijacking and prescribes death penalty for hijackers who cause loss of life in an aircraft or on ground came into force on Wednesday. Parliament cleared the law in 2016 but it hadn't come into force so far because the government hadn't framed the rules.
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As GST Takes Off, PM Modi Presents Stats Of Crackdown On Black Money
On a day after India's biggest tax reform came into force, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday vowed to continue the crackdown on black money and announced that the government cancelled registration of one lakh firms over the last 48 hours and was probing 37,000 shell companies on suspicions of funneling black money.
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At Midnight, A Gong In Parliament Will Signal GST Is Here: 10 Points
President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries have arrived at the Parliament's Central Hall tonight for the launch of the Goods and Services Tax or GST. In just around an hour, the Prime Minister will launch the country's biggest tax reform at Parliament's historic Central Hall in the presence of President Mukherjee...
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Hours Before Launch, Here's What's Happening At The GST's Nerve Centre
The silence inside the headquarters of Goods and Services Tax Network or GSTN, housed on the fourth floor of an imposing glass building aptly named World Mark I right next to Delhi's international airport, is misleading.
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Cabinet Approves Plan To Sell Stake In State-Owned Air India
The NDA government on Wednesday decided to disinvest the state-run Air India, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced.
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Sitaram Yechury Won't Get Third Term In Rajya Sabha, Say Sources
Senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury will not get a third term in the Rajya Sabha, his party has decided, sources told NDTV. The CPM's central committee, the party's highest executive body, met in Delhi over three days and voted against sending Mr Yechury to the upper house with the help of the Congress.
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Grounded TDP Lawmaker Diwakar Reddy Says 'Sorry' To IndiGo, Can Fly Again
JC Diwakar Reddy, the TDP lawmaker banned last month by domestic airlines for creating a ruckus at Visakhapatnam airport, can fly again. IndiGo, the budget airline that first grounded the 73-year-old lawmaker for misbehaving with its officials, said he had expressed regrets at a meeting today. Senior airline officials had met the lawmaker over a lu...
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China Unusually Aggressive On Sikkim Stand-Off: Foreign Secretary To MPs
Though China habitually stirs up border disputes, its approach to the stand-off at Sikkim that began last month is unusually aggressive, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar told a group of MPs today which included senior opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi.
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President Election A Fight Against Narrow-Minded Communal Vision, Says Sonia Gandhi
Presenting Meira Kumar and Gopalkrishna Gandhi before lawmakers, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said the presidential poll is a fight against "narrow-minded communal vision". The interaction between the opposition lawmakers and the candidates for president and vice president's post took place on Sunday evening - hours before today's Presiden...
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PM Narendra Modi Says States Should Crack Down On Cow Vigilantes: 10 Points
A day before Presidential elections and the beginning of the Monsoon Session of parliament, hectic meetings were held in the ruling NDA and the opposition camps. The government, which is preparing to face a united opposition - a bloc of 18 parties - on a host of issues including the landmark Goods and Services Tax, held not only a strategy session ...
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He Tried To Force Open Plane Exit Mid-Air, Sent For Mental Assessment
A little before 10 pm on Monday, passengers in an AirAsia flight were horrified to see a man suddenly leaping up and trying to wrench open the emergency door while the plane was still mid-air, preparing to land at Jharkhand's Ranchi.
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Rahul Gandhi Didn't Want To Ask This. Sitaram Yechury Did It Instead
When senior Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav talked of raising the farmer unrest in the country to corner the Modi government at Tuesday's meeting of Opposition parties, many leaders present wanted to know whether Mr Yadav was speaking for himself or for his party, which is led by Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has recently been seen...
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On Flight To Ranchi, A Passenger Tried Opening Exit Door Before Landing
Passengers on board an AirAsia flight from Delhi to Ranchi had a close shave with disaster and went through some tense moments when a disruptive passenger tried to open the emergency door while the plane was in air.
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Opposition Parties Not Sure If Sharad Yadav's Views Reflect JDU's
When Janata Dal-United or JDU parliamentarian Sharad Yadav spoke about raising the issue of farmers protest to corner the Narendra Modi government at a meeting of the opposition parties on Tuesday, many opposition lawmakers had one question - Was Mr Yadav articulating his own views or his party's?
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Veg-Only For Economy Fliers In India 'To Cut Wastage', Says Air India
Economy passengers of Air India's domestic flights will find "on board meals a strictly vegetarian affair" as the airline decided to serve only vegetarian meals for economy fliers.
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India's New, Tough Anti-Hijacking Law Comes Into Force
India's new law that ramps up punishment for hijacking and prescribes death penalty for hijackers who cause loss of life in an aircraft or on ground came into force on Wednesday. Parliament cleared the law in 2016 but it hadn't come into force so far because the government hadn't framed the rules.
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As GST Takes Off, PM Modi Presents Stats Of Crackdown On Black Money
On a day after India's biggest tax reform came into force, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday vowed to continue the crackdown on black money and announced that the government cancelled registration of one lakh firms over the last 48 hours and was probing 37,000 shell companies on suspicions of funneling black money.
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At Midnight, A Gong In Parliament Will Signal GST Is Here: 10 Points
President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries have arrived at the Parliament's Central Hall tonight for the launch of the Goods and Services Tax or GST. In just around an hour, the Prime Minister will launch the country's biggest tax reform at Parliament's historic Central Hall in the presence of President Mukherjee...
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Hours Before Launch, Here's What's Happening At The GST's Nerve Centre
The silence inside the headquarters of Goods and Services Tax Network or GSTN, housed on the fourth floor of an imposing glass building aptly named World Mark I right next to Delhi's international airport, is misleading.
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Cabinet Approves Plan To Sell Stake In State-Owned Air India
The NDA government on Wednesday decided to disinvest the state-run Air India, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced.
