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PM Narendra Modi Meets Arun Jaitley On Notes Ban, Opposition Plans Bandh: 10 Points
Faced with an escalating attack from a united opposition that now plans a nationwide bandh over demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday evening for another review of the impact of the ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes.
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Kerala Families Fear Subsidy Cuts As Centre Presses For Food Security Act
Many in the food deficit Kerala fear that implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) - which will replace the current Public Distribution System - will revoke their right to subsidised food grains.
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Soldier Killed In Ceasefire Violation By Pakistan In Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri Sector
An army jawan was killed in unprovoked firing by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri Sector on Sunday.
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Triple Talaq Has No Place In A Secular Country: Centre To Supreme Court
The centre is opposed to the Muslim practice of triple talaq, it has informed the Supreme Court, describing it as "misplaced in a secular country."
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All Indians In South Sudan Safe, Confirms Ambassador As Gunfight Escalates
The Indian embassy in South Sudan swung into action after direction from External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj On Twitter to provide rescue and relief to trapped Indians in a country which has turned into a war zone.
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3 Soldiers Killed In Attack On Army Convoy In Jammu And Kashmir's Anantnag
Three soldiers were killed and five others injured, one of them critically, as terrorists ambushed an Army convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district today.
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It's Our Money, Says SBI On Rs 570 Crore Seized In Poll-Bound Tamil Nadu
Election Commission authorities today stopped three containers with Rs 570 crore cash in poll-bound Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district.
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3 Arrested For Kerala Nursing Student's Gang-Rape In Autorickshaw
Three days after the gang-rape of a 19-year-old nursing student in an auto-rickshaw in Kerala, the police have arrested three men including her friend.
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Ban On Diesel Cabs Stays For Now, Delhi Requests 2 Days To Submit Plan
As protests by taxi owners crippled traffic in Delhi for the second straight day, the state government has asked the Supreme Court for two more days to submit a detailed roadmap on how to phase out diesel cabs from the city. A Supreme Court order has pulled 30,000 cabs off the road because they run on diesel or petrol and not greener compressed nat...
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'I Bit Him,' Says Bengaluru Woman On Kidnapper Caught On Camera
A man has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a 22-year-old woman from just outside her home in Bengaluru. The entire incident was caught on CCTV.
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Delhi Police Files Charge Sheet Against RK Pachauri In Sexual Harassment Case
Delhi police has filed a charge sheet against RK Pachauri, founder of the non-profit think tank TERI in a sexual harassment case filed by his former colleague.
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In Pakistan's Meeting With Separatists, A Shadow Over Dialogue With India
As India and Pakistan prepare to resume a long-stalled formal dialogue, Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit met a delegation of separatists today in a move that risks aggravating New Delhi.
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Historic Climate Change Accord to Stop Global Warming Adopted in Paris
To rousing cheers and tears of relief, envoys from 196 member states approved on Saturday an accord to stop global warming, offering hope that humanity can avert catastrophic climate change and usher in an energy revolution.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Injured in Encounter with Terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir
A Lieutenant-Colonel of 160 Territorial Army was severely injured today during an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district which has been going on since last night.
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Diwali To Clog Delhi's Air, Particulate Matter To Rise Over 148%
The most polluted city in the world is set to become worse. By tomorrow, a day after the Diwali celebrations, the level of particulate matter in the air (PM2.5) in Delhi would increase by 148 per cent due to polluting fire crackers.
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PM Narendra Modi Meets Arun Jaitley On Notes Ban, Opposition Plans Bandh: 10 Points
Faced with an escalating attack from a united opposition that now plans a nationwide bandh over demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday evening for another review of the impact of the ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes.
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Kerala Families Fear Subsidy Cuts As Centre Presses For Food Security Act
Many in the food deficit Kerala fear that implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) - which will replace the current Public Distribution System - will revoke their right to subsidised food grains.
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Soldier Killed In Ceasefire Violation By Pakistan In Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri Sector
An army jawan was killed in unprovoked firing by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri Sector on Sunday.
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Triple Talaq Has No Place In A Secular Country: Centre To Supreme Court
The centre is opposed to the Muslim practice of triple talaq, it has informed the Supreme Court, describing it as "misplaced in a secular country."
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All Indians In South Sudan Safe, Confirms Ambassador As Gunfight Escalates
The Indian embassy in South Sudan swung into action after direction from External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj On Twitter to provide rescue and relief to trapped Indians in a country which has turned into a war zone.
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3 Soldiers Killed In Attack On Army Convoy In Jammu And Kashmir's Anantnag
Three soldiers were killed and five others injured, one of them critically, as terrorists ambushed an Army convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district today.
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It's Our Money, Says SBI On Rs 570 Crore Seized In Poll-Bound Tamil Nadu
Election Commission authorities today stopped three containers with Rs 570 crore cash in poll-bound Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district.
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3 Arrested For Kerala Nursing Student's Gang-Rape In Autorickshaw
Three days after the gang-rape of a 19-year-old nursing student in an auto-rickshaw in Kerala, the police have arrested three men including her friend.
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Ban On Diesel Cabs Stays For Now, Delhi Requests 2 Days To Submit Plan
As protests by taxi owners crippled traffic in Delhi for the second straight day, the state government has asked the Supreme Court for two more days to submit a detailed roadmap on how to phase out diesel cabs from the city. A Supreme Court order has pulled 30,000 cabs off the road because they run on diesel or petrol and not greener compressed nat...
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'I Bit Him,' Says Bengaluru Woman On Kidnapper Caught On Camera
A man has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a 22-year-old woman from just outside her home in Bengaluru. The entire incident was caught on CCTV.
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Delhi Police Files Charge Sheet Against RK Pachauri In Sexual Harassment Case
Delhi police has filed a charge sheet against RK Pachauri, founder of the non-profit think tank TERI in a sexual harassment case filed by his former colleague.
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In Pakistan's Meeting With Separatists, A Shadow Over Dialogue With India
As India and Pakistan prepare to resume a long-stalled formal dialogue, Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit met a delegation of separatists today in a move that risks aggravating New Delhi.
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Historic Climate Change Accord to Stop Global Warming Adopted in Paris
To rousing cheers and tears of relief, envoys from 196 member states approved on Saturday an accord to stop global warming, offering hope that humanity can avert catastrophic climate change and usher in an energy revolution.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Injured in Encounter with Terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir
A Lieutenant-Colonel of 160 Territorial Army was severely injured today during an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district which has been going on since last night.
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Diwali To Clog Delhi's Air, Particulate Matter To Rise Over 148%
The most polluted city in the world is set to become worse. By tomorrow, a day after the Diwali celebrations, the level of particulate matter in the air (PM2.5) in Delhi would increase by 148 per cent due to polluting fire crackers.
