- Derail: Rlys,UP govt doing everything possible to help: PM
- JD(U) under Nitish decides to become part of NDA, denies split in party
- Security forces launch search operation in Shopian
- Derail: Rlys,UP govt doing everything possible to help: PM
- New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
today expressed extreme pain over the derailment of Utkal
Express in Uttar Pradesh and said the Railway Ministry and the
state government were doing everything possible and providing
all assistance required.
- JD(U) under Nitish decides to become part of NDA, denies split in party
- Patna: The JD(U) headed by Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar passed a resolution at its
national executive meeting to become part of the NDA.
- Security forces launch search operation in Shopian
- Srinagar: Security forces launched
multiple cordon and search operations spread across 10
villages of Shopian district in south Kashmir as part of the
latest offensive against militancy, officials said.
- Modi govt dealing with Kashmir issue with all seriousness: BJP
- Sewer deaths: Compensation cheques given to victims' families
- Train derailment: Nadda offers medical support to victims
- Demolition drive against unauthorised building carried out in Gurgaon
- 'Pressured' to depose against Yeddyurappa, claims sr officer
- Odisha CM announces Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia for derailment victims
- Article 35A: Jitendra questions 'selective silence' of NC
- 11 sentenced to life in murder case
- West Bengal flood situation improves, toll reaches 55
- 2 senior UP ministers rush to train accident site
- Adityanath targets Rahul, says Gorakhpur not a 'picnic spot'
- HP govt directs NHAI to keep Shimla-Parwanoo highway open 24X7
- Courts have "two standards" on statutory timelines: Jaitley
- JD(U) decision to join NDA heralds new era of growth in Bihar:
- Haryana to prepare Aadhaar-based database of its residents
- Nitish, Sharad supporters clash outside CM's house
- BJP is in for a long haul in power, says Amit Shah
- Positive result on merger in a day or two: Panneerselvam
- Adityanath targets Rahul, says Gorakhpur not a 'picnic spot'
- Five suspended for seeking bribe for farm loan waiver
- Govt approves enhanced pay scales for Army doctors
- Puducherry safe for women even at night: Bedi
- Uddhav asks PM to take defence ministry 'seriously'
- Modi govt dealing with Kashmir issue with all seriousness: BJP
- Bhopal: The Centre is tackling the Kashmir
issue with all seriousness and "good results" have been
visible in the last two-three months, BJP president Amit
Shah said today.
- Sewer deaths: Compensation cheques given to victims' families
- The Delhi government has handed
over compensation cheque of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of
the three sanitation workers who had died while cleaning a
sewer pipe in Lajpat Nagar, an official said today.
- Train derailment: Nadda offers medical support to victims
- Union Health Minister J P Nadda
spoke to Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu and offered all
medical support required for the victims of the train
derailment in Muzaffarnagar in western Uttar Pradesh today.
- Demolition drive against unauthorised building carried out in Gurgaon
- Gurgaon, Aug 19 (PTI) A team of the enforcement wing of
the District Town and Planning department in Gurgaon today
demolished unauthorised constructions in Bhondsi village here
on the basis of complaints received form common people through
''CM Window''.
- 'Pressured' to depose against Yeddyurappa, claims sr officer
- A senior Karnataka Administrative
Service Officer has alleged that he was "pressured" by Anti-
Corruption Bureau officers to give a statement against BJP
Karnataka unit chief B S Yeddyurappa in connection with a
case regarding alleged illegal land denotification.
- Odisha CM announces Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia for derailment victims
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen
Patnaik today announced Rs five lakh ex-gratia relief to the
next of the kin of Odia passengers killed in the Puri-Haridwar
Utkal Express derailment in Uttar Pradesh.
- Article 35A: Jitendra questions 'selective silence' of NC
- Union Minister Jitendra Singh today
questioned the "selective silence" of the National Conference
(NC) on the "settlement of Rohingyas, Burmese and Bangladesh
nationals" in Jammu and Kashmir.
- 11 sentenced to life in murder case
- Hajipur (Bihar), Aug 19 (PTI) A Hajipur court today
awarded life sentence to 11 people in a three-year-old murder
case in Vaishali district.
- West Bengal flood situation improves, toll reaches 55
- The overall flood situation in West
Bengal has improved with no major rainfall happening in the
past two days, officials said.
- 2 senior UP ministers rush to train accident site
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath today directed senior ministers Suresh Rana and
Satish Mahana to rush to the train accident site in
Muzaffarnagar.
- Adityanath targets Rahul, says Gorakhpur not a 'picnic spot'
- (Eds: Updating with Rahul reax and additional quotes)
Gorakhpur (UP), Aug 19 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath today took a jibe at Congress vice-president
Rahul Gandhi over his visit here, saying the ''yuvraj'' (prince)
sitting in Delhi cannot make Gorakhpur ''a picnic spot''.
- HP govt directs NHAI to keep Shimla-Parwanoo highway open 24X7
- Taking notice of landslides blocking
the roads and causing traffic jams, Himachal Pradesh
government today directed the National Highway Authority of
India (NHAI) to keep Shimla-Parwanoo highway open round the
clock during the ongoing apple season.
- Courts have "two standards" on statutory timelines: Jaitley
- Stating that Indian courts have "two
standards", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said timelines
prescribed in the laws enacted by Parliament are held as
mandatory for the executive, but not the judiciary itself.
- JD(U) decision to join NDA heralds new era of growth in Bihar:
- Amit Shah
New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) BJP president Amit Shah today
welcomed the decision of the JD(U), headed by Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar, to join the NDA and said it heralded a
a "new era of development" in the state.
- Haryana to prepare Aadhaar-based database of its residents
- Sonepat: Haryana government said it
has decided to prepare an Aadhaar-based database of all the
residents of the state which would enable in providing
benefits of various schemes in a transparent manner.
- Nitish, Sharad supporters clash outside CM's house
- Patna: Supporters of rival JD(U) factions
headed by Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav clashed outside the
residence of the Bihar chief minister here, police said.
- BJP is in for a long haul in power, says Amit Shah
- Bhopal: BJP president Amit Shah has said his
party has not come to power for mere 5 or 10 years, but at
least 50 years and called upon workers to strengthen the party
and take it to every part of the country.
- Positive result on merger in a day or two: Panneerselvam
- Chennai: Talks on the merger of the two
AIADMK factions are going on smoothly and a positive result is
expected in a day or two, former chief minister O
Panneerselvam said.
- Adityanath targets Rahul, says Gorakhpur not a 'picnic spot'
- Gorakhpur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath hit out at Rahul Gandhi over his planned
visit here saying the "yuvraj (prince) sitting in Delhi"
cannot be permitted to make Gorakhpur "a picnic spot".
- Five suspended for seeking bribe for farm loan waiver
- Uttar Pradesh government has
suspended five revenue department employees for seeking bribe
for the farm loan waiver scheme launched by it.
- Govt approves enhanced pay scales for Army doctors
- (Eds: Recasting overnight story)
New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Enhanced pay scales for medical
officers and specialists in the Army have been approved by the
government.
- Puducherry safe for women even at night: Bedi
- Lt Governor Kiran Bedi has said
she feels that Puducherry is safe for women "even at night",
but said she would suggest a few measures which the police
need to take to enhance security.
- Uddhav asks PM to take defence ministry 'seriously'
- Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray
today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take the
defence ministry "seriously" as the country is "staring at a
war with China" and facing terrorism emanating from Pakistan.
- Finland stabbing was terror attack, suspect is Moroccan
- IS claims Russia knife attack wounding 7
- Polish-US writer Janusz Glowacki dies at 78
- UK terror threat rising as ISIS loses ground in Syria:minister
- IS claims attacks in Spain, Russia
- Bangladesh sends back Rohingya boat carrying injured
- China snubs 'Little Olympics' opening ceremony in Taiwan
- 'Pakistan's Mother Teresa' accorded state funeral
- Imran Khan's party challenges nomination of Sharif's wife
- Knife attacker in Russian city wounds 8, shot by police
- Sino-India frictions raise potential for open conflict: CRS
- Hardline Islamic party leader shot dead in northwest Pak
- High security as Afghanistan marks independence day
- US formally initiates investigation of China
- Spain police say suspects planned bigger attack
- Finland stabbing was terror attack, suspect is Moroccan
- Turku (Finland): Finnish police said that after new information a stabbing spree that left two
people dead was now considered a terrorist attack, identifying
the suspect as an 18-year-old Moroccan citizen.
- IS claims Russia knife attack wounding 7
- The Islamic State jihadist group
today claimed responsibility after a man stabbed seven people
on the street in a Russian city before being shot dead by
police, despite investigators saying it was probably not a
terrorist attack.
- Polish-US writer Janusz Glowacki dies at 78
- The wife of renowned Polish-US
playwright and screenwriter Janusz Glowacki says he has died
at 78.
- UK terror threat rising as ISIS loses ground in Syria:minister
- By Aditi Khanna
London, Aug 19 (PTI) The UK''s security minister said
today that the country was facing an increased terror threat
with the Islamic State network losing ground in Syria as
jihadists were looking to carrying out attacks at home.
- IS claims attacks in Spain, Russia
- The Islamic State group today
claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in Spain and
stabbings in Russia, in statements carried by the jihadists''
propaganda agency.
- Bangladesh sends back Rohingya boat carrying injured
- Bangladesh coastguards today turned
back a boat carrying 31 Rohingya Muslim refugees escaping
renewed army activity in their neighbouring Myanmar homeland,
an official said.
- China snubs 'Little Olympics' opening ceremony in Taiwan
- China boycotted the opening ceremony
of the World University Games hosted by Taiwan today in the
latest reflection of deteriorating relations between the two
sides.
- 'Pakistan's Mother Teresa' accorded state funeral
- (Eds: Updating with fresh inputs)
Karachi, Aug 19 (PTI) Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau, a
German physician and nun who dedicated her life to eradicating
leprosy in Pakistan and known as "Pakistan''s Mother Teresa"
was today accorded a full state funeral, a first for a
Christian woman in the Muslim-majority country.
- Imran Khan's party challenges nomination of Sharif's wife
- By M Zulqernain
Lahore, Aug 19 (PTI) Opposition Imran Khan''s party today
challenged in Lahore High Court the candidature of ousted
Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif''s wife, Kulsoom Nawaz,
alleging that her nomination papers contained contradictions
and that she did not appear in person to file the papers.
- Knife attacker in Russian city wounds 8, shot by police
- Moscow: A knife attacker stabbed eight
people on the street in Russia''s far northern city of Surgut
before being shot by police, investigators said.
- Sino-India frictions raise potential for open conflict: CRS
- Washington: Intensified frictions between
India and China raise the potential for an open conflict and
could serve as an "impetus" for further US-India strategic
cooperation that could have implications for Beijing.
- Hardline Islamic party leader shot dead in northwest Pak
- A local leader of hardline Islamic
party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) was today shot dead by
unidentified gunmen near a mosque in Pakistan''s restive
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
- High security as Afghanistan marks independence day
- Kabul: Afghan security forces were on high
alert as the war-weary country, reeling from a number of
high-profile deadly attacks, prepared to mark its independence
day with muted celebrations.
- US formally initiates investigation of China
- From Lalit K Jha
Washington, Aug 19 (PTI) US Trade Representative Robert
Lighthizer has formally initiated an investigation of China''s
intellectual property practices under Section 301 of the Trade
Act of 1974, which will seek to determine if America''s largest
trading partner has been engaging in unfair practices.
- Spain police say suspects planned bigger attack
- Barcelona: Suspects in Spain''s twin terror
attacks had been planning an even bigger assault than the
deadly car rampages they carried out, police said, as
distressing details emerged of families torn apart in the
horror.
- NPA resolution not to liquidate cos, but to help save them: FM
- Courts have "two standards" on statutory timelines: Jaitley
- Govt extends GST return filing date to August 25
- Sugar ends steady on weak demand
- Pondy govt is industry-friendly one: CM
- US formally initiates investigation of China
- 'Drone sale to India would cement bilateral ties with US'
- NPA resolution not to liquidate cos, but to help save them: FM
- Mumbai: Assuring balance-sheet stressed
firms that key objective of NPA resolution is not liquidation
of their businesses but to save them, Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley said.
- Courts have "two standards" on statutory timelines: Jaitley
- Stating that Indian courts have "two
standards", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said timelines
prescribed in the laws enacted by Parliament are held as
mandatory for the executive, but not the judiciary itself.
- Govt extends GST return filing date to August 25
- (Eds: Adding details of portal restoration)
New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) The government today extended by
5 days till August 25 the last date for filing returns and
payment of taxes under the GST regime after the GSTN portal
faced technical issues because of a huge rush.
- Sugar ends steady on weak demand
- Sugar prices were subdued at the
wholesale sugar market in the national capital today following
sporadic buying amid restricted supplies.
- Pondy govt is industry-friendly one: CM
- Puducherry Chief Minister V
Narayanasamy today said his government''s industrial policy
unveiled almost a year ago was intended to promote several
enterprises including those in information technology sector.
- US formally initiates investigation of China
- Washington: US Trade Representative Robert
Lighthizer has formally initiated an investigation of China's
intellectual property practices under Section 301 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
- 'Drone sale to India would cement bilateral ties with US'
- By Lalit K Jha
Washington, Aug 19 (PTI) The US decision to sell 22 Sea
Guardian drones to India at an estimated cost of USD 2 billion
will create around 2,000 jobs in the US and "cement" bilateral
ties, an American executive involved in the deal has said.
- CFSL team to visit Sunanda's suite again: Leela Hotel to court
- No toilet at home, family court grants divorce plea of woman
- Meghalaya HC directs govt not to fell trees
- HC steps in to ensure USD 500000 mistakenly transferred is returned to bank
- 5 get 20 years in jail for kidnapping, raping sisters
- Transfer racket: IB officer, Delhi cop sent to custody
- CFSL team to visit Sunanda's suite again: Leela Hotel to court
- New Delhi: A forensic team would visit the
suite in a five-star hotel where Congress leader Shashi
Tharoor''s wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in 2014, to
collect further evidence, a Delhi court was informed.
- No toilet at home, family court grants divorce plea of woman
- A family court in Rajasthan''s
Bhilwara district has granted a divorce plea filed by a woman
on the premise that there was no separate room for the couple
and no toilet in the house, holding that it amounted to
"cruelty" to her.
- Meghalaya HC directs govt not to fell trees
- The Meghalaya High Court has
ordered the state government to stop felling of more trees
till further orders.
- HC steps in to ensure USD 500000 mistakenly transferred is returned to bank
- Mumbai, Aug 19 (PTI) The Bombay High Court has stepped in
to ensure that an amount of USD 5,00,000 that was
inadvertently credited to an account operated by two Mumbai-
based businessmen 16 years ago, is finally returned to the
bank.
- 5 get 20 years in jail for kidnapping, raping sisters
- A court today sentenced five
persons to 20 years in jail for kidnapping and raping two
sisters here in 2014.
- Transfer racket: IB officer, Delhi cop sent to custody
- A special court today sent two
officers of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Delhi Police
and two others to judicial custody for 12 days in a case of
bribery for bagging choice postings.
- 'Vivegam' is on par with 'Baahubali' in technical aspects: Antony L Ruben
- I don't care about trolls and criticism: Nargis Fakhri
- Petition started to implement Benegal panel's suggestions
- Twinkle tweets pic of man defecating on beach in 'ODF' Mumbai
- Patty Jenkins in final talks to direct 'Wonder Woman 2'
- Kim Kardashian West to co-host 'Live with Kelly and Ryan'
- 'Predator' star Sonny Landham dead at 76
- 'The Jetsons' live-action reboot in works at ABC
- 'Vivegam' is on par with 'Baahubali' in technical aspects: Antony L Ruben
- Chennai: Film editor Antony L Ruben said
upcoming spy thriller "Vivegam" will be on par with SS
Rajamouli''s mega-blockbuster "Baahubali" in terms of visuals.
- I don't care about trolls and criticism: Nargis Fakhri
- She was recently trolled for her
weight gain but actress Nargis Fakhri says she does not let
online vitriol affect her.
- Petition started to implement Benegal panel's suggestions
- An online petition, requesting
Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani to
implement the suggestions made by the Shyam Benegal Committee,
has been launched.
- Twinkle tweets pic of man defecating on beach in 'ODF' Mumbai
- Even as Mumbai was declared open
defecation-free'' (ODF) last month, actress Twinkle Khanna,
whose husband actor Akshay Kumar''s latest film "Toilet: Ek
Prem Katha" seems to be going strong at the box office, today
tweeted a picture of a man defecating on a city beach.
- Patty Jenkins in final talks to direct 'Wonder Woman 2'
- Los Angeles: Patty Jenkins, who gave DC its
most successful film, "Wonder Woman", this year, is in final
negotiations to sign on to direct its sequel.
- Kim Kardashian West to co-host 'Live with Kelly and Ryan'
- Reality TV personality Kim
Kardashian West is set to co-host "Live with Kelly and Ryan"
alongside Ryan Seacrest.
- 'Predator' star Sonny Landham dead at 76
- Los Angeles: Sonny Landham, best known for
starring in hit action films such as "Predator" and "48 Hrs",
passed away at the age of 76.
- 'The Jetsons' live-action reboot in works at ABC
- A live-action reboot of the
1960s animated series "The Jetsons" has landed at ABC.
- HCA not following Lodha panel recommendations: Azharuddin
- Ind Cue Masters League: Gujarat Kings stun Chennai Strikers
- Bangladesh Mominul, Mahmudullah for Australia Test
- India win two silver, 6 bronze at Asian Junior Squash
- Keeping '19 WC in mind, need to assign specific roles: Kohli
- We have to forget the Test series loss: Tharanga
- Nadal returns to No. 1 with heavy heart over Barcelona
- Sania, Bopanna out of Cincinnati Masters
- India begin search for World Cup core, take on Sri Lanka
- Cricket: Cook and Anderson pile on agony for West Indies
- HCA not following Lodha panel recommendations: Azharuddin
- Hyderabad: Former India skipper Mohammed
Azharuddin alleged that the Hyderabad Cricket
Association (HCA) is not following the Lodha Committee
recommendations and also indulged in other "irregularities and
misuse".
- Ind Cue Masters League: Gujarat Kings stun Chennai Strikers
- Gujarat Kings stunned Chennai
Strikers 3-2 in the inaugural mixed doubles snooker match of
the Indian Cue Masters League which started here today.
- Bangladesh Mominul, Mahmudullah for Australia Test
- Bangladesh today dropped batsmen
Mominul Haque and Mahmudullah Riyad from their 14-man squad
for the first Test against Australia beginning here on August
27.
- India win two silver, 6 bronze at Asian Junior Squash
- India won two silver and six bronze
medals at the Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship in
Jordan''s capital city Amman, today.
- Keeping '19 WC in mind, need to assign specific roles: Kohli
- By Chetan Narula
Dambulla, Aug 19 (PTI) India captain Virat Kohli wants
specific roles for certain players keeping a two-year time
frame leading upto the 2019 World Cup, in mind.
- We have to forget the Test series loss: Tharanga
- Sri Lanka ODI skipper Upul
Tharanga on Saturday said that they will have to quickly
forget the 0-3 drubbing in the Test series and draw confidence
from their win over India in the Champions Trophy.
- Nadal returns to No. 1 with heavy heart over Barcelona
- Cincinnati: Spain''s Rafael Nadal, who
returns to the world number one ranking on Monday for the
first time in three years, remains "destroyed" by the terror
attacks that rocked his homeland.
- Sania, Bopanna out of Cincinnati Masters
- Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza
bowed out of the Cincinnati Masters after losing their
quarterfinal and semifinal with respective partners in the
men''s and women''s doubles.
- India begin search for World Cup core, take on Sri Lanka
- By Chetan Narula
Dambulla, Aug 19 (PTI) The Tests clinched without much of
a strain, India will begin the journey to identify the core of
their 2019 World Cup squad when they square off against a
low-on-confidence Sri Lanka in a five-match ODI series,
starting here tomorrow.
- Cricket: Cook and Anderson pile on agony for West Indies
- Birmingham(UK): Alastair Cook''s double
century put England in a commanding position against the West
Indies before James Anderson struck in the inaugural day/night
Test in Britain at Edgbaston.
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